From a Monaghan farm to New York high fashion: ‘Ireland is still a very big part of my life’ – The Irish Times
Fashion has been a lifelong passion for Orla Maguire. Growing up on a dairy farm in Monaghan, she…
Isn’t self-sacrifice the whole point of being a mother? Not in France, it seems – The Irish Times
The queues of traffic were the first clues that we’d made a mistake. We were on the last…
Bloomsday: If I lived in Ireland I may never have started this slightly insane art project – The Irish Times
I hold the bubble wrap for my Hungarian husband, as he carefully packages my latest artworks to ship…
I am off my phone and in the world
On a recent trip to Hay-on-Wye, a small market town in Wales, my phone suddenly becomes no more…
Moving to Vancouver: ‘I love that you can finish work and go camping under the stars’ – The Irish Times
Doireann Ní Siochru from Blackrock, Co Dublin offers her perspective on moving to Canada. You can read our…
Moving to Canada from Ireland: ‘Nobody prepared me for bears; they just walk about’ – The Irish Times
Katrina Masters from Co Down offers her perspective on moving to Canada with a family. You can read…
The lure of Canada: ‘There’s such a sense of possibility’ – The Irish Times
The number of Irish people emigrating to Canada has been rising steadily since Covid, almost equalling those going…
Irish GP in the UK: My husband recognises very rocky times are on the horizon here – The Irish Times
‘So, how are you getting back?” the barman in Lahinch asked my husband as he placed the creamy…
‘The maddest job’: How competitive video games led one Wicklow native to Norway – The Irish Times
A casual interest in the computer game series Counter-Strike led Co Wicklow-native Sam Molloy into running the commercial…
‘There’s no way I’m going to the US now’: Irish students choose Europe over J1 for summer jobs – The Irish Times
Every year, more than 5,000 Irish students acquire a J1 Summer Work and Travel visa, which allows them…
Irish architect Níall McLaughlin: ‘Home is home, but moving to London felt like home in a different kind of way’ – The Irish Times
Níall McLaughlin has been revisiting one of his buildings, a quarter of a century on. Jacob’s Ladder was…
An Irishman in Switzerland: Dinner costs the same as at home, but salaries are far higher – The Irish Times
I recently hosted my nephew for a few days in Grandvaux, Switzerland. Twenty-one, and an exceptionally talented drummer,…