Beauty Report: Fasten your seatbelts, mind your skinEveryone gets off a long-haul flight looking as though they’ve been dredged from a river, but there are a few practical steps that you can take to minimise the damageSat Apr 25 2015 - 05:00
The Yes Woman: The romance of marriage as a barter system is deadAs I try on a $1m diamond ring, I am struck by how complex the concept of marriage has becomeThu Apr 23 2015 - 10:00
Beauty Report: Finding the perfect set of brushesYou don’t have to break the bank, but a good collection will last yearsMon Apr 20 2015 - 13:30
The Yes Woman: The thought of cohabitation fills me with trepidationAnd yet I hear myself say yes when a handsome English man asks me to move in with himThu Apr 16 2015 - 12:00
Beauty Report: skincare should be less about anti-ageing than ageing gracefullyThere are things you can avoid doing that will preserve your skin at its bestSat Apr 11 2015 - 05:45
The Yes Woman: can Bewley’s convert me to coffee?I’ve never liked coffee, but maybe training as a barista can change all thatThu Apr 09 2015 - 12:00
The Beauty Report: Maintaining your hairThere aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to hair, though there are certain practicalities to considerSat Apr 04 2015 - 05:00
The Yes Woman: It was about time I got back in the saddleCan a cycle along the Great Western Greenway help me get over past traumas?Thu Apr 02 2015 - 12:00
The Yes Woman: Getting the jump on terror with a trampolineVisiting Jump Zone wasn’t for fitness or intellectual betterment: it was supposed to be its own reward, fun for its own sake, and I was terrifiedThu Mar 26 2015 - 12:00
Watch - Beauty and the Best: getting the perfect dual eye colourVideo: Beauty expert Laura Kennedy demonstrates a subtly dramatic dual eye colour look. Video: Niamh GuckianWed Mar 25 2015 - 11:09
The Yes Woman: Happiness is beyond our control; contentment is a better goalFeeling down, I draw inspiration from a dog that appreciates what’s in front of himThu Mar 19 2015 - 14:15
The beauty report: Mother’s Day giftsLittle treats to show your mother you careSat Mar 14 2015 - 07:00
The Yes Woman: My unassuming mother saved my brother and meMy mother is remarkable. Which isn’t to say that we always get onThu Mar 12 2015 - 13:00
The Yes Woman: A scary audience with schoolchildren at the Little Museum of DublinI love Dublin but I’m not sure about being interviewed by kids. Here goesThu Mar 05 2015 - 15:30
The beauty report: Lighter bases for springLet your skin breathe while getting the coverage you preferSat Feb 28 2015 - 06:00
The Yes Woman: I’m gaming for a laugh, away from the vile misogynyThe constant bombardment of images of dumb, slack-jawed women in various states of undress put me off gaming for a long time. Now I’m backThu Feb 26 2015 - 12:00
The Beauty Report: damage control for winter skinProtect your skin from the worst effects of the cold weatherSat Feb 21 2015 - 05:45
The Yes Woman: Cake was taken seriously in our houseI take a baking class in Dublin and suddenly I miss my motherThu Feb 19 2015 - 12:00
The beauty report: quick fixesIf you have even 10 minutes, you can face the day looking your bestMon Feb 16 2015 - 10:41
The Beauty Report: Valentine’s Day gifts for himHow to satisfy his secret liking for luxurious skincare productsSat Feb 14 2015 - 06:00
The Yes Woman: Never mind Valentine’s nonsense. Wherefore art thou, mutual tolerance?Forget unsustainable notions of romantic love. The trick is to find someone who will take you as you are, farting in your sleep and allThu Feb 12 2015 - 13:00
The Yes Woman: Five minutes into Bikram yoga and I’m seeing black dotsEveryone is too busy perishing with heat to have the energy to sexualise anyone elseThu Feb 05 2015 - 14:00
Beauty Report: Moisture-proof your winter skinI like to conduct basic maintenance as a night-time ritual in the wind-down period before bedSat Jan 31 2015 - 12:00
The Yes Woman: can watching Frozen put me in touch with my inner child?The idea that adults must be adults all the time is limiting. Maybe Frozen, the defining film of childhood for a generation, will help me access my five-year-old selfThu Jan 29 2015 - 13:00
The Yes Woman: What could go wrong when I show kindness to strangers?On one occasion I get mistaken for a boyfriend snatcher, but generally people reciprocateThu Jan 22 2015 - 12:00
Beauty Report: creating a bespoke skincare routineIn a new column starting today, Laura Kennedy writes on the latest make-up trendsSat Jan 17 2015 - 10:00
The Yes Woman: The past bombards me on my return to LimerickReturning home means revisiting adolescence – but why fight it?Thu Jan 15 2015 - 10:00
The Yes Woman: What would Seneca and Socrates do?Ditching the self-help books for the wisdom of these two philosophical giants will help you improve your life and ensure you win more family argumentsThu Jan 08 2015 - 10:15
The Yes Woman: I return to Mass and the room reminds me of a closed fistI want to go into Mass with an open mind, but it is like trying to be rational about unicornsThu Jan 01 2015 - 12:15
The Yes Woman: Why I’m searching for a sense of self at Al-Anon meetingsI feel again my childhood sense of loss because of my father’s addictionSun Dec 28 2014 - 08:00
The Yes Woman: Clickety-clack, knitting’s backDespite the injuries and the fact I accidentally knit my scarf to my cardigan, I find that I love this ‘old’ hobbyThu Dec 11 2014 - 16:00
The Yes Woman: a second chance for the Irish languageI used to blush when I couldn’t understand the teacher, but I’m giving the language another try in Trinity CollegeThu Dec 04 2014 - 18:00
The Yes Woman: Pitter-patter of tiny paws – it’s like having another baby to raiseIf you fall prey to puppy love, make sure you’re in it for the long haulThu Nov 27 2014 - 16:00
The Yes Woman: I run away with the circus and my life turns upside downAt Dublin Circus Project’s practice space, I fall over. I get up and try again. I look silly. And it’s funThu Nov 20 2014 - 16:00
The Yes Woman: the catharsis of a constitutionalGiving myself time to walk everywhere reduced the sense of chaos that can come of constantly rushingFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
The Yes Woman: Ulysses, my old foe, we meet againI tried and failed to read Joyce’s epic before. This time I’m determined to see it throughFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
The Yes Woman: Horror films are like discovering Ted Bundy in your kitchenLinda Blair’s head isn’t the only thing spinning when I join friends for an evening in hellFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
Going without make-up is easy? That’s a bare-faced lieThe Yes Woman: It’s all very well to talk about being comfortable in your own skin, but actually dropping the powder and paint is a different matterFri Oct 24 2014 - 01:00
Just when I thought it might be safe to go back in the waterThe Yes Woman: My phobia of the sea goes back quite far, so I visit the Brighton seafront to see if I can get over itFri Oct 17 2014 - 01:00
The Yes Woman: Jiu-jitsu’s not about muscleThe beauty of jiu-jitsu is that it is not always the strongest person who wins but the most inventive and clever. Women needn’t be put offFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
The Yes Woman: Vegan for a week and hungry the entire timeIf you remove meat and animal derivatives from my diet, I’m in trouble. I don’t know any other foods. Does salt count?Fri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
The Yes Woman: daily stresses of my newly long tressesAs part of my undertaking to try new things for a year, I agree to get hair extensions. Men are nicer and more patronising, whereas women are less friendly towards meFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Introducing . . . The Yes WomanThe world of academia I’ve been cocooned in is by turns satisfying and weird, but now it’s time to choose life. I will be saying yes to something new each week for a yearFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Log off, shut down and plug out for Analogue AugustGoing completely offline for one weekend this month was a challenge I was well up for. I mean, how hard could it be?Fri Aug 15 2014 - 01:00
