I was secretly chuffed as she was to be induced on my birthday
Category: Family & Faith
Consider alternatives to sugar-filled drinks
Soft drinks companies in the US have pledged to help cut the calories that Americans consume from their drinks by a fifth
Better flawed than faked
Nobody is perfect so there’s no point pretending, writes Courtney McGrail
Bittersweet elderberry and blackberry jam
Every year I’ve vowed to make something with elderberries
Getting away from it all in the west…and embracing it all once back at home
A break makes you appreaciate what you have
Life’s Little Things
Homework is excruciating for most parents but it must be endlessly irritating for children too.
Celebrating the feast of St Francis
St Francis is known as the patron saint of animals.
Every journey is better shared
Emma Sisk describes her experience of a Youth 2000 festival in Britain
What it means to go organic
Organic food is now widely available and a regular feature in most supermarkets.
Being a young gay Catholic in 21st Century Ireland
Gay Catholics don’t exist in the abstract, we are there in the pews, writes Niall Guinan

Cathal Barry
Courtney McGrail
Erin Fox
Maria Byrne
Mags Gargan