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Ode to women

Dr Paula Stanley December, 2025

Women of all ages come under huge pressure to achieve unrealistic levels of perfection; personal, professional, physical, sexual, spiritual and psychological. I wanted to write a piece about how amazing women are, well, because we are. I have an opinion that may horrify many; I don’t think our 1970s feminist […]

What happens after teens break agreements is what matters most

Tatjana Simakova December, 2025

You sit down with your teen, you have what feels like a genuinely good conversation, and together you come up with a plan – maybe about curfews, screen time, chores, or something else that keeps causing friction. You’re careful with your tone. They stay surprisingly open. For once it feels […]

Gifts for a simple and naturally healthy Christmas

Hannah Dare December, 2025

Every year around this time, I look around at the growing piles of ‘stuff’ in our house and quietly vow not to add to anyone else’s. Most of us don’t need another novelty mug or something that ends up at the back of a cupboard. What people do appreciate are […]

Gift a skill this Christmas

Fionnuala Harkin December, 2025

When our children started to move out of home and begin their independent lives, we decided that the best Christmas present for all of us was an opportunity to spend time together. Better again if we got to learn something while we were at it, and of course picking a […]

A guide to career paths in retrofit

Ruairi Kay December, 2025

From time to time, I get asked how to gain employment in the retrofit industry. The Irish Government’s ambitious target through the Climate Action Plan to retrofit 500,000 homes to a minimum of B2 Building Energy Rating (BER) by 2030 is fuelling a sustained demand for a skilled workforce. While […]

Where are the elephants to go?

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman December, 2025

“Sorry I am late,” said the taxi driver. “There were elephants in our compound, eating the mango trees.” That is not the sort of excuse one often hears from a taxi driver in Ireland, but in southern Africa, elephants and humans are not getting along too well. That was a […]

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