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A selection of the best human interest reporting, interviews, opinion and lifestyle features.

The Playbook by James Shapiro: Gripping account of theatre as cultural agent of New Deal

Federal Theatre Project in the late 1930s fused entertainment and news in productions seen by a quarter of the US population

By Declan HughesFri Jun 14 2024 - 05:00

China vows ‘all necessary measures’ over EU move to impose additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Beijing accuses bloc of ‘weaponising’ trade issues

By Denis StauntonThu Jun 13 2024 - 06:00

Catholic church cancels ‘incompatible’ concert by Dublin gay men’s choir

Clerical official wrote to choir to say event was ‘not compatible with our mission as a Roman Catholic parish church’

By Colin GleesonThu Jun 13 2024 - 06:00

World may have no more than six years to act on climate change, says Mary Robinson

Former president Mary Robinson warns of climate change ‘tipping point’ that will make world unlivable for future generations

By Marie O'HalloranWed Jun 12 2024 - 21:51

Your work questions answered: Does a special arrangement for a colleague’s maternity leave set a legal precedent for me?

Employers offering top-up maternity payments normally require employees sign an agreement to return to work for a specified period

By Jack WhiteWed Jun 12 2024 - 08:43

Should Simon Harris call an early election? Gerard Howlin and Justine McCarthy debate

All attention is on when a general election should be called. Waiting until next spring carries risks – but so does an autumn election

By Gerard Howlin and Justine McCarthyWed Jun 12 2024 - 06:00

‘This is horrendous - it’s no way to treat a child’: Parents’ anger over lack of school places in Taoiseach’s home town

All three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribed

By Carl O'BrienWed Jun 12 2024 - 05:00

Sinéad Hussey: ‘We treat miscarriages as a blip or something that’s easily forgotten’

Parenting in My Shoes: RTÉ journalist says she will always remember the babies that didn’t make it because remembering them keeps them close

By Jen HoganTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:01

Sinn Féin was the shock absorber of Irish politics. It’s worn out

Local and European elections: Don’t be fooled by the Coalition parties’ electoral success. The right is rising

By Fintan O'TooleMon Jun 10 2024 - 14:27

My husband has found a new life direction – and I feel left behind

Ask Roe: I feel isolated in our relationship and I want to be able to communicate my feelings with my husband without fear of an argument. How to proceed?

By Roe McDermottMon Jun 10 2024 - 12:13

‘You’re not Irish. You’re not one of us’: Northern students on a year in the South

In the Republic, some students have encountered ignorance, distorted views and even hostility

By Emma Hanrahan and Hugh DooleyMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:00

If you could meet your dead parent again through virtual reality would you?

Unthinkable: Technology is throwing up new moral dilemmas - “screen studies” may help us to answer them

By Joe HumphreysMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:00

American XL bullies are different to pit bulls in one respect – they’re a product of social media

There is a brisk online business in breeding dogs that are best understood as snarling 65kg status symbols

By Jennifer O'ConnellSun Jun 09 2024 - 07:00

Palestinian mothers holding their dead babies’ bodies can’t look away. Neither should we

The intensity and persistence of images I am currently seeing from Gaza surpasses anything I have ever witnessed

By Razan IbraheemSun Jun 09 2024 - 06:45

How to have a more eco-friendly barbecue

Let the garden grow wild, avoid balloons and forgo the red meat

By Joanne HuntSun Jun 09 2024 - 06:00

Fifteen great audiobooks for your summer holidays and beyond

From Ann Patchett read by Meryl Streep to Anne Enright read by the author, there are plenty of books to curl up with this summer

By Darragh GeraghtySun Jun 09 2024 - 05:15

An Irish designer in America: ‘Don’t overthink it ... if it makes you happy, then just do it’

A move to the US saw Phoebe Edmondson make the leap from pharma to interior design. Now she’s renovating a home in the Boston suburbs

By Alison HealySun Jun 09 2024 - 05:00

The story of Ireland’s first witch and the taboo of a woman’s rage

Molly Aitken’s Bright I Burn tells the story of the fierce and ambitious Alice Kyteler, and how ‘creative writing is a way of revoicing the past’

By Niamh DonnellySun Jun 09 2024 - 05:00

How to bake the perfect lemon drizzle cake with help from Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, Nigel Slater and more

Beth O’Brien tests recipes from Nigella Lawson, Nigel Slater, Jamie Oliver, Felicity Cloake and Dan Lepard to find out the best way to make the classic lemon drizzle cake

By Beth O'BrienSun Jun 09 2024 - 05:00

The ‘Splinternet’ Election: Campaign was fractured, aggressive, costly and humourless

Politics has always been a performance, but performative violence - abuse as content creation - is something new, at least at the scale that the anecdotal data suggests. We are now in a dangerous era of hybrid online-offline political violence

By Liz CarolanSat Jun 08 2024 - 07:15

Requiem for a middleweight: the life and death of Darren Sutherland

He was an Olympic medallist, but that was only one side of Sutherland. Fifteen years after his death, his family continues to remember him as the ‘amazing man’ he was outside the ring

By Paul HowardSat Jun 08 2024 - 06:00

Human rights court hears case of 15-year-old Afghan boy ‘forced’ on to raft and left to ‘drift at sea’

Tightening border controls under EU migration pact paves the way for further “border violence”, says Dr Niamh Keady-Tabbal

By Sorcha PollakFri Jun 07 2024 - 12:39

Nicola Coughlan: I’m hyper aware of what’s going on in Gaza... if I get a few mean Instagram comments, I’ll live

Luke Newton, who plays Coughlan’s on-screen love interest, also attends screening at Lighthouse Cinema

By Ellen O’DonoghueFri Jun 07 2024 - 06:44

A pollster broke down in tears on Indian TV - pollsters everywhere know how he feels

Opinion polling is not dark force. But as it becomes more complex, its impacts needs to be examined

By Justine McCarthyFri Jun 07 2024 - 06:15

I love Nicola Coughlan. She might just be my Princess Diana

The work she’s doing may seem superficial but it is incredibly, incredibly important

By Emer McLysaghtFri Jun 07 2024 - 06:00

Multitasking beauty products to have on hand

Try these no-fuss reliable skincare and make-up products to achieve more with less

By Simone GannonFri Jun 07 2024 - 05:00

Claire Byrne and Mary Lou McDonald come unexpectedly close to a shouting match

Radio review: The reliably poised RTÉ Radio One presenter gets into tetchy exchange with Sinn Féin leader. On Today FM, Matt Cooper swaps ballot-box coverage for indignation

By Mick HeaneyFri Jun 07 2024 - 05:00

How to know when it’s summer in Ireland: The signs are subtle so pay close attention

Brianna Parkins: You have to pay close attention to nature: young women shivering in dresses, people milling awkwardly outside pubs, lads with their tops off

By Brianna ParkinsFri Jun 07 2024 - 05:00

Voting in the Local and European elections: Where to vote, who is on the ballot paper, and other tips

What we’re voting for on June 7th, how to do it and what happens when a TD becomes an MEP

By Jennifer BrayThu Jun 06 2024 - 17:00

No child should come away from school sports day feeling worse about themselves

Jen Hogan: School is for all children, and sports day must be too – an occasion that can be enjoyed by all

By Jen HoganThu Jun 06 2024 - 06:00

Living in Tel Aviv, I struggle to understand the apparent indifference of many Israelis to the carnage in Gaza

Israel’s mainstream TV channels have largely avoided showing the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Instead, viewers are presented with grainy, black and white, video-game-like footage of IDF bombing, all at a distance

By Paul KearnsThu Jun 06 2024 - 06:00

In Dalkey I feel the same thing Matt Damon surely did before me: this is where I’m meant to be

The sea air masks a weight that would otherwise be crushing: no kidney transplant or living donor has worked out for me yet

By Orla TinsleyThu Jun 06 2024 - 05:31

We need more walk-in restaurants in scenic spots like this - absolutely delightful

This south county Dublin café by day and wine bar by night is a winner

By Corinna HardgraveThu Jun 06 2024 - 05:00

Dodgy boxes and suspect streaming: can Irish viewers be persuaded away from illegal services?

In fighting piracy, the challenges for film and TV makers include not just the wealth of consumer options and the resulting confusion factor

By Aoife BarryThu Jun 06 2024 - 05:00

Domestic violence: Calls for ‘huge’ number of gardaí to deal with crimes after ‘haunting’ details in new report

New research shows Ballyfermot, Dublin, is ‘disproportionately affected’ by ‘elevated’ levels of violence against women

By Kitty HollandWed Jun 05 2024 - 18:29

Joanna Donnelly on the Leaving Cert: ‘I read my chemistry book for fun on off-days’

Met Éireann meteorologist loved maths and science, but had no interest in studying French

Wed Jun 05 2024 - 17:38

‘He’d love to build a house in the countryside, but I wouldn’t live there if someone paid me’

Tell Me About It: Is love sometimes not enough when we both want different locations to settle down in?

By Trish MurphyWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:01

Your work questions answered: ‘Did HR mistreat me or am I being overly sensitive?’

This ‘strikes me as being very disorganised, and not a very good example’ of workplace communications, says one HR trainer

By Jack WhiteWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:00

As an Irish emigrant, I’m not supposed to talk about butter. I’m supposed to talk about James Joyce and Seamus Heaney

The rules change when you emigrate: your moaning card, if not your passport, is revoked

By Laura KennedyWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:00

‘Harrowing accounts’: What a new report tells us about the scale of domestic violence in southwest Dublin

Domestic violence described as ‘a significant and persistent public health problem for women’

By Kitty HollandWed Jun 05 2024 - 05:30

Dublin 10 has ‘elevated’ levels of violence against women, report finds

Drugs ‘contributing significantly to the prevalence and complexity of domestic violence cases’ in Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard

By Kitty HollandWed Jun 05 2024 - 05:30

‘The US is very transactional. In Ireland people are nice. There’s a recognition of life outside money’

New to the Parish: Adwait Patil moved to Ireland from Mumbai India, via the US

By Deirdre FalveyWed Jun 05 2024 - 05:00

Canvassing in local elections is ‘intimidating’ and ‘demoralising’, says FG migrant candidate

Supriya Singh says she has faced racial abuse, vandalism and harassment on north Dublin campaign trail in recent weeks

By Sorcha PollakTue Jun 04 2024 - 18:30

Love Island review: The sun may be shining and the bodies may be bronzed but this is dreary stuff

Television: We’re now on series 11 of this ITV fake-tan test and it’s trundling along on autopilot

By Ed PowerTue Jun 04 2024 - 11:06

Woodpeckers breeding in Killarney National Park for first time in centuries

Great spotted woodpecker chicks found in Co Kerry woodland after walkers reported bird’s distinctive hammering sound

By Anne LuceyTue Jun 04 2024 - 10:40

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘I would like a non-alcoholic Guinness,’ says the man. ‘Do you want a colouring book and crayons as well?’

Part 19: Often humour is used to camouflage our inner feelings – our fears and anxiety can be assuaged by humour

By AnonymousTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:33

Family shops in Mayo on their challenges: ‘At one point council rates were almost €20,000 a year’

Family-run businesses in Castlebar and Westport are staying optimistic as they fight against what they feel is a lack of official support

By Áine RyanTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:00

There’s one fundamental reason why we have a housing crisis

The wealthier the State has become, the more money it shells just to find homeless families a bed for the night

By Fintan O'TooleTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:00

Have you handled toxic chemicals in the past 24 hours? Probably

There is only so much we can do as consumers. It is up to the regulators to keep us safe from harm and to keep industry in check

By Sadhbh O’NeillTue Jun 04 2024 - 06:00

‘The bill landed like a hand grenade’: Principals face tough choices to avoid schools going into deficits

Many primary schools say they are relying on cash reserves to cover basic running costs

By Carl O'BrienTue Jun 04 2024 - 00:01

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