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

Bandwagon or fair weather? Tipp woman Patricia Feehily is making no apologies for her support of Limerick

Summer holidays are now so packed full of camps and activities it is like they haven't been off at all

Any rise for the have-nots? Patricia believes that Brexit is just another excuse to keep Austerity measures

The birds and the bees: If it wasn't one wildlife problem for Patricia it is another

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Dublin

The first of the new potatoes do not mark a milestone for most of us anymore