Lifestyle

Ethical Food Shopping: Processed Tomatoes and alleged forced Labour

Ethical Food Shopping: Processed Tomatoes and alleged forced Labour

When you sit down to spaghetti bolognese in Dublin 4 do you ever look at the ingredients on your plate and wonder where they are from. You might expect the pasta and tomatoes to be of Italian origin, yet, this may not be the case. The tomato trade in China, for instance, is big business.

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Going Solar: All You Need to Know

Going Solar: All You Need to Know

For many Irish homeowners, solar energy might seem like a distant dream—expensive, complicated, and perhaps not even effective under our famously cloudy skies. This perception, however, is often rooted in outdated information and persistent myths. This article, drawing on recent insights

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Paws with a Cause

Paws with a Cause

Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club held a fundraising Tea and Coffee morning back in October, organised by local resident, Catherine Bolton. This was to highlight and raise awareness about the stray and feral cats roaming around the neighbourhoods

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The Rise of Café Culture

The Rise of Café Culture

In recent years, café culture has surged in popularity, becoming more than just a trend—it’s a lifestyle. From bustling urban centres to rural towns, people of all ages are flocking to coffee shops, not just for the caffeine fix but for the experience. This rise in café culture

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Let’s Dance

Let’s Dance

It happened several years ago. I marched into the Workmans Club and instantly felt out of place. “These are not my people; this is not my music.” And then it hit me. I had become the very thing I promised not to: old. Or, at least, older. Losing hair in familiar spots and finding hair

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Tongue-tied no more!

Tongue-tied no more!

It is probably one of the commonest of human fears: having to speak in public to a large or even a small group of people. That dread of standing up, with all eyes in the room focused on you, and all ears listening out for the slightest stumble or mistake you might make. The terror of appearing

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What change do you want to make? A moment to pause for reflection . . .

What change do you want to make? A moment to pause for reflection . . .

One time a girl told her grandmother she was worried about the future, everything was so confusing and all the mixed messages on social media only made it worse. Her wily grandmother asked her this question: “are you a potato, an egg, or coffee beans?”

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It’s all RITE . . .

It’s all RITE . . .

The Ringsend and Irishtown TidyTowns & Environment (RITE) team have completed a wonderful project of converting the green space at the Irishtown Ashford Monument into a beautiful, vibrant community garden. The team also combined adding new plants

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Irish Girl Guides to Teach Digital Skills to Older People

Irish Girl Guides to Teach Digital Skills to Older People

Vodafone Foundation announces a new partnership with Irish Girl Guides to help close the digital divide between generations. The Irish Girl Guides have become a new charity partner of Vodafone Foundation’s Hi Digital initiative, which brings digital skills, training and support

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Minding your own self

Minding your own self

I recently went to give a self-care talk to a group of young girls and boys in a sports club, they were 9 to 12 years old. I spoke to the girls first and asked if they knew what anxiety meant? I was very surprised to hear this little voice in the back row say “Oh, I know anxiety”.

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