Hazel Behan and Gisèle Pelicot are not victims, but survivors setting the world on fire with their truth
Heroic women have begun pushing back, refusing to carry a shame that was never theirs
Jennifer O'Connell columns
Heroic women have begun pushing back, refusing to carry a shame that was never theirs
I noticed his predilection for young women. I didn’t notice the climate of fear they were working in
What’s a copper-roofed security hut or a gold-plated bike shed? Symbols of a political class which is increasingly out of touch
Aontú is concerned the proposed extension of the free contraception scheme to 16-year-olds amounts to a State-sponsored behavioural nudge: where their parents got SSIAs or Eircom shares, today’s young women would get Mirena coils
Violent and emotional abuse are part of the rich tapestry of wrongs done to children by the State and its agents
Their contrasting approaches elicit strong reactions because we envy their certainty of purpose
In an cruel twist of timing, swimming’s darkest hour casts a shadow over its bright present
Everyone from the World Health Organisation to wellness influencers are preaching total abstinence. But is moderate drinking that bad?
‘Only in Dubai’ goes the tourism slogan for 2025. It could hardly be more apt
Ironically, it was the actions of a vindictive US, more than anything he did himself, that resuscitated his reputation and made him a hero for press freedom
The big ideological gap is of the past seven years is between younger men and women, and the trend is remarkably consistent across disparate cultures
Things grabbing my attention this week include camogie elbows, sideline parents and how ‘woman’ still seems to be the hardest word
There is a brisk online business in breeding dogs that are best understood as snarling 65kg status symbols
Singapore Airlines flight injuries and New Delhi heat are still not enough to stop business as usual
RTÉ effectively gave presenters a choice: you can work for us or you can work for yourself, but you can’t do both. When you look at the numbers, it’s no surprise which option they’re choosing
It 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 again
There was a time when we were rightly appalled about the language used about migrants in Brexit Britain. Now it is steadily being normalised here
“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 said
Surge dining: Would you pay more to eat a rib-eye on a Saturday than on Tuesday?
Simon 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 wowed
There was a sense they were making it up as they went along. The same can’t happen here
On paper, an inter-generational house swap made total sense. The practice was a little more difficult
Warning signs may include staying up late to watch Robbie Williams’s Netflix documentary, when you don’t like Robbie Williams – or documentaries
Article 41.2 was the scaffolding constructed around women’s lives which ensured that they remained small and confined
Revenue 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 porridge
The people to worry about aren’t the ‘unvetted males’ from Syria or Albania, but those with placards and petrol cans
Online harm is not an unintended consequence of social media. It’s baked into the design
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?
The 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 way
The Epstein files remind us of a time when toxic attitudes to women were rife in powerful circles. Has that culture gone away?
This year was a desolate one for children - and a shameful one for adults who saw what happened and stood by
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 adulthood
For years, there have been discussions about how to extend the vote to the Irish abroad
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 fantastical
‘It couldn’t happen here’ was the comfort blanket we wrapped around ourselves. But that has never been true
RTÉ audience felt they knew him, and understood his values and his motives – until they didn’t
Three competing narratives emerged to explain the events leading up to his death, but only one will stick
The days are long, the years are short and the torrents of unwanted advice are interminable
Irish waters are awash with our own excrement. Historic underinvestment is blamed, so why are some upgraded plants still pumping out raw sewage?
Burke is deeply concerned about what she likes to call “the proper administration of justice” – within limits. That limit generally being when it goes her way
The difference between what men and women earn is about phenomenon of 'greedy work'
Neglected Lough Neagh is just one of example of how we mistreat the natural world
This was not a highly secretive guerrilla mission - it had been flagged endlessly on every far-right social media account for the past two weeks
A shoe brand that pins itself to ‘realness’ is on to a winner with those assailed by uncertainty
There are examples of individuals of enormous wealth becoming embroiled in global geopolitics. But never on this scale
If 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 block
For a country so obsessed with the weather, we remain stubbornly disinterested in climate
After she was raped, she found herself 'brainwashed' into the idea that, really, it was all a bit of a joke
Tubridy started out as Logan Roy but lapsed into Cousin Greg whenever the subject of money came up
Does 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 yes
Dublin needs more hotel rooms, but what it might need even more desperately is some kind of long-term vision
As the days rolled by, the chasm in the response to the two events was increasingly uncomfortable
The Westin Hotel has decided not to adopt a new name that could be linked to a slave owner. But where does it end?
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 hell
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices