Step inside textile artist Nicola Henley’s dreamy Co Clare farmhouse
Step inside textile artist Nicola Henley’s dreamy Co Clare farmhouse

Marie Kelly

Colourful socks to keep things interesting
Colourful socks to keep things interesting

Sarah Finnan

Read an extract from Leeanne O’Donnell’s debut novel, Sparks of Bright Matter
Read an extract from Leeanne O’Donnell’s debut novel, Sparks of Bright Matter

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How to declutter your life: the delusion of the ‘spring clean’
How to declutter your life: the delusion of the ‘spring clean’

Esther O'Moore Donohoe

An extension to this Rathfarnham house has created different zones and a connection to the garden
An extension to this Rathfarnham house has created different zones and a connection to the...

Megan Burns

So you just got engaged: here’s all the annoying things that’ll happen this year!
So you just got engaged: here’s all the annoying things that’ll happen this year!

Sophie White

5 signs your relationship has run its course, according to a therapist
5 signs your relationship has run its course, according to a therapist

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This quaint period property in Co Wicklow is on the market for €795,000
This quaint period property in Co Wicklow is on the market for €795,000

Sarah Finnan

Ask the Doctor: What’s the deal with Ozempic?
Ask the Doctor: What’s the deal with Ozempic?

Sarah Gill

Supper Club: Traditional chickpea falafel pockets
Supper Club: Traditional chickpea falafel pockets

Meg Walker

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‘He was face down. I ran down the stairs screaming as loud as I could and jumped in the water’


by Amanda Cassidy
24th Sep 2020
Nicole Hughes went on holiday to the beach every year. In the summer of 2017, they returned to the holiday home with their three children and five close family friends. On June 10th, her three-year-old son Levi slipped out of the house and, moments later, Nicole saw him face down in the swimming pool. “Every night at bedtime, even if I was tired, I sang the song 'The Best Day' by Taylor Swift, to my...

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