Róisín Ingle: I’ve had to rethink my long-held antipathy to self-service checkouts
My neighbour at the next machine was visibly agitated because my frozen pizzas were spilling on to his purple sprouting broccoli
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A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
Is it true that women need more sleep each night than men?
Research suggests that women experience lower-quality sleep, on average, than men do
Oscars 2025 red carpet: Ariana Grande sets the standard while Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow
Gowns holding space were popular this year, with Ariana Grande setting the standard in Schiaparelli. Among men, Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow
‘If my smears had been read correctly, I would not have developed cervical cancer’
Ireland has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in Europe but screening and early intervention are helping more women survive the disease
Driving my Tesla in Ireland sometimes feels like wearing a red Maga hat
Musk-shame made me pause the day I completed my Tesla purchase. But any negativity I’ve felt since then is not based on genuine reaction to my car - it has more to do with my skewed social media bubble
English was never pure or logical. Policing how other people speak is pointless and unattractive
If you resonate with these words, especially if you literally resonate with them, please don’t tell me
Polish anti-abortion activist ordered to apologise for calling former taoiseach Leo Varadkar a ‘deviant’
Kaja Godek said homosexuality was a 'deviation' on a Polish talkshow in 2018
Oscars 2025: Full list of winners as wild screwball comedy Anora takes five Academy Awards
Mikey Madison beats Demi Moore for best actress prize as Adrien Brody is best actor, and Kieran Culkin and Zoë Saldaña get best supporting actor Oscars
Get a dose of dosa: South Indian cuisine is having an Irish moment
With a rapidly growing Indian population in the Republic, new dishes and flavours are springing up to give them a taste of home
How ‘non-player character’ became a potent insult for the digital age
Desire to see oneself as authentic, self-guided free-thinker, hemmed in on all sides by herds of conformist sheep is fundamentally adolescent
Eimear Quinn: I suffer from that default of well-bred Catholic school girls, where we’re people pleasers
The Irish singer on being a model child, losing herself in the wildness of Ireland and having no regrets about not becoming a pop star
Róisín Ingle puts a Thermomix to the test: ‘I am a convert but there’s one enormous catch’
Looking for a solution to the perennial ‘what’s for dinner’ question? The world’s most powerful blender - albeit for a high price - will have the answer
My friend of 14 years has retreated from my life – should I keep chasing them?
Ask Roe: You’re obsessing over the ‘why’ of this situation ... But here’s the truth – your obsession with the why is an avoidance of what is
‘He destroyed our world.’ Danielle McLaughlin’s family on the murder of a ‘brilliant big sister’
Vikat Bhagat has been jailed for brutally killing the Donegal woman in India but her family want an inquest in Ireland
Life without children: ‘I’d want the investment my mother had, but I don’t have it in me. I don’t have the grá for it’
Women who choose not to have children still find themselves existing in a society that undermines them - but the tide is turning
Oscars 2025: Who will win and who should win? Ireland has just one chance
Will Anora nab the Academy Award for best picture? Can Demi Moore edge out Mikey Madison for best actress? And how many awards might the troubled Emilia Pérez pick up?
The rise of the wedding content creator: ‘I didn’t want to spend so much money on a two-hour video that I’m never going to watch’
If your wedding isn’t captured on an Instagram reel, did it really happen? Couples are opting to have their big day immortalised on social media
Elon Musk’s brutal rampage through the US government should be a warning to our politicians
A State that wastes the guts of €7m on an unusable computer system is rubbing salt in the wounds of citizens who have delayed starting families because of the housing crisis
ADHD gender gap: ‘Girls are constantly falling under the radar’
It is a new world for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, with increasing awareness of the condition, but also a lot of online misinformation
I’m not ready to let Bridget Jones go just yet. She has been a constant comfort to me and so many women I know
Watching the fourth instalment of the series required meticulous preparation - and the film didn’t disappoint
Eating disorders: ‘I wouldn’t speak to my worst enemy the way I talked to myself’
Bulimia, anorexia and other such disorders affect almost 190,000 people in Ireland, but help is available
If everyone had ADHD, my life would improve tenfold. I would live in a world built for me
Instead, life feels about as comfortable as wearing a pair of scratchy, sucky-in knickers after a 12-hour wedding
A revolutionary new dry shampoo is here. But at what cost?
Innovation meets a big price point in this new launch from K18 Hair
Timothée Chalamet’s overt pursuit of greatness is a refreshing break from faux ‘who me?’ humility
Chalamet’s speech is a tonic to the jaded insouciance, the fear of being seen as a ‘try hard’, that has taken over
Holiday without the guilt? Kerry hotel plans to offset customers' travel carbon footprint
Ballygarry Hotel in Kerry reckons it can wipe out your holiday emissions and it could be a template for a model future of tourism
Caribou restaurant review: A hip Dublin bar where the best thing on the menu isn’t even the roast
In a city where good roasts are hard to find, this Dublin 2 bar is worth a walk-in
On Prime, Jack Reacher is still wandering from town to town, much like the 2FM Roadcaster
Reacher’s inevitable fisticuffs are an adorable masculine power fantasy, there to soothe struggling menfolk in the audience
Landlords with 100-plus tenancies in Dublin now have 26% of rental market
Number of institutional landlords in capital has grown, with average rent for new tenancies at €2,226
‘We grew up Irish Catholic’: How Nicola Coughlan got raunchy Bridgerton scenes cut
From Bridgerton to The Sopranos, some actors have insisted on moments being axed – although they do not always get their way
‘I’m 50 this year and feel a bit like a teenager with my problem. My best friend has fallen in love’
Tell Me About It: 'It’s like my whole life and future has been torn away. I really did not know how lonely life can be without her'
America is suffering from an epidemic of mass cowardice
The US is not yet a fascist society, but acting as if it is risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
Róisín Ingle: Lessons not learned as men – it’s always men – go to war
After wandering through the War and the Mind exhibition, we emerge blinking into the London sunshine pondering the fragility of everything
What Ireland could learn from Canada about how to enhance its cities
Dublin still has no replacement for the demolished Tivoli Theatre. Vancouver can show it a way forward
Is it better to get paid weekly or monthly?
You may have to work four extra days for the same monthly pay cheque depending on the day the month starts on or payday falls
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