12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1736+ words) As autumn takes hold, the thoughts of many turn to taking supplements in the hope of warding off seasonal colds and flu. At the top of a till in a supermarket chain in north Dublin sits a cardboard stand filled…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (748+ words) The novelist Elif Shafak has published 21 books that have been translated into 58 languages and won multiple awards. Each time she sits down to write, though, she does something unfathomable. “I always listen to heavy metal when I’m writing,” she said…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1140+ words) Having and then recovering from surgery is stressful at the best of times but imagine how stressful things must be if you try to do your homework to ensure the operation is covered by your health insurance, only for the…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (529+ words) There is a “risk of harm” to the most vulnerable children and families, including “poorer outcomes” next year if Tusla is included in cost savings to help pay for overruns in the Department of Education, the agency’s chief executive has…...

12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (484+ words) A lack of suitable placements for “exceptionally vulnerable” children in care was the “dominant issue” in more than a sixth of cases before the courts examined in a new report. The ongoing placements crisis – which has meant Tusla’s increasing dependence…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (784+ words) The Covid-19 lockdown provided the nudge Edel Duffy needed to launch her online business, Her Place Cosmetics. The Galway native and marketing graduate had moved to Australia in 2010, settling in Sydney, having first lived in Perth, but she missed her…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (388+ words) I heard some terrific news the other day: “The happiest men over 40 are 25lbs overweight.” So said Prof Arthur Brooks of the John F Kennedy school of government at Harvard University in the United States, more commonly known as the Harvard…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (552+ words) A charity run by a Wicklow-based businessman received more than 170 warnings from the Charities Regulator over its failure to file annual accounts over a period of six years. Earlier this year the Shauna Kavanagh Foundation (SKF) company was listed for…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (462+ words) A doctor who was jailed for sexual assault in Britain in August was the subject of a complaint alleging sexual harassment of a younger colleague in Dublin 20 years ago. Muhammad Iqbal (64), of Julianstown, Co Meath, was jailed last month for…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (602+ words) A planning notice for the Dublin District Heating Project has been issued, opening a six-week period for public submissions on the long-promised scheme. The project, meant to begin a decade ago, will take heat generated by burning household waste at…...