Columns Archive

Travelling hopefully

by Muriel Bolger

Modern travel has its ups and downs finds guest columnist Muriel Bolger, journalist and Irish travel writer of the year 2007

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Saying ‘no’ can be positive

by Fiona Ellis

Learn to feel comfortable saying ‘no’ to new commitments and you will get back some of your busy time for yourself, writes Fiona Ellis

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Mandatory retirement ‘obsolete’

by Senator Mary White

Senator Mary White, a campaigner against age discrimination, believes the current practice of forced retirement is totally unacceptable

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Refusing to hit the bottle

by Nell McCafferty

Despite the government’s best attempts to thwart her, Nell McCafferty revels in the benefits of her new age. Why? Because she’s worth it, of course.

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What is the reality behind ‘reality TV’ GAA? asks Nell McCafferty

by Nell McCafferty

Celebrity Bainisteoir, last year’s surprise smash-hit TV series, resumed on March 22. Eight obscure third league football clubs, representing their counties, are competing for the TV title of all-Ireland champions.

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Yearning for home

by Des Kenny

What does it mean to emigrate? Des Kenny recalls his own brush with exile and takes us on a journey through Thomas Kenneally’s The Great Shame, the author’s acknowledged effort to lay the ghost of Irish emigration to rest.

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