Lifestyle

It’s probably the best job in the world. Rose of Tralee escorts are the 32 most envied men in Ireland every August and the festival is starting the hunt for the men to do their counties proud in 2010.

Back in the 16th century, it was the seat of the MacNamara Clan but last Friday night, Knappogue Castle, near Quin, became the home of mná na h-Éireann, at least the Clare membership of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association.

A CHILIAN national, who spent 10 years in Shannon as a refugee, has expressed his relief after his parents escaped uninjured following one of the worst earthwakes in Chile in 60 years.

  JOHN McInerney has developed an uncanny knack of landing a major prize against the odds. In October 2008, the Newmarket-on-Fergus Limousin breeder proved that small producers could scoop national honours when his four-year-old cow, Drummin Veronica, took the coveted prize of Overall Limousin Champion at the Beef Expo in Kilkenny.

As the New Year really takes hold, Nicola Corless spoke to energy healer Michael O’Doherty about plexus bio energy, the need for healthcare reform, taking responsibility for one’s own health and the silent impact of the recession on the body.

Michael Caulfield from Clonlara was working as a chartered accountant two years ago but decided that he needed a new challenge. He volunteered to work for GOAL and is now the organisation’s assistant financial controller in South Sudan.

A photographic exhibition focusing on fashion will open this week in Limerick. The show represents a collaboration between fourth-year students in Limerick School of Art and Design’s Design in Visual Communications and Design in Fashion Design degree courses.

Mullagh woman Nonie Lynch marked her 100th birthday last Friday week. Five generations of her family attended the celebrations.