John Carey

Galway crash: €60,000 raised for repatriation of Kurdish family killed

Target of €40,000 is reached in hours following hundreds of online donations

Tue Aug 24 2021 - 09:09

First Look: New five-acre eco-friendly garden centre and retail complex

Solas Eco Garden Centre’s owners have modelled it on Amsterdam’s Pllek project

Wed Jun 23 2021 - 06:00

The trailblazing All Star tourists who beat Kerry 50 years ago

A trip to San Francisco in 1971 paved the way for the All Star trips of the last 50 years

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00

How can art be judged and valued?

Public funding of the arts has become a nebulous and convoluted process

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00

Wanderlust drives globe-trotting oil exec

Wild Geese: John Carey, Abu Dhabi: I came out in August with my wife to look at houses and it probably wasn’t the best time – it was about 48 degrees

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 08:06

The Irishman fronting the UAE’s biggest IPO in a decade

The company, which pumps most of the crude in the UAE, is the fourth-biggest producer within the Opec cartel with output of about 3 million barrels of oil a day

Wed Dec 13 2017 - 07:20

Stop your green fingers seeing red

Gardening is a delight, but be mindful of the secateurs when pruning your Euphorbia

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 06:00

Is bone broth good for bone health?

The advocates of bone broth are certain of its curative powers – and yoga bones up too

Sun Oct 16 2016 - 16:00

Osteoporosis is not a silent disease

One in 3 men and 1 in 5 women will be dead within a year following a hip fracture

Tue Aug 16 2016 - 05:45

Bone scan facility closes with 20-year waiting list

Shutdown of Galway scanner to mean early deaths among older people, warns doctor

Sat May 28 2016 - 01:00

Patrick Freyne’s 2015: Don’t let them spoonfeed you – dish out your own art

If 2015 has taught me anything, it’s that art is not a spectator sport – everyone can join in

Sat Dec 19 2015 - 13:00

Stage struck: Can theatre make happy clappers of us all?

Going to two plays a year improves your well-being, according to researchers. Sounds like a facile way to measure the value of art

Fri May 16 2014 - 00:00

Heartbeat of Home

A whirl of thunderous energy from the producers of ‘Riverdance’ that occasionally threatens to blow off course

Thu Oct 03 2013 - 17:24

What’s the point of pointless art?

Art that isn’t good for anything can often be very good indeed

Sat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00