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
Male infertility: ‘My whole 30s were taken up with trying to have a baby’Sperm counts are falling across the developed world. The truth about the male fertility timebombSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
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
Jennifer O’Connell: Honestly, it’s a good job we don’t have a summer every yearFor the first time in living memory, families are debating how much they’re prepared to pay to not have to go on holidaySat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: You’re ‘failing’ at life. Here are 47 reasons whyWe’ve an insatiable appetite for people roaring at us about where we’re going wrongSat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
‘If video gaming is a disease, what’s next: excessive sunbathing?’For most, the worst result of too much time gaming is just too much time gamingSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:30
Jennifer O’Connell: I’m in the parenting golden age. So why do I feel sad?'We should have another baby, I announce. When he stops laughing, my husband reminds me that’s no longer an option'Sat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
50 of the best picnic spots in IrelandGo, discover, dive into the ham rolls, and leave nothing behind but your footprintsSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
MacGill Summer School: Will the gender blindness never end?Listening to the man from MacGill you might conclude women have nothing much to say, or don’t want to say itWed Jun 20 2018 - 13:10
Jennifer O'Connell: Creepy, Actually: Romcoms mistake harassment for romanceIs it time we looked with a more critical eye on the stories we tell about falling in loveSat Jun 16 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘No second date’ rule a sign of a society afraid of its citizensIt’s bad enough infantilising children; infantilising adults is bound to be disastrousSat Jun 16 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘My encounter with a blind woman opened my eyes to a few truths’She was in good form for someone who had nearly been killed twice in the last hourSat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00
Well done in the Mini Marathon, girls. Now back to the kitchenMini Marathon organisers reconsidering inclusion of dishwasher tablets in goody bagsMon Jun 04 2018 - 13:22
What happens inside Ireland’s addiction rehab clinics?‘It could be your sister, your dad, your brother. Addiction doesn’t care who you are’Sat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘I swear Meghan Markle looked directly at me’Not everyone embraced the spectre of a diverse new Britain with the same enthusiasmSat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
Meghan Markle’s tights are a metaphor for how far she’ll have to go to fit inThey’re not just tights. They’re a sign the Windsorisation of Meghan Markle has begunThu May 31 2018 - 12:05
‘I sighed happily, and realised this is what passes for sexting in our relationship’‘My obsession with household appliances had reached problematic levels’Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00
‘She’ll spice things up’: Britain wakes up to new royal eraMeghan Markle has come to stand for something much more than the woman with whom the affable Prince Harry happened to fall in loveSun May 20 2018 - 11:00
‘It’s the first royal wedding I’ve felt okay waving a Tricolour at’Irish royal watchers were among the Windsor crowd hailing a ‘down to earth’ Duchess of SussexSat May 19 2018 - 15:30
GDPR: Everything you need to knowA bluffer’s guide to the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from May 25thSat May 19 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Why do we live in a culture that venerates stress?I’ve learned that we don’t have to live in a state of constant, ongoing stressSat May 19 2018 - 06:00
The royal wedding: literally everything you need to knowWhere to watch it, who to watch out for, the potential flashpoints and the after-partyFri May 18 2018 - 11:00
A brief history of Ireland at the Eurovision in 12 questionsFrom Johnny Logan top Dustin the Turkey, can you avoid nul points in our quizWed May 16 2018 - 19:15
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘It’s troubling to discover how much I enjoy a communion bash’I regret my kids’ missing out on the tradition. And the potato saladSat May 12 2018 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Vote no to death. Yes for compassion. No. Yes. Yes. No’Those shouty slogans feel like an insult, but they make it easier to start the conversationSat May 05 2018 - 06:00
We are witnessing the slow unravelling of Kanye WestComment: Recent tweets are just the latest examples of increasingly erratic behaviourWed May 02 2018 - 14:00
The local bus that’s for everyone – even Christmas trees and dead turkeysIt might be one of the slowest bus services in Ireland, but none of its passengers seem to mind. ‘You get all the gossip on this bus’Sat Apr 28 2018 - 06:00
Royal Baby: Childbirth is a great leveller but not if you're Kate MiddletonHow much lovelier would it have been if she had betrayed even the smallest hint of the brutality of the experience she had just endured?Tue Apr 24 2018 - 13:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Dogs with Instagram accounts? I blame the pawrentsNo self-respecting mutt is without their own Instagram account these daysSat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00
Wanted: Female Indiana Jones. Only thin, pretty, shortsighted women need applyJennifer O’Connell: Why does every single woman on screen look like she was ordered up from a set of customisable templates created by Harvey Weinstein?Sat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00
What will it take to rein Facebook in? Not this sorry excuse for a public grillingNot only did the hearings not damage Mark Zuckerberg, on day one alone, they enriched him personally to the tune of around $3 billion, as the share price shot upThu Apr 12 2018 - 08:00
‘When you’re beautiful, other women absolutely despise you’Why do the uncommonly beautiful people insist it’s so tough being that good looking?Mon Apr 09 2018 - 06:00
Paddy Jackson’s apology may be a case of too little, too lateRugby player expresses regret for ‘degrading’ messages, but it rings hollowSat Apr 07 2018 - 01:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘I have finally deleted my Facebook account’I have lost the high of sharing. The biggest gains have been time and privacySat Mar 31 2018 - 06:00
Caffeine hit: The rise and rise of Irish coffee cultureMeet the coffee shop visionaries behind an unstoppable trendSat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00
No relationship ever began with the words ‘nice arse, love’ bellowed at a strangerFrance has banned street harassment and it’s time we discussed that here tooSat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00
‘Eyes Wide Shut’ meets ‘Father Ted’ in the wesht of IrelandTV Review: ‘Hardy Bucks’ is crude, juvenile and blokey, but it has an irresistible swaggerFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:00
Native Irish speakers: invisible minority or elitist clique?TV Review: Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh explores the loneliness of the long-suffering GaeilgeóirThu Mar 22 2018 - 19:30
The Funeral Murders: ‘They were like hyenas ripping their kill apart’TV Review: Chilling account of the murder of two British soldiers at an IRA funeral in 1988Mon Mar 19 2018 - 23:45
Giving out is the most genuinely Irish tradition there isSt Patty’s Day is cultural appropriation on a grand scale. We love it, America: work awaySat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00
The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda breadWhat’s the one thing every Irish person should do before they die?Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00
Wanted: ‘Well-developed women with plenty of road frontage’RTÉ’s ‘Stetsons and Stilettos’ throws open the barn door on a thriving Irish sub-cultureTue Mar 13 2018 - 20:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Mother’s Day cards are for no women I know’Mothers, in the world of Hallmark, are nurturing, self-sacrificing, unthreatening. They love bunnies and lavenderSat Mar 10 2018 - 06:00
Porn, sexting and rape: We need to talk about sexJennifer O'Connell: Sex conversations with kids shouldn’t be only about ‘the talk’Sat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
Passport out of date? Don’t panic. We’re IrishJennifer O’Connell: We’d the bags packed, fridge emptied, Taytos bought for the brother in the USSat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
25 fearless women who helped shape today’s IrelandThey smashed stereotypes, changed Ireland – yet many are forgotten by historySat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00
Operation Transformation: 10 years on do we still need it?Amid a glut of dodgy online dietary advice, the show’s simple message has real valueThu Mar 01 2018 - 09:50
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘I’ve moved back into my childhood home’For a nation of leavers, home can be complex, slippery notionSat Feb 24 2018 - 06:30
