Lili Lonergan

5 days ago | kildarenow.com | Lili Lonergan

Penneys has announced they will be rolling out a major change from next week as they aim to "cut down on single use waste" across their 38 stores in Ireland. The major retailer has said they will introduce a 15c charge on their previously free brown paper bags at the checkout from Monday May 12. In a statement, Penneys bosses said,"Across our business we use thousands of paper bags every day.

1 week ago | eirebheo.ie | Lili Lonergan

De réir mar a théann an costas maireachtála go mór inár saol laethúil, déanaimid go léir iarracht ár n-éadach a ghearradh de réir ár mbearta le buiséadú agus le ciorruithe. Ní bhíonn sé sin indéanta uaireanta i gcónaí, áfach, go háirithe le teaghlach óg agus le leanaí in aois scoile.

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Lili Lonergan

Exhaustion and burnout alongside compromised patient care were reported by members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in its 2025 member survey. 72% of the survey’s respondents stated their current staffing levels and skill mix did not meet the required clinical and patient demands in their work area, and almost 40% reporting that their work negatively impacted their psychological wellbeing "a great deal" or "a lot".

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Lili Lonergan

The kids are screaming, the washing is piled high, there's no shopping in the house and your partner hasn't noticed you've been running on auto-pilot the last few weeks but you tell yourself..."it'll be grand". In Ireland, the phrase "it'll be grand" is more like a mantra, a way to plaster over the cracks and hide our levels of stress or discomfort with a situation. It comfort us and reassures us that everything is going to be OK and things will get better, but sometimes it doesn't.

1 week ago | ireland-live.ie | Lili Lonergan

Penneys has announced they will be rolling out a major change from next week as they aim to "cut down on single use waste" across their 38 stores in Ireland. The major retailer has said they will introduce a 15c charge on their previously free brown paper bags at the checkout from Monday May 12. In a statement, Penneys bosses said, "Across our business we use thousands of paper bags every day.