Gorey, in Wexford, has become one the first towns in Ireland to designate a number of parking spaces as ‘age-friendly’ parking

Voter apathy: An Amárach poll, that only 22 per cent of Irish people trust their politicians, national or local shouldn't surprise anyone

Was the recent climate change protest just another day off school or was it done out of genuine concern for the environment?

After two-and-half years is it time to start panicking about Brexit?

Over 20,000 people took to the streets in December 1987 to protest the planned closure of Barringtons Hospital

Game of Chairs: Do people want a directly elected executive mayor?

Striking workers pictured outside the University Hospital Limerick last week Picture: Adrian Butler

Chionophobia is the extreme dislike or fear of snow. The word originates from Greek ‘chion’ meaning snow and ‘phobos’ meaning fear. Pictured is snow at Glenstal Abbey last week

Irish, Mandarin or Portuguese... Shouldn’t students be able to study whatever language they want?

What kind of bull is this... does Leo Varadkar expect us live off spuds alone?

Sign of the times: Patricia wonders how much voter apathy will accompany this year's local elections. Pictured above is the Childers Road littered with posters

Teachers coming into the work place now are on worse terms than their predecessors

Patricia once got time off to watch the Charles/Diana wedding - now she'd be mortified at the notion of getting time off because she is a woman

Just how many is too many Christmas lights?

Tipperary town has hosted a number of March4Tipp rallies recently to get the Government to invest more money in the area

Has the GDPR gone too far? Some schools are refusing to send school reports to parents citing the new data protection law

Well kid! Limerick ranked 4th and Tipperary 13th in a recent sexiest accent survey

Prince Charles is about to turn 70 and if he were living here might soon be forced to resit his driving test, another example of our ageist society

The HSE's waiting list are only heading in one direction

Mad about dogs: Michael D with his loyal companion during a Royal visit

Patricia claims the whole Maths bonus points’ initiative sounds suspiciously like a cosmetic exercise

Patricia admits that she isn't the most ardent Roman Catholic in the land, but her faith has served her well in times of great anguish

Current Mayor of Limerick James Collins at King Johns Castle during Culture Night

A recent DNA test revealed that Patricia may be two percent Polynesian

If prices rise too much after Brexit, we will have to bring back compulsory tillage

President Michael D Higgins waves to the crowd at the start of the Limerick and Cork semi-final in July

A granny grant for minding the grandchildren won't solve the childcare problem in this country but Patricia says she would sure like to see the money in her hand

Blessed art thou with camera phones: Alison Nevin’s now famous selfie with Pope Francis in Croke Park