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Dear Miriam: I won’t consider marriage unless I can get a pre-nuptial agreement

A Leinster reader asks Miriam's advice on the legality surrounding pre nuptial agreements after seeing several men lose 'big money' when their marriages broke down.

ASK MIRIAM 2 April 2025

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‘Sometimes a story can transcend and embrace our humanity in a special way’

‘Sometimes a story can transcend and embrace our humanity in a special way’

KATHERINE O'LEARY 2 April 2025

Editorial: ‘shout out to the parents who don’t get it right all the time'

Editorial: ‘shout out to the parents who don’t get it right all the time'

EDITORIAL 2 April 2025

‘I am reminded that the gap between pushchair and wheelchair is short'

‘I am reminded that the gap between pushchair and wheelchair is short'

‘I am reminded that the gap between pushchair and wheelchair is short'

L2 2 April 2025

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m grieving my mother and my pushy father won’t leave my home’

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m grieving my mother and my pushy father won’t leave my home’

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m grieving my mother and my pushy father won’t leave my home’

ASK MIRIAM 26 March 2025

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‘I am reminded that the gap between pushchair and wheelchair is short'

‘I am reminded that the gap between pushchair and wheelchair is short'

Delighting in finding her 'precious box' during a home renovation, it sets her thinking of happy times, writes Kate Durrant.

L2 19 March 2025

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m grieving my mother and my pushy father won’t leave my home’

Dear Miriam: ‘I’m grieving my mother and my pushy father won’t leave my home’

A distressed daughter seeks Miriam's advice in how to deal with her unsupportive family since the death of her mother and a father who refuses to move out of her home.

ASK MIRIAM 19 March 2025

Celebrating strength this Mother's Day

Celebrating strength this Mother's Day

This Mother’s Day, let’s celebrate the strength of all the mums who are solo parenting.

L2 19 March 2025

Editorial: urban focus, rural problems

Editorial: urban focus, rural problems

We want a vibrant rural Ireland but how can that be achieved if people aren’t living there?

EDITORIAL 19 March 2025

‘Unfortunately, every farmer knows when an animal is dead'

‘Unfortunately, every farmer knows when an animal is dead'

There is a sinking feeling as you approach a dead animal from afar, Katherine O'Leary discovered that one of her heifers was dead.

KATHERINE O'LEARY 19 March 2025

Celebrating St Patrick's Day

Celebrating St Patrick's Day

Our cultural celebration of music, colour and flair certainly warms the heart on cold, March days.

EDITORIAL 19 March 2025

'We can’t give happiness away, it is not ours to give'

'We can’t give happiness away, it is not ours to give'

Face towards the sunshine and let the shadows fall behind you on International Day of Happiness, writes Kate Durrant.

L2 19 March 2025

'How many farmers are this week suffering from backache, sore knees or hips?'

'How many farmers are this week suffering from backache, sore knees or hips?'

The time is now to start thinking about taking breaks and what relief staff are needed for next spring, writes Katherine O'Leary.

KATHERINE O'LEARY 19 March 2025

‘I want to give up drinking but I’m afraid it will curtail my social life’

‘I want to give up drinking but I’m afraid it will curtail my social life’

Miriam has some advice for sheep farmer who wants to go sober.

ASK MIRIAM 19 March 2025

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