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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

Because the phone is also an administration centre, my brain doesn’t know whether to release cortisol or dopamine when a message comes through

For Nollaig na mBan, we asked five women in high-pressure roles how they manage self-care all year around

Getting work done by unqualified practitioners can lead to ‘disfigurement or death’, warns doctor

A friend in her 30s tells me her contemporaries are living in fear of perimenopause, which wasn’t even a word until recently

Many employees say they have found a better work-life balance with remote and hybrid working

For deputies such as Ciarán Ahern and Naoise Ó Cearúil being at home is vital, but missing work is complicated

Instead of mounting an uprising, I’m going to list my Women’s Christmas resolutions here to make the rest of 2026 a little less chaotic

It feels like there is an amorality attached to losing weight via GLP-1. Sure, you’re getting thinner, but you didn’t work for it

An ongoing photography projects documents the reality of life in Ireland for many people forced to move back in with older family members

Santry-based Shane Farrell loves the convenience of the cargo bike

The artists, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians set to shake things up in the new year

For most people, reality is a constant battle, but our masters of the universe are seldom spotted entertaining everyday hassles

Housing crisis to drag on as building lags demand, Prof Ronan Lyons says, as estate agents seek €423,000 for average family home

Auto-enrolment is designed to provide better retirement income for around 760,000 workers who are not members of occupational schemes

I do not want to be the most optimised version of myself, with a pert Pilates bottom and the perfect slicked back bun. Instead, I want to be useful

Leave them alone: ‘vermin’ such as pigeons and seagulls and rats are just trying to survive in a world where humans are the invasive species

Cheapest nationwide average new tenancy rent for a one-bed apartment is higher than a first-time-buyer mortgage on a one-bed house

Conscious connected breathwork is a technique that can help release stress and deeply held emotions

From Brazilian chefs to Ukrainian bakers and Irish professionals who have worked abroad, the international influence on this year’s new spots is clear to see

Australia’s ban on social media for children under 16 is being closely watched around the world - and also by young people

Bangladesh is one of the biggest exporters of garments - Ireland’s shops are filled with products of its labour

Irish Times writers correctly foresaw rises in WFH, sea levels and right-wing politics by 2025 but they didn’t see e-scooters coming, and the home Olympics still haven’t happened

The weird billionaires behind artificial intelligence are desperately trying to shoehorn AI chatbots into every bit of technology you own

I didn’t write a book at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, but I allowed myself the space to think, make notes, write paragraphs, draw and colour

Future generations will be shaped by a vocabulary of learnings and vacation - and some notions that are resolutely Irish

Logistics dilemmas, stress and sparing people’s feelings: what it’s like to be a child of separated parents at Christmas

Making a song list and checking it twice? Some well-known names from the music world on their perfect festive tunes

Dubai resident says Pogues song brings her feelings of hope and second chances

Study of an insufferable table-tennis prodigy is an intelligent entertainment as generously stuffed as the greatest 19th-century novel

The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s acclaimed Sentimental Value, which is an awards-season favourite

Wexford parent says there is a sense of the Irish language ‘not being all that important, so you can opt out’

There’s plenty of pressure, not only to believe in the magic, but to conform during the festive period, to have a holly jolly Christmas and not wreck the vibe

Wild Geese: Patrick Scallon, Paris

Ask Roe: ‘On holidays we have much more frequent sex, but never manage to take that renewal home with us’

From chaotic ferry crossings to ruined toys, some of Ireland’s funniest people share the Christmas moments that still make them howl

The stars of Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-tipped film, talk Shakespeare, acting and growing up in different Irelands

The clue is in the title: this BBC show moves people

Delivering a festive wow factor doesn’t have to involve loads of fiddly effort

Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic