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Dear Miriam: ‘how do I respond to adult daughter’s revelation of sexual abuse?’

A reader seeks advice from Miriam as to how she should handle a recent revelation by her adult daughter that she suffered a sexual assault by her cousin when she was a young child.

ASK MIRIAM 14 October 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘how do I respond to adult daughter’s revelation of sexual abuse?’

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Dear Miriam: ‘my daughter feels low and left behind now her friends are in uni’

Dear Miriam: ‘my daughter feels low and left behind now her friends are in uni’

ASK MIRIAM 7 October 2026

Dear Miriam: 'my husband no longer wants to leave Dublin for the countryside'

Dear Miriam: 'my husband no longer wants to leave Dublin for the countryside'

ASK MIRIAM 30 September 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘my husband won’t get a vasectomy, but I don’t want more kids’

Dear Miriam: ‘my husband won’t get a vasectomy, but I don’t want more kids’

Dear Miriam: ‘my husband won’t get a vasectomy, but I don’t want more kids’

ASK MIRIAM 23 September 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘My brothers won’t help care for Mam and I’m at breaking point’

Dear Miriam: ‘My brothers won’t help care for Mam and I’m at breaking point’

Dear Miriam: ‘My brothers won’t help care for Mam and I’m at breaking point’

ASK MIRIAM 16 September 2026

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Dear Miriam: anxious son is avoiding school as we wait for public assessment

Dear Miriam: anxious son is avoiding school as we wait for public assessment

A reader in Kildare asks Miriam for help on how to support her son who has started secondary school deal with the anxiety that often leads him to refuse to go to school, as he finds it overwhelming.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m torn between the family business and building my own life’

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m torn between the family business and building my own life’

A reader feels pulled between helping with the family business and creating a life of her own. Miriam says staying silent about her concerns is not the answer.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

Dear Miriam: 'how do we get our adult son to move out of the family home?'

Dear Miriam: 'how do we get our adult son to move out of the family home?'

A reader from Co Wexford asks for help in dealing with her adult son who refuses to move out of the family home, preferring to enjoy his home comforts at the expense of his parents and siblings.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m tired of hosting my family's holiday every year’

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m tired of hosting my family's holiday every year’

A reader asks Miriam if she's being unreasonable for resenting the annual family invasion of her holiday cottage, where she's expected to do all the work instead of enjoying a break herself.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘how can I repair a family rift between my son and daughter'

Dear Miriam: ‘how can I repair a family rift between my son and daughter'

A reader seeks Miriam's counsel on how to resolve a family rift involving her two adult children, one of whom refuses to attend family events due to anxiety caused to his partner by his sister.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘my daughter wants to go to college, I don’t think we can afford it

Dear Miriam: ‘my daughter wants to go to college, I don’t think we can afford it

A mother seeks Miriam's advice in how to manage her husband's worries about supporting their daughter through college.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m worried my brother is pushing our dad off the family farm’

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m worried my brother is pushing our dad off the family farm’

A reader in Mayo asks Miriam how to protect her father's right to remain living in the farmhouse when his son and daughter-in-law want to move in to be closer to the farmyard.

ASK MIRIAM 29 July 2026

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