Living

COMMUNITY Local sustainable-energy group creates community e-bike scheme and is shortlisted for SEAI energy awards

COMMUNITY Become a Play Volunteer at Mayo University Hospital and help a sick child forget their worries

CULTURE Tiernaur’s Hannah Nevin on working as a trainee with MEP Maria Walsh in the European Parliament in Brussels

DAD DIARY Edwin’s youngest takes a bad tumble, while Dad free-falls into blind panic

CULTURE John Spillane, Niamh Regan, Pauline Scanlon and more on first Clare Island Folk Festival line-up

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on her family’s cost- and climate-saving tips for back to school prep

CULTURE Local schoolchildren devise exciting new heritage trail in Westport, with clever clues from the 18th-century

DAD DIARY With Féile Chill Damhnait in full swing, Ed takes Frankie and Éamon for a day out on Achillbeg

The Westport Festival of Chamber Music draws international stars and classical-music lovers from near and far

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on eco-friendly ways to keep our houses cool and our gardens alive during heatwaves