She was homeless at 12. In college at 20Five people describe the obstacles they have overcome to make it to third-levelSat Dec 01 2018 - 00:00
Late Late Toy Show: The gutsiest, glitziest show on earthReview: Big dance number. Heart-wringing heroes. Ryan Tubridy’s singing. It’s all hereFri Nov 30 2018 - 22:51
Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations: Straight out of The Handmaid's Tale?The actual theme is ‘American Treasures,’ honouring ‘the heart and spirit’ and, clearly, the bodily fluids of the American peopleTue Nov 27 2018 - 13:27
Lawyers concerned over public backlash after underwear comments in rape trialNew rules seeking to ensure only bona-fide journalists and lawyers may report or tweet from court cases will come into effect on MondaySat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Penneys has a special on Open To Meeting Someone underwear. Five for €3.50’It’s convenient how Official Ireland chooses whether women are to be judged from the neckline up, or the belt down, based on the contextSat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
Rape trials: weighing up the two rights that make prosecuting rape so difficultLegal observers believe we can now weigh up the right of defendants to a fair trialSat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: My week as a veganThere’s plenty of examining labels, sampling new foods and feeling hungrySat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
The ‘bearable’ commute time is 45 minutes, new study findsThose whose journey exceeds 45 minutes more likely to move houseTue Nov 20 2018 - 15:23
Living with domestic abuse: ‘Our marriage is over when I say it’s f**king over’‘He was telling me not to see my friends . . . I thought that was love’Sat Nov 17 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Priced out of Dublin? Consider Down the Country’We walk to school, pubs, restaurants. The sea is 10 minutes away. What’s not to like?Sat Nov 17 2018 - 06:00
Serena Williams: GQ’s ‘woman’ of the year title sparks backlashWhy did the magazine put the word woman in quotation marks? A backhanded compliment? Or tone deaf to implications?Tue Nov 13 2018 - 14:43
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin ‘a contemporary Orpheus’, funeral toldFuneral mass organised with ‘detailed precision’ by composer prior to his deathMon Nov 12 2018 - 13:16
A handwritten recipe falls from my grandmother’s cookbook: “Pizza for 1 Person”. My heart shattersJennifer O’Connell: Food is an endlessly rich lexicon of joy, desire, friendship and loveSat Nov 10 2018 - 06:00
‘Don’t fire the woman who told me to stop kissing my girlfriend’Allyson MacIvor’s tolerance of intolerance at a Jack White gig is a social-media lesson for allFri Nov 09 2018 - 06:00
‘I used to want my parents to be shocked now I want my daughter to be impressed’Jennifer O’Connell: That's the paradox of becoming a parentSat Nov 03 2018 - 06:00
‘Sexy’ Halloween costumes: when it comes to women, scary doesn’t cut itHalloween might be your only chance to choose from ‘sexy’, ‘sexier’ or ‘phwoar’Wed Oct 31 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Rodents, romance and how I met my husbandA mouse legged it across the diningroom floor. The rest is historySat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
Fr Peter McVerry: A saint? If he is, he’s an angry one‘There are 15,000 people homeless. And much worse is coming down the road’Sat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
If men had periods, tampons would have been made obsolete decades agoThe Tampax Cup shows the politics of periods are changing – but still too slowlyThu Oct 25 2018 - 06:00
Renting a video together was like updating Facebook to ‘in a relationship’Jennifer O'Connell: Add slow sets to the list of things I love that are already, or about to become, obsoleteSat Oct 20 2018 - 06:00
Ambition: Why is it still a dirty word for women?Girls are chided for being pushy or bossy. But ambition should be celebratedSat Oct 20 2018 - 06:00
Have yourself a Meghan Markle pregnancy, not a rigid royal oneKate Middleton acted like childbirth was no tougher than a game of croquet, writes Jennifer O’ConnellMon Oct 15 2018 - 12:22
Jennifer O'Connell: ‘He conquered the mountain and his grief, one faltering step at a time’People began to notice the old man with the neat white hair, paint-spattered cuffs and the cotton bag that held his sketchbookSat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
If you've been gaslit or cheated on Rebecca Humphries is worth listening toStrictly star and comedian Seann Walsh’s ex-girlfriend walked away with dignity and powerTue Oct 09 2018 - 13:12
It’s not illegal to watch porn on public transport. But is it wrong?Navigating the etiquette of watching porn in public is actually pretty simple. Don’tWed Oct 03 2018 - 09:26
Jennifer O’Connell: I’m going to spend time on my own. It’s terrifyingI once scored 95% on the extrovert scale, which basically means I’m terribly needySat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Ireland’s trans children: ‘I didn’t know what ‘trans’ meant. I just felt that I was a woman’Four young transgender people on growing up, coming out and being acceptedSat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
‘Nuns and prostitutes’: Ireland’s hopeless attitude to women’s healthJennifer O’Connell: Sexually censorious attitudes create stigma and cost livesSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Is it too much to hope that this is how it all ends for Katie Hopkins?The undoing of hate-peddler Hopkins is the perfect parable for the age of outrageTue Sept 18 2018 - 13:09
We don’t talk about ‘career men’, so don’t call me a ‘working mum’Jennifer O’Connell: Yes, I am a mother who works, but is there any other kind?Sat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
Serena Williams cartoon: outrage-mongering or old-fashioned racism?Irish observers might be reminded of our grim history at the hands of ‘Punch’Tue Sept 11 2018 - 15:21
How’s your ‘digital wellbeing’? Facebook’s anti-addiction driveThe social media giant wants to make us less tech-dependent. Isn't it a little late for that?Sat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
Key question for prospective presidents: are they fit to be let out?Jennifer O’Connell: Race for the Áras is like the first round of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’Sat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
What happens when you don’t get enough sleep?Sleep is not optional. Getting only six hours a night is a form of slow euthanasiaSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
Cosmopolitan magazine cover criticised for ‘promoting obesity’Plus-size model Tess Holliday's cover shoot causes controversy but is obesity the real issue?Mon Sept 03 2018 - 12:43
Unicorns are the new princesses, but where’s the new pink?Jennifer O’Connell: Gender neutrality is all very well, but children want to fit in at schoolSat Sept 01 2018 - 06:00
#HimToo: What happens if the aggressor is a woman?The #MeToo movement is experiencing growing pains as it enters a new phaseSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Pontifacts: All the papal questions you never thought to askWhere can you buy his socks? Which predecessor once put a dead body on trial?Sat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
The pope’s visit: some numbers you’ll be sickened to hearThe church’s playbook for dealing with abuse in Pennsylvania is horribly familiarSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Rose of Tralee: ‘A misty-eyed drunk on a New York barstool’Give Daithi a night off, and make it a show for real women who shop in Penneys, may be over 28, don’t want to marry and have opinionsMon Aug 20 2018 - 15:56
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Come to Dublin and take a homeless child’s bed’Next time you’re moved to fury by something happening to children in Trump’s America, spare a thought for the children in IrelandSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Is it legal to record someone without their consent?'Doing an Omarosa' is as easy as opening an app. But are you breaking the law?Sat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Leaving Cert results survival guide: If all else fails, ‘kick the sh*t out of option B’Reframe your parents’ expectations. And yours. Avoid social media. If necessary, lieMon Aug 13 2018 - 17:55
Can you raise a gender-neutral child? Meet the parents who doNumber of parents interested in exploring different approaches is growingSat Aug 11 2018 - 06:15
‘Double kisser beats the single kisser, who in turn trounces the handshake’Jennifer O'Connell: We pretend we’re worldly Europeans, then someone goes for a cheek kiss and the pretence melts awaySat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00
What makes a beautiful woman? Snapchat filter not the answerAs a study of 25 years of Vogue cover stars shows how uniform our conception of beauty is, magazine editors say they’ll embrace more realistic beauty standardsFri Aug 10 2018 - 11:13
Jennifer O’Connell: Spotify transforms my train home into a time machine‘People who have a habit of moving their lips silently when they read tend to be given a wide berth’Sat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
A brief history of Ireland in 33 great delusionsThe falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we areSat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
Keep calm and stockpile: An Irish parcel for Brexit BritainFrom Sudocrem to 7Up to Marian Keyes: the best of Ireland is going into our Bosca BrexitWed Aug 01 2018 - 06:10
School summer holidays are great . . . for the kidsJennifer O’Connell: I love long vacations – when I’m participating in themSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
