Hello and welcome to the very first Local Women Magazine of 2024! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! The celebration season was a bit of a blur for the LW team as we worked hard to put together a bumper edition for January! First up is our New Year, New Career special which shines a spotlight…
THE WOOD HOUSE – ROSTREVOR Forget George Clooney and his villa on the shore of Lake Como – now you can move into your own little piece of heaven right here in Northern Ireland. The Wood House on Shore Road just outside Rostrevor has probably some of the most stunning views you can imagine. A unique property sitting on just…
Aside from buying a house or having a baby, it’s difficult think of a life event more important – or expensive – than getting married. Pledging your eternal love to your significant other, promising to walk by their side and help shield them from all of life’s trials, making your vows in front of family and friends – everything about…
It is estimated at least one in four pregnancies end in loss during pregnancy or birth. It’s a sad reality that most women – if they do not experience baby loss themselves – will know someone affected by the tragedy. Yet, the silence around baby loss remains disproportionately high compared to the number of families affected by the ordeal. Superstition…
Life for most teenagers is filled with homework, nights out with friends and worrying about exam results. However, by the time Ruthie Stewart was 19 years old, she had made peace with the idea of her own death after years of suffering with inflammatory bowel disease. Aged just 15 when doctors told her she had Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis,…
So many of our student memories are of parties in pretty filthy, dingy, damp-infested houses in south Belfast. But 5 St Ives Gardens just off the Stranmillis Road is anything but that. This four-bedroom stunner has caught our eye, not just for its fabulous décor, but because of the light that floods in throughout. Let’s forget its five-star location, close…