Community advised to spring clean medicine cabinet

Killarney HeartBeat will host an informative talk on why people should spring clean their medicine cabinet.

On Tuesday evening next, February 28, Owen Daly, from Kennelly’s Haven Pharmacy in Tralee will give a talk at the Parish Centre in Park Road. This annual event is always one of the most informative of the many talks given by HeatBeat each year.

“I have lost count of the many years that Owen has made time to come along and talk to us. This is truly one of the most important and helpful meetings that we have each year,” said HeartBeat chairman Billy O’Sullivan.

“He will be talking about doing a bit of spring cleaning on your medications as we move further into 2023. Do you know what each medication that you are taking is for? Is it time to see if your doses need adjusting? Owen will talk about generic medications and about the supply difficulties created by COVID-19 and Brexit. But most importantly he will be with us to answer your questions and deal with any worries you may have medication wise.”

Spring cleaning is a time-honoured tradition with deep cultural, and historical roots. Whether you subscribe to traditions or not, your drive to spring clean taps into a time-tested, passed-down custom.

Most of us have some memories of spring cleaning happening in our childhood, contrary to today most children were banished to the outdoors for the entire day or days (some more willingly than others) in order to avoid the whirlwind cleaning and tidying that ensued. I hated cleaning and the chaos the spring clean brought, so happily ran for the hills, literally in my case.

But it’s funny how traditions work, now when the evenings start to get longer and the sun peeps out through the clouds to shine through all those windows, one of the first thoughts are they need cleaning! Gone are the days of kerosene lamps and soot filled houses but the change of season brings with it a deep routed need to banish the long winter with a spring clean.

Even if you are a Mrs Hinch or a ‘Clean Tok’ fan and have been deep cleaning everything on a schedule religiously or a