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…
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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…
Linnea Dunne investigates the often neglected phenomenon of post-weaning depression… TW: Suicide “It hit me like a wall. Uncontrollable crying, felt like the baby blues finally arrived seven months later.”…
Emma Gleeson writes about mental illness stigma, depression, therapy and emerging from the dark… I am currently emerging from a two-month-long attack of depression. Exhausted and reeling, my fragile mind…
Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro writes about how the beauty of Black women is portrayed in popular culture… Watching Love Island for the past few weeks has been entertaining, to say the least….
Our anonymous writer confronts the loneliness of a sexless marriage, and considers the prospect of an open relationship… “So there we have it” is my daily motto when I close my eyes….
Best-selling author Andrea Mara on why we are fascinated by the idea of bad mothers… As I type this, I’m at a swimming pool, watching my son’s swimming lesson. Except…
After an illness left her with a disability, Cora Kearney went on to set up a business that would change her own, and others’ lives. TW* This piece contains a…
Caitlin McBride on the satisfaction of seeing sisterly bonds explored on television I rarely feel like I see myself on screen. It’s even rarer that I build an emotional connection…
Niamh O’Donoghue on finding her way back to exercise after near paralysis “Niamh, the next time I see you you’re getting a slap!” It’s my mother on a WhatsApp video…