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‘Springspiration’: Moving the impossible

Tania Presutti April, 2022

What does it take to inspire you to make healthier life choices? Choices which are good for your body and mind? Choices that will improve your life and bring more joy, energy and health? For me one inspiration is spring, with its first blue skies and warm sun rays. It […]

Daily bread

Karen Austin April, 2022

Standing in the glasshouse in our garden it’s difficult to envisage the catastrophe in Ukraine. Just when we all thought the world might slip back into some kind of normality it has taken another turn and the poor people of Ukraine are being invaded. It’s impossible to imagine where this […]

Irish farmers ready to rise to the challenges ahead

Tommy Moyles April, 2022

I was so wrecked tired on the first Saturday night in March that I headed for bed before 9pm. Not long after, word came through to check out the front page of the next day’s Sunday Business Post: The headline stood out boldly ‘All farmers to be told to plant crops […]

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Working through the seasons

Jean Perry April, 2022

Farmers’ markets have proven to be hugely popular for customers and stall holders alike. On a sunny day nothing could be nicer than strolling around a bustling market with so much to look at, delicious aromas of coffee and cooked foods, and a place to meet friends. In a busy […]

Fact & Folklore

Weather in Irish folklore

Eugene Daly April, 2022

Ní hé lá na báistí lá na bpáistí (the day of rain is not the day of children). Anyone who has ever tried to entertain young children when it is too wet to go outside – especially on holidays – will appreciate the accuracy of this proverb. There is hardly […]

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The real changeling

Shane Daly April, 2022

The Hollywood blockbuster ‘The Changeling’ starring Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins is based on the events of the Walter Collins case. In 1929, Gordon Stewart Northcott was found guilty of abducting, molesting, and killing three young boys in what became known as the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders. Northcott’s mother, Sarah […]

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