New walking tours of Phnom Kulen will allow adventurous hikers to hopefully catch a glimpse of the Indochinese silvered langur, a monkey whose presence in the area 50km north of Siem Reap was formally recorded for the first time only last year.
Darina Allen on Ireland’s problems with food
An interview with Darina Allen on food and the choices we make.
Ladies, it’s time to paint the town pink!
I got to speak to some of the women behind Kinsale’s now well-established Pink Ribbon Walk.
Ireland’s rebel priest
Father Tony Flannery, suspended by the Vatican in 2012 for his views on the priesthood, homosexuality and contraception, talks to me about how the Pope is even more radical than he is, and his hopes for reform in the Catholic Church.
iPhone App may be a breakthrough in hi-tech landmine detection
When the team from Cambodia Self-Help Demining (CSHD) clears a minefield, the metal detectors can detect as many as 900 items of metallic clutter for every single identified threat. A vast and expensive inefficiency.
Hello Lucy! – riding the creative rainbow
There is a wild abundance of books out there telling mothers how to be better mothers: better working mothers, better stay-at-home mothers, better lovers and mothers, better daughters-in-law and mothers, mothers of better-balanced babies, mothers of over-achieving babies, and, of course, better-looking mothers while they’re at.
Maureen Forrest – Change Agent
Whatever the archetypal image of a humanitarian worker is, it almost certainly won’t look like Maureen Forrest. The petite Irishwoman is a study in glamour in a smartly tailored suit and sharply styled hair, complete with electric pink highlights.
Wear We Wander
Last year Bronwyn Connolly quit her comfortable, well-paying job to head off and travel the world. Nine months later, she came home with more than the usual memories and souvenirs.
