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Contributor on 12 May 2021
Volunteering strengthens rural communities
It’s National Volunteering Week – a chance to recognise the vital work of volunteers throughout Ireland. The team at Irish Country Living speaks with volunteer groups from each of our four provinces
Contributor on 12 May 2021
Reader Writes: Matt Ryan on his COVID holiday
Farm discussion group grandee, Matt Ryan and his wife Pat, found themselves in two separate but wholly satisfactory COVID ‘hotels’of late. He tells us how it came about.
Janine Kennedy on 27 Jan 2021
Pushing boundaries
Chef Joyce Timmins worked in some of Ireland's finest kitchens, but her role in challenging institutional cuisine in our hospitals and care homes has become her life's work and claim to fame. Janine
Ask Miriam on 06 Jan 2021
Dear Miriam: ‘I don’t like my bridesmaid dress’
Dear Miriam, can I ask my friend to change her bridesmaid dresses?
Amii McKeever on 22 Dec 2020
"Close the toilet lid before you flush" and other unexpected COVID-19 tips
Want some reminders about how to stay safe when you have guests in your house this Christmas and New Year? Some tips for staying well this winter? Margaret Hawkins has these Healthbytes and more.
Amii McKeever on 09 Dec 2020
The advice is all there, we decide what we do with it
Advice not to share cutlery, to go for check-ups, what to eat, what not to eat – it’s all there but those not in a position to make their own choices must abhor the guidance. Amii McKeever writes
Ask Miriam on 25 Nov 2020
I’m worried about labour without my husband
Dear Miriam, as a first-time mother, I’m worried about going into hospital without my husband by my side
Margaret Hawkins on 18 Nov 2020
Health: managing asthma and coping with COVID-19
Every four minutes, someone with asthma attends a hospital Emergency Department in this country. Acute or fatal asthma attacks are preventable, however, through management, writes Margaret Hawkins
Katie Barragry on 16 Oct 2020
"Rev It Up" fundraiser for the Irish Kidney Association
Bree Vintage Club are holding a "Rev it Up" fundraiser for the Irish Kidney Association
Margaret Hawkins on 16 Sep 2020
Is the 15-minute COVID-19 test the way of the future?
Rapid COVID-19 tests and mobile technologies that could make social interaction, business and travel easier are being trialled in Ireland. Could the proof on your phone set you free?
Margaret Hawkins on 30 Aug 2020
Serious injury twice as common on farms as other industries
Emergency department doctors and an eye specialist tell us about the injuries they are faced with and plead for farmers to be safety aware
Margaret Hawkins on 26 Aug 2020
Farmers and accidents: doctors have their say
Treating farm injuries is no joke. Emergency Department doctors and an eye specialist tell us about the injuries they are faced with and plead for farmers to be safety aware, writes Margaret Hawkins
Margaret Hawkins on 19 Aug 2020
Moms, don’t neglect your own health
Women can experience many health problems from leakage to pelvic or back pain after childbirth but no one should suffer in silence. Remember - these conditions are treatable, writes Margaret Hawkins
Amii McKeever on 03 Aug 2020
My Country Living: a couple that is ‘one in a melon’
Margaret and PJ English, farmers, veg shop owners and general Clogheen activists. With great banter between them, they tell Amii McKeever about keeping the town going. A couple every local town needs.
Amii McKeever on 29 Jul 2020
My Country Living: a couple that is ‘one in a melon’
Margaret and PJ English, farmers, veg shop owners and general Clogheen activists. With great banter between them, they tell Amii McKeever about keeping the town going. A couple every local town needs
Odile Evans on 08 Jul 2020
Working from home focus: Kathleen McNally, Co Mayo
Kathleen McNally is a nursing administrator in Mayo University Hospital and is working from home on her dairy farm at the moment
Margaret Hawkins on 20 May 2020
Treatment limbo for those with private medical insurance?
Margaret Hawkins speaks to a private hospital consultant on why he hasn’t signed up to the COVID-19 contract that is part of the deal which sees the HSE effectively taking over private hospitals
Amii McKeever on 20 May 2020
Life of a pregnant nurse in Australia during COVID-19
In the second part of a three-part mini-series 'family abroad', Kilkenny siblings Enrika Grogan, Leza Doran and James Cahill give us an insight into what living in rural Australia is like at this time.
Anne O'Donoghue on 29 Apr 2020
20 questions with vet Hazell Mullins
Hazell Mullins is from a dairy farm in Co Cork and works as a large animal vet at Abbeyville Veterinary Hospital. She gives an insight into her career and daily life in 20 questions with Anne
Anne O'Donoghue on 22 Apr 2020
Listen: helping our healthcare heroes
Across the country people are making and donating PPE to support our healthcare heroes during COVID-19, and others are getting ready for when it’s over. Mairead Lavery and Anne O’Donoghue report