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For You
A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
When it comes to clutter are you more like Michael D Higgins or minimalist Marie Kondo?
Unthinkable: Preserving only that which is joyful is philosophically problematic
The best modern methods to heat your home this winter
From simple DIY upgrades to deep retrofits – take your home from brr to a high Ber
Winter winners: Dress for the elements in style with a luxurious overcoat
The cornerstone of a winter wardrobe and a multitasker, the coat is the great cover up that can enhance any outfit
If you find music on Spotify increasingly bland, it might be the ghosts
When so many of us are listening to music made to order by pseudonymous human musicians on an algorithmic production line, will we even notice when AI takes over?
Conor Pope: What if dry January turned into dry forever? Eight ways life has changed since I stopped drinking in 2022
I would not have considered myself a big drinker and, like so many Irish people, I was lying to myself
My ex has become the man I always wanted, but with someone else
Ask Roe: I feel completely worthless. I don’t know why he wasn’t able to do any of this for me
When the 46A ends in two weeks I will say goodbye to those first feelings of freedom and adulthood
A month after we thought we were saying farewell for good, the poor 46A is still traversing Dublin city, handbag in hand and mortified about all the fuss
Volume of banking fraud cases rises sharply, leaving Garda with backlog of thousands
New measures resulted in reports of proven and suspected frauds increasing exponentially
Liz Bonnin: ‘Moving to Ireland when I was nine was an absolute culture shock’
The TV presenter and biologist on the joys of her upbringing, the beauty of the Burren, and surviving the Irish weather
‘That would have never happened in Ireland,’ my boyfriend said after my trip to Australian A&E
When a doctor came out carrying the green whistle, only seen after the worst of rugby tackles, I knew it was bad
Winter wedge issue: On Oliver Callan, icy weather is one of Ireland’s ever-growing urban-rural divides
Radio: ‘I can tell you Dublin is getting off very lightly in the cold snap so far,’ Oliver Callan notes on Tuesday’s show, ‘much to our relief here’
Nineties hair is making a comeback. Here’s how to get a gravity-defying blowout at home
If big hair has a patron saint, it’s Sam McKnight – and he’s bringing the bouffant back
There’s a science to keeping resolutions – and it needn’t be a marathon effort
Common resolutions could be accomplished within a year, but research shows that by the second week of January, many have already faltered
Hot school meals scheme: ‘We are institutionalising consumption of ultra-processed food in our children’
Q&A with food analyst Ruth Hegarty: ‘There is a nutrition standard for hot school meals provided by the Government, but there is no oversight of this’
Better passwords, empty inbox and thinking before you share: How to put manners on your tech use
Digital clutter, excessive screen time and bad screen habits are all issues worth tackling this new year
Press Up’s Kaldero: A dining experience that feels more like being fed by an accountant than a chef
A calculated exercise in bean counting that amounts to culinary gaslighting
Depression came down on me like a terrible cloud. I thought it would never lift, but it did
Grief is always harsh and cruel for people left behind after a death. But there is nothing more terrible than losing a child or partner to suicide
‘We’re looking at the positives’: Snowed in without power, family of six embraces camping stove amid ‘tough’ tech-free days
Without electricity or heating for four days, the O’Dwyers in Co Limerick have taught their kids card games, Cluedo and charades
Disturbing your silence is my job but I want to make a little room for peace
We are surrounded by ways to pull us out of our inner life, to keep our thoughts shallow and feelings not fully explored
Young parents: ‘A lot of them would suffer social anxiety and isolation’
The Teen Parents Support Programme helps young people through pregnancy and with the practicalities of caring for their babies, often while continuing in education or finding suitable accommodation
A rent-free January – and other budget benefits set to kick in this month
Changes announced in Budget 2025 on taxes, housing costs, welfare and the minimum wage will take some edge off household bills
Dublin couple fear their home will fall into Camac river after wall collapses
River wall gives way, triggering failure of garden structure along with patio and wastewater pipes
‘I told him I can only work Irish school hours’: Fighting for work-life balance in Ireland’s tech sector
Frederic Meyer’s bosses in a US multinational could not let him set an example, so he left
There’s a clear difference between those who grew up taking photos of themselves and those of us who didn’t
Unlike the generation which has grown up with mobile phone cameras, when I am photographed I look awkward, wooden, smiling like someone who just wants this to stop now
Women don’t want a rest on Nollaig na mBan. We want decent childcare, equal pay and access to healthcare
Lack of affordable, accessible, quality childcare means women are often forced into part-time, more precarious work
‘Here I am, a grown adult, who struggles to keep my tears at bay’
Jen Hogan: No way to keep the tears in check but maybe I’ll outgrow it, yet
Luigi Mangione’s ‘manifesto’ isn’t that different to views you would hear in the pub
The most surprising thing about it was how conventional it was, yet most people are not committing acts of violence in the name of radical politics
Will water stop a hangover and, if not, what will?
What the Science Says: Part 1. The reality – and myths – of hangover cures
My friend sends me a dizzying list of pills for what she calls ‘biohacking perimenopause’
My generation prefers to trust the hive mind to the health system when it comes to caring for our bodies and minds. The results can be mixed
‘I spent €5,000 a year on cigarettes’: How one Dubliner kicked the habit
Robyn Sadlier found support of HSE Quit team’s cessation coach invaluable after 20 years of smoking
‘My friend was sleeping with another friend’s boyfriend and refuses to take responsibility’
‘She’s had a hard few years but it’s hard to sympathise when she complains about our friend group excluding her’
Rosanna Davison: I annoy myself with how organised I am. I wish I could be less efficient
The model, author and former Miss World on being a ‘guinea pig’ first-born and the challenges of getting her own young children out the door
Angelina Jolie: ‘It’s usually just me alone with my kids. I actually have quite a private life’
To play Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s new film, the star is drawing on her own experience of fame. But she’s far more ordinary than you might think, she says
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