Television: Sexually explicit Canadian ice hockey drama is this year’s first breakout TV hit, but not without controversy in some quarters

Foróige GoVirtual seeks to connect vulnerable and isolated young people through virtual reality

Moving away means exposure to a new culture, language, work environment and way of life, but there’s always the pull of home

Ask Roe: ‘How is it possible to date when you’re terrified that the person across from you is alt-right?’

Research lives: Dr Paul D’Alton on cancer diagnosis and the major mental and emotional toll it has on individuals and their families

Seattle fixture pits two nations with a history of hostility toward same-sex relations

Labour’s Marie Sherlock says young people ‘self-medicating on the black market’

Architect Hugh Wallace had battled career and personal challenges but his ‘second chance’ with Home of the Year made him a low-key national treasure

Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured

Sarah Durcan and Lian Bell deliver the clever double-whammy of teaching while documenting for posterity the dismantling of patriarchal power systems

Rooted in what should be fertile ground for a fascinating book, as a novel, it feels a little lacklustre

Speeding driver Silas Sampson (22) charged with vehicular homicide, Florida police say

In the post-pandemic years the club faced rising costs and fewer patrons, especially younger ones

Tell Me About It: ‘I’m worried I’ll be put into a situation where I have to tell them something I don’t want to share with them yet’

‘It’s not the first time I’ve been hit ... it’s the first time I’ve had video evidence’, says Lucina Schynning

Lawyer Michael Farrell represented transgender woman Lydia Foy after earning his stripes during the Troubles in the North

The Monaghan woman on getting Jarlath Burns’s support over questioning about her husband’s past Orange Order ties, criticism of her by Lucia O’Farrell, and her hopes of being a unifying president

The author on her new novel being compared to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, growing up in west Cork, and the enduring influence of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides had on her

Political and social liberalism, nationally and internationally, is more vulnerable than ever

The former government minister’s memoir covers the pain of losing her wife and the joy of a new relationship, as well as various career controversies