PETS’ CORNER Vet Conal Finnerty on the different ways in which we can help animals wild and domestic through the winter
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Living
Creative fires to blaze brightly
CULTURE Westival 2020 is an exciting programme of exhibitions, workshops, theatre, music concerts, cinema and outdoor entertainment
Let old clothes live on
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on environmentally responsible ways of dealing with clothing we no longer need
Hangings, hooch and penal punishment
BOOKS Dr Michael O’Connor’s ‘Anatomy of a County Gaol’, an in-depth study of a penal system that subjugated human rights
Making the invisible visible
CULTURE Six artists, a curator and a composer collaboratively respond to womanhood, ageing and the arts
Taking some of the waste out of tech
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal shares some tips on how to reduce the energy consumption of everyday technology
So Disappointed, and others
MUSINGS The seventh in a series of articles in which Sonia Kelly, now in her late 90s, looks back on her childhood and life
Pets and back to school
PETS’ CORNER Take the time think about your pet’s mental health, as well as their security, as September starts
Folklife and fairy trails
CULTURE An interview with the Clodagh Doyle, the new Keeper of the Folklife Division at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
Linenhall welcomes new artist-in-residence
CULTURE Linenhall Arts Centre’s inaugural Bolay Residency goes to Mayo artist Bryan Gerard Duffy
Sun to roll down the Reek on Monday eve
CULTURE The age-old phenomenon of the setting sun rolling down Croagh Patrick can be witnessed on August 24
