Jennifer O’Connell: Why do we live in a culture that venerates stress?I’ve learned that we don’t have to live in a state of constant, ongoing stressSat May 19 2018 - 06:00
GDPR: Everything you need to knowA bluffer’s guide to the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from May 25thSat May 19 2018 - 06:00
The royal wedding: literally everything you need to knowWhere to watch it, who to watch out for, the potential flashpoints and the after-partyFri May 18 2018 - 11:00
A brief history of Ireland at the Eurovision in 12 questionsFrom Johnny Logan top Dustin the Turkey, can you avoid nul points in our quizWed May 16 2018 - 19:15
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘It’s troubling to discover how much I enjoy a communion bash’I regret my kids’ missing out on the tradition. And the potato saladSat May 12 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Vote no to death. Yes for compassion. No. Yes. Yes. No’Those shouty slogans feel like an insult, but they make it easier to start the conversationSat May 05 2018 - 06:00
We are witnessing the slow unravelling of Kanye WestComment: Recent tweets are just the latest examples of increasingly erratic behaviourWed May 02 2018 - 14:00
The local bus that’s for everyone – even Christmas trees and dead turkeysIt might be one of the slowest bus services in Ireland, but none of its passengers seem to mind. ‘You get all the gossip on this bus’Sat Apr 28 2018 - 06:00
Royal Baby: Childbirth is a great leveller but not if you're Kate MiddletonHow much lovelier would it have been if she had betrayed even the smallest hint of the brutality of the experience she had just endured?Tue Apr 24 2018 - 13:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Dogs with Instagram accounts? I blame the pawrentsNo self-respecting mutt is without their own Instagram account these daysSat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00
Wanted: Female Indiana Jones. Only thin, pretty, shortsighted women need applyJennifer O’Connell: Why does every single woman on screen look like she was ordered up from a set of customisable templates created by Harvey Weinstein?Sat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00
What will it take to rein Facebook in? Not this sorry excuse for a public grillingNot only did the hearings not damage Mark Zuckerberg, on day one alone, they enriched him personally to the tune of around $3 billion, as the share price shot upThu Apr 12 2018 - 08:00
‘When you’re beautiful, other women absolutely despise you’Why do the uncommonly beautiful people insist it’s so tough being that good looking?Mon Apr 09 2018 - 06:00
Paddy Jackson’s apology may be a case of too little, too lateRugby player expresses regret for ‘degrading’ messages, but it rings hollowSat Apr 07 2018 - 01:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘I have finally deleted my Facebook account’I have lost the high of sharing. The biggest gains have been time and privacySat Mar 31 2018 - 06:00
Caffeine hit: The rise and rise of Irish coffee cultureMeet the coffee shop visionaries behind an unstoppable trendSat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00
No relationship ever began with the words ‘nice arse, love’ bellowed at a strangerFrance has banned street harassment and it’s time we discussed that here tooSat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00
‘Eyes Wide Shut’ meets ‘Father Ted’ in the wesht of IrelandTV Review: ‘Hardy Bucks’ is crude, juvenile and blokey, but it has an irresistible swaggerFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:00
Native Irish speakers: invisible minority or elitist clique?TV Review: Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh explores the loneliness of the long-suffering GaeilgeóirThu Mar 22 2018 - 19:30
The Funeral Murders: ‘They were like hyenas ripping their kill apart’TV Review: Chilling account of the murder of two British soldiers at an IRA funeral in 1988Mon Mar 19 2018 - 23:45
Giving out is the most genuinely Irish tradition there isSt Patty’s Day is cultural appropriation on a grand scale. We love it, America: work awaySat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00
The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda breadWhat’s the one thing every Irish person should do before they die?Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00
Wanted: ‘Well-developed women with plenty of road frontage’RTÉ’s ‘Stetsons and Stilettos’ throws open the barn door on a thriving Irish sub-cultureTue Mar 13 2018 - 20:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Mother’s Day cards are for no women I know’Mothers, in the world of Hallmark, are nurturing, self-sacrificing, unthreatening. They love bunnies and lavenderSat Mar 10 2018 - 06:00
Passport out of date? Don’t panic. We’re IrishJennifer O’Connell: We’d the bags packed, fridge emptied, Taytos bought for the brother in the USSat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
Porn, sexting and rape: We need to talk about sexJennifer O'Connell: Sex conversations with kids shouldn’t be only about ‘the talk’Sat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
25 fearless women who helped shape today’s IrelandThey smashed stereotypes, changed Ireland – yet many are forgotten by historySat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
Operation Transformation: 10 years on do we still need it?Amid a glut of dodgy online dietary advice, the show’s simple message has real valueThu Mar 01 2018 - 09:50
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘I’ve moved back into my childhood home’For a nation of leavers, home can be complex, slippery notionSat Feb 24 2018 - 06:30
Sugar is evil, dairy is scary: Instagram’s #cleaneating gospelEating disorders have doubled in a decade, and social media is helping to fuel the riseSat Feb 24 2018 - 05:00
The family Whatsapp group – you can join, but never leaveJennifer O'Connell: First rule of the Whatsapp splinter group is you don't talk about the groupSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:30
Romantic Ireland: A very Irish St Valentine’s Day Love QuizWhose dark hair wove a snare around Patrick Kavanagh’s heart on Raglan Road?Wed Feb 14 2018 - 10:17
Jennifer O’Connell: Drop the phone, look your child in the eye‘Parent’ is no longer a noun. First it became a verb, and then a performance artSat Feb 10 2018 - 06:30
As husbands they remain platonic friends. They were stunned by the reactionLove comes in many guises. It can start at birth, or can be for people we’ve never met. As Valentine's Day approaches we look at love in all its formsSat Feb 10 2018 - 04:00
If Kylie Jenner can stay off social media, why can’t I?Jennifer O’Connell: Will people follow in Jenner’s footsteps and reduce their online presence?Mon Feb 05 2018 - 17:19
Jennifer O’Connell: She’s 44, bright and stubbornly single – why is that a problem?After 10 years of internet dating, she’s on a hiatus. The internet has killed the spontaneitySat Feb 03 2018 - 06:30
Lord help us and save us from the fallen women and the silly, stupid girlsHow much has Ireland really changed since the Joanne Hayes, Ann Lovett and X cases?Sat Jan 27 2018 - 06:00
Germaine Greer: Women who ‘spread their legs’ for parts in movies are ‘whinging’#MeToo seems in danger of dissolving into futile, inter-generational warfare between people who are supposed to be on the same side. What a shameTue Jan 23 2018 - 13:33
What is a micro-cheat and are you one?Could you be cheating on your partner without knowing it? The internet thinks soSat Jan 20 2018 - 06:00
‘It’s like online dating for happily married women in their 40s’‘I have just enough freckles and I’m never without red lipstick,’ my son read from the au pair’s application. ‘That’s off her dating profile’Sat Jan 20 2018 - 06:00
Is the White Moose Café’s blogger ban a storm in a teacup?Paul Stenson’s latest stunt does not match with his own attitude towards ‘influencing’Thu Jan 18 2018 - 13:30
What makes us happy at work?From horticulture projects to free haircuts, some company perks sound like upmarket holiday resort activities. But wellness at work is about more than just snooze pods and free massagesSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
Trumpwatching: harmless sport or unhealthy obsession?The US president is a ubiquitous media presence who turns ordinary citizens into news junkies. Some Trumpwatchers look back on a year dominated by the DonaldSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: I’ll tell you my salary, if you tell me yoursWe are more likely to tell a stranger we’ve had an STD than we are to reveal our incomeSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
‘Rape is a crime. But a persistent or clumsy come-on is not a crime’One hundred French writers, performers and academics including Catherine Denueve have written an open letter defending ‘the freedom to seduce’Tue Jan 09 2018 - 17:00
‘If the recession hadn’t hit, I’d never have gone out on my own’The Crash – 10 years on: five people describe how their lives changedSat Jan 06 2018 - 05:45
In 2017, women found a voice and roared a collective ‘enough’Jennifer O’Connell: Pushback against equality will be strong, sometimes from unexpected placesSun Dec 24 2017 - 06:00
Unfiltered truth: the stories behind the Christmas photosThere’s more than meets the eye in these seasonal snaps. Five people share their most memorable festive photographs, each one telling a poignant tale of its ownSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Ireland: the only country that treats Christmas as a six-week crisisIf we don’t rein it in, the Emergency will start bleeding into the remaining three seasonsSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Family conversation killers: Sexual harassment, Conor McGregor and avocado toastJennifer O’Connell recommends that you avoid these 11 subject these holidaysThu Dec 21 2017 - 06:00
