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Dear Miriam: my dad wants to sell farm machinery to pay off his gambling debts
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A teacher in Wicklow living at home with her parents seeks Miriam's advice on how to deal with the fallout her father's gambling addiction is having on her family.
Dear Miriam: my dad wants to sell farm machinery to pay off his gambling debts
Editorial: 'I realised the sound was very distinctive – it was flapping!'
18 June 2025 Editorial
Editorial: 'I realised the sound was very distinctive – it was flapping!'
It was warm night in June, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a…bat!
The day the calves go out marks the end of a busy spring and the start of summer
18 June 2025 Katherine O'Leary
The day the calves go out marks the end of a busy spring and the start of summer
The day that the calves go out marks the begining of summer and the end of the spring season's work. Now is the time to plan ahead.
Dear Miriam: 'am I mad to want to be a mother when I don't have a partner?'
Miriam advises a Munster reader not to delay her plans to become a mother through sperm donation as her 40th birthday approaches, which has prompted the desire to have a baby.
11 June 2025 Ask Miriam
‘We don’t have to lose colour from our garden to be sustainable'
A visit to Bloom 2025 inspires Katherine O'Leary to focus on her garden for the next couple of weeks.
11 June 2025 Katherine O'Leary
Editorial: ‘we have to fix our broken system to get more young people driving'
We have to look at ways of fixing a system that is broken, without compromising road safety, to get young people on that open road.
11 June 2025 Editorial
Editorial: ‘after Bloom, many of the show gardens get a new lease of life’
When the crowds have left Bloom, many of the gardens head off to be enjoyed across the country.
4 June 2025 Editorial
Dear Miriam: ‘my husband thinks he does the household chores ‘for me’
A Sligo lady asks Miriam's advice on how to bring her husband around to believing the division of labour in running a home should be equal and that doing chores isn't a favour to bestow on his wife.
4 June 2025 Ask Miriam
‘I wish I could remove the stress and heartache from those I love'
Facing into June into a new avenue of therapy with eight treatments on alternate days, Katherine reflects on the stress and heartache ahead for family and friends.
4 June 2025 Katherine O'Leary
Dear Miriam: should I take my difficult aunt up on her offer of a free holiday?
A Limerick lady asks Miriam whether she should take up an offer of a holiday with her aging and ailing aunt in the Canaries which may cause a fallout with estranged family on her return.
28 May 2025 Ask Miriam
Editorial: 'true impact of the lack of services for eating disorder patients'
An eating disorder is a complex situation and seeking appropriate medical attention can be even more complex.
28 May 2025 Editorial
Dear Miriam: how can I convince my husband we must get our affairs in order?
A Mayo reader seeks Miriam's advice on how to get her husband to agree to putting their affairs in order now that she has retired, after a friend's ill health forced her to confront the matter.
21 May 2025 Ask Miriam