Emer McLysaght
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- 13
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Aerial house photos used to be in all rural homes, but my search for one was no easy task (opens the original)
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A friend recently became an official Irish citizen and, as I pride myself on being a considerate gift giver, I set about coming up with the perfect token to mark the occasion. This friend bought a home in the past few years and did a beautiful job on renovations, so I wanted to get something for the house. I weighed up several options, from homewares â maybe a Foxford throw or a piece of Brookwood pottery â to contemporary Irish art. Who wouldnât want a Jen OâDwyer original or a beautifu
Emer McLysaght: I left The Lost Children of Tuam enraged and ashamed of Ireland (opens the original)
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I donât know if Iâve ever been to a film event where thereâs a standing ovation before the first scenes have even played on the screen. At the Irish premiere screening of The Lost Children of Tuam there were several minutes of applause for the filmâs subject, Catherine Corless, the Galway historian who uncovered the deaths of almost 800 children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam. She stood before the audience, dwarfed by producer Liam Neeson and director Frank Berry, âove
Ever since we started tracking everything, weâve lost our minds (opens the original)
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Iâve been thinking about buying one of those smart rings. Iâm constantly looking for the one thing thatâs going to be THE solution that will sort my life out. Every once in a while, I buy a notebook or download an app and think, âThis is it, this is the one thatâs going to get me on the straight and narrow.â Lately, the smart rings have been singing the siren call, luring me towards the cliffs of sleep tracking, step counting and life optimisation with the promise of chic aesthetics
Emer McLysaght: 9/11 was the last day of my New York summer. It will never leave me (opens the original)
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My mother was in the bank when she first heard about the 9/11 attacks. I was in New York and she was in a branch of Bank of Ireland, going about her daily business. When I finally spoke to her on the phone later that day, I asked her if sheâd been worried about me. âSure, I knew youâd be grand,â she said. I spent the summer of 2001 on the North Shore of Long Island just outside a town called Huntington. I went to New York on a J1 visa with four friends from secondary school, heavily infl
Emer McLysaght: Mik Pyro and Republic of Loose will go down in history as Irish musical legends (opens the original)
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Last weekend at a soupy and sodden Electric Picnic there was a glorious moment when the setting sun broke through the clouds, treating the waiting crowd at the main stage to a brief golden hour bath of amber and gold hues. CMAT burst out a little later, rousing the crowd to belt out her iconic Eurocountry bridge: âAll the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah they hurt me.â She had introduced the song, a lament about the financial crash and disastrous decisions that led Ireland
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