Articles Posted in the Features Category

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    Is Organic Better?

    At the College of Naturopathic Medicine, all students are given an in depth knowledge of how to use food as medicine and medicine as food. In training the question always arises whether naturopaths and nutritional…

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    Slimmer Times Ahead For Irish Weight Watchers

    From Dublin to Cork, from Kerry to Knock, Ireland is about to get that little bit slimmer. And that’s great news for the one million people who glance in the mirror and wonder where the…

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    Happier than God

    Some years ago, a man began his journey in the most ordinary way. Overstressed and overextended by modern day life, when the options ran out and frustration reached its peak, he turned to God. When…

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    One Stop Prostate Assessment

    The collaborative all-Ireland report from he National Cancer Registry (?ire) and the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry shows that Prostate Cancer ranks top amongst the cancers in males (19.9%, or 1 in 5 men). It is…

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    Jack Canfield’s Winning Recipe

    By Patrick Bridgeman Jack Canfield, known to many as the co-author of Chicken Soup For The Soul, is one of the most successful people in the world. Not surprising really when you consider the wealth…

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    CarSharing – mobility for the future

    By Graham Lightfoot Providing quick and easy access to a car without the hassle of owning one! CarSharing is coming to Ireland this summer under the brand name GoCar – cambio Ireland. Cork City will…

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    Summer Kids Essentials!

    In association with Nelsons, natural care since 1860 Don’t be caught out this summer, stock up on some natural essential remedies for your children’s minor ailments at home and abroad. Summer is the season of…

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    The BuddhaBag Meeting

    I remember that summer in Dublin 2 years ago, when a friend of a friend of mine invited me to come along to the BuddhaBag meeting. I instinctively said, “Yes”, even though I knew nothing…

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    TR coaching collection story

    For more than three decades, peak performance coach Tony Robbins has passionately pursued the answers to the question of why people do what they do and what holds them back from living life on their…

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    Growth for the Mind, Space for the Soul

    The world we live in can feel like it’s beginning to spin faster and faster until we are caught up in a whirlwind of activity and obligations despite our best efforts at balancing and centering…

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    Crystal Light Therapy goes out worldwide

    If you searched the world for a get-away-from-it all location to ease your pain, disease or ill health, Florida might feature quite highly on your list. Forget Disneyland or even the Keys, for at West…

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    It’s all about Balance, Harmony & Eco Luv

    From humble beginnings in 2003 to a 3000sq ft warehouse in beautiful West Cork at the start 2008. Lilly’s Eco Clean is the story of a small environmental company, which never lost the ethos of…

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    Organic Food and Organic Food Certification – a review of the facts!

    Certification of Organic Food The Organic Trust is a not-for-profit organisation which was set up in 1991 by a core group of organic ‘pioneers’. The organisation came about through a very sincere desire to protect…

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    The Great ReSkilling By Davie Philip

        In a nutshell the Transition process is about rebuilding community resilience in the face of climate change and energy uncertainty. One of the most useful things a Transition project can do is to…

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    Drive time by Allen Holman

        In today’s Ireland, choosing the most efficient and sustainable mode of transport is a tricky business. In an ideal world, most of our needs would be within walking distance and for everything else,…