A few weeks back, I wrote about the bee and how it came to be such a good friend of humankind. The bee is vital in pollinating our crops, which in turn is vital to our very survival.

Some time back, a Mayoman living in Dublin for more than 50 years, who purchases his Western in Eason’s in Dundrum on a Thursday (deliveries to Dublin are not up to scratch!) and then proceeds to read the paper from cover to cover, has come to the ...

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but for me, the road back to Rome was cobbled with missteps, wrong turns, and detours into every cul-de-sac of modern secularism and temptation.

Orla Gillespie (nee Hearns) took a leap of faith two years ago – a leap that has resulted in ensuring she is changing lives and supporting those who need it most every day.

In the run-up to the 1997 British General Election, Tony Blair was asked what his top three priorities would be if elected to government. ‘Education, education, education’ was his response.

When I was 13 or so and a boarder in St Muredach’s College, I was given the honour of serving Mass every morning for the then Bishop of Killala, Patrick O’Boyle, who lived adjacent to the college.

My fingers aren’t very green but I find at this time of year, I have a yearning to get out and start digging.

Annette Maughan is a busy woman. As chief executive officer of Moy Valley Resources, based in Ballina, there are literally a million and one different things going on in her working life.

For most of this year, we in the West have been cursing in the relentless rain.

It is more than a little sad to see the protest taking place in Ballina around the Twin Trees Hotel, formerly the Downhill. The protestors are making clear, time and again, it is a peaceful protest.