Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen: Our friendship and the personal crisis that deepened itThe Aisling authors’ relationship grew stronger after McLysaght entered psychiatric careSat Oct 02 2021 - 06:00
The notion of an ‘Irish Thanksgiving’ to commemorate Covid is crass and vulgarFine Gael’s tendency to spectacularly misjudge the mood of the room remains undimmedSat Oct 02 2021 - 01:00
Vicious tweets exist on same continuum as protesting at politicians’ homesWe're all victims of the corrosive assault on civility fuelled by abusive online pile-onsSat Sept 25 2021 - 01:00
Childcare crunch: ‘No country for working parents’Post-Covid flexible work patterns are clashing with rigid creche hours and set feesSat Sept 18 2021 - 05:05
Jennifer O’Connell: Michael D Higgins would do well to follow his own advicePresident’s refusal of invitation to commemorative service with queen is no act of healingSat Sept 18 2021 - 01:00
‘Flat’ first day of ploughing championships lifted by old friends and UK celebsDespite having to plough on with small crowd, many delighted to return to Co Laois eventWed Sept 15 2021 - 17:57
‘We’re hearing of students deferring because they can’t find accommodation’Covid-related shortage of housing and delayed college offers creates perfect stormSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Maureen Gaffney: ‘In middle age, you’re in your prime’The psychologist’s new book is a love letter to humanity in all its stagesSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Taoiseach’s ‘careful now’ politics is not enoughMicheál Martin’s failure to stamp an identity on his party has led to a damaging vacuumSat Sept 11 2021 - 01:00
Sarah Harding, untameable to the end, left a vital last messageGirls Aloud was a manufactured entity. ‘Hardcore Harding’ was anything butMon Sept 06 2021 - 14:30
Woof justice: Dog days draw in as shelters take in lockdown petsPandemic tempted many to get a dog but return to office is prompting their surrenderSat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Why does Sally Rooney wind people up?If criticism focused on the novelist’s work, fair enough, but much is of the how-dare-she varietySat Sept 04 2021 - 01:00
Tourism recovery: ‘We’ve a mountain to climb to reconnect Ireland’Experts predict Irish tourism will be in survival phase until the end of 2022Sat Aug 28 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: The scramble to save Electric Picnic is embarrassingArts sector has been ignored by cowardly Government afraid to make tough decisionsSat Aug 28 2021 - 01:00
Jennifer O’Connell: final breath volte-faces of #covidiots serve as cautionary talesStories feed something ugly in our psyches, the idea that there are good and bad victims of the virusSat Aug 21 2021 - 01:00
Protestant survivors of mother and baby homes await justice‘We missed out because of our religion ... we’re still being discriminated against’Mon Aug 02 2021 - 00:30
Drowning survivor: ‘I kept thinking I can’t have it that I die from drowning’Experienced swimmer Jack Eoin Rua O’Neill quickly got into trouble in swellsSat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
The Irish B&B in 2021: ‘The B&B needs to be reinvented. What we have to offer is unique’Jennifer O’Connell’s assumptions are shattered searching for the essence of Irish B&BsSat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Why are some men so afraid of Simone Biles saying ‘no’?Elite sport has a women problem, and it isn’t confined to relentless sexualisation of athletesSat Jul 31 2021 - 01:00
Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Watching the Brits self-destruct’ is high-risk funWe’re no better than Boris if we can’t resist our own version of obsession with the pastSat Jul 24 2021 - 01:18
‘He raped me. And I told no one.’ Stories of sexual assaultStories are the most powerful tools to change minds on social issues, says Minister Josepha MadiganSat Jul 17 2021 - 06:00
Too hot now? This is one of the coolest summers we’ll ever haveHottest ever, wettest ever, highest ever. And it's only just beginning.Sat Jul 17 2021 - 01:18
The remote-working challenge: ‘There are huge issues’Making it work for everyone brings both challenges and opportunitiesSat Jul 10 2021 - 06:00
Josepha Madigan was brave. But women don’t want more pats on the head for braveryHow many more stories do we need to hear before we take action?Sat Jul 10 2021 - 01:18
Could a four-day working week become a reality?Would a shorter week translate into more intense working hours or the perfect work/life balance?Sun Jun 27 2021 - 06:00
Rachael Blackmore: ‘Am I happy? It’s unbelievable. But I want more’The Grand-National-winning jockey on an incredible yearSat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
The story of Britney Spears is a classic fairy taleFrom childhood we are inured to fables about females having their powers taken awaySat Jun 26 2021 - 01:18
Eimear Ryan: ‘I thought that there was some trick to writing a novel’‘Writing is in your head. Camogie is spontaneous and physical,’ says debut author and GAA playerSat Jun 19 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Only privileged white men could have dreamed up AirbnbNo woman who walked home with keys in hand for protection would think of business modelSat Jun 19 2021 - 01:18
Chrissy Teigen’s online bullying has become somebody else’s business modelCan the social media star come back from her admission that she was a troll? Oh yesWed Jun 16 2021 - 06:00
Record number of teenagers seeking summer jobs 'plugging the gap' for employersThe pandemic is having an effect on seasonal work this year – the return of the teenagerSat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Public right to be cynical about Irish politicsParties’ practice of using fake pollsters goes against principle of secret ballotSat Jun 12 2021 - 01:00
Got the fear? Here’s how to re-enter the worldAs the country prepares to reopen, there are ways to ready yourself for a return to societySat Jun 05 2021 - 06:00
Ireland’s campervan boom: ‘Most people will spend €45k to €50k’Campervan sales are soaring thanks to lockdown savings and Instagram dreams of a beach lifestyleSat Jun 05 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Of course the Vatican welcomed Johnson homeCatholic wedding a reminder of how the elite still get to make their own rulesSat Jun 05 2021 - 01:18
Jennifer O’Connell: Margaret Atwood is not the biggest threat to your children’s wellbeingYes, schools should be a safe place, as the callers to Liveline insisted. But safe does not mean sanitisedSat May 29 2021 - 01:18
Where are 30-somethings supposed to live?Coalition policy seems blind to fact many now remain single well into their 30sSat May 22 2021 - 01:18
‘Act of insanity’ could have been prevented, says father of McGinley childrenAndrew McGinley says family ‘need to understand’ how tragedy occurredFri May 21 2021 - 05:51
Andrew McGinley: ‘What gets me out of bed is my love for them’Father of children who were killed vows to keep going so he can keep their memories aliveThu May 20 2021 - 21:22
Deirdre Morley came to believe her cherished children were ‘doomed’Nurse's mental health issues crystallised into something darker due to anxieties over motherhoodThu May 20 2021 - 16:30
Deirdre Morley trial hears of mental state deteriorating before murders‘No contest as to what the verdict should be’ in ‘sad and tragic case’, judge tells juryWed May 19 2021 - 20:40
Deirdre Morley ‘felt she had irreparably damaged’ her childrenThe court heard harrowing evidence of her state of mind before her children’s deathsWed May 19 2021 - 01:00
Mother accused of murdering three children was convinced she was ‘broken’, court hearsDeirdre Morley (44) has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanityWed May 19 2021 - 00:00
Life at 30: ‘You feel like you haven’t started your life yet’Today's young adults face high rents and stalled wages. Was it any easier in 2001, or even in 1981?Sat May 15 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Why don’t we want to talk about menopause?Liveline has put welcome focus on topic shrouded in taboo and HSE neglectSat May 15 2021 - 01:00
Pandemic burnout: Irritable, tired, overwhelmed? Here’s what to do about itThe past year has put increased demands on people trying to figure out a new way of workingSun May 09 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O'Connell: ‘Back to normal by August’? No thanksMuch of the old normal was broken, dysfunctional, inequitable or just not fit for purposeSat May 08 2021 - 01:18
How long will it take to renew my expired passport?The passport service was suspended when the country went into Level 5 lockdownSun May 02 2021 - 05:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Every woman has met a Charles Michel who looks the other wayAnkara incident shows women have a more insidious enemy than Erdogans and TrumpsSat May 01 2021 - 01:18
Jennifer O’Connell: Data privacy vs week on Greek beach?Vaccine passports tricky as State still uses paper, pens and Excel spreadsheetsSat Apr 24 2021 - 07:15