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For You
A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
Little Trouble Girls: Lush, haunting story of a repressed teen’s sexual awakening
Named for a Sonic Youth song, Urska Djukic’s film captures the tension between virginal purity and messy adolescence
I am too negative about Ireland and too positive about Australia. I can’t please everyone
When you choose to move abroad, you accept the reality that life at home moves on without you
‘Throughout my life I’ve struggled to read social and romantic cues, particularly in relationships’
Tell Me About It: ‘I’m feeling overwhelmed by the state of my personal life’
Want to earn €14,000 a year tax free? House hacking offers first-time buyers that chance
With careful planning, tax-free income can help cut your mortgage bill or fund an otherwise unaffordable upgrade to your home
Lack of affordable childcare options considered significant barrier to work for parents
Flexible hours and remote option highly valued, notes survey by recruitment website Indeed
I have a superiority complex about being left-handed and have good reasons why
Being a lefty is not just a physical reality – it is a state of mind
Renovating your home? Five simple steps to keep your project on track
If you get the initial plan right, everything else becomes far easier to manage
Bangalore to Dublin: ‘I am grateful for the clean air, beautiful greenery, great people’
Keerthana Varma moved to Ireland from India in 2018
Dark reality behind Ireland’s bumper butterfly season
Butterfly sightings are up 83% this year, but that follows a steep decline as the habitats that are vital for Ireland’s insects are deteriorating or simply unavailable
‘They need three of everything’: parents of triplets struggle with back-to-school costs
No hand-me-downs between children of the same age leaves families stretched financially
Set your pulses racing: 15 ways to eat - and enjoy - these life-changing legumes
Peas, beans and lentils are nutritious and versatile while also being affordable and sustainable
What can I do about the lamp-post obstructing my driveway?
Who is responsible and how can I go about getting it moved?
Does washing clothes on cold work? What shifts wine stains? A dry cleaner’s guide to laundry
Does washing clothes on cold really work? What should you never tumble dry? And how do you shift stubborn wine stains?
‘The two creches can only hold so much’: The childcare scramble in Ireland’s growing towns
In Co Kildare, where the population has doubled and is predicted to double again, parents are pushing for more
‘I am a stay-at-home mother and completely addicted to my phone’
Ask the Expert: ‘Every bit of downtime I have now I find myself resorting to scrolling social media’
Average monthly rents now twice those of Celtic Tiger peak, data shows
First-time buyers in Dublin may now need six-figure salary to qualify for mortgages
Creches empty or converted to housing as developers seek to drop childcare facilities
Planning rules require developers to include a creche facility with 20 childcare placements for every 75 homes built in an estate
I am an emigrant who has recently returned to Ireland. This is why I’m glad to be back
If leaving is part of our national tradition, what brings us back? Family and cultural connectedness
‘I’m not cool. I’ve never been cool,’ Robbie Williams tells Croke Park on night of naked honesty
No dead air for two hours of hits and surprises as Williams asks the audience for adoration
‘It keeps you awake at night’: A year in the life of an Irish secondary school
Dublin principal Kevin Shortall is fiercely ambitious for his students, but his school faces considerable financial challenges
Electric Picnic 2025: Chappell Roan, Dara Ó Briain and other must-sees at this year’s festival
Music, comedy, podcasts and more from William Orbit, Mango, I Dreamed I Dream and Drinks Theatre
As dating apps lose their appeal, the race is on to create real-world experiences
Can VR and AI rekindle the world of tech-aided matchmaking or are we starting to see a return to the old days of face-to-face meet-ups?
Mothers really do have less free time than fathers – but I have stumbled on a loophole
Across the EU, the pattern holds: women’s leisure time is consistently squeezed by the small, invisible tasks of everyday life
The challenges of creating the new Irish dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’
Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October
A week with Kneecap: ‘Liam Óg doesn’t like much attention. This is quite a lot of heat for him’
Mo Chara has been back in court over a terror-related charge that Kneecap dismiss as political policing. It’s a pivotal week in the run-up to Electric Picnic
Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow?
Something has gone badly wrong when, according to UK law, the author is deemed a ‘supporter of terror’
Yellowface author RF Kuang: ‘I’m actually not happy with any of my earlier novels’
The author’s latest novel, Katabasis, began as ‘a kind of silly satire – a romp through hell as a commentary on academia’
Searing summer may be telling us the race to halt global warming is lost
As summer prepares to depart this island, it is tempting to hope for more next year - but other Europeans are planning for worse extremes
Three unique new spa treatments to try in Ireland, with prices starting from €145
From Castlemartyr Resort to Ballyfin Demesne, these new treatments are worth knowing about
‘As a group of black kids, it was odd walking the streets of Tralee. We got a lot of looks’
Poet and spoken-word artist Dagogo Hart has written a new children’s book about his experience of moving from Nigeria to Ireland
My grandad’s hobbies are listening to the Dubliners and complaining about still being alive
Grandad would tell me to come home soon because he didn’t ‘have long left’. It worked. I went home to Sydney every year
‘I was commuting from Meath for three hours a day, so I know that it can be hard’
Health students are getting involved in programmes which help their work life balance
Ikea’s tantalising promise is that we are all just one good shoe rack away from nirvana
Might I buy a napkin holder to add to the three I already have but don’t use at home? That is my prerogative
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