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The ultimate family weekend away in Monaghan
The ultimate family weekend away in Monaghan

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Alma Kelliher: ‘Success in the arts can look different to success in other fields’
Alma Kelliher: ‘Success in the arts can look different to success in other fields’

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How one of Ireland’s most iconic mills has evolved for the modern day
How one of Ireland’s most iconic mills has evolved for the modern day

Cliodhna Prendergast

WIN a night in a five-star luxury London hotel (plus afternoon tea for two)
WIN a night in a five-star luxury London hotel (plus afternoon tea for two)

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This Glasthule home is an urban seaside sanctuary
This Glasthule home is an urban seaside sanctuary

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6 wines to try this summer, according to an expert
6 wines to try this summer, according to an expert

Michelle Lawlor

Mid-century cool meets contemporary Irish design in this Dublin seaside home
Mid-century cool meets contemporary Irish design in this Dublin seaside home

Orla Neligan

Dearbhla Lovett: A weekend in my wardrobe
Dearbhla Lovett: A weekend in my wardrobe

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This exhibition brings together artists, craftspeople, and companies at the frontier of contemporary Irish design
This exhibition brings together artists, craftspeople, and companies at the frontier of contemporary Irish design

Megan Burns

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WATCH: This Dublin grandmother just wanted a hug for her birthday


By Katie Byrne
18th May 2020
WATCH: This Dublin grandmother just wanted a hug for her birthday

Necessity is the mother of invention…


With two rolls of gaffer tape, one roll of cling film and a shower curtain, a Dublin grandmother got her birthday wish over the weekend: a hug from her grandchildren.

Dublin stylist Jan Brierton proved that necessity is the mother of invention when she invented a device that allowed her mother to safely hug her grandchildren for the first time since the pandemic led to social distancing measures.

Brierton isn’t the first parent to come up with such an invention. Carly Marinaro from Rockford, Illinois, went viral last week after she built a “hug time” machine outside the home of her grandmother, 85-year-old Rose Gagnon.

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