The Dublin-New York Portal didn’t show us Manhattan, just our badly-behaved selvesDon’t we know by now that screens bring out the worst in us?Fri May 17 2024 - 11:24
Bambie Thug’s quiet protest was more effective than any Eurovision boycottIt is worth restating that criticism of the Israeli state is not anti-semitism. But it is also the case that anti-semitism never went away, that it still exists and that it is on the rise againSat May 11 2024 - 07:14
We shouldn’t import broken British rhetoric about migrationThere was a time when we were rightly appalled about the language used about migrants in Brexit Britain. Now it is steadily being normalised hereSat May 04 2024 - 07:00
What’s the right age for my daughter to get a smartphone? I asked her older siblings“She doesn’t need to be stuck inside her head on her phone. She needs to be in the real world for as long as she can,” one saidSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:17
We’re heading towards AI prices, where diners can be charged more because algorithms say they can afford itSurge dining: Would you pay more to eat a rib-eye on a Saturday than on Tuesday?Sun Apr 21 2024 - 07:00
‘No bull, no spin’: The problem with a Taoiseach who is extremely onlineSimon Harris's social media skills have conferred on him an air of mystique among an older generation of politicians. But voters are less likely to be wowedSun Apr 14 2024 - 07:15
Scotland’s hate crime law fiasco offers Ireland a playbook in how not to do itThere was a sense they were making it up as they went along. The same can’t happen hereSun Apr 07 2024 - 07:15
My parents wanted to downsize, and we needed a bigger home. There was an obvious solutionOn paper, an inter-generational house swap made total sense. The practice was a little more difficultSat Mar 30 2024 - 07:15
You’re not depressed or burnt out. But are you languishing?Warning signs may include staying up late to watch Robbie Williams’s Netflix documentary, when you don’t like Robbie Williams – or documentariesSun Mar 10 2024 - 07:00
Voting yes in referendum is another step to dismantling a society where women’s lives didn’t matterArticle 41.2 was the scaffolding constructed around women’s lives which ensured that they remained small and confinedSun Feb 25 2024 - 07:10
Jennifer O'Connell: Ireland's influencers are about to learn there's no such thing as a free brunchRevenue has its sights on social media influencers, who are about to learn there is no such thing as a free lunch. Or Air Fryer, weekend break or lifetime supply of porridgeSat Feb 17 2024 - 07:15
‘Concerned citizens’ protest about safety in their communities, yet are mute about arson The people to worry about aren’t the ‘unvetted males’ from Syria or Albania, but those with placards and petrol cansSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:15
Taylor Swift’s deepfake saga was a warning bell to womenOnline harm is not an unintended consequence of social media. It’s baked into the designSat Feb 03 2024 - 07:03
Living on Ryanair road: Would you really want your boss to be your landlord?The company town is returning as a pragmatic response to the housing crisis. But does anyone love their job so much they want to move in with it?Sun Jan 28 2024 - 07:15
Closing a street is a symptom of a city giving up on itselfThe decision to shut the malodorous Harbour Court amounts to a shrug from official Ireland on the other side of the river. There is a better waySat Jan 13 2024 - 07:00
Epstein is dead but misogyny is attracting a whole new generationThe Epstein files remind us of a time when toxic attitudes to women were rife in powerful circles. Has that culture gone away?Fri Jan 05 2024 - 13:45
There is another reason Ireland can’t turn a blind eye to GazaThis year was a desolate one for children - and a shameful one for adults who saw what happened and stood bySat Dec 23 2023 - 07:00
Ireland is hostage to Rich Daddy Syndrome Wealth in this country has always operated like a giant pyramid scheme: but now if you don’t come from money, you’re shut out of the basic markers of adulthoodSun Dec 17 2023 - 07:00
‘Conor McGregor for president’ makes a strong argument against emigrant voting rightsFor years, there have been discussions about how to extend the vote to the Irish abroadSun Dec 10 2023 - 07:00
How did we go from liberal bastion to cautionary tale about ‘Ireland-like scenarios’?The Irish far right force may still be small, leaderless and ideology-free but the idea that it could gain a permanent foothold in Irish politics is no longer entirely fantasticalSun Dec 03 2023 - 07:00
As the Luas went up in flames, so did the fantasy that Ireland is different‘It couldn’t happen here’ was the comfort blanket we wrapped around ourselves. But that has never been trueSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
Ryan Tubridy’s unforgivable sin wasn’t greed. It was the loss of his relatabilityRTÉ audience felt they knew him, and understood his values and his motives – until they didn’tSun Nov 19 2023 - 07:10
Truth about why Jason Corbett died is obscured in a maelstrom of high emotionThree competing narratives emerged to explain the events leading up to his death, but only one will stickSat Nov 11 2023 - 06:00
It’s no wonder the average age of new mothers in Ireland is at an all-time highThe days are long, the years are short and the torrents of unwanted advice are interminableSun Nov 05 2023 - 06:30
The best little country in the world in which to swim in your own sh*tIrish waters are awash with our own excrement. Historic underinvestment is blamed, so why are some upgraded plants still pumping out raw sewage?Sat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
Ammi Burke was given a clear message this week that the courts are not her soapboxBurke is deeply concerned about what she likes to call “the proper administration of justice” – within limits. That limit generally being when it goes her waySat Oct 21 2023 - 06:57
You don’t need a Nobel prize to know that work has got greedy. Time we all pushed backThe difference between what men and women earn is about phenomenon of 'greedy work'Sun Oct 15 2023 - 06:30
We are sacrificing Ireland’s countryside to business and agricultural interestsNeglected Lough Neagh is just one of example of how we mistreat the natural worldSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Dáil blockade should serve as a warning to Irish politicians who flirt with populist language and tropesThis was not a highly secretive guerrilla mission - it had been flagged endlessly on every far-right social media account for the past two weeksSat Sept 23 2023 - 07:00
The Birkenstock index is soaring, a measure of the anxious times we live inA shoe brand that pins itself to ‘realness’ is on to a winner with those assailed by uncertaintySun Sept 17 2023 - 06:30
There’s Elon Musk, the second most dangerous thing known to humanityThere are examples of individuals of enormous wealth becoming embroiled in global geopolitics. But never on this scaleSat Sept 09 2023 - 06:45
Jennifer O'Connell: If Normal People’s Connell got his place in Trinity now, he’d be looking at €287 a weekIf Normal People’s Connell got his place in Trinity now, he’d be looking at €287 a week for a gold en-suite studio in a purpose built student accommodation blockSun Sept 03 2023 - 06:45
Jennifer O’Connell: Lucy Letby’s ‘beigeness’ has created a vacuum for lurid speculationThe need of online sleuths to eviscerate Letby is a distraction from more important issuesSat Aug 26 2023 - 06:45
The relentless rain isn’t a blip. Ireland’s climate is now a year-long autumnFor a country so obsessed with the weather, we remain stubbornly disinterested in climateSat Aug 05 2023 - 06:30
Jennifer O’Connell: Is rape culture real? Ask Ciara ManganAfter she was raped, she found herself 'brainwashed' into the idea that, really, it was all a bit of a jokeSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:15
Ryan Tubridy may come to regret hitching his wagon to Noel Kelly’sTubridy started out as Logan Roy but lapsed into Cousin Greg whenever the subject of money came upSat Jul 15 2023 - 07:01
Jennifer O’Connell: RTÉ's influencers are at the murky nexus of commercial and public interestsDoes it really matter if Doireann Garrihy eats her #sponsored porridge in an RTÉ studio or Marty Morrissey has a borrowed car? The short answer is yesSat Jul 08 2023 - 07:45
Jennifer O’Connell: Crazy hotel prices are not just the result of Taylor Swift economicsDublin needs more hotel rooms, but what it might need even more desperately is some kind of long-term visionSat Jul 01 2023 - 07:15
Jennifer O’Connell: Submersible gripped world’s attention but sunken migrant boat made us look away As the days rolled by, the chasm in the response to the two events was increasingly uncomfortableFri Jun 23 2023 - 17:46
What is to be done about the great men with unsavoury views whose names festoon our streets? The Westin Hotel has decided not to adopt a new name that could be linked to a slave owner. But where does it end?Sun Jun 11 2023 - 05:15
Jennifer O’Connell: Is the rise of the 6.30am commute a sign that Ireland is finally rebalancing?Jennifer O’Connell: By 2022, the ranks of the dawn commuter had swelled to close to 205,000. But there’s more to those numbers than tales of commuting hellSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Random violence has become a social media spectator sportThe family of the teenager in Navan suggested he may have been targeted because of who he is. It is not unreasonable to conclude those shocked eyeballs are a motivating factor too, thoughSun May 21 2023 - 05:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Irish public transport is a lesson in how to make easy things hardIt’s not that services are unrelentingly awful, but with not much effort they could be so much betterSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Jennifer O’Connell: HRT’s story is one of global neglect and misinformationJennifer O’Connell: Menopause misinformation continues to have a long-term impact on women’s healthSun May 07 2023 - 05:00
With every choreographed moment, Sinn Féin look more like a party of the centreJennifer O’Connell: Contrast in the approach of these two parties to image management could not be sharperSat Apr 29 2023 - 06:00
What makes a US politician ‘Irish’? It doesn’t have much to do with their genesWhat makes a US politician ‘Irish’? It’s a little to do with genealogy and a lot to do with their politicsSat Apr 22 2023 - 10:00
Burke family have keen understanding of legal system. So why are they waging a futile war against it?Jennifer O'Connell: Despite the theatrics, the Burkes’ adventures in court show us that the legal system is working as it shouldSun Apr 16 2023 - 05:00
Six months ago, he started taking cocaine in a more dedicated way. Things spiralled rapidlyIreland has slid into the ignominious position of fourth biggest cocaine consumer globallySat Apr 08 2023 - 05:00
Enoch Burke and JK Rowling have the same approach to victimhoodThe bestselling children’s author sees herself as a victim. But she gets to put her phone down and walk awaySat Apr 01 2023 - 07:30
Ukrainians and their Irish hosts one year on: There are stark reminders. This is not a cultural exchangeSome Ukrainians have been staying with their Irish hosts for a year. For many it has been a rewarding experience, but figuring out what comes next can be toughSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
