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Dear Miriam: how do I convince my partner to move back to the countryside?
Ask Miriam
This week, a reader seeks Miriam's help on finding compromise between her heart for the countryside and her partner's preference for the city.
12 March 2025 Katherine O'Leary
‘Avoid going down rabbit holes with negative thoughts. Stay above ground’
A visit from RTÉ's Brenda Donohue brings all of the family around the kitchen table and puts cancer treatment in perspective.
5 March 2025 Katherine O'Leary
‘I have a precious granddaughter at the centre of my heart – I’m a happy granny’
I have a new grandchild, my first granddaughter, Katie Margaret O'Leary has arrived. Our first meeting was a treasured moment.
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Camera at the Mart: super demand for beef calves in Kilmallock
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Two farmers claim Troy Meats owes them for cattle killed months ago
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Friesian bull calf prices quadruple on 2024
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State pays €2,020/ac for over 600ac of Galway land
‘Over the years, I have unwittingly formed a girl gang in my own home'
This International Women's Day, our Desperate Farmwife is calling out weaponised incompetence as she sees it.
5 March 2025 Features
Editorial: ‘Isn’t it mad that it is now five years since COVID-19 took over?'
'Women are innovating, pushing boundaries and making their mark in industries that are for the most part, male dominated'.
5 March 2025 Editorial
Dear Miriam: my bachelor brother won’t change his ways – but wants to find love
A reader wants to help her bachelor brother to find love, but is worried he won't change his ways.
26 February 2025 Ask Miriam
Farmers’ bid to downsize family home rejected
The decision to sell their farmhouse to a local family has cost a Co Wicklow farming couple dearly as they have been denied permission to build a smaller home on their land by the local authority.
26 February 2025 Features
Editorial: Modular homes in rural Ireland
Modular homes – if done right – could be the sticking plaster that might just stick.
26 February 2025 Editorial
Neven Maguire: butter them up with chicken
These dishes taste like they take hours to prepare, but are quick enough for a midweek dinner.
12 February 2025 Neven
Jewel in the crown is keeping time in Tralee
Fusing tradition and modern style is important for the future of John Ross Jewellers, a fourth-generation business in Kerry, run by cousins Heather O’Sullivan and Sandrene Brassil.
12 February 2025 Features
Katherine O'Leary: 'building a new house is exciting but can also be emotive'
With regard to planning laws we have to accept that there is a bigger picture, writes Katherine O'Leary.
12 February 2025 Katherine O'Leary
'I’m not so sure our ancestors would be too impressed with this tradwife trend'
Our Desperate Farmwife isn't so sure our grannies and great-grannies would be impressed with some of these social media trends we see on TikTok.
5 February 2025 Features