The novelist on becoming a writer, her fascinations with death and upcoming book

The singer spoke to Róisín Ingle at Saturday’s Irish Times Big Night In online event

Sales of sports bras have risen as women chose comfort over curves

There’s something about the no-man’s-land of a hotel room; you can shrug off life

My new and greatest fear – that of losing my child – now colours everything

The broadcaster and academic spoke to Róisín Ingle at The Irish Times Big Night In

TV has become the very glue binding us together but heaven forfend if your watching styles don’t sit neatly with the otherS

Tanya Sweeney: The iconic grey jar is beloved by other celebrities including Rita Ora and Amanda Holden

Tanya Sweeney: When Covid happened, coffee drinking almost seemed mandatory

The reaction to the star’s health regime says a lot about our odd attitudes to wellness

The sports journalist/podcaster spoke to Róisín Ingle at The Irish Times Big Night In

The Good Place actor on self-love and ‘the evils’ of the beauty and fashion industries

Will meeting friends be an anticlimax? Going to a gig overwhelming?

The Irish Comic Relief sketch debuts on British TV on Friday March 19th. Here’s how it was made

Skipping your daily lunch hour means missing out on five hours of ‘me time’ a week

Women are sharing stories of being harassed and attacked. Might things change this time?

The former president was speaking to Róisín Ingle at The Irish Times Big Night In

With most of my friends in relationships, the curtain is down on glorious dating talk

Professional declutterer Emma Gleeson examines why we hold on to so many things

The actor spoke at a virtual event in the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival

Tanya Sweeney: Events remind me of lost privilege of sitting with friends in anticipation

Surely I’m not the only one emotionally spending my way through the Covid-19 pandemic?

Kylie Minogue is set to marry Paul Solomons. It’s going to be low-key. Or perhaps enormous

Tanya Sweeney: Does everyone believe their child is – objectively – the most beautiful?

Medical professionals on the patient that changed their outlook on work, or life, forever

'Women have appetites and as they sometimes rage out of control, the worst thing we can do is repress them'

Bonjela and painkillers: How little we women value our own personal comfort

Improvise a toboggan. Make an Insta-ready snowman. Light a fire. Snowproof your house

‘Panorama: Boxing & The Mob’ TV review: A comprehensive investigation into Daniel Kinahan

Tony Holohan texted that Covid-19 infection was rising in Dublin. Donnelly sent a thumbs-up

Dublin-born, Los Angeles-based Paul McClean creates homes for America’s super-rich

Tanya Sweeney: Throw everything you’ve got at the milestones and achievements in life

The CNN anchor spoke to Fintan O’Toole at the Irish Times Winter Nights festival

IVF is never easy. If gender selection is a perk, why shouldn’t she make the most of it?

‘By May-June, we should have a surplus of vaccines,’ the Taoiseach says

The comic found tracing his birth mother ‘positive’ but ‘unnecessarily hard’

The author discussed comedic gold and the origins of Ross at The Irish Times Winter Nights Festival

We’re scared of tears. We’re embarrassed by them. We often see them as a weakness.

Tanya Sweeney: In Ireland, we have a funny relationship with the idea of house cleaners

The first lady used to act as if under duress. But she remains detached even after last week’s riot

Tanya Sweeney: I’m officially acquiring a mother-in-law – and I couldn’t be happier

Tanya Sweeney: A tiny break in stride is nothing to lose the bap over

Owners of restaurants, pubs, shops and cafes on how Covid-19 closed their doors for good

Tanya Sweeney: To be accused of not caring about your appearance used to be a huge denigration

The pandemic means many people will have a very different Christmas this year

Covid-19 has changed everything and makes an audience subscription model attractive

The broadcaster talks sexism, ageism and Golfgate on The Irish Times Big Night In

If you choose to fly solo during the festivities, here’s how to really enjoy your own company

Tanya Sweeney: There is something inherently stressful about upending your possessions

Buy them a membership, subscription or ecologically sound product – or make your own

If I knew the ‘terrible twos’ were coming, why do I feel so at sea?

Country icon on depression, weight stigma and visiting Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Co Kerry

A wealth of cultural activity resumes all over the country this week as restrictions are eased

Working as the chief state pathologist made Cassidy very well known, something she found ‘disconcerting’

Tanya Sweeney: My experience of a relationship with an age difference was a disaster

Leta Powell Drake’s 1970s access-all-areas savage chats with the stars have gone viral

An ‘early adopter’ of Covid-19 in March, she continued to broadcast through the illness

Tanya Sweeney: I doubt I’d have made it through recent months without the tribe on the doorstep

Tanya Sweeney: A Zoom quiz invitation? I thought we’d waved that blight off for good

The fourth series of the much anticipated 10 episodes was reportedly produced on a €110 million) budget

Starting a job at a physical remove from colleagues is challenging – but it has upsides

The writer and firebrand says the ‘maintenance shag’ vastly improved her relationship

After my mother died, a weekend spent clearing out my family home brought our family closer together

Even in Level 5, with a little creativity and ingenuity you can still get a a kick out of the scariest season of the year

Round off the week with festive activities and a new spooky instalment of the Babysitter’s Club

Try out geocaching, make a sock puppet or take in some time-travel adventures on TV – and there’s an easy one-pot wonder to cook f(...)

Try a family quiz show, a local nature lesson, some board-game action and a kitchen crowdpleaser

Meatballs for dinner, a new Pixar film on TV and back to basics with indoor paper games

Stuck for mid-term inspiration? Here are plenty of great ideas the whole family can enjoy to get you started

How is the naked female body something so loaded with toxic meaning?

One French feminist says women should, but is this throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

We’re letting go of each other without much of a fight as all joy deserts our interactions

Despite her groundbreaking music, opinions about her body always, always get in the way

West and wife Catherine FitzGerald put on a public display of affection after pictures emerge of actor kissing Lily James

If anyone asks how I’m doing, my first instinct is to reply, ‘Well, we’re still together, so that’s something!’ And it is

If I try hard enough, I can feel, smell and hear my happy place: a live music gig

The author and presenter of the How To Fail podcast on overcoming multiple miscarriages, reclaiming failure and counteracting the (...)

The Senator and Traveller was speaking at the Women’s Podcast ‘Big Night In’ live event

Sending the lift back down requires a woman to be at a certain, fairly exalted point in her career

The relaxed atmosphere of lockdown has led to a spike in pregnancies, says one hospital

The rawness in her words and photos are likely to make others feel much less alone

The Norwegian practice of ‘free-air life’ offers the ideal escape room during the pandemic

The Dignity with Dying Bill gives hope to people whose lived experience demands a choice

The awkward top floor of a Dublin Georgian has been reworked as a bright city pad

If he says he’s a feminist or if she adds #BlackLivesMatter to her profile, tread carefully

The Canadian stand-up on ‘laddish’ comedy culture, her Irish dad and flipping stereotypes in new series The Duchess

Apology over harassment allegations has tang of woman using right buzzwords but not really believing them

I’m already missing the newborn phase even though it felt like someone was very nicely pushing my head underwater

Friends in my class applied for law, physiotherapy and medicine. Not a single one of us are in any of those jobs now

Tanya Sweeney: What I learned volunteering for a mental health helpline

Familiarity breeds contentment in some of our best-loved family-run hotels and country houses

Warning: The Irish are suddenly not so fond of Americans coming from a Covid hotspot

Videos of YouTubers Tim and Fred Williams listening to classic songs have racked up millions of views

‘We can never see contentment for what it is when we’re there, living it in that moment’

Abbi and Cahal had spent just a fortnight in each other’s company when Covid-19 hit

Terri White’s memoir, Coming Undone, is a catalogue of violence, abuse and horror

A cold war has been brewing between traditional journalists and influencers for some time

The snobbery that lingers around bungalows means there could be gems galore out there

When a well-known person dies, the spectacle carries on for days in the news agenda

The former RTÉ newsreader on her popularity, perks of retirement and not enjoying lockdown life