Opinion
Taking small steps away from a climate crisis
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The warnings of climate catastrophe are too urgent to be ignored in UN Secretary General Antio Guterres’ stark ‘moment of truth’ declaration recently. If we miss our limit of no more than 1.5 degrees warming and go scorching on to 2.9 degrees increase by the end of this …
Winning is all that counts in the final run
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS One of the great war-cries among boys of a certain age, when they have fallen foul of yesterday’s best friend, is to mutter with clenched jaw and fists: “Loser!” How often have you said to your children at some school sporting event, “Go out there and do …
How to Prevent Insect Bites
BY CLAIR WHITTY Summer is here and it’s the time for thinking about our holidays. But this time of the year whether at home or abroad we will have a variety of insects that bite, including midges, ticks, and mosquitos. The last thing we want is to be bitten by these insects. Thankfully there is …
Characters, oddballs, eccentrics – and then me!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Every now and again we talk about ‘characters’ in the pub (a much needed respite from politics and sport). We talk about the ‘characters’ from our childhood and our youth. We remember ‘Aeroplane’ Meehan, May Timmins, Kitty Saunders with her numerous dogs in tow, Kevin Traynor, selling the Press and Herald …
Golden Memories
PART 2 BY JOHN FITZGERALD In 1958, when she was 77, Nell Dooley-Monahan wrote to Callan’s newspaper correspondent Peter Roughan to share some memories with him and his readers. Nell was a daughter of Jim Dooley who worked with Ben Thompson, a gamekeeper in Desart. Last week, I recounted her visit to Desart Court and her precious memory of a childhood meeting …
Stress, Pain & The Brain
Mind-body interaction has an impact on how we feel pain By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Descartes was wrong – the mind and the body are not separate. There is remarkable overlap. How we feel and what we think does have a measurable, biological and chemical impact on our body. Things that …
Here’s why we are not laughing anymore
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Whatever happened to comedy? I mean the kind of TV and radio shows which make you laugh out loud, programmes which are so entertaining that you just have to tune in to the next episode to get some light relief from the daily grind. What prompted my question …
Old Ned, Grandpa Jones, and Bono’s dad Bob
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS I have but one memory of my grandfather, Old Ned Hopkins, and he sitting at his dining table having eaten a hearty Sunday dinner and being fussed upon by two doting daughters who never married but stayed home to mind their ageing parents – as was the …
Looking after your ears
Do you suffer from excess wax in your ears? This happened to me recently for the first time ever. I thought I had an ear infection because I had some discomfort and tenderness so I went to the GP to have it checked out. It turned out that there was no infection but one ear …
When growing older can cost you money
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR As a financial adviser I often encounter individuals with differing expectations about their financial needs in retirement. They often underestimate how much money they will need and how long they expect to live in retirement. Living longer into your 80s and 90s can significantly impact your financial needs. The State …
