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When Declan Laverty was stabbed to death at his job at a Darwin bottle shop, he made headlines around the country. At a public memorial today, the community learned about who he was before his highly-publicised death.

The high-profile death of Declan Laverty sparked waves of anger in the community and swift legislative change in the Northern Territory.

Patrick Hume 'stood with brother John through hard times during the Troubles'

When my wife first told me that she thought she might be perimenopausal I was shocked and confused. I demanded to know who the hell this Perry character was and why Bridget was self-identifying as him. It was only when she explained that the perimenopause referred to the time during…

Bridget and Denis Connolly will be laid to rest together in St Joseph's Cemetery in Glounthaune, Cork

My house is an unholy mess but I have always felt too working class to get a cleaner. The living room is strewn with debris from the kids playing Lego, crayons, paint brushes and random works of what might loosely be called art are scattered on the floor. There are…

To mark this weekend's Chinese New Year celebrations for Year of the Rabbit it seems appropriate to dedicate today's column to our cuddly cottontail friends, otherwise known as bunnies. Let's hope not too many of them end up in a pie or stew. As a precaution, just be careful when…

Christmas is exhausting. I grew up in a Muslim household where my parents made it an act of faith to wilfully ignore Christmas. There was no tree, no presents and no family Christmas lunch around the dining table. I missed out on these rituals, but now that I am married…

I met up with my friend Emily last night. Like most of my closest friends we first met when we were in our twenties, but in recent years have found that marriage, children and the general busyness that flows from both means we rarely see each other. The fact that…