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For You
A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
‘I really had no idea I was having a heart attack’
New research reveals ‘alarming gaps in awareness’ of heart attack symptoms among women
‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’
Kerrie Kennedy endured searing stomach pain. Doctors ruled out a link to her pregnancy, but it still took time to identify the real culprit
Give me wartime food advice over the maddening dietary diktats of today
I’m not advocating rationing, but I wish we could pay more attention to relationships between our bodies, our kitchens and our governments
How is a school with €8,000 supposed to pay €10,000 worth of bills?
If hospitals were funded like schools, nurses would have to fundraise to keep wards open
‘I caught my husband masturbating with a male friend but he says it’s nothing’
Ask Roe: ‘The next morning, he insisted the whole thing was not a big deal and lots of men do this’
Who was David Joyce, the Galway man shot dead by UK police at a busy train station?
Joyce, a gay man from a Traveller background with mental health difficulties, will be repatriated to be buried by his family in Ireland
Sorry if my heart doesn’t bleed for straight white men at work
It will be a bitter pill to swallow if we only decide do something about the parenthood penalty now that men are suffering it too
Are adolescent boys being influenced by online misogyny and porn to commit sexual assaults?
Experts who work with young offenders discuss whether the Netflix series Adolescence is true to life
How to make barista grade coffee at home - according to the experts
Irish coffee experts offer their tips for premium-level coffee, from must-have gear and beans to different techniques
Anne-Marie Duff: ‘I have the second half of my life to go. So, what am I going to fill that f**ker with?’
Known to a new generation of fans for her Bafta-winning Bad Sisters performance, Duff is back in Reunion, a gritty four-part thriller
Contraceptive concerns: ‘When I came off the pill, everything became so much better’
More and more women are turning away from the pill, as worries grow around side-effects, stoked by misinformation on social media
Parental leave can be ‘career suicide’ for male employees, conference told
Don’t assume all ‘straight white men’ benefit from current work practices, employers’ conference told
A boycott of US goods is not cruel if it hastens Donald Trump’s demise
We Irish have a duty of care to our European neighbours too. They fought for us over Brexit and we have more values in common with them than with a country where the death penalty persists
Women have come a long way in sports, but more needed to achieve equality
‘It is less than four years since Connacht players were forced to change in disgraceful conditions beside bins at Energia Park in Donnybrook’
Sally Rooney: ‘I enjoy writing about men ... the dangerous charisma of the oppressor class’
Fans are drawn like moths to the author’s flame during her two appearances Cúirt festival
Charlotte Tilbury expands Pillow Talk range with face palettes and lipsticks
New products come as former Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall becomes its new face
How to overcome self-doubt: ‘It is very natural. Even the most successful people in the world feel it’
Wellness Wisdom: Fear can often stop us in our tracks but it’s important to try and rise above it
Black Mirror review: Two standout episodes in a largely dreary and predictable new season
Television: Charlie Brooker’s future-shock science fiction may be surplus to requirements. Could any future be any more shocking than our present reality?
The Irish live for a sunny day, but with it comes the pressure of having the ‘perfect’ day
Our fetishisation of a bit of sun causes me to retreat, to resent
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day to stay healthy?
From marketing gimmick to health benchmark: how 10,000 steps became a universal goal
Creating the best environment to stop cancer cells
Research Lives: Dr Eva Szegezdi, lecturer in biochemistry, University of Galway
Róisín Ingle: Here’s what happened when I lost my phone ... again
Sometimes it feels like I’ve spent my whole life losing and learning
‘I am exhausted and frustrated, and my husband is emotionally distant and uncommunicative’
Tell Me About It: Six years ago, my husband had an emotional affair with a woman in his workplace
This homesickness is not a yearning for return but rather for reconnection
It has only been six months since my return to Australia and yet here the feeling is
Romance loses its lustre as investors return to safe haven of gold
Wedding rings now costing hundreds of euro more as tariffs shake up markets
Police forces worldwide asked to share information on Emer O’Loughlin murder suspect
Interpol Blue Notice issued for Galway man John Griffin in relation to murder of student artist (23) in caravan in Co Clare in 2005
No dress and no refund: A reader’s saga ordering clothes online from an ‘Irish’ firm that used stock images for staff photos
The Irish people behind Collins Kildare, at least according to its website, also appear to moonlight as stock photography models
When only wealthy fathers take paternity leave, something is broken
Just a quarter of men take parent’s leave compared with two-thirds of women
From Delhi to Dublin: ‘I ended up making really good friends, they are my safety net’
New to the Parish: Nishtha Khanna moved from India to Ireland in September 2020
‘My daughter is anxious about going to sleep on her own’
Ask the Expert: ‘She seems to be very troubled about being unable to fall asleep immediately when she lies down’
No wonder graduates turn away from Ireland and towards Terminal 2
Students now face an effective fee increase of €1,000 per annum, a backtrack on Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris’s election promise
GoCar charges almost €2,000 when rental car breaks down after 30 minutes
‘I could neither reverse nor go forward ... The following day, two sums of money, €287 and €1,650, were removed from my account’
I don’t need a smartwatch to tell me how rested I am when I wake up
On waking, maybe look at the sky, kiss your partner, say your prayers, think about what to wear or cook today
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