Opinion
Prices haven’t fallen; just rising more slowly
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The latest inflation figures brought a small piece of good news. Prices rose by 3.4% in the year to June, easing from the higher rates we’d become used to. That’s welcome on paper, but I doubt many households feel much relief when they’re standing at the supermarket checkout or opening …
We need to do right thing about Aughinish
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON It’s not often I get embarrassed about what other people do. If they choose to mess up, that’s their own lookout. But when failure to do the right thing brings shame on all of us, then I cringe. At present, I am experiencing serious, multiple cringes over the …
Why Revive Active Collagen Complex Offers More Than Collagen Alone
BY CLAIR WHITTY Collagen supplements have become increasingly popular for supporting healthy skin, hair and nails, but not all collagen products are the same. While collagen peptides provide the building blocks the body needs, they work even better when combined with the nutrients required for collagen production and skin health. That’s exactly what makes Revive …
Beat Hay Fever Naturally This Summer
BY CLAIR WHITTY For many people, summer means sunshine, longer days and spending more time outdoors. But for hay fever sufferers, it can be weeks or even months of sneezing, itchy eyes, blocked noses and feeling downright miserable. If antihistamines haven’t given you the relief you were hoping for, perhaps it’s time to consider a …
For Claire, all the world’s a stage…
By John Fitzgerald Shakespeare said that some people are born great, while “others have greatness thrust upon them.” I thought of that quote when I met Claire Henriques in Callan at the weekend. She kindly took time off from rehearsal for her upcoming part in The Calendar Girls to reflect on her long association with theatre in the …
When our life is in our hands
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton The human hand is a masterpiece of design and function. The most complex and beautiful tool imaginable. Its range of movement is truly remarkable. Think of the thousands of ways we use our hands; from the precision of a surgeon delicately operating on an eye, a pianist playing …
Forget hoses, let’s be careful with our taps
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The green, green grass of home is turning brown as rain doesn’t fall and the hosepipe restriction is set to run in some areas for six weeks. But if Uisce Éireann think setting sneaks against squirts with an informers’ line to tell on naughty neighbours who break the …
Pants! The long and the shorts of it…
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Our seasons are a vagary unto themselves, our reaction to their sudden, often unannounced change even more vagarious: when it’s hot, like of late, it’s “too hot”, and when it rains and the winds come, our reaction is: “Sure it’s a grand country altogether, if only we …
Procydin The New Kid on The Block
BY CLAIR WHITTY Procydin the new kid on the block. Well, it is new to us here at Natural Health Store but it has been a popular supplement in South Africa for many years. I have to admit that when I saw it coming in, my first thought was, another new supplement! My second was, …
Kilmoganny set for August festival
Kilmoganny ( Cill Mocheana) is a place rooted in history. That it is a beautiful place to visit is a bonus. St Mocheana’s church was attached to Kells priory of Kells at an early date. It was dedicated to St Eoghan and the present RC church is dedicated to this saint also. A Protestant church …
