ART Artist Sheelyn Browne talks to Áine Ryan about the roots of her passion for wood cut and linocut in her new print gallery at Westport Quay

HEALTH Depends on whether you’re maggoty, crook or sick, writes physio Andrew O’Brien

MUSIC Music lovers are in for a treat over the festive period as UMAN and Kevin May play in Ballinrobe

BOOKS Retired Det Sergeant Cyril Meehan’s ‘In Dark Blue’ offers readers a fascinating factual account of policing in Ireland

NATURE Signs of the season to come are all around us, if you know where to look, writes John Shelley

FOOD Use local produce and bake at home this Christmas, writes Red Cabot