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 […]

Ireland’s fertility rate has fallen to its lowest level on record, dropping well below the replacement rate needed to sustain the population.   Fewer babies are being born, parents are older, and the natural increase in the population has fallen sharply — raising questions about health, access to fertility care, and how realistic it is for people to […]

Disputes over property and nursing home costs are causing deep rifts in families across Ireland. In this case, one sibling was signed over the family home for free less than five years ago, yet now expects the rest of the family to share the cost of nursing home care for their parents.  To explain how the Fair Deal […]

  Our next guest is with an organisation that work with some of the world’s most vulnerable Christian communities, often in regions where war and persecution are a daily reality.  Brandon Scott is with Aid to the Church in Need, an international charity supporting persecuted and suffering Christians worldwide. He joins us as alarming reports come from Aleppo, Syria, where renewed […]