Living

CULTURE Local woman creating unique miniature Clock and Octagon ornaments

INTERVIEW Though partially paralysed after a stroke at 38, Achill man Patrick James McNulty was determined to see Everest

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on supporting local by gathering base recipes that can be adapted to a variety of seasonal produce

BOOKS Edwin McGreal chats to Liam Horan about his new book, ‘Second Chance & Other Stories’

DAD DIARY The McGreals enjoy their first ‘normal’ Halloween since the Covid outbreak, though a severed arm threatens to upset proceedings

CULTURE Westival manager Sarah Byrne on the packed schedule for Westport’s popular arts and music festival

SCIENCE Speakers include ‘the Pope’s astronomer’ Guy Consolmagno and James Webb Space Telescope expert Mark McCaughrean

CULTURE Ciara Moynihan previews the 2022 Rolling Sun Book Festival, which returns to Westport from November 3 to 6

MUSIC Johnny Cash’s grandson Thomas Gabriel to bring songs and stories to Westport next week

INTERVIEW Ambient/minimalist composer Seamus O’Muineachain on his sixth studio album and his hometown of Belmullet