Kelly Tyler

After Niall lost his long-term partner to Aids in the early 90s, he had no plans for a new relationship. By 2001, he was living in London and happily settled into his single life. “I’d moved to the city from County Cavan, Ireland, in my…
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I wish to bring to your attention what seems to me to be an income tax refund scam.My daughter SW received a letter out of the blue from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) telling her that she was entitled to a tax refund of £60.40 and that a…
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Almost 44,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in Ireland, and with an estimated one in two of us getting the disease at some point in our lifetime, it is safe to say that cancer affects all of us, either directly or…
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Question: I am in my late 40s and for my whole life, I have been obsessed with whether or not people like me. I know everyone wants to be liked to some extent but I think I have a bit of an issue. For example, if one of the mums at the…
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The world’s largest website devoted to baby names has boldly made its predictions for 2023. Based on the searches of expectant parents, online site Nameberry reckons the Irish name Maeve will explode in popularity to shoot up to No 2 in the…
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Earlier today, I passed a store front with buckets of daffodils in the windowsill and a sign wishing the neighbourhood moms a happy Mother’s Day. The surge of emotion surprised me, even though I’ve come to expect it every year as the cards,…
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Life today for our children can be really hard, and full of demands and challenges that previous generations of Irish children never faced.hrough my work as an art psychotherapist, working with families in crisis, I have witnessed a lot of…
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My son clutches his Tupperware container. He is dressed in an Aran knit. Strikes mean we escaped World Book Day and find ourselves at an altogether more amenable replacement – Journey Day, in which each member of the class wears national…
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When news broke on the eve of the budget that the Tories were going to announce a massive expansion of free childcare, I literally spilled the milk that I was carefully divvying up into baby bottles. That mistake would cost me dearly…
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