Separated family Christmas: ‘Choosing between my mum or dad. It always felt like I was going to disappoint one’
Logistics dilemmas, stress and sparing people’s feelings: what it’s like to be a child of separated parents at Christmas
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A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
The perfect little Christmas Day playlist: Louise Duffy, Steve Wall, David Kitt reveal their festive favourites
Making a song list and checking it twice? Some well-known names from the music world on their perfect festive tunes
An Irish emigrant’s letter to Fairytale of New York
Dubai resident says Pogues song brings her feelings of hope and second chances
Marty Supreme review: Timothée Chalamet is bravely abrasive in Josh Safdie’s stunning film
Study of an insufferable table-tennis prodigy is an intelligent entertainment as generously stuffed as the greatest 19th-century novel
Elle Fanning: ‘Someone called their dad for the first time in years after Sentimental Value’
The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s acclaimed Sentimental Value, which is an awards-season favourite
Children with dyslexia ‘denied’ chance to learn Irish due to lack of support in schools
Wexford parent says there is a sense of the Irish language ‘not being all that important, so you can opt out’
In a post-truth world, the magic of Christmas is in a category of its own
There’s plenty of pressure, not only to believe in the magic, but to conform during the festive period, to have a holly jolly Christmas and not wreck the vibe
An Irish man in Paris: ‘When you live here it feels like no more your city: a mistress but never a partner’
Wild Geese: Patrick Scallon, Paris
‘My partner and I are in a sex lull. How do we get out of it?’
Ask Roe: ‘On holidays we have much more frequent sex, but never manage to take that renewal home with us’
Christmas howlers: Irish comedians share their funniest moments from Christmases past
From chaotic ferry crossings to ruined toys, some of Ireland’s funniest people share the Christmas moments that still make them howl
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley: ‘There was an undeniable energy and chemistry between us’
The stars of Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-tipped film, talk Shakespeare, acting and growing up in different Irelands
Is Strictly Come Dancing nearing its last waltz?
The clue is in the title: this BBC show moves people
Mark Moriarty’s Christmas menu plan: two simple dessert classics with wow factor
Delivering a festive wow factor doesn’t have to involve loads of fiddly effort
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
Last-minute beauty gifts that still deliver the ‘ooh’ factor
Simone Gannon’s expert picks for presents that feel personal, even when time is short
The only way I could afford to come back to Dublin is if the Irish Government hired me for a very specific role
The only way I could afford to come back to Dublin is if the Irish Government hired me for a very specific role
Letters home: ‘I could barely afford groceries in Ireland, never mind a mortgage’
Yasmin Rather in Melbourne: I’m learning so much. Nurses here have time to show me stuff, back home it was so busy
Life on a remote Danish island: It is the same as west Cork in many ways
I can’t get enough of the outdoors and the crisp cold Scandinavian air that sparkles its power into my lungs
Things larger family members and friends might want you to know this festive period
There’s a pretty strong chance they’re dreading feeling like the literal elephant in the room this Christmas
‘I love being home for Christmas – but my dad uses it as an excuse to drink excessively’
Tell Me About It: I’m bringing my partner home for the first time. He’s not Irish, and I’m worried he’ll judge my family
Letters home: ‘London can swallow you up. There’s a lot of madness’
Emily Bourke is doing her bit to promote the Irish language in a city that can ‘swallow you up’
We often say we could get knocked over by a car tomorrow, but never really expect it
Róisín Ingle: On a friendship blind date, we talked about going through our days with an awareness of our inevitable demise
Letters home for Christmas: ‘There’s more to your 20s than living in Ireland’
Dubai is amazing, but there’s something so special about Ireland, says Sinéad McCann
Dublin comedian Rachel Galvo on using her ‘extremely privileged’ upbringing for comedy
Dublin-born, London-based Rachel Galvo dreamed of starring in Les Mis, but then her career in comedy took off
It was like watching the housing crisis covered by a future Reeling in the Years
The problem with the Department of Housing video is not the video itself, but rather the fact that the department thought it a good idea
Sydney Sweeney looked unstoppable. But she leaves 2025 a divisive figure
Young, talented and good-looking? Then prepare for an online onslaught
Too rich for social housing, too poor to rent or buy. Who will help Ireland’s squeezed middle?
The challenge for the two big parties of Government is how to hold on to – or win back – this vital but disparate middle ground
It’s time to ban the toxic teen popularity counter
Now that the Australian social media ban is here, surveys that suggested 80% of parents supported it in theory are beginning to look wildly optimistic
Low sex drive, brain fog, exhaustion: Is testosterone the quick fix for women in midlife?
It is being widely touted anecdotally as a solution to everything, but experts are wary of prescribing as a quick fix
Beyond Skorts: How Ireland’s sportswomen kept clearing impossibly high bars in 2025
Away from the rí-rá of the skorts debate, Irish women offered a bounty of sporting firsts in 2026
Ireland’s biggest law firms: Staffed by women but run by men, with one exception
The gap remains largest at the top of firms, notably at equity partner level among the Big Six firms
The seldom-seen Dee Forbes continues to influence RTÉ
Tumbleweed on a John Wayne scale is set to fall over Montrose
My favourite beauty products in 2025, from big hair spray to a viral perfume
Hair, skin, make-up – these seven standout products earned permanent spots in my kit this year
How far property prices have risen in nine Dublin areas since the crash
Stark contrast between 2012/2013 sale prices and more recent sales, with some areas showing increases of more than 100 per cent
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