Jennifer O’Connell: Irish people can’t cope with domestic helpWe clean before the cleaner arrives and we make the cups of tea for the au pairSat Mar 04 2017 - 06:00
Was smartphone distraction the cause of the Oscars error?When Brian Cullinan should have been giving Warren Beatty the right envelope, he was tweetingTue Feb 28 2017 - 13:40
Jennifer O’Connell: The toddler has discovered ‘unboxing’A boy called Ryan opens toy boxes on YouTube and now his parents are extremely wealthySat Feb 25 2017 - 05:10
Bono meets Mike Pence: it was hard to watch this very awkward bromanceThe U2 frontman seemed oblivious to Pence’s history on Aids and gay rights when the two met recently in MunichTue Feb 21 2017 - 19:31
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Technology has made idiots of us all. Or maybe it’s just me’I was going to be late for a safer internet event because I had broken the first rule of not being a colossal idiot on the internet, by having the same password for every single thingSat Feb 18 2017 - 06:10
What children learn from PewDiePie, Stampy and DanTDMAnti-Semitic messages have been found in the videos of one of YouTube’s ‘Let’s Play’ stars. So how child-friendly are the hugely popular vloggers?Sat Feb 18 2017 - 06:00
'My Ireland' poem is a thundering, vibrant look at Ireland todayPoet Stephen James Smith manages to tread the line between knowing and clever, and full of heart and raw emotionWed Feb 15 2017 - 22:17
Being on your own on Valentine's Day: four singletons speakAs Valentine’s Day approaches, the pressure to pair up is strong – but some are resisting the pullSat Feb 11 2017 - 10:05
Jennifer O’Connell: The Shed brought our house to the brinkThe husband is a dab hand at the Ikea bookcase so what can be so hard about a shed?Sat Feb 11 2017 - 05:00
Do you download illegally? Are you morally okay with that?Film and music fans reveal their downloading and streaming habitsFri Feb 10 2017 - 09:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Third-baby broodiness is a slippery beastIt waits in the wings and creeps up on you, just when you thought you were done with nappiesSat Feb 04 2017 - 06:10
Jennifer O’Connell: The State should not buy LuggalaOpening the national chequebook is not the way to secure its futureFri Feb 03 2017 - 05:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Idea we are poster children for drinking in pregnancy is horrifying’Study about Irish women and alcohol is scaremongering and meaninglessSun Jan 29 2017 - 09:49
How to beat fake news and faulty statisticsIn a sea of ‘alternative facts’, Daniel Levitin wants to help people get to the truthSat Jan 28 2017 - 05:00
How many men in suits does it take to open a new sports arena?Answer: One to cut the ribbon, and 12 to not notice anything wrongFri Jan 27 2017 - 14:35
Jennifer O’Connell: Being an adult does not mean being stressed and anxious all the timeWhen it comes to a work culture, give me Paris over Palo Alto any daySun Jan 22 2017 - 08:39
Having babies young: how does it work out?Doctors say Irish women should have children younger. But is it realistic? We talk to a mix of parents about having children at an early ageSat Jan 21 2017 - 05:00
Is sugar the new smoking?Unless we change our diet, Ireland risks becoming the fattest nation in the worldFri Jan 20 2017 - 07:00
Celebrity MasterChef review: A deliciously ridiculous showThe first episode served up a familiar blend of tears, technique and . . . stolen codMon Jan 16 2017 - 23:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘I don’t have to be good at running, just at going for a run’Yes, I’ve joined a gym, but I don’t want to talk about it, so pretend it hasn’t happenedSat Jan 14 2017 - 06:10
Fitness trackers: the good, the bad and the ugly of wearable techWhen it comes to our health, more knowledge may not always be a good thingSat Jan 14 2017 - 06:01
White actor playing Michael Jackson makes singer’s daughter ‘want to vomit’Paris Jackson says Joseph Fiennes’ TV portrayal of the black singer is ‘offensive’Thu Jan 12 2017 - 17:00
The January cliches: running, Nutribullets and ending your marriageWorkplaces reek of dirty runners, reheated soup and the pious stench of self-flagellationThu Jan 12 2017 - 13:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Where are the older female role models to emulate?Women's writing for Women's Day: For older men in the public eye, there are far more choices than ‘shockingly sexy for his age’ or ‘amusingly eccentric’Sat Jan 07 2017 - 06:10
Feeling lonely? You’re far from aloneLoneliness can be a silent assassin that wreaks havoc on people’s lives – and experts want it to be a health-policy issueSat Jan 07 2017 - 06:00
My new year’s anti-resolution: to embrace glorious boredomJennifer O’Connell: We are terminally frightened of boredom. This is a problemFri Jan 06 2017 - 06:00
Forget hardline new year resolutions; focus on gentle aspirationsStart with easiest thing, do it again. Repeat 66 times. Take a bow, you’ve kept a resolutionSat Dec 31 2016 - 06:10
Jennifer O’Connell: Don’t be a Zucker for social media in 2017After two years in the US tech industry, I do not believe Silicon Valley is creating a humane worldTue Dec 27 2016 - 12:00
Don’t manterrupt, you deplorable! Best putdowns of 2016This year gifted the world a rich array of expressions of annoyanceMon Dec 26 2016 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: have a mediocre little ChristmasWing it by channelling Gwyneth and Nigella with wrapped pebbles, soup tins and stale cakeSat Dec 24 2016 - 06:10
Meet the ‘Irish Attenboroughs’ who answer call of the wildThese four dedicated conservationists work with the planet’s most endangered speciesSat Dec 24 2016 - 06:01
Pay, feminism, water charges. What not to talk about over Christmas dinnerNavigate the minefield with our guide to the year’s top Yuletide conversational no-nosSat Dec 24 2016 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: To escape the grim reality of 2016, look to the sporting godsAn overheard conversation finally provides proof of the healing powers of sportSat Dec 17 2016 - 06:10
Madonna on the rules of the music industry: ‘Be sexy. Be cute. Don’t age’In a blistering speech, the singer says sexism is rife in the business. And it’s not all men’s faultMon Dec 12 2016 - 17:20
Listen closely and you will hear people craving connectionDon’t be held hostage by your smartphone and be the talker you were born to beSat Dec 10 2016 - 06:10
‘Influencer marketing’: honest blogging or fake endorsement?‘It’s in the interest of brands and influencers to let people know when payment’s involved’Sat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00
Barbie girl: why Amy Schumer’s wrong about how women lookThe comedian’s Instagram response to ‘fat shamers’ still fixates on the superficial. It’s time to focus on what women say and doWed Dec 07 2016 - 16:25
Jennifer O’Connell: Lovesick 19-year-olds, take it from me. He's probably not The OneCarrie Fisher's gawky reminisce of falling in lust with Harrison Ford brings back mortifying memoriesSat Dec 03 2016 - 06:10
Late Late Toy Show review: What was missing from the show was ...Jennifer O’Connell wraps up her review of Ryan Tubridy’s eighth Toy ShowFri Dec 02 2016 - 22:30
Thanks, Evan Rachel Wood, for helping lift rape’s stigmaThe ‘Westworld’ star has revealed that she was raped on two occasions. More women, both in Ireland and around the world, are going public about sexual attacksFri Dec 02 2016 - 09:00
Give your one-year-old the iPad, it might be good for them after allA leading US academy says iPads can help under-twos. So what are parents to do in an age of ‘sharenting’ and Snapchat streaks?Sat Nov 26 2016 - 06:00
Why do we spend years accumulating useless things?Living with the barest essentials can be done yet we hold on to the least important itemsSat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00
We’ve made a hygge mistake: why are we being sold such an Irish concept?Unhealthy food, alcohol and sweeping stuff under the carpet – we invented thatWed Nov 23 2016 - 16:50
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘How are victims of domestic violence supposed to seek help now?’The message Trump’s election sends to girls and women everywhere is clear: know your place. Put up and shut upSat Nov 19 2016 - 05:00
Frozen in time: what is cryogenics and how does it work?There are around 250 people cryopreserved in the US alone. As the procedure hit the headlines again this week, we look at why people are freezing their bodies after deathFri Nov 18 2016 - 15:45
‘Post-truth’ isn’t a good word of the year, to tell you the truthOxford Dictionaries’ choice does not help us understand Brexit or Trump’s electionFri Nov 18 2016 - 10:00
Jennifer O'Connell: Moving from Silicon Valley to our own wild Atlantic way‘We came home to reapply for our visas. A longish holiday. And we couldn’t quite leave’Sat Nov 12 2016 - 04:00
Terrified in Trumpland: Irish-Americans and US citizens in Ireland reactSafety, gay and immigration rights, and corporation tax under a Trump administration are some of the concerns among Americans-in-Ireland and Irish-in-AmericaWed Nov 09 2016 - 17:00
The ‘necessity entrepreneurs’: Ireland’s recession businessesTo start a business between 2010 and 2014 took courage. Five people describe how they did itSat Nov 05 2016 - 04:00
Bono, woman of the year? The latest male saviour of womankindWhat are we to tell our daughters: you can grow up to be a woman just like that man?Wed Nov 02 2016 - 15:45
