Like many two-year-olds, my nephew hates socks and love blueberries. He’s also unlike other little boys
It was the longest period I’ve spent under the same roof as my niece and nephew since their births. “To visit you and Brother ...
Al Gore’s ethical investment fund buying shares again in Kingspan
Generation Investment Management spends about €16 million to increase its stake in the insulation manufacturer from 2.9% to 3 ...
Reusable cloth nappies vs disposables: would you put €500 a year in the bin?
Disposables are hardly without their ick factor, and the cost savings and environmental benefits of reusables are compelling ...
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Childcare fees set to increase at 600 Government-funded services
Fees are set to increase at about 600 of the State’s roughly 4,300 Government-funded childcare providers over the coming ...
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The Duff effect: Is the League of Ireland on the cusp of something?
On Wednesday morning, five days after winning the 2024 League of Ireland title, Shelbourne started selling tickets for 2025.
Life after the death of my mother: You enter new territory where no one ever wants to go
It’s important to talk about your grief even if you can sometimes struggle to articulate how you actually feel - and there is ...
Dr Brian Pennie: ‘I lost 15 years to heroin addiction but I wouldn’t take them back if I’d lose the happiness I have today’
I would say I’m 10 out of 10 agreeable, but that’s not agreeable in a passive way. I’d be agreeable with stuff that I’m ...
Kinahan Assassins: The scale, depth and depravity of organised crime in 21st-century Ireland laid bare
The courage of the authors – and crime journalists generally – who venture into this dangerous area without a badge or ...
Paul Howard: I said I’d never love another dog as much as I loved Humphrey. I was wrong
These two puppies walk around the house, shoulder to shoulder, like cops on the beat. Feeding time is chaos. But we don’t ...
In their own words: ‘I miss my old house’ – homeless children in emergency accommodation
Jake is one of the 4,561 children across Ireland who tonight will go to sleep in beds they don’t call their own, in rooms ...
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US election: ‘Humility is important’: Soul-searching Democrats begin their long postmortem
The corpse of the Democratic Party’s 2024 election campaign has been loaded on to the mortuary slab and the postmortems are ...
Covid-19 left deep scars in Irish society. Those whose lives were lost or upended deserve better
People need, want and deserve a proper accounting of the successes and failures of the handling of the pandemic ...