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 […]
At one time almost every housewife made her own wine. The only essential additives to wine not requiring to be stored are yeast, sugar and water. The most popular of the homemade wines were made from sloes, blackberries, elderberries, rhubarb, apples, beetroot, nettles, carrots and potatoes. Other homemade brews included […]
After clocking up some 20,000 flying hours over the course of his career, today retired, well-respected Aer Lingus pilot Charlie Coughlan, 83, is content to simply be looking skyward. Charlie survived breast cancer – a very rare condition in males – just over a decade post-retirement, and has since gained […]
Arthus Miller in 1966. Arthur Miller is one of America’s greatest playwrights. Some of his dramas are household names; ‘Death of a Salesman’, ‘A View from a Bridge’, ‘All my Sons’. His story lines are suspenseful, his themes tackle morally ambiguous scenarios, his characters depict ordinary, relatable people like you […]
