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Artist and designer Nuala Goodman An Irishwoman in Milan: ‘Everything that usually seems important suddenly isn’t’
  • Abroad
  • Nuala Goodman
  • February 24, 2020, 15:15

Hand gel has tripled in price, masks are sold out, and it’s hard to know how much to worry

Coronavirus: ‘I’ve planned a holiday to northern Italy. Should I cancel?’ Coronavirus: ‘I’ve planned a holiday to northern Italy. Should I cancel?’
  • Travel
  • Conor Pope
  • February 24, 2020, 15:11

Conor Pope: A number of people have contacted us about their upcoming travel plans

‘He was angry and punched it about nine times’: Should you recline your airplane seat? ‘He was angry and punched it about nine times’: Should you recline your airplane seat?
  • Travel
  • Aimee Ortiz
  • February 24, 2020, 11:12

This video has gone viral of a dispute between passengers about in-flight etiquette

No parent wants to be a killjoy, but it’s time party bags were banned No parent wants to be a killjoy, but it’s time party bags were banned
  • Life & Style
  • Sorcha Hamilton
  • February 24, 2020, 07:00

One Change: There’s so much rubbish at kid’s parties – but there are more sustainable alternatives

Irish vet in Australia: I look at this wombat, snoring on my chest, the last I’ll raise Irish vet in Australia: I look at this wombat, snoring on my chest, the last I’ll raise
  • Abroad
  • Austin Donnelly
  • February 24, 2020, 06:10

No more snake bites, heatstroke or orphaned Aussie animals. It’s time to return home

Waterfalls and great wine: locals share the secrets to visiting the real wonders of South Africa Waterfalls and great wine: locals share the secrets to visiting the real wonders of South Africa
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Should you eat three meals a day – or 17 tiny ones? Should you eat three meals a day – or 17 tiny ones?
  • Food & Drink
  • Zoe Williams
  • February 24, 2020, 06:10

The jury keeps coming in and then going back out again on the topic of meal frequency

A cardiac problem that could strike at any time A cardiac problem that could strike at any time
  • Health & Family
  • Arlene Harris
  • February 24, 2020, 06:01

Louise Hoey and her children tested positive for genetic condition Long QT syndrome

Has your sense of smell changed recently? Has your sense of smell changed recently?
  • Health & Family
  • Dr Muiris Houston
  • February 24, 2020, 06:01

Anosmia can affect bonding, cut people off from memories and lead to depression

Trying to find a holiday for my brood is making me despair Trying to find a holiday for my brood is making me despair
  • Parenting
  • Jen Hogan
  • February 24, 2020, 06:01

I wasn’t quite prepared for the recoiling in horror when innocent enquiries were made about our options

Going uphill need not necessarily be a battle for runners Going uphill need not necessarily be a battle for runners
  • Fitness
  • Mary Jennings
  • February 24, 2020, 06:01

It’s time to welcome the hills into our running miles each week and not shy away from the discomfort

Anything you can do with a potato you can do with a Jerusalem artichoke Anything you can do with a potato you can do with a Jerusalem artichoke
  • Food & Drink
  • JP McMahon
  • February 24, 2020, 06:00

JP McMahon: Lamb, Jerusalem artichokes and wild garlic. What could be more beautiful and more Irish? 

Looking for a new frock? Here's why you should rent, not buy Looking for a new frock? Here's why you should rent, not buy
  • Fashion
  • Tanya Sweeney
  • February 24, 2020, 06:00

Clothes rental is a cheaper – and more sustainable – way to boost your style

What sold for €320k in Inchicore, Crumlin, Phibsborough and Terenure What sold for €320k in Inchicore, Crumlin, Phibsborough and Terenure
  • Homes & Property
  • February 24, 2020, 06:00

Quaint fixer-upper in D6W, three-bed near the Mater and a secluded home in East Wall

Vicky Phelan: ‘My motto for life is to live for the moment’ Vicky Phelan: ‘My motto for life is to live for the moment’
  • People
  • Una Mullally
  • February 24, 2020, 06:00

Life Lessons: Vicky Phelan, cervical cancer advocate and author, on overcoming life's big challenges

Our Columnists

Jennifer O'Connell Jennifer O'Connell -

Jennifer O’Connell: Why are women in midlife so unhappy?

Bernice Harrison Bernice Harrison -

Design Moment: Airstream Clipper, 1936

Fionnuala Fallon Fionnuala Fallon - Gardening Correspondent

A Chelsea winner's guide to creating a tranquil garden

Hilary Fannin Hilary Fannin -

We carry these wounds through memories with us throughout our lives

Homes and Property

Her son is on his haunches in the wet grass, fist to chest, urging a circle of six-year- olds with untied laces to play football with their hearts. ‘I never truly understood what community meant until I moved to Donnycarney’
  • Homes & Property
  • Ceire Sadlier

“Mind yourself, it’s . . . different over there,” a well-wisher told Ceire Sadlier

Lot 121: Property of Sir Robert Hagan, Freer of Slaves, is a collection of George III silver flatware 1818, depicting bound slaves. €1,000-€1,500 A feast of silver and dinnerware at Adam's
Airstream Clipper: still instantly recognisable as a quintessential American design Design Moment: Airstream Clipper, 1936
  • These homes are the business – or should that be the other way round?
  • Five buildings to convert to homes from Ballsbridge to Westport

Food & Drink

The jury keeps coming in and then going back out again on the topic of snacking and meal frequency Should you eat three meals a day – or 17 tiny ones?
  • Food & Drink
  • Zoe Williams

The jury keeps coming in and then going back out again on the topic of meal frequency

‘Jerusalem artichokes are a firm February favourite of mine.’ Photograph: iStock Anything you can do with a potato you can do with a Jerusalem artichoke
Easy homemade pizza that your kids will love
  • Do you want chef Paul Flynn to make you breakfast?
  • JP McMahon: Irish food was never just one thing

Health and Family

Louise Hoey: “LQTS is a very difficult thing to live with. No one understands what it feels like as you never know when or how it will strike.” A cardiac problem that could strike at any time
  • Health & Family
  • Arlene Harris

Louise Hoey and her children tested positive for genetic condition Long QT syndrome

Broken nose: While there is no ready cure for anosmia, a technique called ‘smell training’ has had some success. Photograph: iStock Has your sense of smell changed recently?
Six of Jen’s seven children. Trying to find a holiday for my brood is making me despair
  • Going uphill need not necessarily be a battle for runners
  • My husband is acting like an extra child in the family

Abroad

Artist and designer Nuala Goodman An Irishwoman in Milan: ‘Everything that usually seems important suddenly isn’t’
  • Nuala Goodman

Hand gel has tripled in price, masks are sold out, and it’s hard to know how much to worry

‘Eóghan will be the last wombat I hand raise before I head home to Ireland, for good’. File photograph: iStock/Getty Irish vet in Australia: I look at this wombat, snoring on my chest, the last I’ll raise
Valerie O’Hanlon (right) on Ponte delle Scalzi (Scalzi bridge) with her sister Evelyn O’Hanlon Casserly (left). Welcome to my place . . . Venice
  • Steve Coogan: ‘Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is two fingers to the British’
  • A Dad with brain cancer: I was given 18 months to live, it put things into perspective

One Change

The Party Bag Busters at St Clare’s Primary School meeting pupils from Coláiste Bríde. Photograph: @Colaistebride/Twitter No parent wants to be a killjoy, but it’s time party bags were banned
  • Life & Style
  • Sorcha Hamilton

One Change: There’s so much rubbish at kid’s parties – but there are more sustainable alternatives

My own regular return trips to west Cork from Westmeath have the same carbon impact as a one-way flight to London per passenger. Photograph: iStock Drivers, slow down for the good of the planet (and your wallet)
The environmental impact of listening to music has never been higher. Photograph: iStock Think streaming music is more eco-friendly than plastic CDs? Think again
  • Zero-waste shaving: The guilt-free way to be fuzz-free
  • Are almonds bad for the environment?

Fashion

Johanna Dooley co-founded Borrower Boutique with friends Chloe Best and Sarah Monahan. Photograph: Tom Honan Looking for a new frock? Here's why you should rent, not buy
  • Fashion
  • Tanya Sweeney

Clothes rental is a cheaper – and more sustainable – way to boost your style

Minimalists, look away now. The fashion of the 1980s is back, and this time it's almost tasteful 1980s fashion is back: Here’s how to wear it in real life
Richard Malone with models wearing his collection. Photograph: Woolmark Prize Irish designer Richard Malone wins prestigious Woolmark Prize
  • The all-time best mascaras for every budget
  • New wedding edit from Matches Fashion is perfect for modern brides

Travel

In-flight etiquette: ‘We encourage our customers to be respectful of each other,’ says American Airlines. Photograph: iStock/Getty ‘He was angry and punched it about nine times’: Should you recline your airplane seat?
  • Travel
  • Aimee Ortiz

This video has gone viral of a dispute between passengers about in-flight etiquette

‘We would go back in a heartbeat’: Readers share their best family holidays
The Waterford Greenway, a spectacular 46km off-road cycling and walking trail along an old railway line. Photograph: Fáilte Ireland 30 great family holiday destinations in Ireland and abroad
  • Conor Pope’s good-value guide to happy family camping holidays
  • Sonya Lennon: We swapped our family sun resort holiday for an Indian adventure

Motors

Ford aims to make a surge in the electric market with its new Mustang
  • Motors
  • Michael Sheridan

We took the new all-electric crossover onto the streets of London

BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe: our first impressions are that the brand new BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe bears little resemblance to a coupe and is barely convincing as a sleek premium saloon First Drive: BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe struggles to live up to its billing
Kia and Hyundai have already stolen a lead over most Japanese and European rivals in the electric car stakes with long-range (450km on one charge) versions of the Kona, Soul, and Niro crossovers Hyundai and Kia create new electric car platform
  • Skoda testing its upcoming all-electric SUV in Laois
  • How far can electric cars go on one charge?

Outdoors

Grey seals tend to eat fish whole. Illustration: Michael Viney How have our grey seals adapted to eat venomous weever fish?
  • Michael Viney

Few, if any, of Ireland’s mammals have evolved the ability to eat venomous creatures

Celandine Anyone else noticed spring’s early arrival? Readers’ nature queries
A gathering of 400 watching the release of four grey seal pups back into the sea following their rehabilitation at Seal Rescue Ireland. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Young ‘doctors of the sea’ can often need a helping hand
  • Golden kelp: how did the alien seaweed end up in Irish waters?
  • What’s this strange translucent creature? Readers’ nature queries

More Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

''Focking p***k with ears,' Johnny goes – seriously, they’re like sponges at that age.' Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I just shake my head ... The dirty dog. The filthy hypocrite’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • February 22, 2020

The triplets tear apart an oil painting of their smiling grandad and make a delightful discovery

Illustration: Alan Clarke Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Sold to the man in the Ireland jersey with a bowtie tied around his neck!’
Seriously, to be a Mount Anville mom, you’d want the stamina of a focking camel Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I want you to flirt with the girl on the reception desk’
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I want this to be as big as the Statue of bloody well Liberty!’
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Críost on a rothar. It looks like Chorlie Haughey’

People

An unfulfilled goal? ‘My unfinished PhD thesis. To this day, it still bothers me that I did not see it through and earn my doctorate.’ Vicky Phelan: ‘My motto for life is to live for the moment’
  • People
  • Una Mullally

Life Lessons: Vicky Phelan, cervical cancer advocate and author, on overcoming life's big challenges

Victoria van der Spek and Max Ó Floinn ‘I joked about swapping bodies’: The story of a trans couple in Sligo
‘We focused on trying to have it all: to be nice and successful and kind and assertive and loving and financially independent and a present parent and a desirable partner, often all at once. No wonder we’re shattered.’ Photograph: iStock Jennifer O’Connell: Why are women in midlife so unhappy?
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I just shake my head ... The dirty dog. The filthy hypocrite’
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‘I felt like I was in our own book club’ ‘I felt like I was in our own book club’

Readers gathered at The Sugar Club for The Irish Times live Books Podcast to hear a panel of authors discuss 2020’s hot new titles

Wire Corp chief predicts two-speed digital economy Wire Corp chief predicts two-speed digital economy

B2B data and insights business ‘show pony’ boasts a decent success rate of market predictions

5G: Is there another digital disruption on the horizon? 5G: Is there another digital disruption on the horizon?

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‘I think my husband has no capacity for a relationship as he seems, as he gets older, to lack any sense of responsibility for his actions. Do you think such a person is beyond changing?’ Photograph: iStock Is my drunken, abusive husband capable of change?
Conor Pope’s good-value guide to happy family camping holidays
“Coming out as trans still requires courage and a sense of self that can take years to build.” Photograph: iStock How do I find love as a transgender individual in Ireland?

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1 Louise Hoey: “LQTS is a very difficult thing to live with. No one understands what it feels like as you never know when or how it will strike.” A cardiac problem that could strike at any time
2 ‘Eóghan will be the last wombat I hand raise before I head home to Ireland, for good’. File photograph: iStock/Getty Irish vet in Australia: I look at this wombat, snoring on my chest, the last I’ll raise
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