Coming up roses: An interview with Dr Jennifer Byrne
Newly crowned junior doctor Jennifer Byrne discusses juggling her tiara and her stethoscope in the coming year.The first Offaly Rose to win the title of the Rose of Tralee chats with Rachel Cunningham about busy schedules, staying to work in Ireland in a climate of...
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Audi A5 Sportback when understatement is an overstatement
I always feel that cars such as the Audi A5 Sportback divide opinion. Some people really love them because they are ‘understated’ in their looks - and smooth to drive. Others wouldn’t give them a second glance because they want a bit of real crackle from their...
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Investors should consider reducing their exposure at this time
The optimism around Republican Herbert Hoover’s election was so great it led to the Wall Street Crash followed by the Great Depression If President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again” applied only to US stock markets then he would already be...
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In E-Class of its own – but we want more and more
Eddie Cunningham drives, and is ‘driven’ by, the latest bug Coupe from Mercedes It is true, you know, that the more we get the more we want. What we used to regard as a luxury, quite quickly becomes a necessity. I know people who cannot, under any circumstances, face...
read moreMoney in Question
Q: We are selling our four-bedroom home after 30 years and moving to an apartment in a more urban location which hopefully will result in lower maintenance costs, less time struggling to tame a large mostly-overgrown garden. Improved access to public transport and...
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Irish invention toys with success
K9 Connectables, a toy that is apparently improving the mental health of dogs throughout the country, has been shortlisted for a major national design award. The interactive dog toy provides a solution to some of the problems caused by canine boredom and James...
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How your own great expectations can deliver even greater results
We need a massive injection of positive expectations about the steps we can take to combat these two lurking killers. We need great expectations of ourselves and of others to deliver great transformations in terms of taking exercise and combating obesity. People say...
read moreNovel on anti-communist symbolism hits bookshelves after 40 years delay
Are your clinics turning into a three-ring circus? Then you might find some comic relief in reading about the mayhem that ensued when the fictional Professor Preobrazhensky transplanted a pair of human testicles and a pituitary gland into a stray dog. The dog was...
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