What’s making you happy? Incoming baby and eight hours’ sleep

Each week we ask what’s making Irish Times readers happy. You can join in by emailing happy@irishtimes.com or tweeting using #IrishTimesHappy. Here is a selection of the responses this week:

Meeting my baby for the first time very soon – @hvmmingbyrd

At the moment I'm feeling a bit stressed and low cause I've a big music gig coming up. But what always makes me happy is seeing my childminding kids and getting hugs from them – Jane Willow

I got eight hours uninterrupted sleep , first time in a long time – Fiona

Margaret Day obituary: Hotelier who attracted tourists to Inishbofin ‘in their droves’

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Growing up in a house full of tension, you become conflicted about conflict

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‘Doing my taxes I felt incompetent as a child and wept’

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The barista in the café today was Irish so I was able to use my real name when ordering. He spelled it right too! I felt like I was back home – Caoimhe (in Canada)

I'm happy that after a falling out – and not knowing of his illness – that I've reconciled with myself and my friend and found his resting place in a secluded Roscommon graveyard – Tom