February 8, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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A few weeks ago I had coffee with Haydn in Urru, Bandon and we spent a good while talking about food and health. He mentioned a book called The China Study which made a very strong scientific case for a … Continue reading
March 26, 2011
by Conor O'Neill
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I was very disappointed to miss the inaugural Bandon 10k last year so there is no way I’m missing the first Bandon Half Marathon on May 14th. My type of running is known, by experts in the field, as walking Last … Continue reading
October 12, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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I should have posted this weeks ago but I’ve been a wee bit busy. Our friends Haydn and Roos let me know about an event that is on October 29th in The Brogan Inn from 8pm to 10pm. “It Must … Continue reading
September 5, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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Yesterday I did my first ever Half Marathon in Dingle. Yes it nearly killed me and I had to walk lots of it but I finished and I had several hundred people behind me. Compared to some of my friends … Continue reading
July 1, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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One of the most powerful blogs I read in recent years was Roos Demol’s One Breast Less. I’m thrilled she has re-started it and she is involved in an Action Breast Cancer fundraiser. Please head over there and show your … Continue reading
February 9, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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The idea of relentlessly banging on about weight and fitness here and on Twitter didn’t really work. There are only two people that I follow on Twitter doing it and one of them is my sister. But I have been … Continue reading
December 22, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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Pat Phelan’s recent post about losing weight and giving up ciggies highlighted that we all stand a better chance of success if we do some online group supoort of each other via Twitter/Facebook. The bruv in law came up with … Continue reading
May 1, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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My old college buddy Eoghan Whelan has more metal in him due to sports injuries than the average Terminator. As a result, he knows more about pain and injury than most. For the past while he has run a Pain … Continue reading
March 29, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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We’ve just had the third annual waste of time known as Earth Hour where millions of people worldwide pretend to do something useful about global warming and turn off lights for an hour. For 99.999999% of those people, that’ll be … Continue reading
January 17, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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I made a quick mention of the old TB hospitals in a blog post about BCG almost two years ago. As far as I know there were lots of them. Peamount, which we drove past many times, opened in 1912 … Continue reading