Almost all happiness research states that people tend to be more happy the older they get. The curve often starts around 50 and by 60 and 70, people are remarkably happier than their peers in their 20s and 40s.  This increasing feeling of happiness and contentment as we grow older […]

Picking up where I left off in my last column, I’ll get more into my personal program these days, as well as giving you small pointers, to how to make your everyday life help you in your weightloss/ increased fitness journey. As you can read from the headline, this is […]

Three months ago the story of Megan Cullen (26) from Bantry chopping off her own finger was all over the national newspapers. It wasn’t the first time that Megan had attempted this act – there was a failed attempt with an axe in 2015 – but this time she succeeded. […]

Amanda Roe If you have experienced a pregnancy loss, first of all I’d like to say I’m sorry, you are probably feeling more sadness than you ever thought possible. I want to reassure you that you are not alone and to help others empathise with something they may not understand. […]

With the publication in April of the fifth interim report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, the disturbing spectre of the dead who were confined in those institutions of shame and segregation continues to haunt us. Although the women and infants who died in those institutions were […]

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