My night at the bingo hall: I was waiting on one number. My heart was in my mouth
Wherever bingo happens, it’s taken seriously, but what a gorgeous way to spend an icy January evening
For You
A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
Michael Lowry and Elon Musk know kingmaker is more powerful than king
How can our new government claim to be an international referee of political integrity when it has shamelessly thrown away its moral compass?
Give yourself a winter glow-up with these four skincare saviours
Turn your January complexion from ‘meh’ to ‘wow’ with products that will make you forget you’ve been hibernating for the past month
Will exercising my brain keep it in shape?
While there are likely to be positive effects when engaging in stimulating your brain, biology and genetics will play their own significant part in how we age
Sale of ‘very superior’ family home ordered in divorce case of ‘talented’ couple
Man living in mortgage-free home and woman renting since case was initiated eight years ago
Families hit by monthly fee increases of €400 a month at four Dublin childcare facilities
Increases unavoidable say management, but parents respond that no choice but to pay
Soft quitting: Why are so many workers emotionally disengaging from their jobs?
Unlike quiet quitters, who can be managed back to productivity, soft quitters have to be convinced the work is worth doing
Hera restaurant review: A new gastropub on Dublin’s north side, without the usual cliches
Smoke, butter and ambition combine on Dorset Street for an unpredictable and imaginative menu
Meghan Markle’s lifestyle tips, plus other TV for your glazed-but-happy eyes in 2025: ‘One must be firm with one’s butler’
Including Severance, White Lotus, The Studio, Poker Face, Stranger Things and Black Mirror
Price of a pint of Guinness set to rise again
Customers could expected to pay a multiple of the 6 cent increase when Vat, duty and profit margins are calculated
Singer Linda Nolan dies ‘peacefully, with her loving siblings by her bedside’
Nolan sister, who had cancer, was part of the first Irish act to sell more than a million records worldwide
‘I think my cousin may be manipulating my grandmother into putting her into her will’
Tell Me About It: Your parents or others are not raising the same concern flags that you are and this is worth considering
Róisín Ingle: After a serious medical diagnosis, I made a small but profound lifestyle change
Last year, after receiving a serious medical diagnosis the shock propelled me to make a few permanent, self-improving lifestyle changes
Even when they ‘win’, sexual abuse survivors can pay a high price
Low reporting and prosecution rates and injustices of the system arguably puts this criminality beyond the reach of justice; this is an untenable violation of human rights
Mark Zuckerberg’s pronouncements confirm that ‘woke’ is dead
Household names turn back the clock to darker times as they fall into step with the next occupant of the White House
Mortgages: If you’re coming off a fixed rate now is the time to consider switching
Rising property values and new ‘green rates’ mean homeowners including first-time buyers can minimise rises in mortgage repayments
While a gym mat might be okay for kneeling on, a cross-training machine makes a poor altar
There’s no need for grand new year resolutions: change can be quiet, personal and profound
Housing crisis unlikely to improve in short term under ‘conservative’ targets
Experts say Government’s new-build targets ‘made in a vacuum’ and warn ‘clear direction in policy for 10 years’ is needed to solve crisis
‘Ireland is one of the most generous nations in the world, but things have been tricky at times’
Segun Akano from Nigeria came to Ireland in 2002
Aer Lingus passenger abandoned at Charles de Gaulle and then ignored
‘I was told that we would be contacted quickly. That was in October ... Surely we are due a major apology?’
How to make money from selling sneakers
Choose wisely, remember size and colour can matter and, whatever you do, don’t think of wearing your collectibles
Home savings: Changing the way you boil the kettle could save you €30
After your electric shower, tumble dryer and cooker, your kettle is the most energy intensive user of electricity
When it comes to clutter are you more like Michael D Higgins or minimalist Marie Kondo?
Unthinkable: Preserving only that which is joyful is philosophically problematic
Infrared to heat pumps: the best modern methods to heat your home
From simple DIY upgrades to deep retrofits – take your home from brr to a high Ber
Winter winners: Dress for the elements in style with a luxurious overcoat
The cornerstone of a winter wardrobe and a multitasker, the coat is the great cover up that can enhance any outfit
If you find music on Spotify increasingly bland, it might be the ghosts
When so many of us are listening to music made to order by pseudonymous human musicians on an algorithmic production line, will we even notice when AI takes over?
Conor Pope: What if dry January turned into dry forever? Eight ways life has changed since I stopped drinking in 2022
I would not have considered myself a big drinker and, like so many Irish people, I was lying to myself
My ex has become the man I always wanted, but with someone else
Ask Roe: I feel completely worthless. I don’t know why he wasn’t able to do any of this for me
When the 46A ends in two weeks I will say goodbye to those first feelings of freedom and adulthood
A month after we thought we were saying farewell for good, the poor 46A is still traversing Dublin city, handbag in hand and mortified about all the fuss
Volume of banking fraud cases rises sharply, leaving Garda with backlog of thousands
New measures resulted in reports of proven and suspected frauds increasing exponentially
Liz Bonnin: ‘Moving to Ireland when I was nine was an absolute culture shock’
The TV presenter and biologist on the joys of her upbringing, the beauty of the Burren, and surviving the Irish weather
‘That would have never happened in Ireland,’ my boyfriend said after my trip to Australian A&E
When a doctor came out carrying the green whistle, only seen after the worst of rugby tackles, I knew it was bad
Winter wedge issue: On Oliver Callan, icy weather is one of Ireland’s ever-growing urban-rural divides
Radio: ‘I can tell you Dublin is getting off very lightly in the cold snap so far,’ Oliver Callan notes on Tuesday’s show, ‘much to our relief here’
Nineties hair is making a comeback. Here’s how to get a gravity-defying blowout at home
If big hair has a patron saint, it’s Sam McKnight – and he’s bringing the bouffant back
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