Opinion
Exercise for Health: What’s Important?
A CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPIST’S PERSPECTIVE By Paul Bolger. Nano Physiotherapy www.nanophysio.ie Here are two different approaches to life – which one do you think is more likely to lead to healthy habits and fulfilment? We’ve heard it before – exercise is great for our health. But how many of us exercise enough? Most of us don’t. But …
Time to drive down death on our roads
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Ironically, despite the recent rise in traffic fatalities, Ireland remains one of the safest countries in Europe for road use –albeit 52 people having died on Irish roads so far this year, 10 more than for the same period in 2023. In February more than half of …
Bare Trust: Going beyond the Small Gift Tax
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR In this world of rising prices every option to save counts, especially when it comes to tax. Options to save tax are slowly but surely being cut off. Recently though on the radio and TV there has been information on employers being able to give their employees up to two …
Caught in a Time Warp
Part 2 BY JOHN FITZGERALD The Battle of the Clocks To end the chaos occasioned by the use of both “old time” and “new time” in Callan, the Town Development Association sent a circular to all voters in 1956, urging adoption of Summer Time. It stressed the advantages of Summer Time for parents, housewives, labourers, …
Period Plan for a healthier period
BY CLAIR WHITTY Every day I meet women from teens to women in their 20’s and 30’s who are looking to support hormonal activity so that they can live life to the fullest, free from menstrual discomfort including pain, skin problems and mood changes. Many of you say that you don’t feel like yourself at …
Doing what comes naturally doesn’t come easy
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON From where I sit at home watching goldfinches feeding on Niger seed and a queen bumblebee searching for the first dandelion flowers, nature restoration sounds great. The same thing goes for Eurocrats, concerned about climate change, biodiversity loss and sustainability but, like me, they are far removed from …
Hail glorious Kilkenny!
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Before the band struck up in the City, and as choirs rehearsed their renditions of” Hail Glorious St. Patrick”, the dedicated Kilkenny Heritage Walkers were setting out on their by now almost traditional tour of St Patrick’s Parish, which contains a wealth of historic and architectural gems. Guided by Paddy Neary, a …
Seeking Motivation? Be Kind to Yourself
Self-compassion helps us to form healthy habits A CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPIST’S PERSPECTIVE By Paul Bolger. Nano Physiotherapy www.nanophysio.ie Here are two different approaches to life – which one do you think is more likely to lead to healthy habits and fulfilment? 1. I strive for perfection. I am very strict with myself. I’m not satisfied unless my …
Hands up those who want to live forever…
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS My father was wont to say that “life is great, but the best part of life is being young”. He hated ageing – most of us, if we’re honest, do – and, though he kept himself in good shape, by cycling, swimming and walking into his 80s, …
Best advice you can give in exactly four words!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I sometimes read the newspaper backwards ie. from back to front! In fact I often read the newspaper from back to front. And why? Because of sport. Sport frequently features on the back pages of many papers and typical male that I am I resort to reading the sports results first. …
