We’ve really taken a battering weather wise for the past couple of months with exceptionally wet weather leading to severe flooding and the recent arctic conditions which have brought mayhem to the everyday life of the nation. No doubt the phenomenon of Global Warming is now starting to declare itself and is a valuable lesson for us as a nation to wake up to what we can do to slow down this phenomenon but also a lesson for councils to manage better and be prepared for these exceptional weather conditions. I must commend both Cork City [...] Continue Reading…

At the weekend, my son was playing football. He jumped up to clear the ball and fell to the ground in agony. He cried that his spine was hurting him. The coach and I were afraid to move him at first but eventually he consented to being hauled to his feet. To be on the safe side, I decided to take him to the hospital. By the time, we got to the hospital, my son was moving his head freely and I knew that he was not paralysed. While we were waiting to be seen, a [...] Continue Reading…

Cllr. Laura McGonigle

At this weeks council meeting the City Manager brought a report to the members on the recent cold snap and the City Council’s response to it.

The City manager said that the Council have defined salting routes covering main traffic routes, bus routes, areas adjacent to schools and other busy roads susceptible to ice. The Council have been extensively salting these routes during the cold spell of weather. Salt stocks have had to be managed to ensure that they are not exhausted so the council have at times, mixed stone grit with salt on these [...] Continue Reading…

Do I have a slipped disc?

Between each pair of spinal bones is a disc. Its fibrous outer ring holds in a jelly-like material. This soft center serves as a “ball bearing” for joint movement. Because of the way a disc attaches to the spinal bones above and below it, it can’t actually “slip”. However, a disc can bulge. It can tear. It can herniate. It can thin. It can dry out. And, it can collapse. But it can’t slip.

Do I have a pinched nerve?

A pinched nerve is rare. It is more likely that an adjacent [...] Continue Reading…

The local football fraternity was in shock this week at the announcement that following medical advice Grangevale striker John Carroll has succumbed to a series of crippling injuries and retired from the game he has adorned for three decades. Carroll emerged as an enigmatic centre forward at Douglas Hall in the 1990’s before moving on to play a starring role on a record breaking four AOH Cup winning teams with Passage and Coachford during a glittering career.

Greater things beckoned and while a strike partnership with Thierry Henry at his beloved Arsenal was a mouth watering prospect, [...] Continue Reading…