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How has our ‘free education’ system become so elitist?

“E for eligible.” The letter and the word jumped off the page my mummy held in her hand. I was 11 years old, I barely understood what eligible...

15.04.2024 10

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Deceased grandparents live on in us and our own children

Today would have been my Granda’s 91st birthday. This is our first April Fool’s Day without him, but this will forever be his day. He slipped away...

01.04.2024 20

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Don’t be an invisible woman, put yourself in the picture

I noticed my new publicity photo in last week’s paper. The hair change is official, albeit still a work in progress. Publicity shots and official...

18.03.2024 10

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Are we deaf to misogyny in music?

Last weekend I was lucky enough to sit in the Waterfront Hall and witness The Bothy Band perform their first gig on Irish soil in over 40 years. It...

04.03.2024 10

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Quit like Klopp: Why we should be more like Jurgen

Last Wednesday, Jurgen Klopp Valentine cards were big business.:‘I will never leave you like Klopp’. These were a shrewd, entrepreneurial move in...

19.02.2024 6

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The Traitors is like three weeks in the Gaeltacht

I was one of the millions who were sucked in to the frenzy of The Traitors. I was grateful for the distraction to get me through what felt like the...

05.02.2024 10

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How important are pastimes?

Pastimes were central to conversational French and Irish GCSE. Remember that? Whether you really had these pastimes or not was immaterial, it sounded...

22.01.2024 5

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Aiming for a stress-free 2024 - but is it possible?

Does the plate spinning ever stop? How do some people give the impression that they are gliding through life with grace and control, even though they...

09.01.2024 6

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Lynette Fay: After being Septembered, will I make it through October?

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30.09.2023 9

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After being Septembered, will I make it through October?

"SEPTEMBERED. Exhausted, overwhelmed and confused as a result of back to school and back to activities.

29.09.2023 2

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Lynette Fay: Reliving the memories of 2003 and Tyrone's first All-Ireland win

Life begins at 40, isn't that what we are told? I have found that to be true, but what no-one told me is that time passes in a flash when we reach...

18.09.2023 10

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Lynette Fay

Reliving the memories of 2003 and Tyrone's first All-Ireland win

Life begins at 40, isn't that what we are told? I have found that to be true, but what no-one told me is that time passes in a flash when we reach...

18.09.2023 10

The Irish News

Lynette Fay

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