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Explore the green literary landscapes by electric bike

Get planning your cycling adventures along the greenway in the Kerry and Limerick countryside, writes Deirdre Verney.

8 January 2025
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Learn how to take back control of your pain

Research shows up to one in three Irish people suffer with chronic pain, yet there is a major shortage of services outside Dublin, writes Margaret Hawkins.

8 January 2025
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Desperate Farmwife: is technology making my kids zombies or is it just me?

It feels like our kids were born with an innate understanding of how technology works.

8 January 2025
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Farm shops offer a very different choice

Joanne O’Connor, owner of The Farm Shop, Wexford on the importance of shopping local, writes Rosalind Skillen.

8 January 2025
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Country vibes... a few of our favourite things

What we're loving around the country this week, writes Rosalind Skillen.

8 January 2025
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Dear Miriam: I don’t need house visits, how can I stop them from checking in?

A man who doesn't appreciate a local lady calling in to check on him every week asks Miriam for advice on how to end the arrangement.

1 January 2025
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‘Wherever you are in your story, don’t give up, have a good cry and start again'

Wherever you are in your story - be it a cancer journey, a recent bereavement, a financial crisis - don't be set back by overwhelm. Have a good cry and start again.

1 January 2025
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‘I’ve always wanted to move home and keep my rural roots’

Comedian and part-time farmer Breda Larkin is relishing a return home to the East Galway countryside in her new tiny home, writes Deirdre Verney.

1 January 2025
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Country vibes

What we're loving around the country this week, writes Rosalind Skillen.

1 January 2025
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