Lifestyle
Why are puppies and kittens so adorable?
Young kittens and puppies are cute. Most people find them utterly adorable: they make you smile and feel good about the world. But what is it about them that makes us feel so fond of them?
Together everyone can achieve more
Calodagh McCumiskey - Wellbeing & Meditation A lot is written about team work and we all know that when people work together in a meaningful way, we can achieve beyond our wildest dreams. For a team to truly work, 'we' has to be more important than 'me'. Then we can make 1 plus 1 equal 11.
MMM's treated to great choir night
The obvious affinity which has developed between the Drogheda Male Voice Choir and the Sisters of the order of the Medical Missionaries of Mary over the past three years was once again apparent when they jointly shared a Mass for their respective deceased members at the MMM Motherhouse in Beechgrove last Thursday.
Does your pet suffer from night-time chills?
Pete Wedderburn - Animal Doctor January is the coldest month of the year in Ireland. If you check historical data, you'll discover that it's the month with the coldest average temperature, at 5'C, and the coldest-ever temperatures in Ireland have always happened in January (It was minus 19'C in Sligo on 16th January 1881).
The 'mean' facial expression of the short-eared owl
Jim Hurley - Nature Trail I encountered a Short-eared Owl while on a coastal walk. It heard me coming before I saw it. Its mottled brown body stood on the ground, its large head slowly turning on its short neck for it to...
A near perfect film in the right place at the right time
Hell hath no fury like a grief-stricken mother scorned in London-born writer-director Martin McDonagh's blackly comic thriller, which pits one vigilante parent against her local police force in a fictional midwestern town.
Brawlout similar to Smash but so disappointing
Chris Hayes - Game Review Even without intimate knowledge of the inner workings of a video game studio, it doesn't seem too presumptuous to question the credentials of any outfit that would roll out a game so ill-conceived and unfinished as Brawlout.
Donegan's Inn will take part in Holiday World Show 2018
Local Louth restaurant and venue Donegan's Monasterboice Inn will take part in this year's Holiday World Show.
Piperstown hosts a mighty fun run!
Piperstown Equestrian Centre hosted a Monasterboice Fun Run in aid of Tenure Community First Responders Group.
A vegan month to focus on how we farm animals
Pete Wedderburn - Animal Doctor I've started this year by going vegan for the month of January again, as part of an annual international campaign called Veganuary. I stop eating all animal products for a month, using...
Time to get your nest boxes ready for the new year
Jim Hurley - Nature Trail Now is the time of year to renovate old nest boxes or set up new ones. Nest boxes that were used by breeding birds last year need to be checked for damage, repaired, cleaned out, disinfected,...
PlayerUnknown's a revolutionary title which brings an incredible amount of fun to the...
Chris Hayes - Game Review PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds rise to popularity has been meteoric. As of the time of writing this review, there are currently 2.3 million active players, with 3 million peak players being the current...
Bale delivers a blistering performance in tale how the west was brutally, forcibly taken
Retribution and regret are saddle-sore travelling companions in writer-director Scott Cooper's gritty western, set during the final years of the bloodthirsty war between the United States Army and Native Americans.
Let's kick the habit of unrealistic resolutions
Deborah Coleman - Straight Talking It's the new year and here we all are, in the words of Oprah 'living our best life'.
Top tens: This week in 1998
Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day', No. 1 this week 20 years ago, originally featured on his second solo album 'Transformer' in 1972. It was released with 'Walk On The Wild Side' as a double-A sided single, peaking at number 10 in the UK and 16 in the Billboard charts in the US.
Top tens: Obama's best of 2017
President Barack Obama has continued a tradition he started while in the White House of publishing an annual playlist of his favourite songs of the year. Here are ten of his favourites from 2017. For the full list visit his Facebook page.
Best seat in the house!
Olivia Ryan It was a 'lightbulb' moment which led Louth woman Lorraine McCarthy to a new career as a family celebrant.
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Bill Cosby at court as jurors begin their deliberations
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Metro Bank shares tumble despite 456% surge in first-quarter profits
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Zoo in Singapore puts down first polar bear born in the tropics
- Inventor gets life term for torturing and murdering woman on private submarine
- Top Garda official: Treatment of analysts worrying and unacceptable
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Top Garda official: Treatment of analysts worrying and unacceptable
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Pressure mounts on minister Denis Naughten amid INM controversy
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Socialist TD unfurls Repeal the Eighth poster in Dail
- US sanctions could be ‘catastrophic’ for Limerick, claims TD
- Bishop says abortion is morally wrong whether legal or not
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Bill Cosby at court as jurors begin their deliberations
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Metro Bank shares tumble despite 456% surge in first-quarter profits
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Zoo in Singapore puts down first polar bear born in the tropics
- Inventor gets life term for torturing and murdering woman on private submarine
- Life sentence for Danish inventor who killed woman journalist on submarine
