Jennifer O'Connell columns
The real victim here, Ahern implied, was not “the Africans” or Muslim children who are going about their weekend oblivious to their designation as a national security threat, but himself
Few forms of life embrace the cruising lifestyle with the same enthusiasm as the viral pathogen
Or is semaglutide mania a symptom of a condition that can’t be cured?
The real win from this case will be if tech firms are forced to change the way their products are designed
Notion that you’re better off asking for forgiveness than permission has long been one of the unspoken principles of the Irish property market
It’s helpful to think of the Burkes as a kind of antivirus software
Half of us are dubious about the afterlife, but most want church funeral with all the trimmings when we die
Would the prospect of a passive-aggressive letter from a middle-ranking Department of Health bureaucrat get you in the mood?
We’re happy to talk about the Epstein files all day long - just don’t mention our own shameful record
Shipping the entire Government off to drink green beer and hum along to Zombie in far-flung places on St Patrick’s Day is an expensive form of therapy
Margaret Loftus’s story is different because she and her tormentor were gardaí. He remains a member of the force
Whether it is describing a traumatic life experience or a shocking human rights abuse, ChatGPT will do so with the emotional register of a McDonald’s server offering you a meal deal
This is especially true where issues involving women are concerned, and 2025 was no exception
Now that the Australian social media ban is here, surveys that suggested 80% of parents supported it in theory are beginning to look wildly optimistic
Trump uses bullying and personal attacks on his enemies - but we should be wary of the impulse to do the same
A rebellious woman used to be someone who took up arms; now it’s Miriam O’Callaghan revealing she leaves her eye make-up on for a week
Why are we so starved of big ideas that it takes an oped or a throwaway remark by a billionaire to start a national conversation?
Other vulnerable young people like Adam Raine are growing dependent on machines they believe understand them
Some day, if women keep playing our cards right, one us might get to be appointed Minister for Finance or president of the GAA
The eruption of Tricolours by a small group of people who want to make a point about immigration has left the rest of us in a bind
Part of the RTÉ show’s appeal was that it made space for the kind of people we don’t see enough of on our screens
If only Britain had been paying attention, the Irish courts offered a masterclass in how to avoid getting drawn into the culture wars
Spoiler alert: the solution, in many cases, is ‘granny’ or, perhaps less often, ‘granddad’
The photographs coming in on the wires are unfathomable: children with horribly protruding ribs, hollow eyes, scabbed lips and noses, distended bellies
Construction workers who ‘vanished’ from the sector after the Celtic Tiger were humans whose way of life was obliterated
Ireland, I have often thought smugly since my return from California, wouldn’t tolerate such pretentious, self-destructive nonsense as a ban on clothes lines. Enter the row over EV charging arms
Their popularity is a grim statement about a property market in which your best prospect of owning a house may well be to win one in a lottery
We should be wary of narratives that present women – especially those accused of crimes – as either the evil witch or Snow White
A conspiracy of coyness around the troubling origin story of Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte extended to the incident filmed in Vietnam this week
Do you believe in free speech? Do you believe in it for views and people you loathe? Unless you answer ‘yes’ to both questions, you don’t believe in it
Just as every generation is a little taller than the previous one, each is mentally sharper than their predecessors. Until now
Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers
It will be a bitter pill to swallow if we only decide do something about the parenthood penalty now that men are suffering it too
Family of Enoch Burke: The adjective that best describes their fundamentalist views, victim complex and arrogant manner is ‘presidential’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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