By John Fitzgerald A book that thinks it’s a newspaper. That’s how veteran journalist Jimmy Rhatigan describes his long-awaited new tome The aptly titled Rhatigan’s Rag will make its debut on October 22nd at Paris Texas. It promises to be a night to remember, with the city’s literati and glitterati expected to throng the High …

BY CLAIR WHITTY We talk a lot about symptoms of perimenopause and menopause but we seldom talk about vaginal dryness and vaginal atrophy. Because it’s such an intimate issue many women suffer in silence, but thankfully, we are hearing more women talk about it in store. During perimenopause, our levels of estrogen begin to decline. …

THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Esther Rantzen should have been a politician. In fact, the woman, who produced and presented BBC show That’s Life! for 21 years and who has died at the age of 86, was a politician if we agree a politician’s work is to solve or address relevant and …

FURTHERMORE  By Gerry Moran It’s music, music all the way this week but not just any old music although the music is old, 50 years old to be precise and yet it all sounds fresh to me, as if they were hits from yesterday – not from 1976. A tribute to the quality of the …

BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The new personal investment account is not the SSIA of old. Anyone who remembers the old scheme should get that straight before July 2027. From next July, anyone over 18 who is tax-resident here and has a PPS number can open one. You can put in up to €12,000 a …

AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON If you want to see sectarianism in action look no further than the 35 Orangemen who want to march the Garvaghy Road in Portadown and the Republican residents who oppose them. It’s an insidious ‘them and us’ division If there is one thing we like to grumble about …