Still the best in Dublin.

Last two talks for the day: John Grenham and Maurice Gleeson.

We're on to Fiona Fitzsimons of the Irish family history centre at EPIC Ireland.

Settling in to Kilrush for the genealogy conference on what appears to be the first day of winter this year.

Really good detective work. So important not to accept hints at face value.

A friend's brother told Americans he was the Lord of Darndale and had them bowing to him on a J1 in the 90s.

If you take this excellent course, you are then eligible to join the Pro-Am Genies network, which has a free monthly online CPD session.

I've known people who went to such schools & it did seem to work for them. A bit like American fraternity/sorority connections or nepotism - it opens the door but doesn't guarantee you'll sail through it.

It's all about the network of contacts you make in a boarding school like that.

To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter. Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually?

According to one calculator, I'm going to be €266 better off next year. That's great. Once again single & self-employed people are the poor relations in an Irish budget.

Oh that is terrible. So sorry for your loss.

I must investigate if we're related but I think I checked before and he had no Irish ancestry.