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OPINION: My self-sabotage still saddens me

‘NOTHING will sabotage our happiness more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough’. The words of renowned psychologist Bill Crawford...

25.04.2024 20

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: Limerick's Barnagh Greenway Hub a lesson in hospitality

Are we the Ireland of a thousand welcomes anymore? Is there the same grá for a stranger? In this modern world with its modern values is there a place...

12.04.2024 10

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: I’d love to do the Leaving again

THE Leaving Cert is almost upon us. That monolithic set of exams where rote learning is key to success. The antiquated system of selection, for the...

30.03.2024 20

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OPINION: Love still shines in a brutal world

WHAT is love? What is hope? What sustains people when darkness falls across the Earth? Humans have been searching for those answers since the dawn of...

15.03.2024 7

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OPINION: Why is the GAA scaremongering about the media?

IN my view, the GAA is the greatest sporting organisation in the world. It’s in every corner of this island and can be found in hundreds of pockets...

15.02.2024 10

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OPINION: Was Kiely right to attend the Hayes trial?

IT’S the evening of August 19, 2018 and we’re inside arguably the happiest bus on the planet. The hurlers of Limerick have just defeated Galway in...

02.02.2024 6

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OPINION: A Lidl more positivity, please

IT didn’t take long! We’re only in the first few weeks of January and already we’ve been hit with a negative take on what should be a positive...

19.01.2024 10

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THE CAST STONE: Savouring the good in others

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all...

21.12.2023 10

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OPINION: Flags and flowery words

The tricolour, our flag of emerald, orange and white, has always been central to my existence. It was presented to the family by our nation’s army...

07.12.2023 6

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THE CAST STONE: The man behind the camera

As we amble along the craggy path of life, we meet a myriad of characters along the way. Most of the time we pass each other without notice and leave...

23.11.2023 10

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OPINION: ‘Eating our feelings’ not the way forward

The cat picked its way stealthily through the leaves and across the glassy, wet pavement. It stretched athletically through the November morning as...

10.11.2023 20

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OPINION: GAA fans – why sneer at other sports?

LIFE lessons mean that very few things annoy me anymore. What’s the point in wasting headspace when there is so much enjoyment to be found in other...

12.10.2023 4

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The Cast Stone: Testing the limits

As I sit at my computer tapping out these words 129 lives have been lost on Irish roads in 2023, sadly by the time you read this that number will...

14.09.2023 10

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