A dry backend to 2024 and the lovely Spring of 2025 allowed stock on most farms to graze from March onward up to late Autumn before any weather upset to what was a lovely farming year. Unfortunately, Spring 2026 has not been so kind: While weather has started to improve at […]
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For your typical first-time buyer, receiving a mortgage Approval in Principle (AIP) from a bank is usually a major milestone. Getting to this point might have required a few arduous weeks of meeting with a bank or broker, gathering numerous documents, signing an array of forms, and answering questions about […]
by Naomi Fein I know that feeling. You’re talking about something you care deeply about – something you’ve built, something that matters – and you can feel the other person closing off. Their eyes shift. Their shoulders soften in a way that isn’t quite listening anymore. Your story never connected with […]
Irish hospitality was no myth but a warm and living tradition that went back to pagan times and lasted through to the 20th century. Perhaps the greatest dishonour a person could bring upon himself in pre-Christian Ireland was to be accused of miserliness or refusal to give hospitality. Christian thinking […]
