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Colette Sheridan

Colette Sheridan

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Charging up to 50k sounds about right for a stay-at-home harried parent

THEY say a woman’s work is never done. But that has to change if we are to have true equality in our society. A woman’s work should also be a...

15.03.2023 4

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Colette Sheridan

Marking a milestone: 40 years of Sexual Violence Centre in Cork

IN an ideal world, we wouldn’t need the Sexual Violence Centre Cork (SVCC), and there wouldn’t be much point in celebrating International...

08.03.2023 4

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Colette Sheridan

It IS possible to grow very old - and to enjoy yourself too!

DO you ever find yourself clutching at straws when it comes to other people’s healthy (or unhealthy) habits, experiencing relief and joy when you...

01.03.2023 9

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Judging a person by pretentious books on their shelves can be misleading

READING isn’t just for the leisure classes (insofar as they exist). It’s for leisure time (which we all have) so there’re really no excuse for...

22.02.2023 4

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Madonna, loud critic of ageism ... what in hell have you done?

IT’S easy to mock Madonna for looking preposterous for a 64-year old. As the photos of her that emerged from the Grammy Awards show, this is a woman...

15.02.2023 7

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St Gobnait - a mouthful of a name, but let's not write her off 

YOU’D wonder if the name Brigid will become fashionable now that St Brigid has given us a new Bank Holiday and a renewed interest in Celtic...

08.02.2023 9

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Going to the cinema by yourself is the business and not at all 'daunting'

WHAT is the big deal about going to the cinema alone? The subject of an RTÉ Drivetime discussion last week, broadcaster and journalist Sarah...

01.02.2023 10

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Politics is a dirty old game particularly for women who are roundly abused

ANONYMOUS trolls should not be allowed to wreck people’s lives. This applies particularly to female politicians, who bear the brunt of the ire of...

25.01.2023 6

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No more babies... I guess it’s one way to beat climate crisis!

AS a solution to our destruction of the planet, how about quitting reproduction? That, in essence, is what American environmental activist, Les U...

18.01.2023 7

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Why all your New Year's resolutions are about to go out the window...

SO much for my New Year’s resolve to eat less and move more in the elusive quest to drop a dress size or two. When I heard something come through...

11.01.2023 5

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Crackpot conspiracy theories have no place in the real world

FOR the New Year, could we make an effort to be rational, trusting in science as opposed to latching onto anecdotes that attempt to denigrate the...

04.01.2023 10

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In our busy consumer-driven world, maybe it's time to reclaim Sundays?

YOU know we’ve reached peak consumerism when thoughts turn to spending money on your dog. Amid all the Christmas shopping mania, some folk actually...

28.12.2022 10

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We can’t hibernate, but Hygge lifestyle does have its appeals

HAVING hunkered down for the cold spell, only venturing out for essential supplies and some Christmas shopping, I’m not sure if I can cope with the...

21.12.2022 10

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The Harry & Meghan show is really about monetising their very existence...

DID you succumb to the Harry & Meghan documentary series? I have to admit that, while anything royal makes me cross on the grounds that the cast is...

14.12.2022 7

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Why is 'prinking' (that's pre-drinking!) a thing in suburban living rooms?

LIKE the commonly used term ‘pre-booking’, pre-drinking (or ‘prinking’ as it has been shortened to) is a concept that doesn’t make sense....

07.12.2022 9

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Gay icon? More like hypocritical money-grubbing celeb at the World Cup

WHEN Victoria Beckham runs her manicured fingers through her husband’s transplanted hair, does she ever try and steer him towards decency as opposed...

30.11.2022 9

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Climate anxiety is a serious off-shoot of the uncertain world we're living in

SOMETIMES, climate change can induce feelings of existential dread and hopelessness for the future of our planet. At other times, you’re rinsing out...

16.11.2022 10

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Fuel poverty really can endanger lives as we try to navigate chilly nights

ARE you heroically trying to engage in competitive hardiness, delaying switching on the heating until the cold becomes just too much to bear? Have you...

09.11.2022 6

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Christmas shopping before Halloween: Are you going all out this year?

IF a recent survey on Irish consumers’ plans for Christmas shopping bears fruit, then this year’s festive season is going to be a good one. We may...

02.11.2022 10

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Why fake grass is dead common as Hyacinth Bucket might say

IF a really high yielding apple tree would cut it in the field of competitive gardening, then I’d be up there with the best of them, those dedicated...

26.10.2022 9

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Fancy rising before cock-crow, or would you prefer to snore on?

DID you know the time between 5am-6am is known as the ‘victory hour’? At least, that’s according to leadership and ‘elite performance...

19.10.2022 3

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Ireland's heroines are on the big screen fighting the good fight...

TWO warrior Irish women are on the big screen at the moment, with documentaries about Sinead O’Connor and Vicky Phelan attracting a lot of...

12.10.2022 4

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'Yeah no.' What are people trying to say using this phrase?

YOU can’t fail to have noticed the extremely irritating use of the phrase, ‘yeah no’, which is really quite meaningless. According to the Urban...

05.10.2022 10

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Taking lots of breaks is recipe for productivity at work says prof

MOST of us don’t make life and death decisions in our daily work (to have, or not to have, another coffee might be the biggest decision you’ll...

28.09.2022 6

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A tale of two opposing Irelands as exemplified in West Cork...

THE Queen is dead, long live the King. Having played to 10% of the population, surely Garth Brooks has won the unassailable position as High King of...

21.09.2022 10

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My brush with short-listed Booker Prize nominee

" “MEASURED” and “merciless” were among the apt words used by the judges to describe the beautiful and economic writing of Claire Keegan, who...

14.09.2022 10

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Cork writer: I battled mental health issues... but help is out there

WHEN Daragh Fleming’s best friend died by suicide ten years ago at the age of 18, it led to mental health difficulties for him. Daragh, a...

12.09.2022 30

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Beware Meghan, only men get away with ‘crime’ of ambition

WHEREAS the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, conducts herself in public with royal decorum, her polar opposite is the...

07.09.2022 6

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Our throw-away culture is doing us no favours and needs fixing...

IN the last six weeks or so, the washing machine I inherited from the previous owner of my house died (after making horrendous loud noises due to a...

31.08.2022 9

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The futility of the war as laid out by former Russian paratrooper

“LIKE savages, we ate everything there; oats, porridge, jam, honey, coffee. We didn’t give a damn about anything, we’d already been pushed to...

24.08.2022 10

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Recalling halcyon days roaming free in Cork suburbs during summer holidays

WITH the cost of summer camps and entertainment for kids during the long summer holidays running to around €3,000 for a family, according to one...

17.08.2022 20

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There really is little incentive to abandon gas guzzling cars

IT’S all very well to lean towards smugness as you give out about toxic emissions from cars and doggedly wait at bus stops, even though what it says...

10.08.2022 4

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Dating in your 50s? Beware a guy seeking a purse and nurse

“EXHAUSTING” is how midlife coach and author of Midlife Redefined: Better, Bolder, Brighter Alana Kirk described dating in one’s fifties on the...

03.08.2022 10

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Cashless impersonal banks? They truly defeat the whole purpose

WHEN a friend received a WhatsApp message from her 26-year old-son looking for a loan of money, she went straight into caring mother mode, reasoning...

27.07.2022 6

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How your breakfast buffet behaviour reveals your personality type...

IS it ever acceptable to ‘steal’ from the breakfast buffet in a hotel? This and other questions preoccupy us on holidays as we lurch from the...

20.07.2022 10

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