Lifestyle

SINCE the publication of Michael Smith’s An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer in 2000, the Kerry man’s inspirational achievements during three expeditions to the Antarctic at the start of the last century have been belatedly recognised by the erection of a statue in Anascaul, a gripping stage play celebrating his life and, most significantly, by children in Irish schools learning about his exploits.

NEARLY half of women in Munster are not aware of monthly self-check recommendations, new research has shown.

TWENTY dogs are abandoned each week in County Clare, according to local ISPCA dog warden, Frankie Coote.  He says the current economic recession is influencing the increasing number of dogs being abandoned each week across the county.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, particularly in the world of art. But what makes people pay tens of millions for one painting and only a couple of hundred for another?

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JUST before 10am on the morning of October 26, 2004, life altered irrevocably for Eugene and Bridget Lorrigan.

AT this time of year, farmers are saving the harvest, the food that will feed us, and others, during the months to come. It’s also a time when we are conscious of the value of food and all that we take for granted and the places in the world where the harvest has failed, as in drought-stricken East Africa.

A FEAST of foodie fun is set to take place across Clare and along the West coast this month when Féasta Bia celebrates the culinary delights of the Atlantic Way.