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Dear Miriam: Should I just stop making resolutions? I always feel like I fail?
Rosalind Skillen
A lady in Meath seeks Miriam's advice on making resolutions.
8 January 2025 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: how do I save my annual tradition after a family bust-up at dinner?
After a family argument threatens to disrupt the magic of Christmas Eve, a reader asks Miriam for advice on how to keep one beloved family tradition alive.
1 January 2025 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: I don’t need house visits, how can I stop them from checking in?
A man who doesn't appreciate a local lady calling in to check on him every week asks Miriam for advice on how to end the arrangement.
Dear Miriam: My partner broke up with me suddenly. Should I still go on holiday?
A heartbroken reader seeks Miriam's advice on whether she should go on a holiday she booked for her and her boyfriend before he broke up with her.
18 December 2024 Ask Miriam
Ask Miriam: My husband is an angry drunk – so I’m dreading Christmas
A reader seeks Miriam's advice on how to deal with her husband's problem drinking over the Christmas period.
11 December 2024 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: ‘My overbearing former friend is hard work. How do I let her go?
A lady in Carlow seeks Miriam's advice over how to keep her distance from a former friend who is trying to reconnect despite them no longer having much in common.
4 December 2024 Ask Miriam
Dear Miriam: Can workplace conflict lead to post traumatic stress disorder?
A man seeks Miriam's advice in dealing with the trauma of a former colleague whose actions continue to affect him years after he retired from the job.
27 November 2024 Ask Miriam
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
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
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
Dear Miriam: ‘my best friend left me out of her 70th birthday party celebration'
A lady asks Miriam whether she should confront her friend for excluding her from her 70th birthday party despite their years of friendship and regular day trips together.
23 October 2024 Ask Miriam