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Medical Poland facilitates student trip to Poland
Ilka Denker
Students interested in studying animal care or veterinary medicine will have the opportunity to get real-life experience of attending college in Poland on a trip this April, writes Ilka Denker.
 
 
Life
Acne: treat sooner rather than later
Finance
Consumer Watch: health insurance season
Entertainment
Sport: Galway not to be written off this early
Entertainment
From farm fields to international audiences
VIDEOS
FEATURES
Maria Moynihan
Meet the Maker: Fiona Foley of Pear Shaped Studio
In this week’s Meet The Maker series, Maria Moynihan talks to illustrator Fiona Foley, who lives outside Macroom, Co Cork, and creates cards, prints and textiles under her Pear Shaped Studio brand.
Amii McKeever
The cost of a family home retrofit is as individual as the family itself
Home energy retrofits, prescribed by the Climate Action Plan will predominantly be paid for by home owners. Amii McKeever spoke to David Flannery, senior adviser with Electric Ireland Superhomes.
Ciara Leahy
Consumer Watch: health insurance season
One million people renew their health insurance between December and February and even if your policy auto renewed, it might not be too late to shop around and get a better deal, writes Ciara Leahy.
Contributor
A Week in the Country
From the best Instagram accounts to follow, to home budgeting tips, find out what caught ICL’s eye this week.
COLUMNS
Amii McKeever
Changing a masochistic culture starts with talking about respect
Negative language and attitudes towards women, normalised through a ‘this is how it is’ attitude sees them go unchecked. Will the violence of the last week change anything?
Damien O'Reilly
Damien’s Diary: dear younger me, life is for living
If I could turn back the clock, I would give myself some advice.
Katherine O'Leary
Katherine’s Country: enough is enough
The people of Ireland are deeply saddened by the horrific murder of Ashling Murphy in broad daylight last week. Katherine O’Leary offers her sincerest sympathy to Ashling’s family and loved ones.
Amii McKeever
How much meat is too much meat?
We can argue up and down and over and back but we are never going to agree on everything. No, this is not religion or politics, Amii McKeever is talking about our diet.
LIFESTYLE
Ilka Denker
Medical Poland facilitates student trip to Poland
Students interested in studying animal care or veterinary medicine will have the opportunity to get real-life experience of attending college in Poland on a trip this April, writes Ilka Denker.
Janine Kennedy
Treat yourself to these chocolate and cream profiteroles
When it comes to profiteroles, there is no beating homemade, writes Janine Kennedy.
Leo Powell
The Front Row: no End(game) in sight for Les Mis viewings
After getting to see Endgame in the Abbey Theatre recently, Leo Powell is looking forward to rewatching Les Misérables in the Bord Gáis this year too.
Ilka Denker
DIY: how to convert a picture frame into an eco-friendly notice board
Avid to-do list writer, but annoyed by all the papers lying around or looking for a more sustainable way to make your lists? Ilka Denker shows you how to upcycle a picture frame into a notice board.
SPONSORED
Calf rearers advised to consider milk quality and feeding level for pre-weaning
Getting pre-weaning nutrition right must be a priority to get the best possible results from calf rearing.
SPONSORED
Win a Kverneland Disc Spreader and save thousands!!!
To kick off 2022 and to provide some relief to farmers struggling with fertiliser costs, Kverneland Group Ireland is hosting a competition to win a Kverneland Exacta CL 2,000l capacity Disc Spreader.
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Cow Start the next generation in fresh cow supplementation
Owen and Conor Galvin milk 450 cows with their father Gerry just outside the village of Finuge, Co Kerry.
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Protecting livelihoods and improving animal transport standards - Billy Kelleher
This week, the European Parliament will debate a new set of recommendations drawn up by a Committee of Inquiry into the protection of animals during transport, of which Billy Kelleher is a member.
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