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…
THE REVIEW Nobuhle N Nyoni writes about dating, the opinions of others and chasing the Disney Princess dream. If I could get a dollar for every time that I was…
THE ESSAY Food writer Jocelyn Doyle is hungry for more detail about what her TV and film idols are eating I’m never not thinking about food, and learning what…
THE COLUMN In the latest instalment of her column, Clare Egan reflects on the power of quitting social media I came of age in an era of technological optimism.…
THE ESSAY Our anonymous writer on that moment when you know it’s over, and finding herself a single mother at forty I think I first realised it was over…
THE ARTICLE The modern face of beauty marketing is clever. Harvesting customer needs for spirituality and guidance, a pseudo-philosophy is at play when shifting today’s product. But where does…
THE REVIEW One year after starting to work for herself, Esther O’Moore Donohoe gives her guide to being self-employed Hello and welcome to self-employment. You listened to Break…
THE ARTICLE Ireland’s drug-related death rates are still three times the European average. Six years on from her brother's overdose, here’s what Niamh O'Donoghue has learned about addiction in…
THE ESSAY Food writer Jocelyn Doyle explores the role our food memories play in shaping us When I was five, my mother decided we would have a picnic. On…
THE REVIEW Is the secret to happiness simply to train your brain? Viv Speers explores the idea of happiness on demand Unprovoked happiness is a real thing. And I’ll…
THE ARTICLE Aoife Geary on ditching working from home and getting back to in-person work life... Being back in the office has been a big adjustment. We’ve had to…
THE COLUMN In the latest instalment of her column, Clare Egan reflects on what it means to manage your time well As a younger person, time management was one…
THE REVIEW Belinda Vigors on DeValera’s legacy to women in Ireland At my hen night, my Mum gave me a gift of “The Irish Countrywomen’s Association Book of Home…
THE ARTICLE Jocelyn Doyle explores the idea of a life designed to be joyously child-free CW: This article is about being child-free by choice; if you have experienced or…
THE ESSAY Rob Burke writes a searingly honest and to the point guide to solving the problem of noisy neighbours... So, your neighbours are making noise. Whether it sounds…
THE ESSAY Nobuhle N Nyoni writes about bad sex and how she mistakenly assumed the absence of happy endings were par for the course. Growing up, the advice…
THE REVIEW Laura Doyle examines the idea of a micro-friendship, following the brutal breakdown of one of hers... ‘We are not a species of solitary beings. We need each…
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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