Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, the national organisation dedicated to protecting children and young people online. CyberSafeKids has issued a stark warning calling for the urgent and total ban of so-called “nudify,” “pornify,” and AI girlfriend apps, which they say have no legitimate purpose and pose serious and irreparable harm to children.  The organisation has also announced […]

Danny Fitzpatrick and his partner Shoba are co-founders and coaches behind AllWays Able – an inclusive online fitness and wellness platform built on one powerful belief: movement should be accessible to everyone, especially for people with disabilities.  AllWays Able isn’t your typical fitness service. Danny and Shoba design their classes and one-to-one coaching specifically for people with disabilities and anyone […]

We’re used to thinking of grief as something that happens after a death. But many people are carrying a quieter, more confusing kind of grief — mourning someone who is still alive.   It might be a parent lost to dementia, a partner changed by addiction or illness, or a relationship that no longer exists in the […]

In our weekly ‘Life in Five’ interview, we get to talk to someone about their life, its ups and downs, and how they might have seen God at work in it all.  They do it by answering five questions that they choose from a short list.  Today, I’m joined by Gerard Martin from Longsplace, Dublin 8.   His hobbies are walking, swimming & going […]

Galway Cathedral is preparing to host one of its most significant annual events — the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, now in its 42nd year. Taking place from the 2nd to the 10th of February, this year’s Novena focuses on hope, healing, and faith in everyday life, with speakers drawn from medicine, mission work, […]

Joanna Fortune is an accredited clinical psychotherapist and attachment specialist. She is the founder of the Solamh Parent–Child Relationship Clinic in Dublin, which she established in 2010.   Joanna works extensively with children, adolescents, and families, particularly around anxiety, emotional regulation, and the parent–child relationship.   She is widely known for helping parents reframe challenging behaviour as communication, and for her […]

As winter settles in, many of us assume nature has gone quiet — but new findings suggest otherwise.  The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland has just completed its fifteenth New Year Plant Hunt, a citizen science project tracking which wildflowers are still in bloom in midwinter — and what that tells us about a warming climate.  Hundreds […]

Eating disorders are often misunderstood as an illness that primarily affects women — but in Ireland, men make up around a quarter of those living with conditions like anorexia and bulimia.   Despite this, men are far less likely to seek help, often due to stigma, shame, and a lack of awareness — meaning many only […]