Louis Theroux’s exploration into the manosphere chills the blood
The ones who should worry us are the boys who have been sold the idea of a matrix – a conspiracy designed to make men fail
A question some politicians would do well to ponder: where is your shame?
Without shame, everything is possible, and for Donald Trump, the most shameless man in the world, nothing is beyond the bounds of decency
Forget pinkwashing on International Women’s Day – this is what Irish women need
Places such as maternity hospitals and the family law courts, where women are most likely to need physical privacy and comfort, are the least likely to provide them
Boys should be told about the heroes and villains in Gisèle Pelicot’s story
Far from drowning in hatred, victimhood and despair, she has retained her faith in humanity and found new love
Double standards in evidence over the Seamus Culleton case are hard to take
We demand special treatment for our own while enacting laws that are all about ejecting immigrants with greater speed
White House shamrock ceremony now worth about as much as a Melania meme coin
A level of diplomatic engagement can surely be maintained without the studied humiliation of presenting our national emblem to an autocrat
Sinn Féin is deliberately being obtuse about EU plan to help Ukraine
It’s not a simple question of spending money on services here or bolstering Ukraine’s defence
Investors are stockpiling gold. I’m stocking up on Aldi torches
That DoD leaflet soon to pop into your postbox is about preparing for extreme weather emergencies. Maybe we need to be be thinking more broadly - invasion, war, climate disaster, nuclear fall-out, AI
Irish people are wrong about immigration, but are we ready for our own Trump?
Real question why Irish and Irish-American Trump supporters haven’t already died of embarrassment
The misogynistic abuse of dying Renee Good is all too familiar
What most women will hear in the expletive and its tone is the cold rage of a disrespected man
Rampant cocaine use by normally decent people in Ireland is Trump-level hypocrisy
Cocaine is so readily available you can order a ‘bump’ from a handy menu over WhatsApp. But hypocrisy is as rampant as the drug
Leo Varadkar’s admission about empathy was a brave one
There is nothing mystical about empathy. Anyone – apart from sociopaths possibly – can learn it, because it’s a life skill that comes with practice
Whatever happened to joy to the world? You have to look hard
We can see with our own eyes how unmitigated ignorance, hatred and dehumanisation can turn a democratic country into a polarised hellscape in just a few years
Phones are here to stay – but so are cars, and we don’t let 11-year-olds drive
We may be overprotecting our children in the real world while leaving them exposed to online threats
We already had a perfectly good term for ‘rage bait’ – it’s hate speech
Look at the tech bros lined up at Donald Trump’s inauguration: their cumulative wealth has increased from $40 billion to $1 trillion in 13 years