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

A distraught mother in Tipperary seeks Miriam's advice on how to avoid a trip to visit her son in Australia as she cannot conquer her fear of flying.

ASK MIRIAM 9 July 2025

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‘Moorepark Open Day – an informative event for the dairy farming community’

‘Moorepark Open Day – an informative event for the dairy farming community’

KATHERINE O'LEARY 9 July 2025

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

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

EDITORIAL 9 July 2025

Renewable progress delayed by adding complexity to old technology

Renewable progress delayed by adding complexity to old technology

Renewable progress delayed by adding complexity to old technology

SUSTAINABILITY 6 July 2025

Dear Miriam: 'my son says it’s ‘not cool’ to wear a seatbelt'

Dear Miriam: 'my son says it’s ‘not cool’ to wear a seatbelt'

Dear Miriam: 'my son says it’s ‘not cool’ to wear a seatbelt'

ASK MIRIAM 2 July 2025

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‘Housewives, aka women skilled in HR, finance, nutrition and problem solving...'

‘Housewives, aka women skilled in HR, finance, nutrition and problem solving...'

The Housewives of the Year were skilled professionals with many skills much coveted in the job market today.

L2 25 June 2025

‘I’m thinking of the influential generation that changed agriculture in Ireland’

‘I’m thinking of the influential generation that changed agriculture in Ireland’

We are losing a generation of people like the late Dan Browne, who helped to shape agriculture in Ireland.

KATHERINE O'LEARY 25 June 2025

Editorial: ‘CRITICAL emergency medical response is often first on the scene'

Editorial: ‘CRITICAL emergency medical response is often first on the scene'

When you're waiting on an ambulance, every minute matters, and CRITICAL emergency medical response are often first on the scene in rural Ireland.

EDITORIAL 25 June 2025

'Thank you to all the people that look after me in all areas of my life'

'Thank you to all the people that look after me in all areas of my life'

With her radiotherapy sessions in Cork complete, I'm looking forward to the weeks ahead.

KATHERINE O'LEARY 25 June 2025

'A friend is one of the best things you can be, and greatest thing you can have'

'A friend is one of the best things you can be, and greatest thing you can have'

My friend’s recent birthday party served as a reminder that, ‘distance means so little, when someone means so much’.

L2 25 June 2025

Dear Miriam: frown lines get me down, but I’m not brave enough to go for Botox

Dear Miriam: frown lines get me down, but I’m not brave enough to go for Botox

A reader in Leitrim seeks Miriam's advice as to whether or not she should have a cosmetic procedure to remedy wrinkles that area affecting her overall mood.

ASK MIRIAM 25 June 2025

Junior editorial: the future is safe with our rising stars

Junior editorial: the future is safe with our rising stars

Meet the future of farming, we talk to 15 inspirational young rising rural stars.

EDITORIAL 25 June 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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