In this week’s Diary of a Home Bird, Ciara Galvin finds that babysitting brings out her inner child
Living
EVENT Cancer victims remembered in Achill fundraiser
The second annual Relay for Life Achill aims to celebrate survivors, remember victims and fight back against cancer
PET’S CORNER August’s Mutt of the Month: Violet, the collie
Meet Violet, a four-year-old collie girl who’s had a very bad start to life and who now needs a gentle, loving home
PETS CORNER Have you checked your pet’s ears?
Ear infections are very common and can be very distressing for your pets
MUSINGS Pedigree drinking chum
Ciara Galvin’s boyfriend’s dog breaks out and goes looking for her owner in the most likely place – the local pub
INTERVIEW Lynda Huxley on saving our swifts
Ciara Moynihan chats to Lynda Huxley about the charms of swifts and how Mayo is leading the way on saving these plucky little birds
MUSINGS My lovely horse
A brush with a pillar leaves Ciara Galvin’s much-loved car, Black Beauty, a little more lame donkey than prized stallion
INTERVIEW Sr Mary Walsh on emigrating six decades ago
Ciara Galvin chats to Westport native Sr Mary Walsh, who set sail for New York with her sister in 1952
INTERVIEW Model Kate King-Roberts
Maggie Gibbons chat to Carracastle woman Kate King-Roberts, who took up modelling at the age of 58
MUSINGS Jokers in the pack
In this week’s Diary of a Home Bird, Ciara Galvin reveals her family’s penchant for prankery
PET’S CORNER Knowing when to say goodbye
Putting an animal down is the hardest decision a pet owner has to make in the life of their pet, writes vet Esther van Luipen