Living

GREEN LIVING Cheap fashion comes at huge expense to the environment, writes McKinley Neal

PETS’ CORNER After ruling out medical issues, pet owners can take steps to deal with hair shedding, writes vet Conal Finnerty

PETS’ CORNER Sirius is a handsome, gentle deerhound cross who needs a loving forever home

COMMUNITY Lions Club Westport president Nicky Dowd on the club’s work and her reason for getting involved

MUSINGS In this week’s Dad Diary, Edwin McGreal son’s fearless climbing instinct keeps him on his toes

INTERVIEW Westport harpist Laoise Kelly to receive her prestigious Gradam Ceoil music award this weekend

MUSINGS The fourth in a series of articles in which Sonia Kelly, now in her 90s, looks back on her childhood and life

LIVING Cartographer Barry Dalby has mapped Achill Island and Clare Island in fine detail

MUSINGS In this week’s Dad Diary, Edwin McGeal discovers new appreciation for the phrase ‘silence is golden’

THEATRE New drama group inspired by local theatre legend Ray Leonard is set to stage first play, a comedy