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Grace Hanna

In this week’s Meet the Maker, Grace Hanna chats to The Wild Felter Molly Ellis about all thing’s wildlife, felt and nature.

Comment

Editorial: super supermarkets

Irish Horse

Irish Horse: Grand day for Mullins as he targets the British title

Irish Horse

Irish Horse: solid sport horse sales at Cavan

Irish Horse

Irish Horse: Palaces and problems

VIDEOS

FEATURES

Sarah McIntosh

Shortt stories

National treasure, comedian and actor, Pat Shortt turns it into a family affair, taking to the road with his daughter Faye and returning to the stage that started it all, writes Sarah McIntosh.

Aisling Meehan

Legal: my son and his partner are living in my family home rent-free

Aisling Meehan advises a reader who is having an issue with her son and his partner – they live rent-free in her original family house and she wants them to rent or buy.

Margaret Hawkins

Postnatal anxiety: don’t let it undermine your joy

Postnatal anxiety can shrink your world, so it’s important to seek help early. Counsellor Irene Lowry has advice for new mums, writes Margaret Hawkins.

Maria Moynihan

Motherhood: ‘the fourth trimester can be lonely’

Becoming a mother is a huge transition in any woman’s life but those early days can also be lonely. So, how do you find your tribe to support you through the ‘fourth trimester’? asks Maria Moynihan.

COLUMNS

Ciara Leahy

Editorial: super supermarkets

Shopping trends have always traveled across the Atlantic. On a recent trip to the States, Ciara Leahy looked to the future of our weekly food shop.

Katherine O'Leary

Katherine's Country: it is important to explain our suffering to non-farmers

Wet weather is creating a mounting crisis – we need to keep the message simple when explaining the impact of rain on our livelihood, writes Katherine O’Leary.

Ask Miriam

Ask Miriam: how do I talk to my son about paying rent or buying out my house?

This week, Miriam hears from a reader who wants to talk to their son about renting or buying out a farm house, having lived there rent-free from more than a decade.

Ciara Leahy

Editorial: focusing on health

Health is part of the weekly foundation of our publication, and with that we have themed this issue around it, writes Ciara Leahy.

LIFESTYLE

Grace Hanna

Meet the Maker: Molly Ellis

In this week’s Meet the Maker, Grace Hanna chats to The Wild Felter Molly Ellis about all thing’s wildlife, felt and nature.

Mark Costello

Irish Horse: Grand day for Mullins as he targets the British title

The champion trainer is about to emulate Vincent O’Brien territory – one of the all-time greats of the racing game, writes Mark Costello.

Helen Sharp

Irish Horse: solid sport horse sales at Cavan

Sally Parkyn reports on a positive sellers’ market last week at Cavan Equestrian Centre.

Helen Sharp

Irish Horse: Palaces and problems

Helen Sharp has been to the Paris Olympic equestrian site for a slice of the upcoming glamour, meanwhile at home breeders face more passport misery.

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