Jennifer O’Connell: Rebranding housing insecurity as a lifestyle choice is nonsenseAirbnb’s latest intervention fails to take account of reality facing many young peopleSat Nov 20 2021 - 01:00
Jennifer O'Connell: We've had enough of being micro-managed by NphetPublic would respond better to clear rules than to clamour of discordant messagingSat Nov 13 2021 - 01:00
‘The campervan broke my heart.’ Lockdown purchases we wish we’d never madeA hidden pandemic of buyer’s remorse is sweeping through Irish homesWed Nov 10 2021 - 06:00
About Adam: The virtual hug that went around the worldAfter capturing the hearts of the nation, Adam is now the inspiration for a new bookSat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: If this is the future of work, you might just want to quit nowSetting safety and privacy boundaries should not be up to Mark ZuckerbergSat Nov 06 2021 - 01:00
Jennifer O’Connell: We are world experts at anomalies, fudges and blind eyesRule number one: don’t talk about the anomalies or you might have to address themSat Oct 23 2021 - 01:00
FaceyMcBookFace: Can Facebook’s new name save the social media company?Facebook knows it has an image problem. So it’s becoming a ‘metaverse’ company. A what?Fri Oct 22 2021 - 12:24
What is Facebook’s metaverse, the new reality that needs 10,000 people to build it?‘The next best thing to teleportation’ will create 10,000 new jobs in EU over five yearsMon Oct 18 2021 - 13:03
Donegal’s mica crisis: ‘It’s not who has mica. It’s who doesn’t’Who is responsible for Donegal’s crumbling homes? Nobody is putting their hands upSat Oct 16 2021 - 06:00
What does Nphet know about antigen testing that the rest of the world doesn’t?Many disagree with Nphet, among whom are the WHO and European CommissionSat Oct 16 2021 - 01:00
Dr Chris Luke on the online storm that changed him: ‘You become half the man you were’In 2011, his clumsy warning on radio about the trolley crisis drew a devastating backlashSat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer O’Connell: Ryan’s utopian vision carries assumption everyone lives just like himMinister for Transport would not get far using only sustainable transportSat Oct 09 2021 - 01:00
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
Supply-chain shock: ‘Do your Christmas shopping early’Irish retailers say they are struggling to secure stock ahead of the busiest seasonSat 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
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
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
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
