Code: The language you need to learnComputer code shapes our world – regardless of your age, job or gender. So why are so few of us proficient in this most modern of international languages?Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: How do I tell my family I self-harm?I’m afraid they will be worried or angry, or will treat me like I’m made of glassTue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: Nice men find my success and wealth intimidatingI feel like a man-repeller, despite being an attractive, interesting, fun personTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
Maid in America: an author’s taleWriter Nuala Ní Chonchúir has struck a substantial deal in the US and Canada for her third novel about poet Emily Dickinson’s Irish maid. She tells The Irish Times about writing, motherhood and rural IrelandSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
The nostalgic homespun philosophy of Rachel RiesThe singer-songwriter has carried her style from her childhood among the Mennonites in South Dakota, and her vintage dresses evoke that worldWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My husband is too friendly with a female colleagueIn principle I see nothing wrong with married people having friends of the opposite sex, but now I fear it’s moreTue Apr 29 2014 - 10:18
Tell Me About It: Childbirth killed our sex lifeIt’s one of life’s cruel tricks that, after having given birth to more than two children, sexual intercourse does not provide the same level of stimulation for the man as beforeTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
Meet the oddparents: a modern twist on an old roleThe religious aspect is gone for many, but the godparent role is still taken seriously – whether it means making godchildren feel special or shepherding them into the world of adult conversationMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:05
All work and no pay: why Ireland’s interns are tired of working for freeInternships have become a rite of passage for graduates desperate to get their careers startedSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Sheryl Sandberg: a no-nonsense dresserThough her book ‘Lean In’ gives no advice on presenting oneself for the office, her style is youthful, energetic and relaxedWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:00
My sister can’t stop drinking and I feel so powerlessAnother family member says I am enabling her, but she’s alone and needs meTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
We don’t know how Peaches Geldof lived or diedWe think we know celebrities, and when they die we’re quick to speculate about the reasons. But we have little insight into their true personalities or circumstancesSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Dawn O’Porter: ‘I feel like I threw away a couple of years’O’Porter talks about her confidence crisis, her writing career, and her marriage to ‘big hairy Celt in a lumberjack shirt’ Chris O’DowdTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
My husband doesn’t find me sexy. Should I end the marriage?We enjoyed an active sex life in our 20s and 30s, but now he prefers pornTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My mother thinks my older boyfriend is wrong for meShe doesn’t like him because he says he will never get married and have children, and he made this clear to me from the startTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Why Chris and Gwyneth's careful uncoupling is to be applaudedGwyneth Paltrow has been sharing her domestic divinity for years - you can bet she won’t be gaining three stone and feeling depressed about the divorceWed Mar 26 2014 - 13:15
Tell Me About It: I am a happily single woman of 37 – do I need to find a man?Will I look back in a few years and realise my laissez-faire attitude to romance was a mistake?Tue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Attack on the vapours 'unfair', say those using e-cigarettes to quitPublic transport ban on ‘vaping’ raises issue of lack of regulation of e-cigarettesMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:00
All change in the smoking zoneAttractive smoking areas outside pubs and clubs are actually encouraging the habit, according to smokersFri Mar 21 2014 - 17:00
Tell Me About It: My married lover also has a younger, single womanIt was heaven for a while, until recently, when I discovered he was in love with someone else (much younger and single)Tue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
Ten questions: Aoibhinn Ní ShúilleabháinAoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin is the second guest on the 10 Questions seriesMon Mar 10 2014 - 14:00
A breast cancer babyThe RTÉ reporter Evelyn O’Rourke discovered she was pregnant on a Monday. That Wednesday she was told she had cancerSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Taking a bash at cage fightingAisling ‘Ais the Bash’ Daly is 115lbs of highly disciplined power, strength and fighting ability. And she is determined to demonstrate her abilities on other world class talent at the Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipFri Mar 07 2014 - 06:00
‘You never have to explain why you drink; you always have to explain why you don’t’Alastair Campbell is committed to lifting alcohol’s hold on usTue Mar 04 2014 - 08:20
Tell Me About It: My boyfriend is trying to control meHe checks my Facebook and texts, and tries to keep me from my friendsTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
Comfort letters to on-the-runs openly discussed – CampbellThere was ‘considerable debate and coverage’ about the issueTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
David McSavage: ‘If I were a woman I’d be very f***ing angry’The comedian believes that Irish men are so mollycoddled they cannot see women as equalsMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Problems, problems: what wedding is without them?From bridesmaids planning an exit to wrestling your reception away from your parents, Kate Holmquist is here to help you navigate up the aisleFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I’m worried because my daughter is online datingI’m not old-fashioned, I’m just extremely concerned for her safetyTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Split the house: the best way to stay together?Angela Neustatter’s book shows how defying convention can be good for couples as they ageFri Feb 21 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: Confidence shaken by being hit on by a potential employerMy relation in her 20s recently applied for work experience only to get an inappropriate email from her interviewerTue Feb 18 2014 - 01:00
The student of 2024: two versions of campus life in 10 years’ timeAt best, third-level education will deliver vision, accessibility and diversity. At worst, it will deliver a two-tier system of exclusivity on the one hand and cheap education on the otherSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Love and disability: ‘It’s still taboo for many’An RTÉ documentary explores the issue of sexuality in people with disabilities and dispels common mythsFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Trump lays out big plans for Doonbeg golf resortBillionaire says investment shows Ireland’s economy is recoveringWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I feel I’m depriving my husband of sexI’ve never had a huge interest in sex, but it’s as if, since having children, sexual interest has gone altogetherTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
At last some real lingerie photosA shoot for a US line that does away with airbrushing is a step in the right directionMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I can’t bring myself to deal with my late father’s possessionsWhen I try to sort through his 80 years’ worth of belongings, I end up sitting in his study, feeling paralysedWed Feb 05 2014 - 11:42
Irma Kurtz: ‘You know when you’ve been raped. Believe me, I know’The agony aunt has been accused of blaming women for being raped if they were drunk at the time. But she herself was raped 30 years ago, and is firmly on the side of the victimTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: Why do adult offspring bully parents who have formed new relationships?I know men who have bravely left unhappy marriages, and are being prevented from having a second chance by their children. What is wrong with these bitter offspring?Tue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
‘It’s not enough to wax, now we have to lift?’A tightening procedure that uses lasers to treat female urinary incontinence – or to improve sex – is available in Ireland. But it is not without criticsMon Jan 27 2014 - 10:43
The empty nestersThere are 120,000 of them in Ireland. Parents often experience feelings of loss and tension when children leave home or emigrate. But, handled properly, it can mark a new beginningSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Plan for your empty nest: financial, emotional and practical steps in the processSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: My husband hasn’t been the same since his diabetes diagnosisHow can I get him to wake up and smell the roses instead of dragging us all down?Tue Jan 21 2014 - 11:43
Support growing slowly for legalisation of cannabis in IrelandAt the moment, people who use marijuana to relieve medical conditions face criminalisation, a €2,750 fine and up to 12 months in prison for a second offenceSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Tell Me About It: I miss my younger lover – should I try to win him back?It’s years since we broke up, but should I take the risk and contact him again?Tue Jan 07 2014 - 01:00
The best time of the year?It may be the season to be jolly, but all of the relationship pressures of the rest of the year apply doubly at Christmas. Luckily ‘The Irish Times’ agony aunt, Kate Holmquist is here to help some of them . . .Sat Dec 28 2013 - 14:06
Women: the hidden homelessA third of all homeless people are women, victims of sexual abuse, violence and drugs. Three mothers talk about how they cope with life on the streetsThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
