The prize for everyday sexism on the high street goes to hairdressing salons
Sarah Moss: The men I know have much more demanding haircuts than the one I want, so why am I being charged a fortune?
Weekend
Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
The Irish town that’s saying no to plastic sachets
Last November, Clonakilty in west Cork set itself the goal of phasing out single-use plastic sachets before the start of this year’s tourist season
Last of the Irish Lords: ‘There’s a love-hate relationship between Irish people and Anglo titles’
Some 92 hereditary peers’ seats will be abolished under legislation UK’s Labour government pledges to push through
First there was Ryanair: How the Ryan family came back from the brink and brought low-fare airlines to the world
Rising from the ashes of Tony Ryan’s Guinness Peat Aviation, Ryanair became the template the family rolled out in five other airlines on four continents
‘A haon, a dó, a trois’: How a tiny French village fell in love with Irish dancing
There’s a corner of Préty, in eastern rural France, that seems it will be forever Ireland as local residents gather every week for a jig or two
German elections: ‘A bad feeling is growing’ as country looks for bridge to better future
On Sunday, 59.2 million German voters go to the polls at a time of unprecedented domestic and international tensions
Michael Magee: What made me the writer I am today? Watching The Wizard of Oz at age four or five
‘Something shifted on that warm summer’s night in 1996, when the film ended and I found myself waking as if from a dream’
‘I was a Billie Barry kid. I’d like to be able to do the splits again’
Actor Aisling Breen was recently appointed storyteller in residence at Dublin City Libraries
There is a shock in store for Ireland once Donald Trump’s Maga men look closely
When Donald Trump’s Maga men look around the globe to uncover the most egregious trade sinner, they will surely see Ireland
Dr Lydia Foy: ‘I never got an apology actually. It would be nice to get one’
The trans activist who fought the State for years for the right to change her gender on her birth cert would prefer to ‘talk about me as a person rather than all the baloney with the courts’
‘This is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will happen’: Ireland’s falling child vaccine rates
While most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has consequences for us all, warn medical experts
Breakdancing in pictures: Competitors defy gravity in one-on-one battles at Dublin’s Button Factory
Dancers were competing in Dublin for a place at the Red Bull BC One World Finals in Tokyo this November
Bat conservation: Simple ways you can help these tiny mammals to thrive in your local area
This month is the perfect time to prepare for bats as they emerge from winter hibernation
Bird flu: Why are outbreaks happening and should I be worried?
There is concern for poultry flocks in border counties, including Cavan and Monaghan, where most of the Irish poultry sector is concentrated
Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I admire Paul Mescal greatly. I don’t know if I’d wear the GAA shorts as short as he does’
The Donegal singer and entertainer’s nationwide tour kicks off at Armagh City Hotel in May
‘I will lose 30% of the beers in my fridge, the same with wine and spirits’: traders voice fears over alcohol health-warning labels
Small batch and artisan wines, beers and spirits may disappear from shelves as producers baulk at labelling every single bottle
We should declare war on dereliction and a tax amnesty is our best weapon
Use the tax system to reward good behaviour and punish bad, and make it cheaper to build on derelict sites
Kidnapped by the IRA: ‘My abductors say they will not give the government the satisfaction of getting me back alive’
Dutch businessman Tiede Herrema was kidnapped by the IRA 50 years ago and his archive donated to University of Limerick in 2005
Competitive parenting in China: ‘School starts at 7.30am and I pick him up at 9.30 in the evening. We usually arrive home around 10pm. Then he studies again’
Fierce competition for places at top secondary schools drives some parents to push their youngsters to succeed, believing they owe it to their children to give them the best start in life
For girls of my generation, especially working class girls, lack of confidence was touted as a positive
Assembling Ailish is not my story, but it is the story a fictional contemporary who has lived in my times
Black band at bottom lip of shell gives game away for the brown-lipped snail
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
After Storm Éowyn, Ireland must do what Sweden did 20 years ago
Storm Gudrun shocked the Nordic country into building a new, climate-proofed power grid. Will Ireland follow suit?
Jewellery might not always leave us with a clear conscience but it’s fun, and pleasure is not trivial
Sparkle is not a necessity for survival but aesthetic delight is part of what makes us human
On Valentine’s Day, say it with flowers – just don’t buy the ones with a bad backstory
Giving flowers is a lovely gesture, but the backstory of some bouquets is just plain ugly
Irish star conductor David Brophy on his big new job in Germany: ‘You only become competent when you’re 60′
The Dubliner is thrilling critics at his new musical home in Cologne but he still finds time to worry about Ireland’s cultural capital
‘Everything was fields when we moved here’: Adamstown, a 20-year-old Dublin town
The planned town has a diverse population of more than 10,000, but desperately needs more facilities
‘One day I was playing tennis, the next I was having open-heart surgery’
My decades-long run of relative good health was over. In the playlist of my life, this was a needle-scratching-vinyl moment
Don’t panic, Ireland. Donald Trump will have no choice but to drop his silly tariffs idea
A tariff strategy works only if there are enough domestic goods to replace the tariffed imports
What is this mushroom seen in our local park?
Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on wasp-nest raiders, early-nesting goldfinches and curlew feeding habits
Saving Irish salmon needs more than a clever new technology from Norway
Ella McSweeney: A recent incident in Killary Harbour provides further evidence that the salmon farming system carries too much risk
How did a car that was too dangerous to drive pass the NCT?
That’s precisely the question the National Car Test faces after an unsafe vehicle was passed as fit for the road
Marty Morrissey: ‘I’m an only child of an only-child dad and an only-child mum. I’ve no aunts, uncles or first cousins’
The broadcaster, author and RTÉ GAA correspondent and commentator is clear about which actor should play him in a biopic
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