‘I will return to grumbling about empty cereal bowls and endless analysis of Love Island’

In Ireland it’s not six degrees of separation, it’s more like one. Or a half of one

Róisín Ingle: You are reminded of things Irish society ignored for decades until women like Mary Merritt spoke out

‘I will just keep on living and occasionally wondering. Grateful to be here. Conscious that it could be different’

If the Beckhams’ family row is not easing your January blues then try The Addams Family instead

Shortcuts are no harm occasionally. But when we shortcut everything, what do we lose?

Extreme weather more likely, Iran set to execute protestor and Pierce Brosnan plays a boxing coach

I am delighted to report that the new movie about my brilliant uncle Brendan and Prince Naseem – starring Pierce Brosnan as Brendan – is fantastic

I’ve since sworn off Nosecco and all the rest of the drinks pretending to be something I don’t want in my life any more

Róisín Ingle: In hunter gatherer times the family would starve if women let men lounge around the cave scratching their nether regions

I’ve always fantasised about being the kind of woman who is given or buys herself precious things. It’s just not me, though

Róisín Ingle: On a friendship blind date, we talked about going through our days with an awareness of our inevitable demise

Middle-aged women are killing it, sometimes literally, on the streamers

I became obsessed with a quote from Thomas Hardy - not due to my rereading the classics, but to seeking escape in Netflix

I view it as a wholesome relationship, rather than a problematic one. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?

It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us

I desperately needed some distraction, and found it in new music from Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Bressie

I often wonder what I’m missing out on and whether my life would be richer if I went back on the socials

It gave me clarity of mind, it gave me hope and strength, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving

I don’t like bucket lists, but whenever I kick the bucket or pass away or die, this memory, this moment, is coming with me