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TALK to anyone that has volunteered with the Irish Pilgrimage Trust (IPT) and they will all tell you the same thing. “You just can’t explain it.” On the surface, the concept is quite simple - a group of volunteers from every walk of life ...

11 May 2023 at 16:13

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Ready for big school

Just like that, Éamon has finished his two years in his Achill naíonra (playschool for Gaeltacht areas). Work meant I had to miss his last day, but thankfully we were well represented, with my parents coming down to accompany Aisling, ...

14 Jul 2023 at 14:00

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DAD DIARY: Flags firmly on the map

Frankie and Éamon were running through the grounds of Knock Shrine when Éamon saw the Papal flag and excitedly exclaimed, “Look Frankie, it’s the Vatican flag!” Frankie replied, “Oh my gosh, you’re right Éamon!” It was a Sunday ...

25 Aug 2023 at 12:00

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DAD DIARY: That sense of dread

The sense of dread you can feel when you’re a parent is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before. Parents of older children will tell you it never leaves you. I hit a new level of dread last week, and I am still not right ...

22 Sept 2023 at 10:00

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VET’S VIEW: A different kind of pet?

A number of months ago my daughter came to me and exclaimed that she would love a hamster for her birthday, ‘Please, oh please, Daddy, please can I get a hamster? I will look after it, feed it, clean out from it…’ – and on ...

04 Aug 2023 at 09:30

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GREEN LIVING: Back-to-school tips for the environment – and the wallet

As a child, I clearly remember the trip to a big retailer every year to buy the items on our ‘supply list’, and can nearly picture standing in the massive school aisle, which in the ’80s in the US was chock full of ...

04 Aug 2023 at 14:30

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OPINION: Phasing out special education is hoodwinking parents

Fifty years ago, Mayo set the example for the country when the first special school for ‘mildly handicapped children’, in the terminology of the day, was opened in Castlebar. St Anthony’s school was opened with a ...

21 Feb 2024 at 16:30

RSA's 'Check it Fits' car seat service coming to Mayo

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RSA's 'Check it Fits' car seat information service coming to Mayo

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) have announced that their face-to-face child car seat checking service – Check it Fits, will be coming to Mayo this month. You can find free service from 10.00am to 5.30pm, ...

16 Jan 2024 at 16:00

Living

Tempting a tumble

The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Séimí is at that lovely stage where he has mastered the ability and willingness to climb but retains absolutely no sense of danger – or sense of any kind, for that matter. And ...

06 Apr 2023 at 08:10

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The big adventure

PLAY TIME Éamon in the playroom in the MUH Pediatric Unit during his recent stay. Coincidentally, much of the funding for the playroom service was provided by Achill-based charity Gearóid’s Smile, for ...

08 Mar 2023 at 14:18

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A small ray of light

SURVIVOR Roscommon girl Isobel Cullinan, now ten years old, holding a pin in the shape of a gold ribbon, the international awareness symbol for childhood cancer. Pic: Andres Poveda Ciara Moynihan To ...

16 Feb 2023 at 10:45

Local News

Christmas veterans and newbies

MAGICAL MOMENTS Éamon, Frankie and Séimí with Santa and one of his elves in Santa’s grotto. The Dad Diary Edwin McGreal Every morning this month, before he has even left his bedroom, Éamon tells me ...

15 Dec 2022 at 12:54

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