56+ min ago   (993+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. In 2022, the population eclipsed 5m for the first time since the 1851 census and it has not stopped growing since. File picture: Denis Minihane The population of this country increased by 66,900 in the year to the end of April,…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1049+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. Damien Coakley with Antoinette and daughter Mia. Antoinette Coakley married her husband Damien at Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services Wicklow in an intimate wedding last year. File picture: Damien Coakley/PA A woman has said she will…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1576+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. A protest at Citywest Hotel in July. More than 300 Ukrainians, dozens of whom have disabilities and complicated needs, are being moved out of the Dublin hotel they have called home. Picture: Gráinne Ní Aodha In the Citywest…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (627+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Picture: Bríd O'Donovan I treasure my copy of The Portable Virgin, the first book by Anne Enright I ever read, her first collection of short stories. Her short fiction has spoken to me ever…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (254+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. 38 South Main Street Youghal Co. Cork P36 V656 Melanie Mansfield Sherry FitzGerald Hennessy You hardly need an eircode for this address — just direct friends and visitors to Youghal’s Clock Tower and wave out the front door to attract their…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1236+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. For more than a decade, digitalisation has carried an air of inevitability. Children inhabit a technological world; schools must prepare them for it. Stock picture In Ireland, the schoolbooks are free, but the iPad might cost €800. There,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1351+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. Annalise Murphy has returned to sailing and she trains for two hours a day in Dublin Bay. Olympic medallists are just built different, right? We mere mortals accept they have entirely different physical gifts from us — as…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (420+ words) The ‘Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library’ provides age-appropriate books tailored to individual children aged from birth to five years old, with one book sent each month. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire A “visionary” scheme founded by Dolly Parton has helped provide…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (735+ words) Taylor Swift said Dolly Parton was “true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person” following the country singer’s death aged 80. Parton’s death was announced by her nephew Bryan Seaver, who said sharing the news was “an honour that…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (426+ words) Joanna Fortune: It’s possible to assert ground rules and hold boundaries without the exchange spiralling into conflict. Picture: iStock Dr Joanna Fortune is a psychotherapist working with children, teens, and adults. She is a recognised expert in play and the…...