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Ask Miriam: is it unreasonable to avoid the in-laws by skipping gatherings?
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Miriam advises a reader to talk through her concerns with her husband as to how his family make her feel when she accompanies him to social gatherings such as family weddings
16 April 2025 Features
Desperate Farmhusband: is it just me or are we all feeling a bit more cheerful?
You can't beat a bit of sunshine to lighten the aul' mood. It makes the challenges we face, as farmers, seem less challenging.
9 April 2025 Features
Have yourself a cracking Easter
Spring is in the air and it’s time to celebrate with egg-citing family days out, writes Deirdre Verney.
‘It is quite unprecedented that farmers in most sectors are happy with returns'
The workload is wasing on dairy farms as calving comes to an end. The fine weather is finally here and starting to drive on grass growth.
9 April 2025 Katherine O'Leary
Dear Miriam: I won’t consider marriage unless I can get a pre-nuptial agreement
A Leinster reader asks Miriam's advice on the legality surrounding pre nuptial agreements after seeing several men lose 'big money' when their marriages broke down.
2 April 2025 Ask Miriam
‘Sometimes a story can transcend and embrace our humanity in a special way’
Darragh McCullough spoke movingly on radio about the birth of his daughter, Grace via surrogacy, and she was spellbound, writes Katherine O'Leary.
2 April 2025 Katherine O'Leary
Neven Maguire: an eggs-cellent start to the day
Is there a more versatile ingredient than eggs? Here’s two great recipes for breakfast or brunch.
2 April 2025 Neven
‘I am reminded that the gap between pushchair and wheelchair is short'
Delighting in finding her 'precious box' during a home renovation, it sets her thinking of happy times, writes Kate Durrant.
2 April 2025 l2
Editorial: ‘shout out to the parents who don’t get it right all the time'
I want to be the mother who follows the advice from the likes of Lucy Wolfe and all those other sleep experts but hey, life happens.
2 April 2025 Editorial
'We can’t give happiness away, it is not ours to give'
Face towards the sunshine and let the shadows fall behind you on International Day of Happiness, writes Kate Durrant.
19 March 2025 l2
Am I liable for the debt of my deceased father?
Who is responsible for paying bills when someone dies and there is not enough money?
19 March 2025 l2
‘I want to give up drinking but I’m afraid it will curtail my social life’
Miriam has some advice for sheep farmer who wants to go sober.
19 March 2025 Ask Miriam