INTERVIEW Lúcás Treacy chats to musician Cormac Breatnach ahead of his performance in Castlebar this week

HEALTH The gradual gardener gets more done in the long run, writes physiotherapist Andrew O’Brien

MUSIC Sligo trad-fusion group Above and Below the Tide will entertain at Matt Molloy’s, Westport, on February 28

BOOKS ‘The Rainy Day’, a collection of short stories by Mayo writer Martin Keaveney, to be launched in Castlebar

NATURE John Shelley on the bats found in the west of Ireland, and around Moore Hall at Lough Carra in particular

FOOD Redmond Cabot shares a recipe for Irish lamb stew is easy to make and delicious to eat