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I’m seeing a wonderful woman and we have a huge physical attraction.

Sebastian Barry, the current Laureate for Irish Fiction, has spearheaded an initiative where he hosts a series of conversations with fellow Irish writers in which they attempt to answer one simple question: ‘What is writing?’

On the first morning, we all barrelled out of the house shouting and hissing at one another to remember bags, tie shoelaces, etc.

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As we move into the second half of the year, it is possible to look back on the first six months with a certain degree of positivity.

Today is June 1st and do you know what that means? It’s Dinosaur Day! And Don’t Give up the Ship Day, commemorating the last words said by Captain James Lawrence as his ship was being taken over by the British in 1813.

I’ve always had a certain respect for weeds. They have been worthy adversaries.

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Let’s get the obvious out of the way; it’s called St Patrick’s Day. Paddy’s Day is also acceptable. What it is never called is, Patty’s Day. Never.

This week, I watched Leaving Neverland, the documentary about James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who allege that when they were children they were sexually molested by Michael Jackson.

It has been milder and brighter along the banks of the Shannon in Killaloe at the start of February’s final week than it was for long stretches of many of our recent summers, writes Cormac MacConnell

The small dark shape flutters in the breeze. From a distance it looks like it could be an offering to the spirits of ancestors or pagan gods hung in the tree. It swings there a little, as if urging the little buds to break free and announce the spring.

There is no guide book to navigate grief. It is messy and uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable to even write about it.

Forgive me for being Captain Obvious here, but my god, January is such a gloomy month.

This is the time of year when the media is full of tips on how to get through the grim weeks ahead. But we are ignoring the mental health benefits of a good wallow. The wallowing-mud in this case is ‘words that annoy’.

I was on the phone, going through my personal details. We came to the section about my relationship status, and the man asked if I was married, single, divorced, etc. I hesitated, saying: “I’m dating someone, does that count?”, and he answered, “don’t worry about your boyfriend, we’ll put you down as single for the purposes of this form.”

The comedown is real. I have not entered into such a state of mourning since the makers of Toblerone announced the ridiculous addition of ‘extra spacing’ between the pointed triangles of delicious nougat loaded chocolate.

Perhaps I’m getting carried away, but wasn’t that a pretty big statement from Munster against Leinster last Saturday?

Ronan O'Gara has taken a strong zero tolerance line to drug cheating in rugby, insisting the 'juicers' should be hit with lifetime bans from the sport.

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Heading north on the M1 on the long traffic-clogged slog from Brighton to Leicester, on a dark December Friday evening, I’m stuck in a monster tail back behind lorries and commuters fleeing London, writes Suzanne Harrington

Hearing that libraries are going to be the locus for health-promotion programmes in the coming year prompted me to do a little research over the last two weeks.

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I am going to Copenhagen this weekend for a book festival.

The day the dishwasher packed in, I baked two dozen chocolate chip cookies.

This is probably going to be the most self-indulgent column I’ve ever written so avert your eyes now if me behaving like Paris Hilton circa 2003 — miniature dog in oversized designer handbag not included — is going to offend your delicate sensibilities.

My son turns nine in the next few days. He has decided on an outing to the cinema with a few of his friends to see the new ‘Goosebumps’ movie followed by a trip to the Golden Arches to chow down on all things deep fried and chock-full of additives.

It’s easy to feel stressed when you’re always saying yes, says lifestyle coach Anna Geary.

I didn’t pay that much attention to the Ryder Cup, which I believe thrashed itself out in nicely creased slacks all across the weekend. Homework off and half-days from school await, writes Michael Moynihan

American blogger Meggan VanderMeulen has been running her website, CardiganJezebel.com, from Cork City for almost five years.

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I’ve written before about The Artist’s Way, a 12-week programme designed by Julia Cameron to help unblock creativity.

September is the new January. But,without the festive burnout, increased waistlines and frantic Google searches to locate several recipes as to how best to use up/conceal the leftover turkey in each and every meal.

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Her debut novel, ‘Promising Young Women’, has received rave reviews. Now, author Caroline O'Donoghue just has to return to her native Cork to promote it...

I was asked in a recent interview what I thought the ‘secret’ to success was, and I replied that, in my case at least, I believed hard work was key.

It's safe to say that I took networking for granted prior to becoming a parent.

My grand-daughter has gone wild in an attempt to embarrass her

Up until this month, I didn’t really have a “Ryanair Story”.

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