With 10% of the population unvaccinated, our collective immunity against Covid-19 is threatened. Here Gillian Roddie writes about compassionately facing our unvaccinated friends, the importance of a fully vaccinated society…
Our extract this week is from The Guinness Girls: A Hint of Scandal by Emily Hourican. ‘Manning, bring cocktails to the drawing room,’ Maureen called. She pronounced her words carefully,…
Aoife Rooney's experience of being an only child is one she's comfortable with, but is everyone else? When I tell people that I am an only child, more often than…
As its third season releases, Jenn Gannon wonders if the innate sexual tension is responsible for the runaway success of HBO's Succession... Succession shifts perceptions, interlinking comedy, drama and tragedy.…
We're not sure if it's because we're in the industry or because media movies are just BRILLIANT, but as a genre, we're deeply into it. Here are ten of our…
Liadán Hynes interviews Shon Faye about her new book, The Transgender Issue “We are not an ‘issue’ to be debated and derided,” Shon Faye writes in the concluding lines of…
Jordanne Jones on living with borderline personality disorder I’ve had a large amount of external situations that would have had their negative impact on my mental state since I was…
We've got a second extract this week, this time from The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye. The liberation of trans people would improve the lives of…
This week's extract is from Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. The question, for Reese: Were married men just desperately attractive to her? Or was the pool of men who were…
Aisling Keenan on the unbridled joy of going to a wedding after 18 long pandemic months and an unusually challenging pregnancy “DANCING IS LEGAL AGAIN!” I shouted. At my baby. …
Emma Doran is the only girl in her family, and here she describes the benefits, pitfalls and unexpected roles she's had to take on as part of her position I…
This week, we have a warm and witty extract from Openhearted, a memoir by Ann Ingle. These days, couples live together without marrying and think nothing of it. I have…
Finally, a seismic shift of power that has employers quaking, writes Aoife Geary... All over the world people are reconsidering their career options. In the US, four million people quit…
Finding it hard to get a good night’s kip? Esther O’Moore Donohoe spoke to a sleep expert... There are many reasons to be jealous of Kimberly Noel Kardashian West. She…
Megan Cassidy on why we need to stop referring to fashion, beauty and other ‘female interests’ as guilty pleasures The Met Gala took place in New York on Monday, Sept…
Our extract this week is from Nanny, Ma and Me: An Irish story of family, race and home by Kathleen, Dominique and Jade Jordan. The truth began to dawn on…
In her monthly tarot column, Sarah Maria Griffin muses on stepping back from performative busyness and valuing apprenticeship over mastery I have been thinking, this strange autumn, about the two…
Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro on the changing nature of Irishness... Racism, social inclusion, and diversity became some of the hot topics of 2020. With the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter…
Fourth year student Jodi Wynne-Johnston on why she loves learning Irish... If someone were to ask me the question, is learning Irish worth it, one of the first things I…
The 32: An anthology of Irish working-class voices, is edited by Paul McVeigh. This chapter, by Erin Lindsay, talks about what it means to be working class... ‘Are you working…
In the wake of this week’s Met Ball, Kate Demolder pens an ode to the blowout My last time dancing before the world closed was spent between the floors and…
Greed, vanity, and #GirlBosses; Jenn Gannon on the life and times of the fallen Silicon Valley entrepreneur Last Wednesday a jury was finally sworn in for the trial of Elizabeth…
Psychotherapist Ejiro Ogbevoen on why everyone’s mental health needs a WRAP More than ever before, now is the best time for us to be a little more proactive about our…
Elaine Butler’s tips on how to be more sustainable as we return to offices and college... While not everyone has been working or studying from home for the last 18…
Esther O’Moore Donohoe considers the big return to the office; the most important thing to remember is that everyone can see and hear you now... An aunt of mine recently…
As her own daughter receives college offers, Emma Doran reminiscences on giving birth thirteen days before her Leaving Cert About 19 years ago I was enjoying the summer before 6th…
Pat Kane on how to get beyond all-consuming climate chaos fear and get solution-focused By now, you have heard or read something about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Global…
Cassie Delaney explains the recent OnlyFans ban on (and subsequent reinstatement of) adult content... In 2019 OnlyFans was hailed by The New York Times as the innovation that would change…
I’m exhausted and everyone around me is exhausted, but it doesn’t feel like we’ll ever get a chance to recharge, writes Liadán Hynes I’m sitting in the waiting room of…
Jordanne Jones traces her own relationship with class and examines depictions of working class in film TW: Suicide Depicting the Irish working class in film; when is it done right…
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…
Haifa based writer khulud khamis describes what the last two weeks have been like for the Palestinians of her city, her fears of returning to the status quo, and hope…
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Yara Alagha on the situation in Palestine; the importance of language, Israeli settler colonialism and ways we can help the cause. For many families who returned to their homes in…
In the wake of the McGinley family’s tragedy, Sophie White writes about mental illness, stigma, motherhood and the real social change needed. Tw* this piece contains references to suicide. I…
