As husbands they remain platonic friends. They were stunned by the reactionLove comes in many guises. It can start at birth, or can be for people we’ve never met. As Valentine's Day approaches we look at love in all its formsSat Feb 10 2018 - 04:00
If Kylie Jenner can stay off social media, why can’t I?Jennifer O’Connell: Will people follow in Jenner’s footsteps and reduce their online presence?Mon Feb 05 2018 - 17:19
Jennifer O’Connell: She’s 44, bright and stubbornly single – why is that a problem?After 10 years of internet dating, she’s on a hiatus. The internet has killed the spontaneitySat Feb 03 2018 - 06:30
Lord help us and save us from the fallen women and the silly, stupid girlsHow much has Ireland really changed since the Joanne Hayes, Ann Lovett and X cases?Sat Jan 27 2018 - 06:00
Germaine Greer: Women who ‘spread their legs’ for parts in movies are ‘whinging’#MeToo seems in danger of dissolving into futile, inter-generational warfare between people who are supposed to be on the same side. What a shameTue Jan 23 2018 - 13:33
‘It’s like online dating for happily married women in their 40s’‘I have just enough freckles and I’m never without red lipstick,’ my son read from the au pair’s application. ‘That’s off her dating profile’Sat Jan 20 2018 - 06:00
What is a micro-cheat and are you one?Could you be cheating on your partner without knowing it? The internet thinks soSat Jan 20 2018 - 06:00
Is the White Moose Café’s blogger ban a storm in a teacup?Paul Stenson’s latest stunt does not match with his own attitude towards ‘influencing’Thu Jan 18 2018 - 13:30
Jennifer O’Connell: I’ll tell you my salary, if you tell me yoursWe are more likely to tell a stranger we’ve had an STD than we are to reveal our incomeSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
What makes us happy at work?From horticulture projects to free haircuts, some company perks sound like upmarket holiday resort activities. But wellness at work is about more than just snooze pods and free massagesSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
Trumpwatching: harmless sport or unhealthy obsession?The US president is a ubiquitous media presence who turns ordinary citizens into news junkies. Some Trumpwatchers look back on a year dominated by the DonaldSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
‘Rape is a crime. But a persistent or clumsy come-on is not a crime’One hundred French writers, performers and academics including Catherine Denueve have written an open letter defending ‘the freedom to seduce’Tue Jan 09 2018 - 17:00
‘If the recession hadn’t hit, I’d never have gone out on my own’The Crash – 10 years on: five people describe how their lives changedSat Jan 06 2018 - 05:45
In 2017, women found a voice and roared a collective ‘enough’Jennifer O’Connell: Pushback against equality will be strong, sometimes from unexpected placesSun Dec 24 2017 - 06:00
Unfiltered truth: the stories behind the Christmas photosThere’s more than meets the eye in these seasonal snaps. Five people share their most memorable festive photographs, each one telling a poignant tale of its ownSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Ireland: the only country that treats Christmas as a six-week crisisIf we don’t rein it in, the Emergency will start bleeding into the remaining three seasonsSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Family conversation killers: Sexual harassment, Conor McGregor and avocado toastJennifer O’Connell recommends that you avoid these 11 subject these holidaysThu Dec 21 2017 - 06:00
‘Wow!’ ‘Woah!’ The weekly peak Dermot Bannon momentIreland is losing the run of itself over Dermot Bannon losing the run of himselfMon Dec 18 2017 - 13:28
Her life looks enviable but she got nothing for ChristmasFor some people this time of year isn’t so much a celebration as an endurance testSat Dec 16 2017 - 06:00
Everyone who works from home is better at it than meJennifer O’Connell: Working from home wasn't working, until I tried ‘co-working’Sat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Twitter’s top trends for Ireland in 2017 revealedHot topics on Twitter this year included Brexit, #Ophelia and, em, chicken nuggetsTue Dec 05 2017 - 06:00
Meghan Markle: pushy princess or saviour of the royal family?Outsiders who try to change the family get chewed up and spat out by the machineSat Dec 02 2017 - 06:00
‘I take out my calendar and cancel all non-essential events’Jennifer O'Connell on the diary-busting juggle of parenting, work and everything elseSat Dec 02 2017 - 06:00
‘The Irish are just making trouble because they lost. A bit petty isn’t it really?’We think we’re a vibrant, relevant country proud of its hard-won independence but others see it differentlyThu Nov 30 2017 - 06:00
‘Dads feel guilt too. I don’t know if it's the eviscerating guilt mothers feel’Jennifer O’Connell: Our life has been a blur of too many events that feel more important than taking small girls to parksSat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
We’re seeing an online justice revolution. That’s good. Isn’t it?Jennifer O’Connell: From vigilantism to the #MeToo movement, online justice is here to staySat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
Rose Callaly: ‘We were touched by evil when Rachel died’TV Review: Rachel O’Reilly’s parents speak out in Mick Peelo’s fascinating documentarySun Nov 19 2017 - 10:00
‘Dear Jennifer, I write to end our treasured relationship’Jennifer O'Connell: The yellow legal paper he had chosen was ripped along its seamSat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Barbie in a hijab: one small step towards embracing toy diversity‘Shero Barbies’ and the Irish producers bucking imagination-stifling tyranny of toy industryThu Nov 16 2017 - 06:00
The Good Samaritan tried to blackmail me. I wasn’t having itJennifer O’Connell: I know where you work, she said. You could lose your jobSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
Women at work: ‘My boss asked what my favourite position was’Seven women, aged 30 to 78, share their experiences of sexism and harassmentSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
‘You need to go blond. And smile more – you’re a bit serious’Having a vagina and being able to deliver hard news authoritatively are not mutually exclusiveSat Nov 04 2017 - 06:00
Are we in danger of doing away with flirting, compliments, sex?The lines between flirting and harassment are not as blurry as some people seem to be suggestingThu Nov 02 2017 - 07:00
‘Don’t mess with me. I’ve got the Rage’I’m at my sanest, most intuitive and most invincible when I have my periodSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:30
We’re young, we’re working, but we’re not employedEven law and state jobs have become precarious areas. Meet the gig economy workersSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:10
Witchipedia: Ireland’s most famous witchesThe witches of Irish history had one thing in common: they were women who refused to conformSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:00
Tell your daughters there are times not to be politeWe raise girls to be polite, to compromise, not to make a scene. MistakeSat Oct 21 2017 - 06:30
‘In 100 years money won’t exist’ - What else will be different?Emotional robots, Martian colonies and universal basic income: we ask how society will changeSat Oct 21 2017 - 06:00
A show partly about anxiety, but mainly about Vogue WilliamsTV Review: It shouldn’t work but it does, thanks to the presenter’s guileless warmthTue Oct 10 2017 - 23:29
I think this is how the drunken Ebay shopping startedI gleefully drop items into my shopping basket: an ugly metallic skirt, a red geisha shirtSat Oct 07 2017 - 06:30
‘Who in their right mind still answers the doorbell?’Jennifer O’Connell: Once, it caused the whole house to leap into action in wordless unisonSat Sept 30 2017 - 06:30
‘The key to romance isn’t cocktails in the Marais, it’s Excel’Jennifer O’Connell: So we gave it a go, an actual weekend away that wasn’t a weddingSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:30
The hair salon for people who don’t have hairA Dublin business gives people with cancer and alopecia more than just their hair backSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
‘She wanted out. I didn’t.’ Couples who go to counsellingSix people describe why they engaged in counselling, how it went, and if it workedSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Why we should be wary of the ‘Secret RTÉ Producer’The insider view of RTÉ is irresistible and admirable, but unverified and anonymousTue Sept 19 2017 - 16:22
‘Burnout left me on the floor, unable to move’For those experiencing it, burnout is real. And it can be devastatingSat Sept 16 2017 - 09:00
Even prisoners are given a balanced diet. Some children aren’tTwo weeks back at school and our whole family is stressed. But It’s not real stressSat Sept 16 2017 - 06:30
Mara Lane started an important conversation about men and miscarriageLane, the wife of Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, shared news of their miscarriage on the internetWed Sept 13 2017 - 15:02
‘Someday sooner than is tolerable I will look down and see no small hand in mine’Another first day at another new school. Practice does not make it easierSat Sept 09 2017 - 06:30
My name’s Jennifer and I’m a recovering Starbucks customerWe should resist the slow, creeping Starbucksification of our towns and citiesTue Sept 05 2017 - 13:30
