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Edel Coffey: Christmas brings with it a whole lot of pressures 
The pressure to go big on your outdoor lighting decoration scheme, the attendant financial worries and the expectation that you will be your most sparkling, delightful social self, dressed up to the nines and available for every and any coffee/cocktail/party invitation that comes your way

Sun, 18 Dec, 2022

Edel Coffey: The fate of our parents doesn’t necessarily have to be our fate
Edel Coffey: The fate of our parents doesn’t necessarily have to be our fate
I made lists and lists of awful illnesses, terrible diseases, dreadful diagnoses and, to my mind, every single one of them was preferable to the one my mother had just received

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

Edel Coffey: The importance of finding joy in our daily lives
Edel Coffey: The importance of finding joy in our daily lives
Even though joyful moments are by nature small and fleeting they somehow have the power to make us feel truly alive - and joy is nearly always free.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2022

Edel Coffey: You don't get inspiration from being in your comfort zone
Edel Coffey: You don't get inspiration from being in your comfort zone
The fact that disappointments hurt us so much can feel humiliating

Fri, 25 Nov, 2022

Edel Coffey: How I approach my reproductive health has changed because of Vicky Phelan
Edel Coffey: How I approach my reproductive health has changed because of Vicky Phelan
Her words about action, change, and accountability are amongst the most moving I have ever heard, from any orator, political or civilian, past or present, historical or contemporary

Sat, 19 Nov, 2022

Edel Coffey: Documenting and remembering the voices and artists of Ireland
Edel Coffey: Documenting and remembering the voices and artists of Ireland
"It doesn’t exist on its own inside a record sleeve or enclosed in the covers of a book. It needs fans to do as the old sean-nós singers and storytellers did, share it with each other, pass it on, and hand it down."

Sat, 12 Nov, 2022

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Edel Coffey: Joan Didion, physical ephemera and the immortality of words
"It’s interesting that she appeals to each generation anew - something about her writing gets to the very heart of many of us"

Sat, 05 Nov, 2022

Edel Coffey: The risk of violence, persecution, loss of life is real for the LGBT+ community
Edel Coffey: In a world of so many non-negotiables, the first thing many of us sacrifice is ourselves
A lot of the specified non-negotiables harked back to the state of childhood, where we allowed ourselves the simple joy of noticing things like yellow doors or red cars or birds or the pleasure of reading for pleasure alone

Sat, 29 Oct, 2022

Edel Coffey: The risk of violence, persecution, loss of life is real for the LGBT+ community
Edel Coffey: Poetry can help us understand the mystery of what it is to be alive
And yet many of us ignore it or think it is not for us

Fri, 21 Oct, 2022

Edel Coffey: Every person in this country should have access to emotional security 
Edel Coffey: Every person in this country should have access to emotional security 
Nobel laureate economist Robert Schiller has posited that the hit of ‘emotional security’ we get from buying and owning our own homes in uncertain times is the thing that is giving the property market its buoyancy

Sat, 15 Oct, 2022

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