Fitness is one of those elusive concepts that means something different to everyone. To you it might be the ability to run a marathon or bench press your own weight. To me, it means feeling strong and having fewer aches and pains. The last post I wrote of this nature was entitled 'Two steps forward, one [...]
The Irish women’s rugby team - the multiple Six Nations winning side that also managed to take home a Grand Slam in 2013 - is competing this week in the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Forget booking flights and expensive trips Down Under, this one is taking place right under our noses, at a time and in [...]
Excuse the terrible pun, but the very notion of coming back to work had me terrified a few short weeks ago. Not because of work itself (I love my job), but because of the physical reality that I was in a pretty bad way. A sore back, dodgy joints and a severe shortage of sleep meant [...]
It's been one week since I returned to work and said goodbye (for a few hours a day at least!) to the world of nappies, puréed pear and hour-long, often unsuccessful, attempts to leave the house. I enjoyed my maternity leave - it was busy, with a big move in the middle of it that I [...]
An oldie but a goodie A colleague reminded me of this one earlier. Dan is definitely the most outrageous, unapologetic, unreformed sexist we've had on the show. Ever. I think the research team saved him for me deliberately... he reckons women shouldn't be allowed on golf courses because their husbands will get no dinner. Listen back [...]
Last Sunday morning I sat in a café in Galway, looking forward to a good breakfast. But when I picked up the menu I was met by an array of symbols and letters after every item. V I know. That one means vegetarian. C, I could guess, was coeliac. But P? Paleo. Flipping paleo. If you [...]
