Latest Posts - Purity Belle Environmental Blog

<style>/*<meta name='google-adsense-platform-account' content='ca-host-pub-1556223355139109'/>
<meta name='google-adsense-platform-domain' content='blogspot.com'/>

<!-- data-ad-client=ca-pub-4543979415287814 -->

</head><body>*/</style>

Being 50 - Celebrating a New Age

Being 50 - the title says it all really! I've been 50 for a grand total of 10 days so far, so my experience is limited, but as it...

Cliona Kelliher 19 Aug, 2018 11

Hospital care , illness , Irish Health Service

A Tale of Two Hospitals, disparity of care in the Irish Health Service

If you have read any of my previous blog posts, you may have gathered that I have a lot of experience of hospitals. Between Síomha's ...

Cliona Kelliher 1 Aug, 2018

environment , environmentalism , green issues

My Zero Waste Favourites

Ok, so zero waste for me is primarily avoidance of buying into the consumer waste cycle and the older I get, the less I feel I need! My ca...

Cliona Kelliher 17 Jun, 2018 9

day trips , Ireland , leisure

Lough Boora Discovery Park - Places to Visit

Lough Boora Discovery Park is one of my favourite places to visit. We hadn't been for quite a while as it's a bit of a drive (about...

Cliona Kelliher 10 Jun, 2018 7

carotid artery dissection , dissection awareness , Health

Carotid Artery Dissection - 3 Year Update

It's almost 3 years on from my Carotid Artery Dissection (a tear in the Carotid Artery) and although I've posted at different stag...

Cliona Kelliher 29 Apr, 2018 13

compassion , empathy , Kindness

Moving towards Kindness

In some sort of weird serendipitous way, the word 'kindness' has crossed my path many times in the last while - a discussion with ...

Cliona Kelliher 16 Apr, 2018 4

Emo Court , Ireland , Laois

Emo Court and the Rock of Dunamase

It was a bit of a blustery and cold Easter weekend but we had a lovely trip to the Rock of Dunamase and to Emo Court. The Rock of Dunamase...

Cliona Kelliher 4 Apr, 2018 9

<style>/*
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/widgets/851759228-widgets.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
window['__wavt'] = 'AAPvtVnsJLkne24Q69xQdSWVPSdk:1790337569906';_WidgetManager._Init('//www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID\x3d6195370273317041496','//www.puritybelle.com/search?updated-max\x3d2018-09-02T12:11:00-07:00\x26max-results\x3d7\x26reverse-paginate\x3dtrue','6195370273317041496');
_WidgetManager._SetDataContext([{'name': 'blog', 'data': {'blogId': '6195370273317041496', 'title': 'Purity Belle Environmental Blog', 'url': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/search?updated-max\x3d2018-09-02T12:11:00-07:00\x26max-results\x3d7\x26reverse-paginate\x3dtrue', 'canonicalUrl': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/search?updated-max\x3d2018-09-02T12:11:00-07:00\x26max-results\x3d7\x26reverse-paginate\x3dtrue', 'homepageUrl': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/', 'searchUrl': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/search', 'canonicalHomepageUrl': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/', 'blogspotFaviconUrl': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/favicon.ico', 'bloggerUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com', 'hasCustomDomain': true, 'httpsEnabled': true, 'enabledCommentProfileImages': true, 'gPlusViewType': 'FILTERED_POSTMOD', 'adultContent': false, 'analyticsAccountNumber': 'G-FLS6ZV1WMS', 'analytics4': true, 'encoding': 'UTF-8', 'locale': 'en-GB', 'localeUnderscoreDelimited': 'en_gb', 'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'isPrivate': false, 'isMobile': false, 'isMobileRequest': false, 'mobileClass': '', 'isPrivateBlog': false, 'isDynamicViewsAvailable': true, 'feedLinks': '\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22Purity Belle Environmental Blog - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.puritybelle.com/feeds/posts/default\x22 /\x3e\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/rss+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22Purity Belle Environmental Blog - RSS\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.puritybelle.com/feeds/posts/default?alt\x3drss\x22 /\x3e\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22service.post\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22Purity Belle Environmental Blog - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.blogger.com/feeds/6195370273317041496/posts/default\x22 /\x3e\n', 'meTag': '\x3clink rel\x3d\x22me\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.blogger.com/profile/17006611884165846868\x22 /\x3e\n', 'adsenseClientId': 'ca-pub-4543979415287814', 'adsenseHostId': 'ca-host-pub-1556223355139109', 'adsenseHasAds': false, 'adsenseAutoAds': false, 'boqCommentIframeForm': true, 'loginRedirectParam': '', 'view': '', 'dynamicViewsCommentsSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/4224c15c4e7c9321/js/comments.js', 'dynamicViewsScriptSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/31d4351e075118ef', 'plusOneApiSrc': 'https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js', 'disableGComments': true, 'interstitialAccepted': false, 'sharing': {'platforms': [{'name': 'Get link', 'key': 'link', 'shareMessage': 'Get link', 'target': ''}, {'name': 'Facebook', 'key': 'facebook', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Facebook', 'target': 'facebook'}, {'name': 'BlogThis!', 'key': 'blogThis', 'shareMessage': 'BlogThis!', 'target': 'blog'}, {'name': 'X', 'key': 'twitter', 'shareMessage': 'Share to X', 'target': 'twitter'}, {'name': 'Pinterest', 'key': 'pinterest', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Pinterest', 'target': 'pinterest'}, {'name': 'Email', 'key': 'email', 'shareMessage': 'Email', 'target': 'email'}], 'disableGooglePlus': true, 'googlePlusShareButtonWidth': 0, 'googlePlusBootstrap': '\x3cscript type\x3d\x22text/javascript\x22\x3ewindow.___gcfg \x3d {\x27lang\x27: \x27en_GB\x27};\x3c/script\x3e'}, 'hasCustomJumpLinkMessage': false, 'jumpLinkMessage': 'Read more', 'pageType': 'index', 'pageName': '', 'pageTitle': 'Purity Belle Environmental Blog', 'metaDescription': 'A blog about living sustainably, what climate actions we can do, and also exploring Ireland with my camera.'}}, {'name': 'features', 'data': {}}, {'name': 'messages', 'data': {'edit': 'Edit', 'linkCopiedToClipboard': 'Link copied to clipboard', 'ok': 'Ok', 'postLink': 'Post link'}}, {'name': 'template', 'data': {'name': 'custom', 'localizedName': 'Custom', 'isResponsive': true, 'isAlternateRendering': false, 'isCustom': true}}, {'name': 'view', 'data': {'classic': {'name': 'classic', 'url': '?view\x3dclassic'}, 'flipcard': {'name': 'flipcard', 'url': '?view\x3dflipcard'}, 'magazine': {'name': 'magazine', 'url': '?view\x3dmagazine'}, 'mosaic': {'name': 'mosaic', 'url': '?view\x3dmosaic'}, 'sidebar': {'name': 'sidebar', 'url': '?view\x3dsidebar'}, 'snapshot': {'name': 'snapshot', 'url': '?view\x3dsnapshot'}, 'timeslide': {'name': 'timeslide', 'url': '?view\x3dtimeslide'}, 'isMobile': false, 'title': 'Purity Belle Environmental Blog', 'description': 'A blog about living sustainably, what climate actions we can do, and also exploring Ireland with my camera.', 'url': 'https://www.puritybelle.com/search?updated-max\x3d2018-09-02T12:11:00-07:00\x26max-results\x3d7\x26reverse-paginate\x3dtrue', 'type': 'feed', 'isSingleItem': false, 'isMultipleItems': true, 'isError': false, 'isPage': false, 'isPost': false, 'isHomepage': false, 'isArchive': false, 'isSearch': true, 'isLabelSearch': false, 'search': {}}}, {'name': 'widgets', 'data': [{'title': 'Upload Image', 'type': 'Image', 'sectionId': 'upload-image', 'id': 'Image10'}, {'title': 'Blog Archive', 'type': 'BlogArchive', 'sectionId': 'upload-image', 'id': 'BlogArchive1'}, {'title': '', 'type': 'Text', 'sectionId': 'upload-image', 'id': 'Text2'}, {'title': 'Follow Me', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'upload-image', 'id': 'LinkList2'}, {'title': 'About me', 'type': 'Text', 'sectionId': 'upload-image', 'id': 'Text1'}, {'title': 'Icons, Dark, Search', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'header-main', 'id': 'LinkList10'}, {'title': 'Menu', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'header-main', 'id': 'LinkList11'}, {'title': 'Purity Belle Environmental Blog (Header)', 'type': 'Header', 'sectionId': 'before-blog', 'id': 'Header1'}, {'title': 'Featured Post', 'type': 'FeaturedPost', 'sectionId': 'before-blog', 'id': 'FeaturedPost1', 'postId': '4352866840074530708'}, {'title': '#You may also like', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'before-blog', 'id': 'HTML15'}, {'title': 'Blog Posts', 'type': 'Blog', 'sectionId': 'blog-post', 'id': 'Blog1', 'posts': [{'id': '4936014507278946224', 'title': 'Being 50 - Celebrating a  New Age', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1EoFC1AWIdajQlQPN42sbpGg1TswdXom08-o5PtQPegO1PcBwyRTfgMZhpyZGEncAUex3noXOCrCGxjHK_z-ugMkXLohHYpkoxkIiEOEHX9EB1x1hDfzXpSVgRmvWctQ77vHrXIXtNY/s640/Cliona+Chatting.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '1342134863249797135', 'title': 'A Tale of Two Hospitals, disparity of care in the Irish Health Service', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjgJndhz62mnYoLWcIYF36NHIuATI__b1DUrTe1JmjqJlYbBAzA2vaGlODqQIOJYbilbmykZgQ0huaaENjP1MkErYlGg2d2Qm4Q3hf_5bQl-q84jrGgcpLcD0D5X_9wFZ1VAU-rzc-8Q/s400/Siomha+Hospital+2018.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '585040779059191642', 'title': 'My Zero Waste Favourites', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5pmS0adYlyuvdH21WqvZD2vJBu4XerCoJyJea6JZ7g4GfQ0F3kPbyhsGKre8ZFomP8WgvbBWT4eSz7pgiKOcEBVi0aqd7cFigjfb5gJgMIZ-hBge8btsALLJ2-2QJwy7UOF45qoxnH8/s320/cleansing-pads-reusable.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '7501666327334848277', 'title': 'Lough Boora Discovery Park - Places to Visit', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uP_89UNppgEB7p-BUWk2TEL45InS7VqDBXx_n8RqGUfZQjFEkjuE4lUAknAHN2sXIy0ohgVbFF_reJQXL0lXM48H8tw9BMwHlZ6qb_7yVcYxf_EXXUM5P-7t6vtG6YMMrfmhjgnn_9Y/s640/Lakeshore_edit.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '3637671765120300346', 'title': 'Carotid Artery Dissection - 3 Year Update', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0xNnwDVFWSbncjak7Chh6DRIcoYwfvibgfgUVfb61JEeprT09ahkWkfegq1OnytEME1_gS0aj4IXzpO2diNS8stOjPQyc4DF-PmjE5F5vdGc31tSJoE-F5fBtttCnECHCdJz6K0l4Q4/s400/Cervical-artery-dissection.png', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '6089106979937245119', 'title': 'Moving towards Kindness', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MCGCnddV0GE03xKAVJto7VeJ6VhyphenhyphenSKM38GqZpOQAKDvv4vL3Y5-2uVzA9QYLX7nbXxqxvBGWSDCidiKaVo-R0XeTqZAuRqBmstwSZQ2BBIr7Sq36k8d2lWk7x8nZctbIwRPZH8HxPiU/s400/Kindness_FB.png', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '8951630630130914223', 'title': 'Emo Court and the Rock of Dunamase', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJnI9V6MwX9iDwb3gz-_0Q5LkGGWBFQXQ4qAbpCt_w0kw7OKnyMm9y9qQQDECTunLV7BmVq9MjoqNRAn5wHRKxPlVAy9OJO7tN5fDEQhBd9nVovTWavktlg3xaMCGKI-aJbQzliuI5bE/s640/ArchwayandTower.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}], 'footerBylines': [{'regionName': 'footer1', 'items': [{'name': 'share', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'author', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': 'd MMM, yyyy'}, {'name': 'comments', 'label': 'Comment'}]}, {'regionName': 'footer2', 'items': [{'name': 'labels', 'label': ''}]}], 'allBylineItems': [{'name': 'share', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'author', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': 'd MMM, yyyy'}, {'name': 'comments', 'label': 'Comment'}, {'name': 'labels', 'label': ''}]}, {'title': 'Labels', 'type': 'Label', 'sectionId': 'after-blog', 'id': 'Label1'}, {'title': 'Buy me a cup of coffee.', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-static', 'id': 'HTML1'}, {'title': 'Popular Posts', 'type': 'PopularPosts', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-static', 'id': 'PopularPosts1', 'posts': [{'title': 'Oysho Sportswear Review', 'id': 5842472060365808917}, {'title': 'Flapjacks and Shortbread, egg free, nut free and delicious!', 'id': 1705404375480321284}, {'title': 'The Mary Robinson Climate Conference - A Round Up And Reflections', 'id': 81397924819169804}, {'title': 'Autistic Supports:  Applied Behaviour Analysis and Augmentative Alternative Communication, A Comparison', 'id': 7764387303034709045}, {'title': 'Lidl Running Gear Review', 'id': 2620307679937127486}]}, {'title': 'Instagram', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-sticky', 'id': 'HTML2'}, {'title': 'About Me', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'HTML21'}, {'title': 'Learn More', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'LinkList13'}, {'title': 'Follow Us', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'LinkList14'}, {'title': 'Newsletter', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'HTML22'}, {'title': 'Copyright', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'copyright', 'id': 'HTML23'}, {'title': 'SVG Icons', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'jet-options', 'id': 'HTML24'}]}]);
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_ImageView', new _WidgetInfo('Image10', 'upload-image', document.getElementById('Image10'), {'resize': false}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogArchiveView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogArchive1', 'upload-image', document.getElementById('BlogArchive1'), {'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'loadingMessage': 'Loading\x26hellip;'}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_TextView', new _WidgetInfo('Text2', 'upload-image', document.getElementById('Text2'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList2', 'upload-image', document.getElementById('LinkList2'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_TextView', new _WidgetInfo('Text1', 'upload-image', document.getElementById('Text1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList10', 'header-main', document.getElementById('LinkList10'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList11', 'header-main', document.getElementById('LinkList11'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HeaderView', new _WidgetInfo('Header1', 'before-blog', document.getElementById('Header1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_FeaturedPostView', new _WidgetInfo('FeaturedPost1', 'before-blog', document.getElementById('FeaturedPost1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML15', 'before-blog', document.getElementById('HTML15'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogView', new _WidgetInfo('Blog1', 'blog-post', document.getElementById('Blog1'), {'cmtInteractionsEnabled': false, 'lightboxEnabled': true, 'lightboxModuleUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/jsbin/2478479919-lbx__en_gb.js', 'lightboxCssUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/v-css/828616780-lightbox_bundle.css'}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LabelView', new _WidgetInfo('Label1', 'after-blog', document.getElementById('Label1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML1', 'sidebar-static', document.getElementById('HTML1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_PopularPostsView', new _WidgetInfo('PopularPosts1', 'sidebar-static', document.getElementById('PopularPosts1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML2', 'sidebar-sticky', document.getElementById('HTML2'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML21', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('HTML21'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList13', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('LinkList13'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList14', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('LinkList14'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML22', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('HTML22'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML23', 'copyright', document.getElementById('HTML23'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML24', 'jet-options', document.getElementById('HTML24'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
</script>
</body>*/</style>