There is a generation who feel a bit directionless, a bit aggrieved and are casting about for models of how to be a good man. That’s where sport should come in

Unless you have a reliable and obliging childminder willing to shift their schedule to accommodate the whims of Simon Harris, the election is yet another headache for parents

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