CULTURE How a weekly local session in Westport turned into a lockdown CD – and a lifesaver for all who took part
Record of a lockdown lifeline
Living
Closing the loop
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal looks at the growing opportunities offered by the circular economy
Art a refuge for refugee children
INTERVIEW Ballyhaunis-based artist Johnny O’Shaughnessy is sharing his talents with young Ukrainians
Lights, camera, Achill
CULTURE With Achill Island set to host its first film festival next month, Oisín McGovern chats to the festival’s director
Circular solutions
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal discusses the circular economy and how Ireland’s supermarkets need to catch up with small businesses
Time to talk
HEALTH Mayo people are being offered six free online counselling sessions, run by mental health professionals
Up, up and away
COMMUNITY Castlebar’s new Helium Arts hub a vital support for young people with medical conditions
Our isolation station
DAD DIARY Covid finally grips the McGreal household, with only one managing to hold the plague at bay
Giving thanks
INTERVIEW Louisburgh man’s gratitude for survival prompts Easter fundraiser for the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust
Caring is a sharing economy
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on the gift economy or ‘Really, Really Free Market’, which sees individuals exchange goods for free
A cultural celebration of the liminal
CULTURE Turlough Park hosts a series of exciting events to mark the magical midpoint between the spring equinox and summer solstice