Glen of Aherlow

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Winter walks
Nine looped winter walks around Ireland (with a great meal at the end)
  • Travel
  • December 4, 2019, 06:10

Hiking in the outdoors is a great way of staying in shape, and a well-proven gateway to a healthy and positive lifestyle. At summer’s end however, man(...)

Rachel Flaherty on the top of Galtymore in the heavy rain and strong winds last weekend
For months, I have been self-sabotaging my previous weight-loss success

Resetting my mind and body back to my “normal” habits after a significant weight gain and some new unhealthy behaviours has not been straightforward b(...)

Christine Buckley and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at a ceremony in The Aislinn Centre in March 2009. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
Bertie Ahern: State’s 1999 apology to abused children was ‘absolutely necessary’

On May 11th, 1999, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern apologised on behalf of the Irish people to those who had spent their childhoods in residential insti(...)

The late Christine Buckley with Bertie Ahern: She had “a very clear view about the importance of the State’s responsibility and the apology.” Photograph: Charlie Collins
Bertie Ahern: 20 years on from State apology to survivors of abuse

Looking back, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern remains convinced the apology he offered on May 10th, 1999, to those held in religious-run institutions wa(...)

Sinn Féin leaders 1919. Thirty-six elected members were in jail. P Maloney on left in second row. Photograph: Hulton Archive
Eunan O’Halpin: My middle-aged, middle-class, revolutionary great-grandfather

PJ Moloney (1871-1947), my great-grandfather, was elected for Tipperary South in the UK general election that took place just weeks following the end (...)

‘The problem with snow is it exacts a price for its austere beauty’
Walk for the Weekend: The magic of a snowy Tipperary trail
  • Travel
  • January 31, 2018, 12:00

There is an indefinable magic to snow. Few, indeed, will not experience some quickening of the pulse when winter crystals shroud the hilltops. With an(...)

The Galtee Mountain range with highest peak Galtymore Mountain and the Glen of Aherlow to the forefront, Co Tipperary
A wooded cycle suitable for all levels

To start this cycle, head northwest from Galbally, Co Limerick, on the R662 and turn east after 4km. By now into Co Tipperary, it is a relatively stra(...)