INTERVIEW ISPCC Childline volunteer Dee Higgins on the rewards of the role and how more volunteers are needed
Living
Mulranny’s inspirational Green Plan Group
COMMUNITY Local sustainable-energy group creates community e-bike scheme and is shortlisted for SEAI energy awards
Want to make a child smile?
COMMUNITY Become a Play Volunteer at Mayo University Hospital and help a sick child forget their worries
Inside the bubble
CULTURE Tiernaur’s Hannah Nevin on working as a trainee with MEP Maria Walsh in the European Parliament in Brussels
Our headbanger
DAD DIARY Edwin’s youngest takes a bad tumble, while Dad free-falls into blind panic
Island folk
CULTURE John Spillane, Niamh Regan, Pauline Scanlon and more on first Clare Island Folk Festival line-up
Back to school savings
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on her family’s cost- and climate-saving tips for back to school prep
Trail blazers
CULTURE Local schoolchildren devise exciting new heritage trail in Westport, with clever clues from the 18th-century
Island hopping
DAD DIARY With Féile Chill Damhnait in full swing, Ed takes Frankie and Éamon for a day out on Achillbeg
Westport goes classical
The Westport Festival of Chamber Music draws international stars and classical-music lovers from near and far
Stay green in a heatwave
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on eco-friendly ways to keep our houses cool and our gardens alive during heatwaves