Health, Beauty & Fashion
Living with haemochromatosis
Thu, Oct 01, 2026
When Dr Paul Grant, an experienced family doctor in Buncrana, Co Donegal, casually asked one of his fellow GPs in the practice to "take his bloods," he automatically presumed he would get a clean bill of health.
Travel & Outdoors
Discover Lithuania’s wild side with a walking holiday
Thu, Oct 01, 2026
Beyond Lithuania’s cities lies a landscape of quiet drama: ancient forests, misty bogs, glacial lakes and dunes shaped by the Baltic winds. Best explored on foot, these wild places offer a different side of Europe — one where you can walk for hours through seemingly untouched landscapes and still be back in town by evening.
Food & Wine
Family dinner is alive and well
Thu, Oct 01, 2026
Forty years on, the Irish dinner table may look very different but the family meal remains firmly part of everyday life.
Home & Garden
October in the garden: time to prepare for the months ahead
Thu, Oct 01, 2026
October is when the garden really begins to wind down after the growing season, but there is still plenty to do before winter settles in.
Education & Training
ATU joins top five per cent of universities worldwide
Thu, Oct 01, 2026
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) has been recognised among the top five per cent of higher education institutions globally following its first-ever inclusion in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026.
Old Galway
Our Lady of Gyor
Thu, Oct 01, 2026
On St Patrick’s Day 1697, Mass was being celebrated at 6am in the Cathedral of Gyor in Hungary. Many were present and observed a bloody sweat to come over the figure of Our Lady in a painting which was known as “Our Lady of Consolation” or “The Irish Madonna”.
