I’ve yet to meet a woman who has regretted not getting married but plenty of married ones who have
I have seen so many good women drained by men who could not or would not meet them at their level
The Irish spice bag has arrived in Australia and not everyone is happy
Brianna Parkins: Sometimes, when you’re a big distance from home, it’s the small things that give you comfort
My relationship is just like Princess Diana’s. There are three of us in it
It is very crowded between me, my partner and the GAA but I’ll still be in a pub wearing an ugly bucket hat at 2am next week, watching my partner’s mistress on telly
Everyone under the age of 25 should have to work a year in hospitality or retail
You will need patience, resilience and the self-control required not to headbutt the public
I’m glad I never got the things my younger self thought I wanted
It’s rarely a good idea to get what your young heart desires. I would have been negative craic with terrible tattoos and a vacuous existence
The bar is so low for violent men they are ‘to be given credit’ when they admit their guilt
Case of Natasha O’Brien shows up keyboard warriors who want to frighten women, to shut us up, to stop us from calling men out on their behaviour
Brianna Parkins: ‘That doesn’t work for me actually’. Unapologetically saying ‘no’ is mesmerising
I recently overheard a woman utter a magic incantation that would banish having to put myself out against my own will. It changed me forever
‘The psychiatrist didn’t believe in ADHD’: People with condition struggle with the health system
For some with the neurodevelopmental condition, accessing medication to treat it is still the ‘luck of the draw’
Brianna Parkins: I’m leaving Ireland. I don’t have the energy for life here
This country teased a lightness out of me. But so many people leaving Ireland for Australia is down to more than sunshine
How to know when it’s summer in Ireland: The signs are subtle so pay close attention
Brianna Parkins: You have to pay close attention to nature: young women shivering in dresses, people milling awkwardly outside pubs, lads with their tops off
Bagged and abandoned dog poo should be the cornerstone of all local election policy platforms
Footpath etiquette and turning coworking spaces into libraries should also feature in manifestos
The Dublin Portal: There’s no room for pretenders in Dublin and, like New York, it refuses to be sanitised
Brianna Parkins: Since the invention of cameras, people have been acting badly in front of them and this project was never going to be the exception
Vapes, ‘rollie’ cigarettes and nicotine pouches: how people in their 20s are using tobacco
Brianna Parkins gets reaction to the Government’s plan to increase the minimum legal age for the sale of tobacco from 18 to 21
Here’s hoping household chores don’t include having to ask men to do them ‘properly’
How one word can become a battle line of domestic warfare between the sexes
Quiet quitting: Why should an employee doing the job they are paid to do and then going home be a problem?
Many workers suggest employers should not expect them to go ‘above and beyond’ as a matter of routine