Living

CULTURE Exhibitions exploring hair, culture and identity have opened in two Mayo venues

MUSINGS In this week’s Dad Diary, Edwin notes the intricacies and diplomacies involved in peaceful family eating

PETS’ CORNER Vet Conal Finnerty on the different ways in which we can help animals wild and domestic through the winter

CULTURE Westival 2020 is an exciting programme of exhibitions, workshops, theatre,  music concerts, cinema and outdoor entertainment

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on environmentally responsible ways of dealing with clothing we no longer need

BOOKS Dr Michael O’Connor’s ‘Anatomy of a County Gaol’, an in-depth study of a penal system that subjugated human rights

CULTURE Six artists, a curator and a composer collaboratively respond to womanhood, ageing and the arts

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal shares some tips on how to reduce the energy consumption of everyday technology

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’ CORNER Take the time think about your pet’s mental health, as well as their security, as September starts