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My wife and I felt shame, casting our minds back through warnings we’d missed, when told our child needed spectacles

From haircare to affordable suncare and multi-use make-up sticks, these products are worth keeping an eye on

While I was working on the farm, I was writing in my head. Every break time, every lunch after work, I would go straight to the page

Damien Grey not afraid to make things difficult with a menu arranged into ‘flavour provinces’

An alteration to the timing of my column has caused a level of chaos, but luckily I’ve been able to stuff those worries deep into my psyche

A tale of two cities, one Eurostar, and some price-gouging that even an encounter with Paddington Bear couldn’t salvage

Ask Roe: I am now in midlife, regretful that I wasted years, and broke my own moral code. I am grieving for many reasons

Banana, butter, canary, daffodil – you name it – fashion has surrendered to yellow in its many guises yet again this season

How to Drink Better: Some natural wines are great and some are substantially less so, but they definitely have a future

When it’s in the right spot, a drink before or after dinner can help to create the perfect evening

Do these withered, dirty grey-brown patches mean my plants have the dreaded tulip fire disease?

The How to Gael host on finding her tribe in the Irish language sector, and her new TG4 quizshow Slé Anois go Cúramach

Irish businesses are turning mycelium – fungus – into materials with the potential to rid us of plastics, and using it to recycle waste

Sorcha’s in tears and looking in the window – because the place is, I’m just going to come out and say it, gone

The fight for my fada: Booking a flight, a train or a leisure centre appointment becomes a tedious grind when my ‘non-standard character’ is rejected

Our innovators are discovering novel uses for materials that would otherwise end up in landfill, and developing products to replace single-use plastics

After writing a Magazine column for the best part of 15 years, I flounced off a decade ago. But it turns out I couldn’t quit

Dermot Kennedy is one of Ireland's most successful music artists, with hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify and two sold-out gigs coming up at the Aviva, but naturally shy, and 'a bit of a loner' at heart, he finds touring hard. His new album is a declaration of allegiance to his home in Rathcoole in Dublin

Roast lamb will match well with almost any red wine, while prosecco is great with chocolate

I know most people automatically go for a leg of lamb, but I’m most definitely a shoulder man

New growth is everywhere in April – here’s what to do in the garden for a glorious summer reward

This very simple recipe would also work well with giant cous cous

Top tip: lamb and anchovy make one of cooking’s best flavour combinations

Like many others, I rushed towards microblading, only to be left with dark, thick unsightly brows

Barry Stephens has created a global-influenced menu cooked with great skill in a live-fire kitchen

Barry Canny established well-known restaurant Peploe’s on St Stephen’s Green in 2003

Meet the country’s leading chocolate producers as they put together plans for the Easter eggs now on our shelves

Cardboard offers a far more planet-friendly alternative to the use of environmentally harmful weedkillers

Viking Ocean Cruise’s trip from Norway to Iceland, via the Faroe Islands, makes for a marvellously mythic experience

Mark Williams knows everything there is to know about the rich and abundant world of wild food on our coastline

Modern Irish restaurants are mostly fabulous, but what’s distinctly Irish about them?

Ask Roe: I want so badly to have a first date, a first kiss, a first love, and am finding it harder with every year that passes to stay hopeful

Snowflake author Louise Nealon on a culture of misogyny, making therapy work and writing new novel following hit debut

How to Drink Better: Traditionally, most French vineyards didn’t need to be irrigated but this might not last forever

Maggot-like vine weevils feed voraciously on the roots and crowns of plants, especially those in pots of peat-based compost

This is one of our favourite regions but it’ll help a lot if you recognise which bottles to buy and which to leave on the shelf

Irish wild fish can be expensive, but the flavour will reward you handsomely

Whether multigenerational family endeavours or first-time businesses, vintage shops are always passion projects

Ross and Sorcha are off on holiday without the kids for a week

Top tip: repeat the breadcrumbs step to ensure the crab cakes are properly coated