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Dear Miriam: ‘How do I tell my daughter to rent instead of moving back home?’
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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 Editorial
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 Features
Desperate Farmwife: ‘what is it about 40 which makes one feel so confident?'
Who knew turning 40 would bring such clarity of mind and confidence? Certainly not our Desperate Farmwife.
‘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
Thoughts from Women & Agriculture conference and some pumpkin magic
The Women & Agriculture conference has once again delivered inspiration and dealt with difficult topics in the lives of farming families. The day after the conference, it was time to find a pumpkin.
30 October 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Editorial: welcome to the new look of Irish Country Living
As the first edition of the rebrand lands in your hands, we hope the hard work has paid off.
23 October 2024 Editorial
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
‘Like everything else in farming through the years, change is always gradual’
Adaptation is the name of the game to mitigate against climate change and farmers are good at it, writes Katherine O'Leary.
23 October 2024 Katherine O'Leary
‘I’ve lost my teen daughter to her smartphone’
Caving in to demands for a smartphone by her 12-year-old daughter leaves one concerned mother asking Miriam's advice on how to restore some boundaries with technology.
16 October 2024 Ask Miriam