Lifestyle – Carrabane athlete Olive Loughnane represented Ireland at four Olympic Games and six consecutive World Championships. Olive, who holds the gold and the silver medal...
Lifestyle – The influence of Irish monks on early Christianity is renowned. But with the Reformation in the 1500s and later the Penal Laws, their monasteries...
Lifestyle – In the 36 years since Micheál Ó Conghaile set up the publishing house Cló Iar-Chonnacht, it has given a platform to people writing in...
Lifestyle – The thriving arts centre on Aran’s smallest island wanted to mark its coming of age with something different – and, as JUDY MURPHY writes,...
Lifestyle – Dr Vivian Brennan worked as a GP in Athenry for nearly 40 years, catering for patients in a semi-rural practice at a time of...
Lifestyle – A voluntary care group in North Connemara has gone the extra mile during Covid to ensure that older or vulnerable people aren’t left feeling...
Lifestyle – Ballinasloe author Sheila Bugler, who now lives in England, tried her hand at a variety of careers until her children were born. Then she...
Lifestyle – Most members of the Travelling community are unlikely to finish secondary education and only a tiny proportion go to university. But for people who...
