There is a lot of support available to help couples improve communication within their relationship, writes Wendy Grace
Category: Your Faith
Silver jubilee for faithful fundraisers
Mags Gargan visits a Dublin school which is the top fundraiser for Trócaire in Ireland
This recycled insect won’t ‘bug’ you
With school over and the summer holidays in full swing, it means later bed times and more time outdoors enjoying the balmy summery air. While summer holidays have an endless list of highlights, they also bring pesky bugs and midges. But you can make your own insect that won’t ‘bug’ you, out of recycled drink…
Children learn by how parents handle mistakes
Parenting Matters
Create your own world under the sea
Summer trips to the seaside and the aquarium are great inspiration for under-the-sea crafts. With all of the fascinating crabs and fish you can find under the sea, you would wish that you could keep them as pets. Sadly, keeping star fish and sea horses is not the same as a pet goldfish. But you…
Poverty often behind the stats on corruption
Science of Life
Dad’s Diary
The Irish have a genius for making the best of a bad situation. This remarkable ability to live in hope, and to have the craic even when things go awry, is perhaps learned at an early age during our capricious Irish summers. The Irish fans arrived at the Euros celebrating as joyfully as if they…
An eye-opening insight into conflict
Caoimhe Judge describes the impact of development education on students in her school
Parishes passing on the gift of faith
Pauline Dowd describes a children’s parish-based programme that the Diocese of Down & Connor is making available to parishes across the country
Seeing parents enjoying life without alcohol is the strongest lesson
I was strolling through Dublin city centre recently, enjoying the warm balmy afternoon and dying for something to quench my thirst. It occurred to me that things had changed a lot since I had worked there many years earlier. Outside restaurants, brightly coloured tablecloths bedecked the tables and attractive young men and women rushed forward…

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