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There is something admirably edgy about Galway’s TULCA Festival of Visual Arts running at this time of year, so close to the usual round of Christmas exhibitions. TULCA 2024 is curated by Michele Horrigan under the title The Salvage Agency, and features contemporary art of all kinds at various venues all over the city, including […]
I don’t agree with how my daughter is raising her children, and I’ve tried softly to intervene and make suggestions, but I’m ignored. My daughter and her husband do work full time, I know it is different than in my day, but I feel they are outsourcing their parenting to robots, and I know they […]
Bucolic by both name and nature, the four star Fitzgerald Woodlands House Hotel & Spa, is nestled on the site of the family’s original farm on the outskirts of the postcard village of Adare. That means guests are a short skip to one of Ireland’s prettiest streetscapes with its thatched cottages, boutiques, restaurants and castle. […]
I’ve been divorced for several years and finally met a great new man but he’s reluctant to experiment sexually. I’ve always had a high libido and been quite adventurous in bed, and although my ex and I had many problems, our sex life wasn’t one. This new man improves my life in so many other […]
I’m very worried about my daughter. She is going out with a guy 12 years older than her. She is 26 years old, and he is 38. He has children from a previous relationship and has told her he doesn’t want any more kids. They are with each other more than a year now. She […]
If instrumental solos just ain’t your thing, the festival also has some top vocalists on its 2024 roster. Gregory Porter, Opera House, Thurs & Fri, 7pm: Not surprisingly, the gigs by the smooth-voiced Californian were the first to sell out at the 2024 festival. Possibly the most popular vocalist in jazz at the moment, Porter’s […]
My mind was already made up – I was waiting for my wife, Laurie, to come to the same conclusion. It was spring break 2016. We were having dinner in a favourite restaurant in Venice Beach, LA, where we were living. We knew we wanted to move from LA, and Laurie said ‘yeah, I think […]
As a visual artist, Anthony Ruby is probably best known for his Pana Shuffle mural in Mutton Lane in Cork, which remains one of the most enduring legacies of the city’s tenure as European Capital of Culture. Ruby also works as an educator, teaching art at the North Mon, and he exhibits regularly in Dublin […]
I’m very embarrassed to be even writing this, but it is really affecting my life at the moment. I think I am addicted to my phone. I’m mortified to say it, but I feel like it is out of my control. I am happily married with two children, one of whom has extra needs. I […]
Bill Bailey says his scariest animal moment was when a jaguar pounced on him in the Amazonas region of Brazil. Her name was Lulu and she was an army base mascot, but she was still a jaguar — not small and slinky like a cheetah, but tiger-sized. “It was the speed with which this jaguar […]