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Editorial: get your questions ready
Ciara Leahy
The canvassers are knocking and there are lots of important rural topics to discuss, writes Ciara Leahy.
Editorial: get your questions ready
‘My ache is for my firstborn, Jill, who lives in Australia'
20 November 2024 l2
‘My ache is for my firstborn, Jill, who lives in Australia'
November comes and November goes, with the last red berries and the first white snows, writes Kate Durrant.
Katherine O'Leary: ‘be sure to sort the real issues from spin’
20 November 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Katherine O'Leary: ‘be sure to sort the real issues from spin’
When you open your door to politicians make sure you’re sorting out real issues from the spin, writes Katherine O'Leary.
Dear Miriam: ‘I want to find a partner, but I feel my weight is stopping me’
Miriam advises a Tipperary lady who believes the secret to her attracting a life partner lies in her ability to shed weight to separate the two issues to improve her success in achieving both goals.
20 November 2024 Ask Miriam
‘My husband wants to move house before Christmas – but it’s stressing me'
The stress of a three year house build has left a married couple in Limerick at loggerheads with Miriam's advice sought on how to convince the husband to hold off on moving in until after Christmas.
13 November 2024 Ask Miriam
‘Cillian’s powerful film Small Things Like These leaves a lot of big questions’
Every word matters in the book and in the film. There is space for reflection, writes Katherine O'Leary.
13 November 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Dear Miriam: ‘How do I tell my daughter to rent instead of moving back home?’
A reader who is reluctant to have her daughter and son-in-law move in with her asks Miriam's advice on how she can broach the subject of a rental home instead.
6 November 2024 Ask Miriam
Editorial: the altruistic act of organ donation
In any given year, there are approximately 600 people on the national organ transplant list, writes Ciara Leahy.
6 November 2024 Editorial
‘There is something very special about Rory O’Connell and his ability to teach'
Katherine O'Leary couldn't get enough of Rory O'Connell's tips at the Women and Agriculture conference.
6 November 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Editorial: there's magic in that room
The Irish Country Living team work hard to create a great Women & Agriculture conference each year but its magic is the atmosphere in the room, one that can only be created with 600 supportive women.
30 October 2024 Editorial
Dear Miriam: ‘my siblings have our father convinced not to trust his carers’
An elderly man's reluctance to trust carers calling to his home due to his children convincing him people are out to get him is the concern raised with Miriam this week.
30 October 2024 Ask Miriam
‘We will never forget our dearly departed, as long as we still speak their name’
We will never forget our dead as long as we speak their name, writes Margaret Leahy.
30 October 2024 l2