# SOCIAL LIFE

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'I don't want to waste time and energy on a relationship. It sounds selfish, but it's what I need to do'

Mark Downey on the sacrifices often required in elite sport.

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Apr 24th 2020, 6:30 AM

Sea swimming and hula-hooping - a social life outside the pub

When going ‘out’ out just doesn’t cut it.

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Oct 24th 2016, 11:00 AM

'There’s much more to Macra than farming'

It’s a club that boasts about 8,000 members throughout the country, but what is Macra na Feirme and why do people join?

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Jun 28th 2014, 9:00 AM

7 things all recent graduates know to be true

So you’ve got a degree. Now what?

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Nov 17th 2013, 8:15 PM

Mark Zuckerberg says it's OK to ignore guests while checking your phone

Is it?

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Apr 17th 2013, 12:50 PM

8 New Year's resolutions and 6 tips on sticking to them

What are you promising to change, learn or do better in 2013?

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Jan 1st 2013, 10:15 AM

Column: Like Ireland’s football fans, we all want to belong

We define ourselves against others in order to join social groups, writes Professor Tom Inglis – but that can have sinister consequences.

Oct 14th 2012, 8:30 AM