Simone Gannon: Haircare products I always buy again, from dry shampoo to the perfect brush
Next up in my series on the not-so-trendy, not-so-new beauty products I repurchase year after year is haircare
For You
A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ‘I worried whether I had the objectivity to be Minister for Health’
Eleven years after her son’s neonatal brain injury at birth, the Minister has met many women going through similar trauma
Kyla Cobbler: ‘With coercive control, I didn’t understand what was happening’
The Cork-born comedian on abuse, ambition, motherhood and right-wing undercurrents in Ireland
Séamas O’Reilly: It was probably people like my father who led to robots having jobs
My father had an iron will and refused to be fobbed off. In his honour, I too refuse to yield to the automated voices
Should you keep your bath even if you don’t use it?
Many people think a family home should have a bath, even if the family living there doesn’t use it
Teenagers appear in court without legal representation due to solicitors strike
Appearance of children in court without legal representation ‘deeply concerning’, says Children’s rights advocates
9/11 was the last day of my New York summer. It will never leave me
After turning on CNN, we watched in horror as the second plane hit the South Tower
Continuity Top Gear: Three men cosplay as an early 2000s trio who recall rationing, old money and petrol’s purpose
If The Grand Tour’s new series is masculinity in quiet decline, then The Mandalorian and Grogu is a social services red flag
Ireland’s new savings scheme: How will it work, and will it make us wealthier?
Irish people’s natural caution means we may not make the most of new personal investment accounts
‘Lymphatic workouts’ and the latest social media wellness hype
Experts say there is little evidence to suggest specific exercise routines reduce lymphatic bloating or swelling
Irish teenagers getting weaker at maths and reading, new international research shows
OECD says ‘increased digitalisation’ and ‘falling rates of reading for enjoyment have coincided with weaker literacy outcomes’
‘He isn’t lazy. He isn’t badly behaved. He is frightened’: The children struggling to attend school
Children are experiencing anxiety, vomiting and frightening behaviours
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: ‘Dad is at my brother’s grave most days and keeps the candle on it lit’
I’m grateful social media didn’t exist in my early career – I don’t know if I would have had the fortitude to deal with the criticism
My partner wants to buy a house but I’m scared of living out his dream, not my own
Ask Roe: I have always been a bit lost career-wise and regret not living abroad when my friends did
‘All I could think about was getting cocaine’: Mothers share their stories of addiction
A growing number of women are in treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, but many mothers delay seeking help because they fear their children will be taken into care
The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I was in therapy, saying all the right things but drinking at weekends’
The singer opens up about drink, grief and a new album that even he is a little mystified by
I’m not really a ‘dog person’, but was I a ‘cat person’ either? I was about to find out
A week cat-sitting in my friend’s architecturally stunning house with poured concrete floors and a view of Dalkey Island was difficult to resist
Five Wicklow women living in a Westlife world of their own: ‘It’s a coming of age thing’
Five Wicklow women in their 30s are seeing Westlife together for the umpteenth time this month. They talk about friendship, fandom and how life has changed in the past 25 years
Meet the Limerick woman who won Edinburgh comedy newcomer: ‘Irish people are the funniest people in the world’
The ‘chill’ Limerick comedian last got irked when a male MC labelled her adorable
Homebirth options in underserved west of country could be created under proposals
Future model could see mandate for hospitals to have internal service with rotating community midwives
Irish women’s birth stories: ‘Women are so vulnerable when they’re pregnant’
A 10-year strategy aimed at improving maternity experiences in the State is ending. Has it worked? Women who have given birth and those behind the initiative share their views
Six new beauty tech devices, from an AI hair straightener to an LED mask
From hair tools to scalp tech and teeth whitening, at-home devices are becoming smarter and more user-friendly
See you in Doonbeg? I’ll be there with my placard to welcome Trump
Trump-welcomers have been direly warning that protests will damage Ireland Inc or, at least, Doonbeg Inc. Nonsense
Mik Pyro and Republic of Loose will go down in history as Irish musical legends
Twenty years after witnessing the band’s now legendary set on the main stage at Oxegen in the pouring rain, I made it my business to go to Electric Picnic to see Pyro play once more
My kids had little hope of recognising the figures at the Wax Museum. We struggled ourselves
Back in Dublin with my Londoner children, I tried out my old tour guide routine in the one place they begged us to visit
Affordable wines: Two French reds now on sale at a big discount
Wines for the Weekend: The SuperValu French wine sale offers very good value on a range of both whites and reds
Loneliness in early motherhood: ‘I can’t keep calling my mum up here every day’
Irish Times readers on their experience of loneliness – and of finding community – in their first months as a mum
‘It’s like going for a coffee with a friend’: Finding mental health solace in a cafe
Solace cafes aim to provide an alternative to traditional psychiatric emergency care
Patrick Freyne: At least Khloé Kardashian is looking after her poor rich friends
None of these people is remotely frightened at the thought of flaunting their grotesquely boring wealth before a troubled, impoverished nation
Burnout and longer working lives leading to career changes at later stage, says recruitment firm
Work Q&A: Recruitment firm says there is a “growing trend” of professionals aged 30 and over seeking new career paths
‘It is your round’: 20 embarrassing money conversations with pals – and how to deal with them
Financial realities and friendships together are often a minefield, so being smart and thinking ahead are key
Phibsborough Edwardian with eye-catching extension for €895,000
Upgraded Shandon Park three-bed with easy access to the city and green spaces
‘I realised I wasn’t this strange person people didn’t like. I just hadn’t found my people’
Students describe feeling lonely in groups and struggling to make deeper connections all while feeling under pressure to be living socially active lives
‘I don’t have a wall around me, I have an electric fence’
Feelings of isolation can emerge for parents as children grow up, become more independent and begin to leave home
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