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In this extract from her newly-published memoir, Terry Prone recounts how her husband Tom Savage and son Anton Savage helped her recover after a catastrophic car crash 

Brief reviews of Sugar Street, Line of Fire and Owlish

This week there’s a novel about how dementia picks two lives apart, piece by piece, not just the sufferer, but his wife as well. There are two fine debut novels, one a crime thriller and the other proving it’s a long, long way from Hollywood to here (or v...

This week there’s a novel about how dementia picks two lives apart, piece by piece, not just the sufferer, but his wife as well. There are two fine debut novels, one a crime thriller and the other proving it’s a long, long way from Hollywood to here (or v...

Irish drinks company to appoint liquidator; getting up earlier for work; and Bloom’s rising prices

Irish drinks company to appoint liquidator; getting up earlier for work; and Bloom’s rising prices

I HAD the opportunity to attend the Women in Leadership Conference in Mandela Hall as part of the 25 Year Agreement reflections, thanks to an invitation from Women In Business Group.

Updated / Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021 11:00 Were delighted to present an extract from Irish Customs and Rituals: How Our Ancestors Celebrated Life and the Seasons by Marion McGarry, published by Orpen Press, 2020. Irish Customs and Rituals is an exploration of common calendar customs in Irish tradition, focusing on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: spring: Imbolc; summer: Bealtaine; autumn: Lughnasa; and winter: Samhain. It also looks at bel...

Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 21:34 OFTEN it’s difficult to see economic trends in advance with any accuracy. For that reason I always take forecasts with more than a pinch of salt. 4 Not all can do job remotely That said, it doesn’t mean you can’t look at the portents and think that there is a broad trajectory coming. For instance, sometimes I can feel in the air that it’s going to rain. Some people with curly hair feel it on their scalp. If you don’t have either of these sensations but not...