Around 50,000 people live with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in Ireland, and a new campaign by Crohn’s and Colitis Ireland (CCI), is highlighting the fact that no one can manage alone.
A new guide, with advice on how to support a loved one with inflammatory bowel disease, is reinforcing the role that community plays in helping people with the condition to live well.
To mark World IBD Day, Crohn’s and Colitis Ireland are hosting a free webinar on 19 May, featuring contributions from
Dr Susan Brannick (pictured below), a clinical psychologist with expertise in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a clinical director with Aware. See crohnscolitis.ie/ItTakesAVillage
Dr Susan Brannick, clinical psychologist with expertise in IBD, is hosting a free webinar.
Equal opportunity for women
The registered charity WorkEqual is inviting women who wish to enter or return to the workforce to register their interest in attending this free interactive morning in Cork. Taking place on Thursday 30 April at the Metropole Hotel, attendees are invited to participate in a 1:1 career chat, take part in job-readiness workshops and receive a session with a personalised stylist to help them feel interview-ready as part of their ongoing journey to employment. The free services offered by WorkEqual helps people with their path to employment, ensuring every support is tailored for and at the right pace for each person. Over the past 13 years, WorkEqual has built bespoke initiatives that have supported thousands of women across Ireland to move towards financial independence.The gathering on 30 April is the fifth time that WorkEqual will deliver its full range of services in Cork since September 2024. See workequal.ie
The gathering on 30 April is the fifth time that WorkEqual will deliver its full range of services in Cork since September 2024. \iStock
A hairbrush, a handful of bobbles and a daughter with hair notions – the struggle is very real for many dads. Now, a new kind of workshop is quietly reshaping a parenting gap in the market. Pints and Ponytails organised by KiwiCutz, is coming to Limerick to help dads level up their hair-styling skills. The styling class will demonstrate simple, everyday styles such as ponytails and easy braids using mannequin heads.
There’s no cutting and no children present. Each attendee will receive a QR code card linking them to step-by-step video tutorials. Pints and Ponytails takes place at 101 Limerick bar and restaurant on Sunday 10 May. Tickets are €30. See eventbrite.ie/e/pints-ponytail
Pints and Ponytails takes place at 101 Limerick bar and restaurant on Sunday 10 May. \iStock
Community Camino in lovely Leitrim
The inaugural Drumreilly Community Camino takes place over the May bank holiday weekend as the small parish in Leitrim comes together to celebrate their picturesque location in a quiet corner of the northwest.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to North West Stop, a charity working to prevent suicide in the region, along with a number of local projects in Drumreilly. For further information on what promises to be a fun day out for walkers of all ages and abilities, along with ticket prices and event details, see drumreillycamino.ie
Niamh McCabe, Connell McGovern and Cassie O’Connor are preparing for the first ever Drumreilly Community Camino taking place over the bank holiday weekend.
Rooted in the rich soil of the midlands, Farming in Ireland: Crisis and Climate is a compelling new
collection of oral histories from farmers in Galway, Westmeath and Offaly. Spanning themes from Meitheal to sustainability and changing rural communities and agriculture down through the years, this important tome gives a voice to those who work the land.
Written by Pat Brereton, a retired DCU professor who grew up on a farm close to Cloghan village in
Offaly, it launches on 30 April in the local hall at 7pm with a ‘Meet the Farmers’ event.
Farming in Ireland – Crisis and Climate.
Springtime on the farm by Kathleen O’Brien, Ballyporeen, Co Tipperary
The morning air is filled
with kindness.
You must feel like whistling
as you watch the light
stealing over the hills,
crossing the fields,
down to the farmyard,
where rainwater from a
broken pipe spills like music on that concrete yard.
You have heard that music before
when winter’s gone down the road overnight.
And you, the man who
walks out the door,
smells the soft air and speaks a single word
to the black and white dog
who follows, sloping at your heels.
What does it feel like for the
pregnant cows?
Where else would they
be after a late frost,
only last night dreaming
under electric light
about the meadow grass
in Pinder’s Field.
In the daylight a newborn calf rises to his feet,
and stumbling on the golden straw
he goes by touch to drink his mother’s milk,
dips his head and takes the teat.
Outside, sitting on a bare
sycamore branch,
two brown birds hold thei ground,
building a nest that seems
as hollow as the palm of
your hand.
You must have heard their song this spring day,
floating across the
shining fields,
must have smiled to hear two notes echoing somewhere in the quiet of mountain.
Around 50,000 people live with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in Ireland, and a new campaign by Crohn’s and Colitis Ireland (CCI), is highlighting the fact that no one can manage alone.
A new guide, with advice on how to support a loved one with inflammatory bowel disease, is reinforcing the role that community plays in helping people with the condition to live well.
To mark World IBD Day, Crohn’s and Colitis Ireland are hosting a free webinar on 19 May, featuring contributions from
Dr Susan Brannick (pictured below), a clinical psychologist with expertise in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a clinical director with Aware. See crohnscolitis.ie/ItTakesAVillage
Dr Susan Brannick, clinical psychologist with expertise in IBD, is hosting a free webinar.
Equal opportunity for women
The registered charity WorkEqual is inviting women who wish to enter or return to the workforce to register their interest in attending this free interactive morning in Cork. Taking place on Thursday 30 April at the Metropole Hotel, attendees are invited to participate in a 1:1 career chat, take part in job-readiness workshops and receive a session with a personalised stylist to help them feel interview-ready as part of their ongoing journey to employment. The free services offered by WorkEqual helps people with their path to employment, ensuring every support is tailored for and at the right pace for each person. Over the past 13 years, WorkEqual has built bespoke initiatives that have supported thousands of women across Ireland to move towards financial independence.The gathering on 30 April is the fifth time that WorkEqual will deliver its full range of services in Cork since September 2024. See workequal.ie
The gathering on 30 April is the fifth time that WorkEqual will deliver its full range of services in Cork since September 2024. \iStock
A hairbrush, a handful of bobbles and a daughter with hair notions – the struggle is very real for many dads. Now, a new kind of workshop is quietly reshaping a parenting gap in the market. Pints and Ponytails organised by KiwiCutz, is coming to Limerick to help dads level up their hair-styling skills. The styling class will demonstrate simple, everyday styles such as ponytails and easy braids using mannequin heads.
There’s no cutting and no children present. Each attendee will receive a QR code card linking them to step-by-step video tutorials. Pints and Ponytails takes place at 101 Limerick bar and restaurant on Sunday 10 May. Tickets are €30. See eventbrite.ie/e/pints-ponytail
Pints and Ponytails takes place at 101 Limerick bar and restaurant on Sunday 10 May. \iStock
Community Camino in lovely Leitrim
The inaugural Drumreilly Community Camino takes place over the May bank holiday weekend as the small parish in Leitrim comes together to celebrate their picturesque location in a quiet corner of the northwest.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to North West Stop, a charity working to prevent suicide in the region, along with a number of local projects in Drumreilly. For further information on what promises to be a fun day out for walkers of all ages and abilities, along with ticket prices and event details, see drumreillycamino.ie
Niamh McCabe, Connell McGovern and Cassie O’Connor are preparing for the first ever Drumreilly Community Camino taking place over the bank holiday weekend.
Rooted in the rich soil of the midlands, Farming in Ireland: Crisis and Climate is a compelling new
collection of oral histories from farmers in Galway, Westmeath and Offaly. Spanning themes from Meitheal to sustainability and changing rural communities and agriculture down through the years, this important tome gives a voice to those who work the land.
Written by Pat Brereton, a retired DCU professor who grew up on a farm close to Cloghan village in
Offaly, it launches on 30 April in the local hall at 7pm with a ‘Meet the Farmers’ event.
Farming in Ireland – Crisis and Climate.
Springtime on the farm by Kathleen O’Brien, Ballyporeen, Co Tipperary
The morning air is filled
with kindness.
You must feel like whistling
as you watch the light
stealing over the hills,
crossing the fields,
down to the farmyard,
where rainwater from a
broken pipe spills like music on that concrete yard.
You have heard that music before
when winter’s gone down the road overnight.
And you, the man who
walks out the door,
smells the soft air and speaks a single word
to the black and white dog
who follows, sloping at your heels.
What does it feel like for the
pregnant cows?
Where else would they
be after a late frost,
only last night dreaming
under electric light
about the meadow grass
in Pinder’s Field.
In the daylight a newborn calf rises to his feet,
and stumbling on the golden straw
he goes by touch to drink his mother’s milk,
dips his head and takes the teat.
Outside, sitting on a bare
sycamore branch,
two brown birds hold thei ground,
building a nest that seems
as hollow as the palm of
your hand.
You must have heard their song this spring day,
floating across the
shining fields,
must have smiled to hear two notes echoing somewhere in the quiet of mountain.
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