ANON An anonymous contributor confesses to cheating on her longterm boyfriend. I cheated. Until recently, I held a very black and white view of relationships. I can admit now that…
THE ESSAY Jocelyn Doyle explores the value in her intuition… just not on a Segway dwx2szqa I am 30 years old, and I’m very slowly driving a Segway along…
THE ARTICLE What is it like to be an Irish person who has made their home in England when the Queen has died? By Belinda Vigors Answer: Complicated. Complicated…
THE ESSAY Christelle McKillen writes about the time mortality came to the fore of her mind... On mortality, Joan Didion aptly wrote, “when we mourn our losses we also…
THE ESSAY Molly Keane on the hold that social media has on us and why, in an effort to connect, we've become disconnected... In my ‘perfect world’, I live…
THE ARTICLE Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro on what she has learned about avoiding burnout during her PhD I started doing my PhD in 2020 during the height of Covid. Doing…
THE REVIEW Food writer Jocelyn Doyle shares some common pitfalls when it comes to cooking I’m adamant that anyone can become a decent cook. Maybe you find that hard…
THE ARTICLE Holly White on how to navigate being highly sensitive, and how absorbing the issues of others can interrupt you from living your own life As Aristotle put…
THE REVIEW As a child, Clare Egan dreamed about becoming a Rose. In the latest instalment of her column, she reflects on what she thinks the festival really celebrates…
THE ESSAY Alana Kirk is an author, a mid-life coach for women and a recovering perfectionist, who says trying to be all things to all people effectively ruined her…
THE ESSAY Esther O'Moore Donohoe on wringing the very last out of summer 2022 and reminiscing about what a time we all had I went full Drew Barrymore last…
THE ARTICLE Niamh Sheeran Ennis is a leading change and transformation coach, and she writes here about why we change our behaviour at times to fit in, and how…
THE COLUMN In the latest instalment of her column, Clare Egan reflects on the role of running in her life “You’re talking a lot”, my girlfriend said when we…
THE ARTICLE Victoria Stokes questions whether the arrival of a hangover 'cure' will change the way people feel about drinking... For many years now, the thought of a pounding…
THE ESSAY Sadhbh Sullivan realised in her 20s the reality behind a relationship she had in her teens I was twenty-two when I first learnt what the term ‘coercive control,’…
THE REVIEW After a break-up, Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro reflects on what she learned from Chidera Eggerue’s What a time to be alone I recently finished reading Chidera Eggerue’s book What…
THE REVIEW In the latest in a long line of 'tell-all' books about the royal family, Tom Bower is not shy about painting Meghan Markle as a pantomime villain,…
THE ESSAY Molly Keane writes about embracing the romance of newness, and making peace with fizzled friendships... The year is 2020 and the date is February 23rd. Your grandmother…
THE EXTRACT Our extract this week is from Andrea Mara's brilliant new book, Hide and Seek... Ten seconds. That’s how long it takes for Sophie to disappear. That’s how…
THE ESSAY Every day 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or member of their own family. The only separation of these women and their killers,…
THE ARTICLE The tyranny of the beauty industry is as potent at its misogynistic core as it as in the waiting rooms of plastic surgery clinics, but how, as a…
THE REVIEW Kylie Jenner misses the old Instagram. Cassie Delaney looks at what has changed, what’s coming and why it has the celebs quaking. Billion dollar tech companies are funny…
THE ARTICLE Molly Keane has unlocked a life hack that allows her to live a more bougie life than her budget might normally allow... I’ve been in existential quarter-life…
THE REVIEW Ashley Chadamoyo Makombe reflects on the toxic culture in some of this year’s Love Island, and how it reflects real life dating Most people mark the beginning…
THE ESSAY Viv Spears lost a close relative to suicide. That death prompted an examination of treatment for depression and the holistic approach that is necessary... Depression is something…
THE EXTRACT Our extract this week is from Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen Thursday, 2 June 1994 74 days until results Maeve Murray was just eighteen years old when…
THE ARTICLE What I wish people knew about migraines (and what everyone always gets wrong), by Jocelyn Doyle It's 2pm and I'm in my local Dart station wearing sunglasses…
THE EXTRACT Our extract this week is from The Amusements by Aingeala Flannery Star of the Sea I was in love with Stella Swaine. We met on our first day…
Annajoy O’Gorman writes about when IVF doesn’t work, confronting the possibility of a childless future, and how Instagram provided the answer... Instagram has been around for ten years and I’ve…
Back of the line is a new series of stories, written by our columnist Senator Lynn Ruane, from the back of the line... "People who need support the most are…
Cassie Delaney investigates the Irish media industry and reveals a culture of sexism, assault and cover-up... Rome wasn’t built in a day. In fact, there was a period of over…
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