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1 week ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
School’s out for a fortnight for the Easter holidays. There are lots of Easter-themed family fun events around the country, and here’s some of the best of them. At Epic Museum in Dublin, a Sherlock Holmes interactive adventure is fantasy-themed family fun. EPIC - the national emigration museum - transforms into the scene of a literary mystery. Tour Highlights include meeting Sherlock Holmes in a live theatrical performance, with puzzle and immersive storytelling.
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1 week ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
I must pull the Trump Card the next time I make a balls of something. Make a u-turn, then claim it was all part of the plan and say: “The art of the deal, baby!” Within a week, Donald Trump’s triumphant tariffs plan went wallop quicker than a Conor McGregor meme coin. After standing in front of the world with a blackboard of his “big, beautiful tariffs” he had to row back when reality hit.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
Self-help guru Gerry Hussey says we need to silence our inner critic to fulfil our potential and achieve our dreams. Hussey - a performance coach, mental health expert and corporate advisor - says his blueprint for success is creating a winning mindset and getting rid of negative messaging. His latest book, I Am, I Can, I Will, tells readers how to shut down the inner critic, waken your inner coach and reclaim confidence and power.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
I never had a feel of Molly Malone’s boobs, but I might while I have the chance. Because the Dublin landmark is about to get a chaperone, to stop messers who have worn the bronze off her impressive cleavage. I should run down to Suffolk Street right now to get a rub of the relic before some uniform hired at a cost of thousands to the state tells me I’m not allowed.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
It’s the annual day of practical jokes and pranks that’s been celebrated for centuries all over the world. Some say April Fool’s Day - today - has its roots in the Roman festival of Hilaria, which was marked by masquerades, disguise and trickery. It’s more likely to trace back to the change of the calendar year, back in 16th century France. Pope Gregory XIII introduced his own Gregorian calendar, celebrating New Year’s Day on January 1.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
Financial expert Karl Deeter says Donald Trump’s tariffs may not affect Ireland, and advised: “Don’t panic.” Deeter – one of Ireland’s top business commentators – told the Irish Mirror: “There are bad headwinds, but maybe the tariffs won’t affect us at all. “There’s a good a chance as any that most of the stuff around this that we’re worrying about will pass over us, or be absorbed. “We need to stop worrying about what Trump is doing because we can’t control that.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
Playground politics is the name of the game now, on both sides of the Atlantic. Democracy is often called an exercise in adulthood, but it’s descended into childishness in Ireland and America. The Trump administration makes its war plans on group chats, set up with the carelessness of a teenager. The emoji-laden messages about bombing Yemen - all fists, fire and flags - were like something from South Park’s Team America. What about meeting in an actual room, with actual people?
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1 month ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
It’s Pancake Tuesday today, when the whole country goes flippin’ mad. Whether it’s crepes, or fluffy American style pancakes; whether you favour sweet or savoury, most of us will enjoy the delicious tradition today. But where does Pancake Tuesday come from? What are its origins and what has it got to do with Easter? Firstly, it was originally known as Shrove Tuesday, and has been around for centuries as a date in the Christian calendar.
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1 month ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
I like a lot of things about Donald Trump. I admire his energy and dynamism and his war on woke, while he’s anti-war. He deserves respect for pulling off the greatest comeback in political history, winning a second term, even after an attempted assassination. In my view he’s more hotelier than Hitler. But in recent weeks, people are asking me, with eyebrow raised: ‘Well - how do you like him now?’ And the answer is: not so much, since he took office.
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2 months ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Larissa Nolan
It's not often I'm on the side of the teachers' unions, but I was last week. They stood up to the hare-brained scheme to turn Synge Street CBS, one of Ireland's most famous schools, into a gaelcholaiste by next September. Backed by the unions, the school refused to go ahead with the Department of Education's abrupt decision to convert it into an all-Irish secondary school starting with First Year intake in 2026. That's basically tomorrow in school planning terms.
