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Keep asthma at bay and breathe easy this winter
Margaret Hawkins
Expert tips on how to maintain the common lung condition during the cold months, writes Margaret Hawkins.
Keep asthma at bay and breathe easy this winter
Blooming bright and beautiful
20 November 2024 Gardening
Blooming bright and beautiful
Ornamental species make fine decorative plants in the garden and thrive in the damp weather, writes Gerry Daly.
Santa Claus is coming to your town...
20 November 2024 Features
Santa Claus is coming to your town...
Fancy meeting Santa underground or having breakfast with him in a castle? There is a Santa experience to suit everyone, writes Deirdre Verney.
Limerick leader: Celia is still at the helm of Irish style
Founder of Ireland’s longest-running modelling agency, Celia Holman Lee, reflects on how fashion and life has changed in 60 years, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
20 November 2024 Features
Running start: the women hoping to make a change
As gender quotas increase for next week’s general election, three candidates share their reasons for going forward for the Dáil, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
20 November 2024 Features
Donal Skehan: Donal's on to a Shore things
Donal Skehan and his wife Sophie may have their hands full but his new lifestyle range Wind Shore is all about taking time to savour the moment, writes Ciara Leahy.
13 November 2024 Features
Health: ‘It’s vital that women get perinatal help if they need it’
Specialist teams are in place in all maternity hospitals to help pregnant women and new mothers cope with mental health issues, writes Margaret Hawkins.
13 November 2024 Health
Desperate Farmhusband: should we introduce COVID measures to the cows?
TB is rampant in the area and our Desperate Farmhusband is just about ready to build a wall around the farm.
13 November 2024 Features
Feature: ‘don’t let age, time or work stop your dream’
Galway woman Mary Teresa Madden has opened a new chapter as a writer later in life, writes Deirdre Verney.
13 November 2024 Features
Gardening with Mary: the changing winter colours
The garden undergoes a lot of change this month, but there is still much to enjoy, writes Mary Keenan.
13 November 2024 Gardening
Rural Affairs: traditional canvassing the key to securing rural votes
Treading the highways and byways of rural Ireland, two canvassers speak of their approach to harnessing votes now that the General Election 2024 campaign is under way, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
13 November 2024 Features
Rural Affairs: domestic violence prevention initiative launched in Donegal
A charity supporting men to take responsibility for domestic violence launches an online prevention programme, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
13 November 2024 Features