It's beginning to look a lot like (a very different) Christmas - especially for retailers and small businesses whose doors are still closed. But there is nothing like a crisis to bring people together, and it's heartening to see the effort people have been making to buy Irish, support local businesses, and spread the word about ...
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Skincare for Late Starters
"Have you near heard of Clearasil?" I was fourteen, walking across a green near my house, when a group of guys around my own age shouted this sage skincare advice at me. I had heard of Clearasil. I had tried Clearasil. But while it was a perfectly fine facial wash, it didn't do anything to combat acne. The ...
50 Book Recommendations from my Kids to Yours
Five Go Off To Eat Crisps : The Clayton Hotel Liffey Valley and Tayto Park
The best of… no, wait, all the books I read this year
The Photo Not Taken
Two summers ago, we spent a glorious fortnight in Marina di Venezia, a campsite near Venice that's situated right on the beach. About five days into our holiday, I was lying awake in bed, cranky after a bad night's sleep, and irrationally irritated that everyone else was still snoring (including the four-year old source of my ...
Worry Not: No More Worries Kit – Review and Giveaway
"What's up pet?" I asked my middle child on Friday evening, when she looked a bit sad. She shrugged. "I'm not sure what it is. I think I'm just worrying about lots of things but I don't even know what they are." This isn't uncommon - she's my little worrier. She worries when her glasses are missing, ...
Hayfever – Practical Tips and Literal Solutions
Until my mid-twenties, I thought hayfever was something limited to children, limited to summer, and limited to people who sat around in fields of hay, rubbing sheaves of dry grass in their eyes. That last one is a slight exaggeration, but really I didn’t think of it as debilitating, and I didn’t think it would ...
Five Go Out On The Ice – Christmas World Review
"Mum, help me skate!" said my smallest, during our first few minutes out on the ice at Christmas World last week. "Eh, I don't know how to skate," I told him, reaching a hand helplessly towards him, but unable to make my way across the ice. If you've been ice skating and can remember your first time, ...
Women’s Executive Health Screening – Review and Giveaway!
Apart from an unfortunate incident with a laundry basket which resulted in a broken finger (I knew laundry was dangerous) I haven't needed medical attention very often over the years, and happily for me, I'm rarely at the GP. However the downside of this is that there's no regular general check-up, not to mind anything more ...