After blazing a trail for female poets, 73-year-old Eavan Boland is still keen to see the medium moving forward in the digital age, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Our Top 8 on International Women’s Day today celebrates women in food. No competition for marks here, these eight Munster-based women are as individual as their produce

Joe McNamee meets the women making waves in the male-dominated food industry — who also just so happen to be sisters.

Kya deLongchamps despairs over the simple ways we can wreak havoc on our property's value

With the housing crisis, renovating a run-down property is worth considering if you have the inclination, time, funds and a good team of contractors around you, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Honey & Co Chefs, husband and wife team, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich are sitting contentedly at our kitchen table podding peas and broad beans for supper.

Food news with Joe McNamee.

You can perch on a leopard-print barstool this summer while you indulge in food from George Foreman’s new grill or from Aldi’s big-selling pizza oven, says Esther N McCarthy.

Jo Slevin, of Mr Kite Designs, talks to Aileen Lee about her Cork crafts company.

There’s a new buzzword doing the rounds — ‘busy’. Specifically, the type of busy where you have to tell everyone about it. Because, being in such a state of frenzy is not worth a jot, unless you can share that you are.

I apologise in advance for this column as there is considerable decadence ahead. I was lucky enough to visit Adare Manor for one of their prized wine evenings recently, the good news however is that these evenings are open to anyone for approximately €75 to €85 per person — excellent value given the wines being served.

Meet your all-in-one sartorial solution says Annmarie O’Connor.

Food news with Joe McNamee.

40 Years after the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland, Pat Fitzpatrick looks back at that era and asks men who share the Pope’s name what they think of the big changes during their lifetime

I LEARNED a lot about pigeons last week thanks to the remarkable belligerence of a sparrow. She took umbrage at a pigeon pecking the pavement near her, a fat, well-groomed pigeon, like most street pigeons here in Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands.

On tonight's Operation Transformation Kathryn Thomas travelled to Limerick for an emotional interview with Jean Tierney who revealed that, after her previous heartbreak, she is pregnant again.

MUM-of-two Edwina O’Connor set up her blog, TheLifeOfStuff.com, seven years ago. She spoke with Denise O'Donoghue about pop culture and lifestyle blog.

Dr Melissa Jones is a research officer at Fighting Blindness and All Ireland Scholar.

From dealing with screen time to sleep time, and food and friendships, four experts share their top tips with, Helen O’Callaghan

Beauty blogger Joanne Coughlan tells Denise O'Donoghue about her blog, Lipstick n Leopard Print

I began writing poetry, not songs.

IT’S difficult to provide an enticing lunchbox that will be eaten completely by young children. More often than not, the ‘healthier’ options are left to become squidgy and inedible later.

Research shows we think young people have a lot more sex than they do in reality – and men have a particularly skewed view of the sex lives of young women, writes Bobby Duffy.

Specialised dating sites and events are becoming more and more popular, as Deirdre Reynolds discovered when she signed up for Ireland’s first ever ‘speed dating cycle’.

On the occasion of her 70th birthday this month, Joe McNamee talks to Darina Allen about her life in food, a journey that has grown increasingly radical with each passing year.

Rose Martin looks at the environmental side-effects of the new Heritage Bill, Japanese knotweed’s unfair portrayal, and the regeneration of rural towns.

Madonna has fought her whole life against society’s bid to define her by gender, sexuality, age, and culture. At age 60 she continues to lay out the parameters of her own existence as Suzanne Harrington describes.

Cute ceramics and sleek speakers catch Esther N McCarthy’s eye this week.

Suzi Godson offers some more relationship advice.

Dr Bridget Kiely is GP lead at the Mobile Health and Screening Unit, Safetynet Primary Care

WHEN his weight began to pile up, Eurovision star Paul Harrington did not take it lightly. He noticed he was slowing down and that he could no longer wear his stylish clothes. “For a good two to three years, I was dressing more casually. I was always quite a sharp dresser and I really, really liked that,” he says.

Sex advice with Suzi Godson

In a new book, Swedish doctor Bertil Marklund explores 10 key themes that could lead to a longer, happier, more fulfilled life, writes

Margaret Jennings

RECENTLY I was invited back to my home county, Laois to an event to raise awareness of the burgeoning food scene.

As research shows pregnant women often feel frumpy, a maternity fashion expert explains how to look good while you’re expecting.

Author Kate O’Brien says for best results we need to follow the body’s circadian rhythms and thoroughly clean our skin at dusk. Margaret Jennings reports.

EVERY single struggle you encounter in the kitchen, Melissa Hemsley has already been there and had to

A growing epidemic, loneliness affects almost one in 10 people in Ireland. It has also been identified as a key health hazard, writes Helen O’Callaghan

In an industry dominated by men in leadership and creative roles, female-led design is finally making itself heard, writes Carolyn Moore.

Travel blogger and journalist Christine Maguire’s posts online would fill anyone with wanderlust.

The limitations and frustrations of those with sight and hearing problems can now be better understood thanks to a virtual reality headset, says Margaret Jennings

Life expectancy in Ireland has increased by two and a half years since 2005. Irish male life expectancy has been consistently higher than the EU average for the last decade. Life expectancy is now 79.6 years for men and 83.4 for women.

CORNWALL, it’s 10am, my mother’s house.