Allison Keating

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‘Fast sex, slow love’: How Irish relationships have changed

The architecture of our intimate lives is changing. Irish couples have more choice than ever about how they want to design their relationships, and th(...)

The words ‘I love you’ have the potential for utter disaster.
Valentine’s Day: The politics of saying ‘I love you’
  • People
  • February 14, 2019, 06:00

We all know those three magic little words, welcomed the world over, and no, we don’t mean “tax rebate scheme” or “full, open bar”, but rather the alt(...)

Elbowroom Escape in remote Donard, Co Wicklow
A 'Do F**k All' weekend takes some beating

As clarion calls go, a weekend that invites its members to sit around and do absolutely nothing takes some beating. Yet this is precisely the point of(...)

Then Comes Marriage?: How sincere is a show that dispenses its wisdom by asking people to recognise “how similar your shadows are”?
Then Comes Marriage? review: a fine advertisement for lifelong solitude

Good news, everybody: RTÉ is here to save your relationships. At least, that’s the thrust of a new reality show, Then Comes Marriage? (RTÉ One, Mon(...)

Unconscious bias exists within us all and often plays a key role in deciding if someone is hired, according to Clare Mulligan
How the beauty bias can work both ways for job-seekers

Most of us are painfully aware of the advantages that good-looking people seem to enjoy. It’s not just sour grapes either. Increasingly, research is r(...)