Motherhood immediately made my anxiety much worse, and eventually much better

How does a society that has been so badly fractured begin to heal?

Bradford feels forgotten by rest of Britain and now sees Brexit as an elitist thing

Hull sixth-form pupils on what should happen next, now Theresa May’s deal has been defeated

Wrong assumptions and flawed facts underpin Hull’s attitude to Border and Brexit

Jennifer O'Connell: Kate is seen taking her earrings off, while Meghan hisses and Eugenie cheers from the sidelines

Having worked half her life, Saoirse Ronan is finding her early 20s scary and exciting

Yann Moix might be sexist – but is he just saying what other men are thinking?

Whatever my Apple watch wanted me to do, I’d do uncomplainingly, even though the red flags were there from the beginning

Seeing politicians weep, hug and dance was a different kind of politics to Trump’s machoism

It was a year of visits, royal, papal, meteorological. Here’s what we learned from them

A new poll reveals who is the most admired woman in America

The actor spoke out to destigmatise grief and to help other parents feel ‘seen, heard, loved’

Good biscuits, dried fruit, coffee table books and the Coca Cola truck

These Dubliners are raising festive spirits and funds with their elaborately lit homes

We’re about four billion times more partial to British food than we’d like to admit

Generally I just close my eyes and fling twenties around, and hope no one is insulted

In the age of ebooks, these booksellers are proving print is still preferred

Ireland was not easy to return to and buy a home. Then my mother asked if we’d be interested in buying theirs

Jennifer O’Connell: Personal stories have swayed the public on citizenship, as politics again lag behind

Yet another female athlete’s achievement is overshadowed by someone else’s bad behaviour

Women being more equal at work and men being more hands-on at home means we all have to learn new ways to behave

Overworked, under-resourced and burning out, or overpaid, understretched and privileged?

Shops, offices, 200 apartments and train station planned for 17-acre waterfront site

Five people describe the obstacles they have overcome to make it to third-level

Is this non-psychoactive, widely available cousin of marijuana a health godsend or a fad?

Review: Big dance number. Heart-wringing heroes. Ryan Tubridy’s singing. It’s all here

The actual theme is ‘American Treasures,’ honouring ‘the heart and spirit’ and, clearly, the bodily fluids of the American people

Legal observers believe we can now weigh up the right of defendants to a fair trial

New rules seeking to ensure only bona-fide journalists and lawyers may report or tweet from court cases will come into effect on M(...)

There’s plenty of examining labels, sampling new foods and feeling hungry

It’s convenient how Official Ireland chooses whether women are to be judged from the neckline up, or the belt down, based on the c(...)

Those whose journey exceeds 45 minutes more likely to move house

‘He was telling me not to see my friends . . . I thought that was love’

We walk to school, pubs, restaurants. The sea is 10 minutes away. What’s not to like?

Why did the magazine put the word woman in quotation marks? A backhanded compliment? Or tone deaf to implications?

Funeral mass organised with ‘detailed precision’ by composer prior to his death

Jennifer O’Connell: Food is an endlessly rich lexicon of joy, desire, friendship and love

Allyson MacIvor’s tolerance of intolerance at a Jack White gig is a social-media lesson for all

Jennifer O’Connell: That's the paradox of becoming a parent

Halloween might be your only chance to choose from ‘sexy’, ‘sexier’ or ‘phwoar’

A mouse legged it across the diningroom floor. The rest is history

‘There are 15,000 people homeless. And much worse is coming down the road’

The Tampax Cup shows the politics of periods are changing – but still too slowly

Jennifer O'Connell: Add slow sets to the list of things I love that are already, or about to become, obsolete

Girls are chided for being pushy or bossy. But ambition should be celebrated

Kate Middleton acted like childbirth was no tougher than a game of croquet, writes Jennifer O’Connell

People began to notice the old man with the neat white hair, paint-spattered cuffs and the cotton bag that held his sketchbook

Strictly star and comedian Seann Walsh’s ex-girlfriend walked away with dignity and power

Navigating the etiquette of watching porn in public is actually pretty simple. Don’t

Four young transgender people on growing up, coming out and being accepted

I once scored 95% on the extrovert scale, which basically means I’m terribly needy

Jennifer O’Connell: Sexually censorious attitudes create stigma and cost lives

The undoing of hate-peddler Hopkins is the perfect parable for the age of outrage

Jennifer O’Connell: Yes, I am a mother who works, but is there any other kind?

Irish observers might be reminded of our grim history at the hands of ‘Punch’

The social media giant wants to make us less tech-dependent. Isn't it a little late for that?

Sleep is not optional. Getting only six hours a night is a form of slow euthanasia

Jennifer O’Connell: Race for the Áras is like the first round of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’

Plus-size model Tess Holliday's cover shoot causes controversy but is obesity the real issue?

Jennifer O’Connell: Gender neutrality is all very well, but children want to fit in at school

Where can you buy his socks? Which predecessor once put a dead body on trial?

The church’s playbook for dealing with abuse in Pennsylvania is horribly familiar

The #MeToo movement is experiencing growing pains as it enters a new phase

Give Daithi a night off, and make it a show for real women who shop in Penneys, may be over 28, don’t want to marry and have opini(...)

Next time you’re moved to fury by something happening to children in Trump’s America, spare a thought for the children in Ireland

'Doing an Omarosa' is as easy as opening an app. But are you breaking the law?

Reframe your parents’ expectations. And yours. Avoid social media. If necessary, lie

Number of parents interested in exploring different approaches is growing

Jennifer O'Connell: We pretend we’re worldly Europeans, then someone goes for a cheek kiss and the pretence melts away

As a study of 25 years of Vogue cover stars shows how uniform our conception of beauty is, magazine editors say they’ll embrace mo(...)

The falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we are

‘People who have a habit of moving their lips silently when they read tend to be given a wide berth’

From Sudocrem to 7Up to Marian Keyes: the best of Ireland is going into our Bosca Brexit

Sperm counts are falling across the developed world. The truth about the male fertility timebomb

Jennifer O’Connell: I love long vacations – when I’m participating in them

For the first time in living memory, families are debating how much they’re prepared to pay to not have to go on holiday

We’ve an insatiable appetite for people roaring at us about where we’re going wrong

For most, the worst result of too much time gaming is just too much time gaming

'We should have another baby, I announce. When he stops laughing, my husband reminds me that’s no longer an option'

Go, discover, dive into the ham rolls, and leave nothing behind but your footprints

Listening to the man from MacGill you might conclude women have nothing much to say, or don’t want to say it

It’s bad enough infantilising children; infantilising adults is bound to be disastrous

Is it time we looked with a more critical eye on the stories we tell about falling in love

She was in good form for someone who had nearly been killed twice in the last hour

Mini Marathon organisers reconsidering inclusion of dishwasher tablets in goody bags

‘It could be your sister, your dad, your brother. Addiction doesn’t care who you are’

Not everyone embraced the spectre of a diverse new Britain with the same enthusiasm

They’re not just tights. They’re a sign the Windsorisation of Meghan Markle has begun

‘My obsession with household appliances had reached problematic levels’

Meghan Markle has come to stand for something much more than the woman with whom the affable Prince Harry happened to fall in love

Irish royal watchers were among the Windsor crowd hailing a ‘down to earth’ Duchess of Sussex

A bluffer’s guide to the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from May 25th

I’ve learned that we don’t have to live in a state of constant, ongoing stress

Where to watch it, who to watch out for, the potential flashpoints and the after-party

I regret my kids’ missing out on the tradition. And the potato salad

Which Scandinavian country has the most Eurovision wins – after Ireland?

Those shouty slogans feel like an insult, but they make it easier to start the conversation

Comment: Recent tweets are just the latest examples of increasingly erratic behaviour

It might be one of the slowest bus services in Ireland, but none of its passengers seem to mind. ‘You get all the gossip on this b(...)