Ciara Galvin chats with Tommy Moran, who recently retired from the Prison Service after 30 years of service
Tasting
MUSINGS Talk to the fork
Fin Keegan writes on the speed of change and how remembering a computer-free world will soon be a rarity
MUSINGS All-Ireland ticket for an internal organ, anyone?
In this week’s Diary of a Home Bird, Ciara Galvin prays for a golden ticket to the All-Ireland final on Sunday
INTERVIEW Life after a runaway husband
Mary Monaghan has turned her experience of being abandoned by her husband into a source of strength and a writing career
ARTS Igniting artists’ imaginations
Ignite, a new platform supporting professional artists with disabilities, is inviting submissions from Mayo artists
MUSINGS Emil and the book burners
Fin Keegan ponders on how the natural goodness of children cannot be destroyed, though some have tried
INTERVIEW Achill artist aims for dream-job windfall
Artist, surfer and Budweiser Dream Job finalist Shane Cannon talks about how winning the competition would change his life
MUSINGS Stop, pause, rewind, reverse
In this week’s Diary of a Home Bird, Ciara Galvin marvels at her male roomie’s capacity for badly timed requests
Sheefry feltmaker fêted
It is all Chieftain Matt Molloy’s fault that feltmaker Suzie Sullivan moved to Westport and established Derryaun Crafts
MUSINGS Beatrix and the Venetians
Fin Keegan reflects on how preserving precious things from the march of time can sometimes mean we don’t enjoy them
MUSINGS Simpler times
In this week’s Diary of a Home Bird, Ciara Galvin casts a nostalgic eye on a childhood free of worldly, grown-up worries
