Election 2020 final debate: It’s speed-dating for coalition partners. Any hot prospects?Róisín had her moments, Eamon smiled too much, Peadar talked about a woman he knewFri Feb 07 2020 - 01:00
Election 2020: Students look for alternatives to FF and FGYoung people see chance to redraw entire political system they inherited from their parentsThu Feb 06 2020 - 20:18
Generation rent: ‘There’s no hope of any of us buying a house’A group who could decide Election 2020, on their political prioritiesThu Feb 06 2020 - 06:00
Election 2020: Unclear visions of political change on cataract busPeople travelling from Cork to Belfast for eye operations have little time for the status quoTue Feb 04 2020 - 01:00
Jennifer O’Connell: My email is full of snippets of other people’s conversationsI collect snippets of strangers’ conversations like other people collect beer mats or vintage Pyrex dishes. It's not without its hazardsSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:04
Election 2020 in commuterville: ‘They built the houses and left the people in a vacuum’In Adamstown – a multicultural town in west Dublin – many residents cannot even voteSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
‘You’re moving to Ireland? God help you. I hope you never get sick over there.’In Ramsgrange Men’s Shed the election issues are health, crime and pensionsTue Jan 28 2020 - 02:00
Some get up early to go to the gym, others because they slept in a doorwayJennifer O’Connell: There are now two Irelands, co-existing within a few feet of each otherSat Jan 25 2020 - 06:04
Voters in Dún Laoghaire: ‘Every single way I look at it, it’s difficult’Parents pool their thoughts on property ownership, childcare and insurance costsSat Jan 25 2020 - 02:47
'I wouldn't vote for Greta Thunberg' - farmers have their say on Election 2020At a mart in Co Clare, farmers’ frustrations are steering them towards fatalismThu Jan 23 2020 - 01:00
Election 2020: ‘We all think the health service is a lost cause’Voters interviewed in Cork believe health service problems are institutional and that people have low expectations for ministers of healthTue Jan 21 2020 - 12:26
Jennifer O’Connell: Headphones have become our new office cubiclesNow, if I forget to bring a pair to the office, I’m liable to turn the car aroundSat Jan 18 2020 - 06:04
‘You’re on your own down here after 5pm’The cath lab was closed when John Doherty went to UHW with chest pain on a SaturdaySat Jan 18 2020 - 05:56
‘What happens if I get sick?’ Health the core issue for Waterford votersElection 2020: Locals keen to see who delivers on rural problems they think are being ignoredSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
Megxit ‘bombshell’: Why Meghan and Harry are right to strike back at the royal machineConsciously uncoupling from Harry’s family will end the couple’s Sisyphean cycleThu Jan 09 2020 - 12:25
Marian Finucane funeral: ‘The only thing I can give you are my tears’Public and private Marian remembered at funeral mass for veteran RTÉ broadcasterTue Jan 07 2020 - 18:45
Marian Finucane funeral: ‘She made the world easier to live in’‘She will be remembered for her keen intellect, warmth, wit, and kindness,’ mourners toldTue Jan 07 2020 - 17:42
What matters is not money in the bank, or cars, or working boilersJennifer O’Connell: Against the odds, the hospice is an extraordinarily uplifting placeSat Jan 04 2020 - 06:04
This year’s top 10 Christmas conversation killersGreta Thunberg, Maria Bailey and vaping: A round-up of the subjects to avoid this ChristmasMon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00
Jennifer O'Connell: We need to stop talking about women’s ‘emotional labour’ at ChristmasA lot of what needs to be done at this time of year isn’t emotional labour; it’s just labourSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:04
Life in a hospice: ‘Everything is done. The plot is bought’Patients at Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross find their own way of dealing with deathSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:00
There’s a kind of homesickness only emigrants understand at ChristmasJennifer O’Connell: Our line was ‘it’s only a day, after all’, to be repeated over and overSat Dec 14 2019 - 06:00
Polling day: ‘Tactical voting could be the story of this election’‘The British like a slightly bumbling upper-class person. That’s part of the psyche’Wed Dec 11 2019 - 21:30
Attitudes harden away from Labour in UK marginal seatTwo weeks since I last visited Dudley North voters are obsessing about ‘the lesser of two evils’Tue Dec 10 2019 - 20:00
Jennifer O’Connell: 'I’ve seen the future and I want no part of it’One day, we’ll have to explain to young children what olde worlde phrases like ‘phone call’ and ‘customer service’ and ‘drove myself’ meantSat Dec 07 2019 - 06:04
Facebook facing up to 12 lawsuits over ‘disturbing content’Cases follow claim of ‘psychological injuries’ by former content moderator Chris GrayThu Dec 05 2019 - 02:03
Facebook moderator: ‘Whenever I talk about the content, I just get more upset’Chris Gray’s work for company entailed watching videos of stonings, torture and executionsWed Dec 04 2019 - 18:06
Case against Facebook an opportunity to improve working standardsContent moderators ‘suffering injuries’ to protect internet users from harmful materialWed Dec 04 2019 - 17:46
Man sues Facebook over having to watch ‘extremely disturbing content’Former content moderater claims psychological injuries from ‘graphic and violent’ postsWed Dec 04 2019 - 12:27
‘I blamed myself for not wanting it enough’ – Untold tales of pregnancy lossAbout one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Someone you know has had oneSat Nov 30 2019 - 06:10
No screens, no food, no sex: Welcome to dopamine fasting, Silicon Valley’s new fadIt is worth reminding ourselves that a phone a communication device and a productivity tool. That’s all.Sat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Brexit fatigue unites voters in one of UK’s tightest constituenciesConservatives target West Midlands seat as frustration with Corbyn’s leadership buildsThu Nov 28 2019 - 19:00
‘We’re heading towards turmoil’: UK’s young voters ponder uncertain futureMarginal Seat: First-time voters in Dudley North defy the stereotype of apathetic youthWed Nov 27 2019 - 19:00
The UK’s ‘grey voters’: ‘Corbyn will set the country back 50 years’Older voters in Sedgley are deeply unenthusiastic about the Labour and Tory leadersTue Nov 26 2019 - 20:20
UK election: ‘Labour is promising to give away everything bar a free unicorn’Jennifer O’Connell finds Brexit on the minds of Dudley North, a marginal seat in the sights of the ToriesMon Nov 25 2019 - 20:30
'My 13-year-old does not have a smartphone. Parents can say no'Jennifer O’Connell: I haven’t banned the internet. I just don’t want it in my kids' pocketsSat Nov 23 2019 - 06:00
‘Local and vocal’: What does Wexford think of Verona Murphy?General feeling is the Fine Gael byelection candidate is unscathed by recent controversySat Nov 23 2019 - 02:30
Party like it’s 1959: Cooking like Great-Granny used toJennifer O’Connell’s daughter digs out old family recipes for a 1950s baking weekendSat Nov 16 2019 - 06:04
Jennifer O'Connell: We’re living in a golden age of TV. Try telling that to RTÉThe days of ‘We’ll make it home in time for the Late Late’ are gone, and so are those audiencesSat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00
Life after peat: Men of the bog – and proud of itScepticism in Offaly about plans to replace jobs at Shannonbridge power plantSat Nov 16 2019 - 02:00
Jennifer O’Connell: President Kanye in 2024? Be very afraid AmericaRapper’s hint at running for White House may not be just a stunt. Remember Trump?Sat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
Ana Kriégel murder: What it taught us about bullying, porn and boysJennifer O’Connell on how to combat violent pornography and victimisationSat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
Was Gay Byrne a feminist?There were certainly notable missteps, but he gave Irish women a much-needed voiceThu Nov 07 2019 - 17:45
Boy A and Boy B rarely looked up – and never at one anotherBoys sentenced were ‘remarkable for their apparent ordinariness’ before murdering Ana KriégelTue Nov 05 2019 - 20:19
Jennifer O’Connell: Am I having a midlife crisis?Having navigated imposter syndrome of our 20s, and the pureed carrot and Calpol era of our 30s, we’ve arrived at a new, more terrifying phaseSat Nov 02 2019 - 06:00
Cocaine use has become ‘almost like having a packet of Tayto with a pint’Waterford publicans gather to tackle the increasing problem of drugs use on premisesSat Nov 02 2019 - 05:00
Grannycare is no solution to childcare crisisWhat happens to the magic when being a grandparent becomes an obligation instead of a pleasure?Sat Oct 26 2019 - 06:30
The Tipperary town that changed its mind on asylum seekersHow Borrisokane and Ballinamore have reacted differently to direct provisionFri Oct 25 2019 - 11:40
Deborah Orr, RIP: ‘Funny, charismatic and terrifyingly cool’I met her just once – when interviewing her ex, Will Self – but she made a lasting impressionMon Oct 21 2019 - 13:45
Can you be friends with someone you fundamentally disagree with?Jennifer O’Connell: Listening to an opposing view isn’t endorsing it. Civility isn’t weaknessSat Oct 19 2019 - 06:03
