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Legal query: does the ESB have a right to erect lines on my land?

Can a landowner influence the route of a power line and are they due any compensation? Our legal expert Aisling Meehan answers your queries.

NEWS 9 July 2025

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Editorial: ‘women deserve options and to make medically informed decisions'

Editorial: ‘women deserve options and to make medically informed decisions'

EDITORIAL 9 July 2025

Dear Miriam: my eldest son is in Oz and I’m terrified of making the long flight

Dear Miriam: my eldest son is in Oz and I’m terrified of making the long flight

ASK MIRIAM 9 July 2025

‘Thiomáineas Massey Ferguson 168 i Rhodes agus chrúigh mé asal de láimh fiú'

‘Thiomáineas Massey Ferguson 168 i Rhodes agus chrúigh mé asal de láimh fiú'

‘Thiomáineas Massey Ferguson 168 i Rhodes agus chrúigh mé asal de láimh fiú'

FEATURES 9 July 2025

Gardening with Paul: summer aromas are heaven scent

Gardening with Paul: summer aromas are heaven scent

Gardening with Paul: summer aromas are heaven scent

GARDENING 9 July 2025

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Money Mentor: will expanding my jam business make sense?

Money Mentor: will expanding my jam business make sense?

Explore the risk and rewards and ask key questions before taking the leap and expanding.

MONEY MENTOR 9 July 2025

David Gough: ‘all any of us want is to get the next big game’

David Gough: ‘all any of us want is to get the next big game’

One of the most prominent referees in Gaelic football, referee David Gough is sidelined for the big match due to injury.

SPORT 9 July 2025

The Ardee Garden Care & Repair project is a cut above the rest

The Ardee Garden Care & Repair project is a cut above the rest

A community effort in Ardee is improving the lives of older people.

FEATURES 9 July 2025

Slow tourism: the wagon rolls in... and all your cares roll away

Slow tourism: the wagon rolls in... and all your cares roll away

Visitors from around the world are taking the reins at Making Tracks to explore the beautiful rural Laois countryside and leave modern life behind.

FEATURES 9 July 2025

Mary Fogarty : ‘the community cafés help combat rural loneliness’

Mary Fogarty : ‘the community cafés help combat rural loneliness’

The National Community Café Action Group is calling on the Government to provide ongoing financial support.

NEWS 9 July 2025

Travel: pedal through it on Inis Mór

Travel: pedal through it on Inis Mór

Not even the weather can dampen the spirits on this weekend biking getaway on Inis Mór.

TRAVEL 9 July 2025

Networks make the dream work and create opportunity

Networks make the dream work and create opportunity

To build on their success, rural food producers and businesses need support from their network, local community and government bodies.

NEWS 9 July 2025

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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