FURTHERMORE  By Gerry Moran Saturday, October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a day intended to raise global awareness, end mental health stigma and advocate for better mental health support systems. Just three days before World Mental Health Day, Janet E Sahafi will launch her new novel which is based around this very subject – …

BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR One of the headlines last week said more than 12,000 mortgage accounts had fallen into arrears for the first time. That is not quite what the Central Bank of Ireland published. At the end of June there were 12,315 family-home mortgages in what the bank calls early arrears, behind by …

AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997 is a date that, like the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, people recall where they were when they heard the devastating news. The tragedy of her death after a high-speed chase by paparazzi in the Pont de …

THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS A week can be a long time in politics, but within three days in the world of sport a lot can happen. Just three days after Katie Taylor bowed out after a lifetime of glorious achievement, Sports Minister Patrick O’Donovan was once again talking of a “realistic” …

BY CLAIR WHITTY As the seasons change and everyone gets back into the rhythm of school, creche, and family routines, it’s worth having a few simple essentials in your cupboards so that you are prepared. Children can be unsettled by minor ear, nose and throat complaints, and a blocked nose, tickly cough or irritated throat …

By John Fitzgerald Callan had an impressive line-up for this year’s Heritage festival. Two retired Mercy sisters gave a tour of the former convent chapel, a building hailed in the National Inventory of Architecture as a structure of Regional Importance due to its exquisite stone masonry, Gothic Revival design, and features that include ornate terracotta, …