Opinion
Move & feel with ease
Learning to feel and move normally again in recovery from persistent pain By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). We often overlook the seemingly simple experience of moving and feeling these bodies of ours. For those with persistent pain, however, normal movement and normal feeling of a body part can be thrown out …
A last stroll through the CBS, my Alma Mater
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Thursday, June 26 last I took one last stroll down memory lane through CBS Secondary School James’s Street, my Alma Mater, before the school moves to its new location in Dunningstown. I rendezvoused with Nicky Harte, a fellow classmate from 1968/69. We strolled together, our thinking being that two memories are …
Gunfight at the Old Triangle
BY JOHN FITZGERALD (Part One) -The story of a bitter quarrel encompassing Callan, Gowran, and the village of Burnchurch. Family feuds are unpleasant at the best of times. Once the first blow is struck, hatred, bitterness, and resentment can simmer for years. The eighteenth century witnessed one of Ireland’s most vicious feuds. It arose between …
L-Theanine
BY CLAIR WHITTY L-Theanine is a buzz word, everyone is talking about it. L-Theanine is a naturally occurring amino acid most commonly found in tea especially green tea. Its main benefits are to help reduce stress and anxiety, and at the same time improve focus and attention. It may help to improve sleep by promoting …
Murder: no end to the grip of whodunits
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON “I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.” Hard to resist opening lines like that. Before they know it readers are hooked in the page-turning …
Thunberg and fighting: holding out for a hero
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS When some years back the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg came to prominence with her stance – and visible outrage – on our lack of care for climate, few of us, bar her young, fellow travellers, took notice. Climate change seemed far off back then. When Thunberg recently …
The Canal Walk…Pathway to Arcadia
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Kilkenny is renowned for its medieval heritage, but it also plays host to the wonders of nature. And you don’t have to stray too far from the city limits to find both. If you wish to connect with the past and savour the joys of our natural heritage at the same time …
Support digestive health naturally with Tumbiotix Gold
BY CLAIR WHITTY Are you struggling with irritable bowel syndrome and looking for a natural solution to help relieve your symptoms? IBS is a common problem that affects the digestive system. You may experience bloating, pain, stomach cramps, spasms, wind, or gas. You could have diarrhoea or constipation or alternate between the two. Symptoms can …
Learning to feel pain
The neurology of learning can teach us a lot about persistent pain By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Developing an understanding of pain helps to relieve suffering and improve treatment. The neuroscience of learning can teach us a lot about how persistent pain states come about and what we can do to …
Lomi Lomi Nui with the lovely Lara
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Her name is Lara. She is tall, thin, tanned and beautiful. She is standing across the room from me and, without fanfare or fuss, says firmly but gently: “I want you to take off everything, please”. Lara doesn’t emphasise the word everything. I do. Or rather my brain does. The word …
