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…
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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….
Amelia Cullen looks at the pressure to have the time of our lives in summer “Have you booked any holidays?” The question posed by hairdressers, beauticians, colleagues and just about…
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…
Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro examines how Covid -19 and isolation forced her to reconsider the nature of her friendships I never expected Covid to change so entirely how I felt about…
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…
Sasha Hamrogue on renting with a young family. I have found it increasingly more difficult to dream about the future. As a long time renter living in Ireland, fantasies about…
Emma Gleeson on letting go of the ‘when I’m skinny’ narrative The $78 billion diet industry is panicking. In 2020 it lost 21% of it’s value and now the shame-peddlers…
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…
Lorde Fuhl looks at having a more sustainable wardrobe I am a devoted fan of fashion, although I am not a slave to it. I have grown from religiously devouring…