Hobby comrades, with 2026 well and truly upon us – and the classic ‘new year, new me’ mantra being thrown around – I decided there was nothing more fitting than a return to the gym... but this time with a personal trainer.
Every parent has heard the words, “Mum/Dad, I don’t want to go to school today”. While it’s tempting to let them stay in bed and take a duvet day off, especially on cold winter mornings, as the responsible adult in the room, you know better.
Thousands of patients are being denied the free dental care they are entitled to every year after more than half of dentists across the country have pulled out of the medical card scheme.
The debate around the EU-Mercosur trade deal has fast become one of the loudest and most contentious in Irish politics. In recent days, we have seen protests, petitions and now a second Sinn Féin private members’ motion in the Dáil. People have a right to protest and be heard, and indeed they have been heard.
The Coalition is coming under growing pressure to take stronger action over the Grok AI tool amid widespread concern over its use to manipulate images of women and children by digitally removing their clothes.
You almost had to admire the pettiness. In December, after news broke of Brooks Koepka’s emancipation from his LIV contract, the PGA Tour – bombarded for reaction – released a short holding statement.
The corpses and the injured arrive in a never-ending stream.
A Wicklow mother has warned parents to be vigilant after her daughter was admitted to a psychiatric unit on Christmas Eve, following the use of hemp-derived vapes over a period of several months.
Harry Cobden may not be a name that casual Irish racing fans are familiar with but it is only a matter of time before people will be hearing or reading about his exploits at tracks across the country.
The HSE says it “regrets” the impact of chaplaincy service cuts at University Hospital Galway, with some patients at risk of not receiving their last rites if they die after 9pm.
New research indicates that increased screen time may be linked to poorer vocabulary development in toddlers.
Cork creative Niamh Barry, like most Irish people, has always been interested in the weather, but they had no idea it would be the reason they jumped on a plane to Texas last year to spend two weeks with a woman they had never met before.
People who worked in the UK for less than 10 years have been warned that the deadline is approaching for them to cheaply boost their British state pension.
Conditions inside Ireland’s prisons are “among the worst” in Europe, TDs and senators been told.
Question: I’m 72 and healthy, but I’ve suddenly started forgetting small things like names, appointments, where I put my keys. How do I know what’s normal ageing and what’s not?
Bill and Hillary Clinton yesterday refused to testify in a Republican-led congressional investigation of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying it was a partisan exercise.
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