‘Wow!’ ‘Woah!’ The weekly peak Dermot Bannon momentIreland is losing the run of itself over Dermot Bannon losing the run of himselfMon Dec 18 2017 - 13:28
Her life looks enviable but she got nothing for ChristmasFor some people this time of year isn’t so much a celebration as an endurance testSat Dec 16 2017 - 06:00
Everyone who works from home is better at it than meJennifer O’Connell: Working from home wasn't working, until I tried ‘co-working’Sat Dec 9 2017 - 06:00
Twitter’s top trends for Ireland in 2017 revealedHot topics on Twitter this year included Brexit, #Ophelia and, em, chicken nuggetsTue Dec 5 2017 - 06:00
Meghan Markle: pushy princess or saviour of the royal family?Outsiders who try to change the family get chewed up and spat out by the machineSat Dec 2 2017 - 06:00
‘I take out my calendar and cancel all non-essential events’Jennifer O'Connell on the diary-busting juggle of parenting, work and everything elseSat Dec 2 2017 - 06:00
‘The Irish are just making trouble because they lost. A bit petty isn’t it really?’We think we’re a vibrant, relevant country proud of its hard-won independence but others see it differentlyThu Nov 30 2017 - 06:00
‘Dads feel guilt too. I don’t know if it's the eviscerating guilt mothers feel’Jennifer O’Connell: Our life has been a blur of too many events that feel more important than taking small girls to parksSat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
We’re seeing an online justice revolution. That’s good. Isn’t it?Jennifer O’Connell: From vigilantism to the #MeToo movement, online justice is here to staySat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
Rose Callaly: ‘We were touched by evil when Rachel died’TV Review: Rachel O’Reilly’s parents speak out in Mick Peelo’s fascinating documentarySun Nov 19 2017 - 10:00
‘Dear Jennifer, I write to end our treasured relationship’Jennifer O'Connell: The yellow legal paper he had chosen was ripped along its seamSat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Barbie in a hijab: one small step towards embracing toy diversity‘Shero Barbies’ and the Irish producers bucking imagination-stifling tyranny of toy industryThu Nov 16 2017 - 06:00
Women at work: ‘My boss asked what my favourite position was’Seven women, aged 30 to 78, share their experiences of sexism and harassmentSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
The Good Samaritan tried to blackmail me. I wasn’t having itJennifer O’Connell: I know where you work, she said. You could lose your jobSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
‘You need to go blond. And smile more – you’re a bit serious’Having a vagina and being able to deliver hard news authoritatively are not mutually exclusiveSat Nov 4 2017 - 06:00
Are we in danger of doing away with flirting, compliments, sex?The lines between flirting and harassment are not as blurry as some people seem to be suggestingThu Nov 2 2017 - 07:00
‘Don’t mess with me. I’ve got the Rage’I’m at my sanest, most intuitive and most invincible when I have my periodSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:30
We’re young, we’re working, but we’re not employedEven law and state jobs have become precarious areas. Meet the gig economy workersSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:10
Witchipedia: Ireland’s most famous witchesThe witches of Irish history had one thing in common: they were women who refused to conformSat Oct 28 2017 - 06:00
Tell your daughters there are times not to be politeWe raise girls to be polite, to compromise, not to make a scene. MistakeSat Oct 21 2017 - 06:30
‘In 100 years money won’t exist’ - What else will be different?Emotional robots, Martian colonies and universal basic income: we ask how society will changeSat Oct 21 2017 - 06:00
A show partly about anxiety, but mainly about Vogue WilliamsTV Review: It shouldn’t work but it does, thanks to the presenter’s guileless warmthTue Oct 10 2017 - 23:29
I think this is how the drunken Ebay shopping startedI gleefully drop items into my shopping basket: an ugly metallic skirt, a red geisha shirtSat Oct 7 2017 - 06:30
‘Who in their right mind still answers the doorbell?’Jennifer O’Connell: Once, it caused the whole house to leap into action in wordless unisonSat Sep 30 2017 - 06:30
‘The key to romance isn’t cocktails in the Marais, it’s Excel’Jennifer O’Connell: So we gave it a go, an actual weekend away that wasn’t a weddingSat Sep 23 2017 - 06:30
The hair salon for people who don’t have hairA Dublin business gives people with cancer and alopecia more than just their hair backSat Sep 23 2017 - 06:00
‘She wanted out. I didn’t.’ Couples who go to counsellingSix people describe why they engaged in counselling, how it went, and if it workedSat Sep 23 2017 - 06:00
Why we should be wary of the ‘Secret RTÉ Producer’The insider view of RTÉ is irresistible and admirable, but unverified and anonymousTue Sep 19 2017 - 16:22
‘Burnout left me on the floor, unable to move’For those experiencing it, burnout is real. And it can be devastatingSat Sep 16 2017 - 09:00
Even prisoners are given a balanced diet. Some children aren’tTwo weeks back at school and our whole family is stressed. But It’s not real stressSat Sep 16 2017 - 06:30
Mara Lane started an important conversation about men and miscarriageLane, the wife of Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, shared news of their miscarriage on the internetWed Sep 13 2017 - 15:02
‘Someday sooner than is tolerable I will look down and see no small hand in mine’Another first day at another new school. Practice does not make it easierSat Sep 9 2017 - 06:30
My name’s Jennifer and I’m a recovering Starbucks customerWe should resist the slow, creeping Starbucksification of our towns and citiesTue Sep 5 2017 - 13:30
‘Good news: Rihanna is fat. And Amal is dangerously thin’Jennifer O’Connell: Let me save you the trouble of reading the internetSat Sep 2 2017 - 06:30
Texas floods: the freeway shark and other fake newsThe great white from Hurricane Sandy has turned up during Hurricane HarveyWed Aug 30 2017 - 10:10
‘I haven’t had Botox, but I’m thrilled you should ask’Why is it that women are so desperate to become less than we are – smaller, younger?Sat Aug 26 2017 - 06:30
14 of the most memorable Irish hashtags #hashtag10We've rounded up some of the most popular, influential and quintessentially Irish hashtags of the past decade.Wed Aug 23 2017 - 07:25
Taylor Swift: from saccharine songstress to fearless feministAfter the ‘groping trial’, the debate over whether she is a good or bad role model is overSun Aug 20 2017 - 06:00
Having a baby in Ireland ... Having a baby in AustraliaJennifer O’Connell: Babies die because of limited access to ultrasound in IrelandSat Aug 19 2017 - 06:30
Here's how to make a city graffiti-proofNo wall painted during the Waterford Walls festival has ever been tagged or vandalisedWed Aug 16 2017 - 05:00
What I learned while shopping: Girls are babes. Boys are leadersJennifer O’Connell: Clarks shoes isn’t the only peddler of back-to-school stereotypesTue Aug 15 2017 - 09:00
‘I was seven-years-old the first time I had a panic attack’Jennifer O'Connell: Despite a growing openness, we still fear mental-health issuesSat Aug 12 2017 - 05:30
Conor McGregor, Crumlin and the Kinahans: an unrecognisable DublinA Conor McGregor article in ESPN magazine makes Dublin sound like 1920s ChicagoTue Aug 8 2017 - 15:18
Ireland’s over-50 entrepreneurs: ‘My bones tell me I’m 65, but my brain tells me I’m 25’With life expectancy growing, many of us will live for decades after our retirement, These over-50s entrepreneurs decided to start new careers later in lifeSat Aug 5 2017 - 07:00
Switch it off: why your phone is harming your sleepA digital device in the bedroom, even if it isn’t used, is associated with poor sleepSat Aug 5 2017 - 06:00
Breasts are back. If you're Rihanna. Or under 40But don't think you can just put your lady lumps in any old underwired M&S number. Oh noWed Aug 2 2017 - 14:00
‘Grandad had never manicured before. How hard could it be?’Jennifer O’Connell on red nails and the (grand) father of inventionSat Jul 29 2017 - 06:00
It’s like we started out in ‘Ibiza Uncovered’ and ended up in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’Women are shielding themselves from advancement, not harassmentSat Jul 22 2017 - 07:00
Bumbling dads and enslaved mums: Has sexist advertising had its day?A new report says sexist ads aren’t just annoying – they restrict our choices, aspirations and opportunitiesFri Jul 21 2017 - 12:00
‘My gym is decorated with equipment from Jamie Dornan’s Red Room of Pain’I’d like to be able to hold down a grown-up, long-term relationship with a gym. Instead, I have short-term, meaningless flingsSat Jul 15 2017 - 07:00