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Property Clinic: The landlord doesn’t live here but they’re presenting my tenancy as a rent-a-room situation

Ask Roe: ‘I don’t want to end up at 80 looking back, asking: why didn’t you take the chance?’

Small urban courtyard gardens are easily transformed into lovely leafy spaces with the right selection of plants

Always try to source plump, firm, undamaged bulb stock

Tell Me About It: My new position at work was my dream job – and now I feel like an utter failure

‘If the frames are not repaired soon, the only solution will be replacement’

Ask Roe: ‘I love him so much but am finding it really hard to be passionate with him in the last year’

Tell Me About It: ‘I am gutted about this, but my wife says it’s start of new beginning for us’

Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

Ask Roe: I have always been a bit lost career-wise and regret not living abroad when my friends did

Tell Me About It: Responsibilities of parenting and work have entirely curtailed what I now see was a more social existence

Financial realities and friendships together are often a minefield, so being smart and thinking ahead are key

Motors Q&A: By charging between 20% and 80%, you are being kinder to your vehicle’s battery and preserving more of its health for the long term

Ask Roe: There have been times I’ve driven home from family occasions feeling completely exasperated, wondering, ‘What is her problem?’

Tell Me About It: I want to have a bit more carefree time before feeling I have to live up to my parents’ expectations

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

‘The estate agent was unable to tell us whether the leak was an ongoing problem or if it had been fixed’

I’m wary as so many apartment blocks built during the Celtic Tiger failed to comply

Ask Roe: ‘Am I wrong to think people in their mid-20s have little interest in making friends outside their circle?’

Tell Me About It: They have separated themselves entirely from our group and I fear the isolation may push her closer to him

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

Conversations with Parents: A panel of experts convenes to discuss the big issues of modern schooling and parenting

Ask Roe: On the surface level, I find it disgraceful that my partner would get into this state

Most plants prefer a middle ground with soil that’s neither baked to a crisp nor badly waterlogged

Tell Me About It: What happened to spending half the day in bed, eating chocolate, wine and olives?

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

Ask Roe: I love my wife, she’s my best friend, but I feel unsatisfied with the intimate side of our relationship

Climate change is demanding we adapt to new norms and make changes in how we garden

My husband has totally denied anything wrong and said I am being dramatic... am I being too suspicious?

‘My average commute is up to 650km each week with a cost in petrol of about €50-€70′

How can you avoid chatty passengers? Or manspreaders? Is it sometimes okay to put your feet on the seats?

Ask Roe: I hate the idea of becoming someone who counts every penny. How do I stop?

Some of my potatoes have pushed up out of the ground and turned green

Lots of adjustments are needed on both sides to make this work

Part 1: Managing our mental health in the face of personal and global crisis

Ask Roe: Can I change who I’m drawn to? I can’t help who I’m attracted to, can I?

Don’t be too anxious about your precious lawn – but keep an eye on the hydrangeas

She has suggested that I date other women because she knows I’m suffering

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

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