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Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: When the rain returned!
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Pat Critchley: It’s a generation thing but not all the characters are gone
This Pat Critchley column originally appeared on LaoisToday in January 2018
In my first year English classes I would show this quote: "The children now...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: From the best day to the worst...
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Mary Theresa Lowndes: Irish people are not without sin when it comes to racism,...
I cannot tolerate bullying, discrimination, exploitation or violence. I watched the video showing the brutal murder of George Floyd.
It was an absolutely evil crime....
Peavoy Financial Planning: Financial tips during Covid-19
In times like these thinking about your financial situation can be stressful. Fears over the spread of coronavirus have caused lots of people uncertainty and...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: The adventures of a three-year-old
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Fr Paddy: Spirit of God, loving and free
These days all of us are confronted with situations which seem confusing and contradictory and we wonder where we are going and what the...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: Back to ‘home school’
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Mary Theresa Lowndes: Every help should be given to the victims of domestic violence
It is common knowledge that domestic violence has always been a problem in society.
Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence regardless of class,...
Fr Paddy: Ascension a time to Hope
This Sunday we celebrate together the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, celebrating the moment when forty days after His Resurrection, our Lord...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: An Easter week of sun-cream, chocolate and...
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Mary Theresa Lowndes: The fair deal scheme is anything but fair
I have no time for nursing homes. The old people used to call them the home. And to have to end up in the...
Fr Paddy: Holding on to faith, hope and love in these tough times
Living through this pandemic, coping with isolation whilst managing our mental health is undoubtedly a challenge.
It is completely normal to be feeling overwhelmed and...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: A very ‘Un-Easter’ Holiday break
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Eoin Barry: Essential that plans are in place to improve community mental health teams...
Over the last couple of months we have all become familiar with the concept of flattening the curve.
The importance of keeping the number of...
Conor Stapleton: What it’s like getting a cancer diagnosis – and why staying in...
The last few weeks have changed our lives. We have felt scared, angry, hopeful and every emotion in between. We have put our faith...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: I’ve completely lost track of the days
Steph is a Laois mammy of 3 small kids. She has started a blog to document her life as a mammy muddling through parenthood and...
Fr Paddy: A time for healing
How can we use this time wisely?
Perhaps the best use of time right now is, as Jesus said, to love one another. In times...
John F Headen: Remembering the long hot summer of 1959
The summer of 1959 was a long hot summer.
Wells springs and roadside pumps started going dry in the month of May and queues of...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: Getting used to our new routine is...
Today was fun - and not fun. We cooked, we made hot air balloons, we did yoga and made an obstacle course.
There was also...
Mary Theresa Lowndes: The Ireland of old was not the most pleasant of places
Now that I am locked in due to Covid-19 I have more time than usual to think.
I have always had an interest in society...
Fr Paddy: No Social distancing from Christ
Who says that Christ is not Risen this year?
When in fact he is dressed in a blue gown in green and white in our...
Mary Theresa Lowndes: 2020 is a year that will stay with us forever
2020 is a year that will stay in my mind for the rest of my life if I survive this evil plague. Covid-19 is...
Diary of a Stuck at Home Mum: How long is this going to last?!
We are all experiencing some massive changes in our lives with the current pandemic situation.
Many people are putting their lives on the line and...
Fr Paddy: An Easter that’s very different
On Ash Wednesday we were reminded of our frailty, when we received ash on our foreheads.
And we were advised by Jesus in the Gospel...
Bronwyn Cuddy: Remote learning – this isn’t even remotely funny
Desperate times call for desperate measures!
Well if trying to home school your kids whilst simultaneously working and trying to keep calm amidst the...
Conor Stapleton: What the most recent research is telling us about Covid-19
Covid-19 has changed our lives utterly.
The stars of our screen have changed from being sports stars and singers, to public health doctors and virologists....
Fr Paddy: Lockdown
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so...
Hilary Treacy: Why extra care is needed when you’re working from home
The current Coronavirus restrictions have forced many people to work from home.
While some will be familiar with the concept, for many it is a...
Sinead Grehan: A new way of (remote) working – Guidance for Employers and Employees
The last few weeks has seen a totally unprecedented level of changes in how we live and how we work.
Whilst, regrettably, a number of...
