What to look forward to at the 2025 IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year awards
What to look forward to at the 2025 IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year awards

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Real Weddings: Laura and Conor’s fairytale wedding in Bellingham Castle
Real Weddings: Laura and Conor’s fairytale wedding in Bellingham Castle

Shayna Sappington

An Irish rugmaker on the importance of personality and longevity when designing your interiors
An Irish rugmaker on the importance of personality and longevity when designing your interiors

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‘When it comes to women’s health, you have to be your own best advocate’
‘When it comes to women’s health, you have to be your own best advocate’

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Page Turners: ‘Burn After Reading’ author Catherine Ryan Howard
Page Turners: ‘Burn After Reading’ author Catherine Ryan Howard

Sarah Gill

The IMAGE staffers share the best blushes they’ve ever tried
The IMAGE staffers share the best blushes they’ve ever tried

Sarah Gill

How I found the one bikini I look forward to wearing
How I found the one bikini I look forward to wearing

Suzie Coen

Join us for The Motherload Live: Getting Your Spark Back
Join us for The Motherload Live: Getting Your Spark Back

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Meet the sisters behind the hugely successful Nóinín in Kilkenny
Meet the sisters behind the hugely successful Nóinín in Kilkenny

Megan Burns

The Undecided: No wonder more of us are unsure about parenthood
The Undecided: No wonder more of us are unsure about parenthood

Sarah Macken

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Croagh Patrick, nicknamed the Reek in County Mayo after Mweelrea and Nephin, Ireland

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We moved to Westport from London for a cottage that ‘looked too good to be true’


by Jennifer McShane
16.03.22

For some Irish living abroad, the pandemic made them re-assess where they really wanted to be living. But moving back to Ireland with the cost of living as it is isn't an easy choice. We talk to four people about what they are doing...

A fresh start abroad Conor Brummell, who studied in NUI Galway, uprooted and left for Brussels soon after he graduated. “I left Ireland in October 2021, after graduating from NUI Galway in August. During the pandemic I had worked and studied from home remotely, in Offaly, and I felt like I needed a change. I had the option of moving back to Galway to work, but the job itself I was going to be undertaking...

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