Advice
Contributor on 28 Jul 2021
A formula to success
In her new column, Caroline Murphy of West Cork Eggs shares advice and encouragement for small business owners. This week, it’s all about making a plan and reaching your goals.
Ask Miriam on 21 Jul 2021
Dear Miriam: my daughter won’t take the vaccine
Dear Miriam, my daughter won’t take the vaccine and it’s causing agro between us
Ask Miriam on 07 Jul 2021
Dear Miriam: my best friend is too picky when it comes to men
Dear Miriam, how do I tell my best friend she’s too picky when it comes to men and that’s why she hasn’t met someone?
Ask Miriam on 30 Jun 2021
Dear Miriam: My daughter’s addicted to exercise
Dear Miriam, my daughter’s addicted to exercise and I don’t know what to do
Margaret Nolan on 30 Jun 2021
Money Mentor: Long-term leasing of land requires good advice
Money Mentor Margaret Nolan advises to avail of professional advice before committing to a long term lease of your land. This is a contractual document.
Contributor on 30 Jun 2021
Steps to Success: making the choice to be a better you
Caroline Murphy owns and operates West Cork Eggs Ltd. In this new series, she outlines top approaches to being more productive and happy in both your life and career.
Luke McDermott on 30 Jun 2021
Teagasc to launch five new apprenticeship courses by 2022
Considering doing an apprenticeship? Teagasc are aiming to introduce five new land sector apprenticeships by the end of 2022.
Ask Miriam on 23 Jun 2021
Dear Miriam: I don’t want to move in with my boyfriend
Dear Miriam, I don’t want to move in with my boyfriend, but I don’t want to break up with him either
Ask Miriam on 16 Jun 2021
Dear Miriam: I feel anxious in crowds
Dear Miriam, since things opened back up again I’m feeling anxious while out in pubs and restaurants
David Wright on 16 Jun 2021
The ‘Ministry’ that shaped NI farming
For the first 50 years of NI the Ministry of Agriculture provided education and advice to farmers
Ask Miriam on 09 Jun 2021
Dear Miriam: My husband’s COVID fear is stopping us going on a staycation
Dear Miriam, my husband is very nervous about COVID and he won’t go on a staycation or go out for dinner
Amii McKeever on 09 Jun 2021
An all-male board: do people genuinely think they got this through meritocracy?
With 235 years of tradition, CEO of Bank of Ireland Francesca McDonagh acknowledges the bank needs modernisation. But when you are CEO, she says change is very actionable, writes Amii McKeever.
Amii McKeever on 02 Jun 2021
Talk to people, buy more kettles
For Louise Grubb, founder of TriviumVet, role models, communications and giving people a chance are the best ways of building culture. And kettles of course, kettles are key, writes Amii McKeever
Ask Miriam on 26 May 2021
Dear Miriam: being bisexual in rural Ireland
Dear Miriam, I’m bisexual, but I haven’t told anyone and I don’t know how to meet a guy in rural Ireland.
Amii McKeever on 26 May 2021
Accessibility in modern Ireland: what can you do?
It can be hard to know when to offer help to a stranger who appears to need it, but may not, and when to respect their space and independence, writes Amii McKeever.
Ask Miriam on 19 May 2021
Dear Miriam: navigating sharing shopping with my mother
Dear Miriam, I live with my mother and I don’t know how to broach the issue of our grocery shopping arrangements.
Ask Miriam on 12 May 2021
Dear Miriam: I don’t know how to date after divorce
Dear Miriam, I’m ready to meet someone again after my divorce, but I don’t know how to
Ask Miriam on 28 Apr 2021
Readers write: dealing with in-laws
A number of readers have responded to a recent problem featured in this column.
Amii McKeever on 28 Apr 2021
Family farm evolution
With the kids now at an age where Gráinne O’Neill is not running from here to there, she is with her husband Darragh on their farm. He explains to Amii McKeever how he couldn’t do it without her
Ask Miriam on 21 Apr 2021
Dear Miriam: ‘I’m fed up of living at home during the pandemic’
Dear Miriam, I’ve been doing my college work from home during the pandemic and I’m fed up of living with my parents