CULTURE Áine Ryan meets artist Jean Beard who is exhibiting her work this month in Áras Inis Gluaire

HEALTH Busy parents can ignore their own needs while striving to take care of their children

LIVING Hermitage Green’s Barry Murphy talks about touring and friendship ahead of the band’s gig at Ballinrobe Festival

BOOKS Murrisk-based author Kevin Martin’s latest tome looks at the popular genre’s rise

NATURE There’s nothing like the smell of new mown hay, but saving it – now that’s a whole other story

FOOD Making your own pizza is fun – and it won’t taste like cardboard, writes Redmond Cabot, and he shares a recipe