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    Aoife Ryan-Christensen is assistant editor of RTÉ Brainstorm

    An aerial view of a senior couple picking out various groceries at their local supermarket together.

    Here are 50 things you're paying more for now than a year ago

    Even though inflation is 1.8% on average, some items are a lot more expensive now than they were this time last year

    Cost of Living • 10 Jul
    Dublin , Ireland - 28 July 2024; An Armagh supporter looks for tickets ahead of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Armagh and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. (Photo By Daire Brennan/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

    How do you get your hands on All Ireland final tickets?

    All you need to know about where those 82,006 tickets for Croke Park go on All Ireland final day

    GAA • 14 Jul
    Billie Jean King at the Carrolls Irish Open Lawn Tennis Championship (1969) in Dublin, Ireland

    When Ireland had a major tennis tournament to rival Wimbledon

    It's hard to imagine now, but there was a time where the tennis calendar included an equally important stop in Ireland

    History • 06 Jul
    An electricity transmission tower and rooftops under a cloudy sky. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

    Which Dublin residential areas use the most & least electricity?

    The latest CSO report on electricity consumption in Ireland highlights some interesting facts about usage across the capital and country

    Electricity • 16 Jun
    Three male employees in a glass office building

    Are 'quiet redundancies' happening in your workplace?

    Employers in Ireland are implementing 'quiet redundancies' to scale back workforces in the face of uncertainty, tariffs and AI

    Work and careers • 11 Jun
    If a person is under too much stress for too long we start to see negative outcomes. Photo: Getty Images

    All you need to know about cortisol and stress

    Cortisol plays a role in essential functions in your body, but the hormone can cause health issues when we experience prolonged stress

    Health • 31 Mar
    'We don't generally accept English loan words in Irish'. Photo: Getty Images

    What's the Irish for catfish? How new Irish words are created

    Anyone can submit a request for a word to be translated into Gaeilge and a language committee goes to work to draft the new term

    Gaeilge • 20 Mar
    The start of the new year can lead people to become reflective and connect with what may or may not be serving or working for them in their life Photo: Getty Images

    Blue Monday: no, today isn't the most depressing day of the year

    Some people find January hard but Blue Monday is an unhelpful piece of pseudoscientific nonsense

    Brainstorm • 20 Jan
    "The particular type of nostalgia around Christmas films is often about holding on to those positive memories from the past and then passing them on to our children" Photo: File

    Why do we love Christmas films so much?

    Love them, hate them (or love to hate them), there are many reasons why we seek out formulaic and cheesy Christmas films

    Christmas • 04 Dec 24
    We've collected over 237 million bottles and cans through the Deposit Return Scheme in Ireland so far. Photo: RTÉ Brainstorm

    5 things our Deposit Return Scheme can learn from other countries

    From holders on bins to donating your deposit, there are plenty of small ways for us to collect even more bottles and cans

    Deposit Return Scheme • 22 Nov 24
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