Answer not straightforward: Sociologists categorise religious faith as having three aspects – belief, behaviour and belonging

Europe cannot ethically base its economy on the availability of cheap migrant labour while demonising those who seek better lives

If Tusla were a parent in the community, it would be prosecuted by gardaí and pursued by social workers. But the real responsibility lies with successive governments

Both Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt believe that children are over-supervised in childhood. But they differ on phones

AI-generated memes were posted of her in her famous yellow Strictly Come Dancing costume, being dragged into hell by the devil

Justice system is expected to remedy everything from poverty to addiction. It was never designed to carry this load - and does not do it well

Air conditioning is a thorny issue but it can form part of a relatively low-carbon response to rising temperatures

Are we supposed to believe 60,000 abortions since 2018 have nothing to do with falling school enrolments?

Solitude vloggers destigmatise being friendless – but they also normalise an unhealthy kind of loneliness

A book coining the ugly phrase ‘suicidal empathy’ has been on the NYT bestseller list. At its heart is the idea that ‘misdirected’ empathy is destroying western civilisation

We talk a lot about the economic cost, but the human heartache caused by involuntary childlessness is incalculable

How Additional Assessment Components are working in classrooms and an increasing dependence on iPads and Chromebooks raise concerns

Games are designed to offer something to capture your attention every 40 seconds. No wonder it’s a battle

Abortion allows society to shrug its shoulders - towards the children of unplanned pregnancies but also to systemic pressures, from the housing crisis to the cost of living

His role is not to act as a counterweight to Donald Trump