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For You
A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
What makes pink cowboy hats irresistible to an Irish audience? Blame Garth Brooks
From Metallica to Taylor Swift, country star has pushed unlikely merch into the mainstream
Mark Moriarty Studio review: I ate one of the best things I’ve had all year in this convivial spot
Mark Moriarty’s fine-dining restaurant in Wilton Park feels like a subterranean party zone of the best culinary kind
‘I want romance and a wedding, but I am always attracted to immature men’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have dated guys who have regular jobs and who turn up on time but they bore me’
I made a new friend – a rare enough thing when you’re over 35
It takes a particular kind of courage to be sincere with someone you don’t yet know and tell them you’d like to know them better.
My employer cuts maternity top-up payments by half after three months. Is the norm not six months of full pay?
My HR team is based in the UK. How best can I approach them about this?
Landlord? Self employed? Got deposits abroad? Tips to save money this tax year
All you need to know to make the most of changes
Class and schools ‘can bottleneck your potential’: Scholarship opened doors for Ringsend woman
Dublin Port bursary helped Amy Doyle, now doing a PhD at Imperial College London, to ease off working and focus on studies
More than 4,300 hours of work: Meet the Carrickmacross lacemakers behind Ireland’s most exquisite dress
At a time when machine-made lace is making a comeback, the painstaking handwork of a group of Co Monaghan lacemakers who brought this intricate gown to completion stands out
‘I was in extreme pain’: Women with endometriosis forced to travel abroad for treatment
HSE estimates one in seven women could be affected by the ‘difficult to diagnose’ and treat condition
DJ Kelly-Anne Byrne: ‘I’d love to retire to the south of France and open a wine bar’
Dubliner Byrne is a DJ, broadcaster and teacher
Two-thirds of workers fear their pension won’t be big enough to fund their retirement
Despite concerns, over six in 10 workers have never reviewed pension arrangements with an adviser
I moved in with my partner six months ago – was it a huge mistake?
Ask Roe: Our routines and expectations are so different; he says I’m constantly criticising him
‘It was a straight no’: Róisín McCormick on turning down scoliosis surgery to follow camogie dreams
Remarkable camogie achievements with club and county a source of inspiration for others with the condition
Seven of the best beauty Advent calendars of 2026, from €89 to €450
Simone Gannon selects Advent calendars worth unwrapping this festive season
It’s no wonder Irish people are approaching love like a mortgage application
A generation raised to believe marriage is a choice is now realising two incomes are the price of admission to a full adult life
Children can be taught about climate change without alarm or guilt
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Brilliant jobs to protect the planet can protect children from despair
Fuoco restaurant review: A Ranelagh spot with plenty of fun, even if the food doesn’t dazzle
An instant scene has developed in the latest Dublin 6 outpost in Jules Mak’s empire
‘It shouldn’t be like that’: Woman living near Border to give birth in Dublin so wife can be recognised as parent
Cat Brogan was initially receiving maternity care in Derry, a 15-minute drive from her Donegal home
‘I was made redundant after three months but someone else filled my role. What can I do?’
Work Q&A: I have a bad feeling about it all. I’m not looking for compensation, but is there anything I can do about this?
Don’t make an additional voluntary contribution to your pension – until you read this
Make sure it’s the right choice before you rush to meet the November 18th deadline
‘Simon Amstell was horrible to me on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. He was mean’
Nerina Pallot had to negotiate blokey media and music worlds early in her career. Now, with a lot more creative control, the singer-songwriter sets her own course
Catriona Lally: ‘I’m not great at arguing or fighting but that has its limits when defending my children’
The An Post Irish Book Awards nominee on how quitting running made her a writer, who she’d cast as the main character in her book Eggshells, and the dangers of scramblers
Two centuries of Dublin’s Coombe hospital: ‘I often think of the people who came into the world there’
The deaths of two pregnant women in a snowstorm 200 years ago gave birth to ‘the Coombe’, a maternity hospital deeply intertwined with the capital and its history
I didn’t get to see George Michael’s Faith tour. Can a new concert film make up for that?
George Michael: The Faith Tour underlines how watching live music performances at the cinema can be a strange, bittersweet experience
Irish comedian Catherine Bohart: ‘I’m surprised my following is bigger in the US and UK than it is here’
The Irish comedian, who is on her Borrowing Trouble tour, has been playing her biggest rooms, watching ‘smut’ and ‘winning the nerd Olympics’
Tech bros, expats, super rich climate refugees - the new buyers of Ireland’s priciest homes
Rarefied market includes jeans-wearing hipsters in their 20s and wealthy people in their 40s with family links to Ireland
Why are interest rates so high – and how exposed is Ireland?
The State’s relatively low debt has insulated it so far. But political turmoil abroad and a speculative AI boom could still hit the economy hard
I’m a scaredy cat who skips scary movies at Halloween. Life gives us enough jump scares
While the spooky season might lure the thrillseekers, I will bury myself in blankets and carve friendly faces on to pumpkins
Young Hot Guys: ‘It is literally my jealousy of their success and handsomeness that led to our formation’
Tony Cantwell, Shane Daniel Byrne and Killian Sundermann, the three comedians behind the hit podcast, on friendship, mental health and the manosphere
The soldier’s reply is more chilling than the image of scavenging dogs
NAZA documentary shows how modern warfare is pushing man’s inhumanity to man to terrifying new frontiers
Dublin pizza slice taste test: NY, Detroit, Italian-style... What tastes best?
South of the Liffey, the city centre is awash with pizza-by-the-slice joints, but are they all the same? And how much is too much to pay for a slice of pizza?
My legs are constantly dry and flaky. Here are the products that actually work
From the best shower oil for dry, irritated skin, to luxurious body serums, balms and exfoliating treatments
Breaking down the bill: where does the money you pay for electricity actually go?
Recent research confirms that less than half of customers’ bills reflect the cost of the actual electricity they use
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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