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My Lent sacrifice: I’ll give up de cups of coffee for 40 days

It always had a map of Ireland on the bottle, that was the Irel coffee I remember. I think it was a mixture of coffee and chicory - a kind of a...

Evening Echo

When you decide to change your job, there are important steps to follow in terms of giving proper notice and getting references. There is a legal...

Who are we kidding, I thought despairingly. I was out walking, early one weekday morning more than a fortnight after the widely publicised...

Over the weekend, I watched a sweet Ukrainian boy blow out the ten candles on his birthday cake. Closing his eyes, he took a minute to make his...

The ‘King Kong’ of obesity drugs is now available in Ireland via private prescription. In a clinical trial, people using Mounjaro (tirezepatide)...

I would love an opportunity for a chat with my grandparents. They’re all long dead now so that’s not going to happen, but if it was possible, I...

In 1910, Hannah O’Keeffe bade farewell to her family in the North Cork village of Cullen, and headed away for a new life in America. The young...