Those of us who have been sexually assaulted understand what you have been through

The Outlander star on learning fast, acting tough and growing up in Monaghan

‘When three generations of my family were together, I realised how we recalibrate each other’

‘I did not have to worry about impressing Jack with a gift this year and will never have to again’

Suzanna Crampton’s storytelling flair has made stars of her charismatic animals

Gifted surgeon was one of the finest medical intellects on this island

Pat Hume played a key role for the people of Derry in her 60-year partnership with her late husband

While a growing number of schools offer a choice of trousers, the majority of girls in secondary schools are stuck with the traditional skirt

Kingston worked hard to make the department a more inclusive, better place to work

Sound Off: Bookselling Ireland chair on importance of bookshops, both big and small

The ‘debate’ is redundant, because you cannot deny that trans people exist

New to the Parish: Shubhangi Karmakar arrived from India via the UK in 2015

‘Solomon Gundi’ thought he was on to a good thing when he emailed a 22-year-old Limerick student

My grandmother Maggie Mongan beat the odds, dying a year ago this week aged 89

Born: January 4th, 1986. Died: July 23rd, 2019

TV’s favourite spanner-man is just the soothing balm we need right now

We propose sites for new street names, sculptures for International Women’s Day

Royalty-love has flourished to the extent that criticism of the Windsors is now impossible

There’s no right way to cry on the phone when you have to make ‘the call’ to the vet

On International Safe Abortion Day pro-choice campaigner Tara Flynn explores what it means to be pro choice

The 21-year-old became first competitor with Down syndrome to complete an Ironman triathlon

Sudden Wild Enthusiasms: ‘After hours of soul-searching, the only thing I truly yearned for was hair extensions’

Miss Roddy’s results came back positive. She was isolated, but the virus didn’t take her

Jennifer O’Connell: There are now two Irelands, co-existing within a few feet of each other

Paul, who died aged 57, treated patients from his surgery in Rathfarnham for more than 20 years

St Patty’s Day is cultural appropriation on a grand scale. We love it, America: work away

Actor and singer talks to the Róisín Meets podcast about new music and directing her first film

We invite a range of people to write the Pope an open letter in advance of his Irish visit

The academic and broadcaster recounts her experience of harassment by a colleague

An explorer who travelled across continents by bicycle who always came home to Waterford

It’s heartbreaking to see cycling – the best way to get around Dublin – under serious threat

Her work showed a consistent interest in issues of sexuality, family life and social change

Limerick woman who brought cervical screening scandal to light speaks to the Róisín Meets podcast

I was granted that almost mythical HSE funding but I had a number of things in my favour

Yes campaigners helped politicians ‘put their heads above the parapet’, says Minister

The former RTÉ newsreader on her popularity, perks of retirement and not enjoying lockdown life

Dublin club teams up with human-rights group to call for an end to direct provision

As women shared stories of rape and assault, they were met with #notallmen

Sign of the Times: Survey suggests fear of change as 47% say we are ‘losing Irishness’

While Mykonos has leaned into its reputation as a party island, Syros is more chicly niche

Hilary Fannin: I found myself in a fairy tale setting of a small house in the woods

My lockdown project has been to catalogue my experiences of excruciating embarrassment

Opinion: A former master of the Coombe Hospital considers the complex decisions relating to abortion

‘I did not have to worry about impressing Jack with a gift this year and will never have to again’

Logic is the order of the day when tackling the worst conditions on the road

It’s Brigid’s day. We found a diary which reveals her innermost thoughts on everything from virgins to Shepherd’s Pie to alcohol

Reluctant teen idols in the 1980s, the Norwegian trio have came to terms with their pop past

Jennifer O’Connell: I haven’t banned the internet. I just don’t want it in my kids' pockets

Newfoundlanders are warm and funny, proud of their homeland and fond of a sing-song. Little wonder, then, that almost a quarter of them claims Irish ancestry

Jennifer O’Connell: Yes, I am a mother who works, but is there any other kind?

‘Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my first cup.’ Don’t talk to me, ever

Leaders are convening at Cop26 to debate whether or not economics is more important than our living world

Since 2012 Leon McCarron has travelled 10,000km on foot, all over the world

The true measure of who we are is the care we take of each other

Ann Lovett died in 1984 after giving birth at a grotto in Granard, Co Longford – a tragedy that continues to resonate. Here, Ann’s former boyfriend Ricky McDonnell speaks publicly for the first time

The crisis has us asking deep questions. Why weren't we taking care of each other? Who are my neighbours?

Sports journalist Ken Early and musician James Vincent McMorrow in conversation

Jennifer O’Connell: Irish people may be kind but the systems that govern us are not

Sudden Wild Enthusiasms: Cloud 10 Beauty

Thanks to The Queen’s Gambit and talented Irish players, chess is growing in popularity here

If he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herd

2020 in review: Megxit, Weinstein, missing paddleboarders, Black Lives Matter: it wasn’t all Covid-19

I don’t miss the long commutes, poor work-life balance or feeling of always being in a rush

We propose sites for new street names, sculptures for International Women’s Day

New to the Parish: Burma/Myanmar-born Supyae Yadanar arrived here in 2018

Úna-Minh Kavanagh started a hashtag to celebrate diversity. Then the trolling started

Colm Smyth was shot four times in the ‘World Cup massacre’ in a Co Down pub 25 years ago

People began to notice the old man with the neat white hair, paint-spattered cuffs and the cotton bag that held his sketchbook

Noli Alngohuro arrived from the Philippines in 2000

New to the Parish: Dr Mohsin Kamal arrived from Pakistan in 2015

Thank you Ryan Tubridy for inviting our disabled children, but the lights and noise were too much

The powerful sexual predator took many secrets with him, including one prized cello

We need to change how we speak about sexual violence, writes Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill

US sex-party firm has no plans to stop, even though sex a surefire way to catch virus

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