Life

Saturday 25 May 2019

Artist Breda Marron was told at her 12-week scan that she was having a silent miscarriage

'My world went into a spin when I was told at my 12-week scan that there was no heartbeat' - Mum shares her story of...

My world went into a spin when I was told at my 12 week scan that there was no heartbeat and that I was having a silent miscarriage. I’d never even heard of a silent miscarriage. I was pregnant with my third child and I was thrilled as I'd always felt we would have three...

Homes

Carriage House is surrounded by majestic woodland and has a stylish barn-style extension

Andrew and Niamh Bagnall made the decision to move out of the city and into the country for the sake of their three small children. They wanted them to enjoy the great outdoors, while they themselves were itching to get their hands on a project.

Opinion

Roddy Doyle's Charlie Savage: Being spotted on the top deck calls for an immaculate deception

I still get a bit of a buzz when I'm going up the stairs, even when the legs are protesting. My mother warned me never to go upstairs on the bus. So, of course, I did.

Mary Kenny, writer and author. Photo: Tony Gavin

Opinion

Mary Kenny: 'How The Valley of the Squinting Windows became a byword for nasty nosiness'

It's a well-known phrase implying inquisitive neighbours twitching their curtains, usually in small communities - 'The Valley of the Squinting Windows'. And it's a great title for a book.

Reigning lightweight champion Kellie Harrington. Photo: Karen Morgan

Life

'People would have said 'she's destined for a life behind bars'' - How giving girls the credit they deserve will produce more world champions

"Never give up, because we can all do great things. God has a plan for everyone, even me when he put me in a wheelchair." This is what world record-breaking para...

25 Irish sportswomen to know

CHAMP: Katie Taylor celebrates after defeating Rose Volante in their WBA, IBF & WBO Lightweight World Championships unification bout in Philadelphia. Photo by Stephen McCarthy / Sportsfile

Life

The 25 Irish sportswomen who are making waves nationally and internationally

A list of 25 prominent sportswomen

You can create your own personal paradise through planting

Gardens

Diarmuid Gavin: 20 ideas that'll produce your own personal paradise

It's an exciting time of the year for garden lovers. The high season is upon us, the Chelsea Flower Show has highlighted the latest trends and the eagerly anticipated Bloom festival is less than a week away.

Home & Garden

'The apartments we build aren't for families. They're dog boxes' - Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace

Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace, who will be speaking at this weekend's house...

Wary of hostility: Sophie Donaldson pictured with her wife Veronica in Dublin. Photo: Frank Mcgrath

Life

'I find it hard to say the word wife'

In early 2014, drag performer Panti Bliss stood on stage at the Abbey Theatre and delivered a 10-minute speech about homophobic attitudes in Ireland that subsequently went viral. For LGBT+ people, the speech was a revelation, not only for its impassioned censure of the many injustices faced by the community, or the fact that Madonna...

Health & Wellbeing

'30 years to the day that I sang for Ireland in Eurovision, I was diagnosed with MND' - Former contestant who competed against Celine Dion

Roy Taylor, who represented Ireland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease last year. Next month is National Awareness Month for Motor Neurone...

Home grown: A house in Zanzibar built by locals using local skills and local methods

Home & Garden

Mark Keenan: 'Why I have no time whatsoever for 'voluntourism''

I was brow-beaten by a friend into attending a fundraising event that had been organised by the teachers of a well-known private school for girls.

Real Health Podcast: Title: The foods you need to eat to help reduce depression and anxiety

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Flawless food: Liath does perfectly unfussy fine dining

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Editor's Choice

Danielle Barron with her daughter. Photo: Dylan Vaughan

Corinna hardgrave: The perfect tipples for afternoon tea

Personal Shopper: Potato Gratin

Skinny Desserts: Passion fruit tarts, and layered mocha meringue cake

Myrtle Allen: The polymath who put Irish food on the map

Dublin bartender Siobhán Darker wins 'Ireland’s Best Margarita'

Restaurant review: 'A slice of country in the city - served up with grá on a hidden farm'

Life

[TICON-A VIDEO] Seven-metre shark filmed swimming with dolphins off Achill Island beach

Ryanair announces new Dublin route as airport figures take flight

Glasgow Rugby Travel Guide: What to see, do and eat for PRO14 final weekend

Travel websites still using unfair tactics ahead of summer holidays – Which?

[TICON-A VIDEO] Skellig Michael to re-open this weekend for 130-day season

[TICON-A VIDEO] The Skelligs: How to get to there, and how to get the most out of your trip

Motoring

Game-changer: With a range of 449km, the Hyundai Kona Electric is the best-selling EV in Ireland, though it costs up to €17,000 more than the petrol version

Motoring

Fresh charge is needed to boost EV sales

CO2 emissions fell by less than 2pc last year, according to the latest figures released this week by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Given that...

Mini revolution

Cross purposes

The family favourites

Family values

Key considerations when you're buying a new Family Car

Get clockwise on how to use roundabouts correctly

Motoring

Eco choice: The environment is a key consideration for Dr Lara Dungan when she buys her next car

'The most valuable thing about my car is the air freshener'

Health & Wellbeing

Health & Wellbeing

'30 years to the day that I sang for Ireland in Eurovision, I was diagnosed with MND' - Former contestant who competed against Celine Dion

Friends, sex and Marmite - how to anti-age your brain

The number of people in high income countries needing palliative care will jump by more than 50pc by 2060 - study

How to help anxious teens going through 'the horror of puberty' - leading psychologist Stella O'Malley

Dear Dr Jennifer: How can we coax our fussy eater to broaden her taste buds?

Signs that your child may need professional help with their mental health

Tired all the time? - 10 things that will boost your energy levels

Mental Health

Puzzles aren't the only way to anti-age your brain... Stock photo

Forest schools, zero waste parties, indoor plants... How to turn kids into eco-warriors

Dear David Coleman: Should I bring my son to his grandad's funeral?

Dear Dr Nina: 'I can't sleep after having my two children - one of whom didn't sleep for more than three hours at a time'

A stressed parent's guide to surviving the Leaving Cert

Can't cope, will cope: Liadan Hynes tells why she believes making the legal process shorter will reduce trauma for everyone in divorce

Dear Dr Nina: 'I give my child lots of calcium but his nails are soft and tear easily'

Life

End of the road: Barbara Scully will have no more school-runs now her youngest is finishing school. Photo: Colin O'Riordan

Former convent - and home of singer/songwriter Roger Whittaker - is going for €495,000

Carriage House is surrounded by majestic woodland and has a stylish barn-style extension

A traditional Georgian shop and overhead house in Dublin city centre for €450,000

The extension almost doubled the size of this American-style home in Meath

This Drumcondra period home has been modernised with care

[TICON-A VIDEO] Home truths: 'How it really is 100pc possible to live mortgage- and rent-free in a house you own in the city'

Homes

'My world went into a spin when I was told at my 12-week scan that there was no heartbeat' - Mum shares her story of...

Carriage House is surrounded by majestic woodland and has a stylish barn-style extension

Roddy Doyle's Charlie Savage: Being spotted on the top deck calls for an immaculate deception

Mary Kenny: 'How The Valley of the Squinting Windows became a byword for nasty nosiness'

'People would have said 'she's destined for a life behind bars'' - How giving girls the credit they deserve will produce more world champions

The 25 Irish sportswomen who are making waves nationally and internationally

Diarmuid Gavin: 20 ideas that'll produce your own personal paradise

'The apartments we build aren't for families. They're dog boxes' - Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace

'I find it hard to say the word wife'

'30 years to the day that I sang for Ireland in Eurovision, I was diagnosed with MND' - Former contestant who competed against Celine Dion

Mark Keenan: 'Why I have no time whatsoever for 'voluntourism''

Real Health Podcast: Title: The foods you need to eat to help reduce depression and anxiety

Restaurant review: 'As it stands, Liath is probably the best eating bargain in the country... Life

Wise Guy: the man who helped save Niki Lauda in 1976 Life

'30 years to the day that I sang for Ireland in Eurovision, I was diagnosed... Health & Wellbeing

The big read on cancer screening: The good, the bad and the shades of grey Health & Wellbeing

Diarmuid Gavin ahead of Bloom: '20 ideas that'll produce your own personal paradise' Gardens

TD Bailey ran 10km race three weeks after swing fall Courts

New HSE boss 'is accounting for every cent' of spending in health service Health

Green wave sweeps over council and Euro polls Elections 2019

Elections 2019: Good day for the Greens but FG and FF still hopeful of holding their... Elections 2019

TD Bailey ran 10km race three weeks after swing fall Courts

Editor's Choice

Is extended breastfeeding really best?

What really happens when you live off-grid? Donegal man (39) packs it all in

'I’d go down to bed at night and be bawling for an hour' - Young builder's life...

Recipes: Strawberry Cheesecake; Blueberry and Coconut Muffins; and Carrot and Walnut Cake

Corinna hardgrave: The perfect tipples for afternoon tea

Personal Shopper: Potato Gratin

Skinny Desserts: Passion fruit tarts, and layered mocha meringue cake

Myrtle Allen: The polymath who put Irish food on the map

Dublin bartender Siobhán Darker wins 'Ireland’s Best Margarita'

Restaurant review: 'A slice of country in the city - served up with grá on a hidden farm'

Restaurant review: 'As it stands, Liath is probably the best eating bargain in the country... and it gets 10/10 from me'

A to Zakynthos: Can you find the real Greek Islands on a package holiday?

[TICON-A VIDEO] Seven-metre shark filmed swimming with dolphins off Achill Island beach

Ryanair announces new Dublin route as airport figures take flight

Glasgow Rugby Travel Guide: What to see, do and eat for PRO14 final weekend

Travel websites still using unfair tactics ahead of summer holidays – Which?

[TICON-A VIDEO] Skellig Michael to re-open this weekend for 130-day season

[TICON-A VIDEO] The Skelligs: How to get to there, and how to get the most out of your trip

Fresh charge is needed to boost EV sales

Mini revolution

Cross purposes

The family favourites

Family values

Key considerations when you're buying a new Family Car

Get clockwise on how to use roundabouts correctly

'The most valuable thing about my car is the air freshener'

'30 years to the day that I sang for Ireland in Eurovision, I was diagnosed with MND' - Former contestant who competed against Celine Dion

Friends, sex and Marmite - how to anti-age your brain

The number of people in high income countries needing palliative care will jump by more than 50pc by 2060 - study

How to help anxious teens going through 'the horror of puberty' - leading psychologist Stella O'Malley

Dear Dr Jennifer: How can we coax our fussy eater to broaden her taste buds?

Signs that your child may need professional help with their mental health

Tired all the time? - 10 things that will boost your energy levels

Friends, sex and Marmite - how to anti-age your brain

Dear David Coleman: My grand-daughter looks for attention when she is out, but is just a normal little girl at home

Forest schools, zero waste parties, indoor plants... How to turn kids into eco-warriors

Dear David Coleman: Should I bring my son to his grandad's funeral?

Dear Dr Nina: 'I can't sleep after having my two children - one of whom didn't sleep for more than three hours at a time'

A stressed parent's guide to surviving the Leaving Cert

Can't cope, will cope: Liadan Hynes tells why she believes making the legal process shorter will reduce trauma for everyone in divorce

Dear Dr Nina: 'I give my child lots of calcium but his nails are soft and tear easily'

Goodbye - and good riddance - to the school run after 30 years

'The apartments we build aren't for families. They're dog boxes' - Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace

Former convent - and home of singer/songwriter Roger Whittaker - is going for €495,000

Carriage House is surrounded by majestic woodland and has a stylish barn-style extension

A traditional Georgian shop and overhead house in Dublin city centre for €450,000

The extension almost doubled the size of this American-style home in Meath

This Drumcondra period home has been modernised with care

[TICON-A VIDEO] Home truths: 'How it really is 100pc possible to live mortgage- and rent-free in a house you own in the city'

Space to live and grow

5 reasons to visit the internationally renowned Kreativ Dental Clinic!

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Bon Secours seeking new staff to continue tradition of nursing excellence

The invisible gas in your home that’s a bigger killer than carbon monoxide

International Dental Clinic of the Year 2018 winner announced

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