Middle-aged women are killing it, sometimes literally, on the streamers

I became obsessed with a quote from Thomas Hardy - not due to my rereading the classics, but to seeking escape in Netflix

I view it as a wholesome relationship, rather than a problematic one. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?

It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us

I desperately needed some distraction, and found it in new music from Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Bressie

I often wonder what I’m missing out on and whether my life would be richer if I went back on the socials

It gave me clarity of mind, it gave me hope and strength, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving

I don’t like bucket lists, but whenever I kick the bucket or pass away or die, this memory, this moment, is coming with me

One of the most precious gifts cancer has given me is a deep friendship with this extraordinary Irish man

It’s well known that I’ll do pretty much anything to avoid using my feet to get anywhere

Sometimes the most satisfying of happy endings can take decades to come to fruition

Paudie and murdered Faithful Christine grapple with newfound fame and life on the outside

Ireland is full? Yeah, full of great telly, wit, wolfhounds and fabulous use of Donegal tweed

Charlotte Leonard-Kane and Shane Palmer, the pair behind Greystones bakery Scéal, share skills in new cookbook

Music, comedy, podcasts and more from William Orbit, Mango, I Dreamed I Dream and Drinks Theatre

A colleague presented me with a tastefully arranged bouquet of compliments

The spirit of 88 lives on, the Hothouse Flowers blaring from a phone and a streaming platform my 17-year-old busking self would think was some kind of voodoo magic

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

When she says even with the roaring she stills wants to spend the day with me, I’m moved almost to tears and we hit the greenway

This letter seemed like a sign that things were back to normal and the statute of limitations on all that cancer sympathy had expired