Several years ago, while raising six offspring and also working with husband Denis in their shared business, Sheila Kiely found the time to write (and photograph!) her first cookbook, Gimme the Recipe, and the follow-up, Enjoy! Food You’ll Love (Mercier Press) has hit the shelves.

Clonakilty in West Cork has become the second Irish town to declare itself "fluoride-free".

IT’S a dodgy date dreaded by the superstitious. But an enterprising West Cork town is planning to make its own good luck next “Friday the 13th” — and boost local business in the process.