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- April 4, 2020
Ross O’Carroll Kelly: Phoning ‘Mom’ is a sure sign Covid-19 crisis brings out the best in people
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- April 4, 2020
The coronavirus crisis has taught us to see the best in people, even those we don’t like
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- April 3, 2020
Statues from Buenos Aires to St Petersburg have been decorated with protective masks
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- April 3, 2020
Hilary Fannin: ‘Recipe is a weird word when you’re dyslexic,’ my brother writes
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- April 2, 2020
‘It was absolute chaos, but we were able to find a sense of peace’
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- April 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Some days you want to put the duvet over your head and forget the world
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- April 1, 2020
Will there be friends in the garden again when the fields are white with daisies?
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- March 30, 2020
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- March 30, 2020
On these bad hair days and bad news days, our pandemic pals help make things better
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- March 28, 2020
When all is lost – lives, homes, jobs – history will remember what we did in response
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- March 28, 2020
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Home-schooling? Me? But I’m a complete focking dunderhead’
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- March 28, 2020
The comfort is often tinged with nostalgia for a world that doesn’t exist any more
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- March 28, 2020
‘It might be four months. I’m taking it one day at a time. I can’t think further than that’
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- March 27, 2020
Irish man David O’Connor’s business recruiting teachers to work in China is booming
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- March 27, 2020
Hilary Fannin: Mourners stood apart to celebrate a man who believed in solidarity
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- March 26, 2020
I did get teary, but I know it’s a tiny sadness compared to the new reality we are all facing
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- March 25, 2020
In the ‘new abnormal’ we queue for everything: prescriptions, racks of lamb, fish and chips
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- March 25, 2020
I contemplated taking one. But if I took one today, I might want one every day
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- March 23, 2020
Rapper and artist JYellowL says he is firm believer in sharing your blessings and empowering others
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- March 23, 2020
Detailed daily schedules are being shared that include sewing lessons and poetry readings
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- March 21, 2020
Jennifer O'Connell: We all love our kids, but had we forgotten how to enjoy them?
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- March 21, 2020
For five days, I’ve been stuck in the house, thinking ‘God, my family are annoying'
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- March 20, 2020
Arrange a virtual lunch, leave a treat on her doorstep or have a remote movie date
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- March 20, 2020
Hilary Fannin: Grafton Street was deserted. I went into the bookshop. One other customer
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- March 20, 2020
Hilary Fannin: In the bookshops, shoe shops, the opulent shops, you could almost hear a pin drop
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- March 20, 2020
This Mother’s Day, think of the mums at home, in houses that have become like prisons
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- March 19, 2020
Employees and business owners share their experiences of the Covid-19 crisis
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- March 18, 2020
We have many questions and few answers. How many will it take? Will we prevail?
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- March 18, 2020
Róisín Ingle: When the answer finally arrives, my eyes sting with relief
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- March 18, 2020
Michael Harding: ‘It’s the sight of my own body in the mirror that I find terrifying’
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- March 16, 2020
Life Lessons: An insight into Rosaleen McDonagh’s life and times – the good, bad and ugly
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- March 14, 2020
Jennifer O’Connell: How do you navigate tightrope between responsibility and getting on with it?
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- March 14, 2020
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: The old dear is catfishing dudes on Tinder by pretending to be only 58
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- March 14, 2020
For all its emotional and symbolic charge, we don’t seem to value bread
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- March 14, 2020
Imogen Rabone started Trees on the Land to encourage landowners to grow native trees
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- March 13, 2020
US sex-party firm has no plans to stop, even though sex a surefire way to catch virus
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- March 13, 2020
Hilary Fannin: ‘It’s nothing you have to worry about,’ I told her softly. She’s getting old
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- March 11, 2020
I care much more for their attractive personalities than for their symmetrical features
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- March 11, 2020
I keep my headphones plugged in and avoid other people’s lonely eyes
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- March 10, 2020
She’ll no longer have access to the royal jewellery, but can also unstiffen her upper lip
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- March 9, 2020
Life Lessons: The popular author on inspirations and moments that changed her life
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- March 7, 2020
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- March 7, 2020
The old dear was planning to propose to him on Saturday night
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- March 7, 2020
This International Women’s Day, let’s take a moment to bask in our collective magnificence
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- March 6, 2020
Hilary Fannin: A dinner with old friends led me to reflect on past and current concerns
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- March 4, 2020
Róisín Ingle: If I had to choose between good friends and guanxi, I know what I’d pick
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- March 4, 2020
‘I was so excited about her returning from Australia that I couldn’t see straight’
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- February 29, 2020
I was once besotted with what went on in Washington DC. Now I find myself out of the loop
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- February 29, 2020
The old dear is up in arms because the house is being considered for a preservation order
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- February 29, 2020
Seán Moncrieff: Is democracy doomed? Only if we want it to be
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- February 28, 2020
It is rare to be born on leap day, even rarer to have a sibling who shares the birthday
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- February 28, 2020
Belfast’s so near my home, yet it demands diligence to navigate and to understand
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- February 27, 2020
There are five basic ‘love languages’: here’s how they can help you relate to your partner
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- February 26, 2020
Recently I had to help my daughters stand up for themselves. I’ve marvelled at their maturity
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- February 26, 2020
Michael Harding: Winners write the history but there are other stories worth remembering
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- February 24, 2020
Life Lessons: Vicky Phelan, cervical cancer advocate and author, on overcoming life's big challenges
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- February 22, 2020
Catholic Ireland told us we didn’t matter. Feminism told us we did. No wonder we’re confused
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- February 22, 2020
A new TG4 documentary follows Victoria and Max as they transition
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- February 22, 2020
The triplets tear apart an oil painting of their smiling grandad and make a delightful discovery
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- February 22, 2020
Seán Moncrieff: An encounter in the middle aisle has me wondering, should I do more chain-sawing?
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- February 22, 2020
Many of us engage with social media without considering why. Our usage patterns need a rethink
![We carry these wounds through memories with us throughout our lives We carry these wounds through memories with us throughout our lives](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4177694.1582217577!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 21, 2020
Hilary Fannin: After our family home was repossessed my siblings had to care for themselves
![Shame-free sex education: It’s So Amazing! And only a little bit mortifying Shame-free sex education: It’s So Amazing! And only a little bit mortifying](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4168116.1581329413!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 19, 2020
Róisín Ingle: In front of my kids I force myself to be a right-on, liberated, shame-free parent
![Michael Harding: ‘I could hear my boots under the bed, crying all night’ Michael Harding: ‘I could hear my boots under the bed, crying all night’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4177397.1582032247!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 19, 2020
![Kate Dolan: ‘Working in film can be a struggle. You get a lot of rejection’ Kate Dolan: ‘Working in film can be a struggle. You get a lot of rejection’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4157432.1580466457!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 17, 2020
Life Lessons: Kate Dolan, writer and director of films, music videos and commercials
![Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special' Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special'](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4172777.1581606624!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 15, 2020
![Gwyneth Paltrow’s genius is to recognise something the porn industry has known for years Gwyneth Paltrow’s genius is to recognise something the porn industry has known for years](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4168076.1581326064!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 15, 2020
I have never understood why the actor gets so much grief, particularly from other women
![Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Sold to the man in the Ireland jersey with a bowtie tied around his neck!’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Sold to the man in the Ireland jersey with a bowtie tied around his neck!’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4168256.1581338603!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 15, 2020
Who wouldn’t spend too much at a charity auction for a horrible portrait?
![Seán Moncrieff: I prefer complex Star Trek to cartoonish Star Wars Seán Moncrieff: I prefer complex Star Trek to cartoonish Star Wars](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4160252.1580740215!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 15, 2020
The most striking difference is Star Trek has always been explicitly political
![According to my lingerie research, it’s basically less hassle and more economical to be a man According to my lingerie research, it’s basically less hassle and more economical to be a man](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4165513.1581678039!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 14, 2020
Hilary Fannin: A better idea, this Valentine’s Day, might be to learn the habit of self-love
![Not bad for a boy from the Oliver Bond flats – or, as William calls it, ‘the jungle’ Not bad for a boy from the Oliver Bond flats – or, as William calls it, ‘the jungle’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4162779.1580920528!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 12, 2020
Róisín Ingle: Despite her dementia, Agnes still recognises William sometimes
![Christopher Eccleston: ‘I was ashamed about my depression and eating disorder’ Christopher Eccleston: ‘I was ashamed about my depression and eating disorder’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4170275.1581419839!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 12, 2020
The actor talks about how he found his way back from a breakdown and anorexia
![Michael Harding: I have solved the mystery of my Polish great granny Michael Harding: I have solved the mystery of my Polish great granny](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4162395.1580895344!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 12, 2020
I was proud when I realised I might have a tiny drop of Jewish blood in my veins
![Northern Ireland’s first gay marriage: ‘It should never have taken Lyra being murdered’ Northern Ireland’s first gay marriage: ‘It should never have taken Lyra being murdered’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4170237.1581421697!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 11, 2020
Lyra McKee’s partner, Sara Canning, and others on the long fight for equality
![Jessica Simpson: ‘I’ve been sexually abused, bullied, heartbroken, manipulated’ Jessica Simpson: ‘I’ve been sexually abused, bullied, heartbroken, manipulated’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4162444.1580900230!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 11, 2020
The singer and fashion mogul had it all. Then she vanished. What happened in the lost years?
![‘Culturally, we’re so afraid of emotion. We repress them but they pop up elsewhere and cause havoc’ ‘Culturally, we’re so afraid of emotion. We repress them but they pop up elsewhere and cause havoc’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4168126.1581330404!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 10, 2020
![Ship shape: Inside Ireland’s last traditional boatyard Ship shape: Inside Ireland’s last traditional boatyard](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4163816.1580989361!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 8, 2020
In an era of fibreglass, Hegarty’s Boatyard in Co Cork is operating in a fast disappearing world
![Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I want you to flirt with the girl on the reception desk’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I want you to flirt with the girl on the reception desk’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4160332.1580744959!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 8, 2020
Sorcha will do literally anything to get Honor into the right Irish college
![Seán Moncrieff: I’ll be voting today. But for my kids, not for me Seán Moncrieff: I’ll be voting today. But for my kids, not for me](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4152997.1580145051!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 8, 2020
![The evening after the girls’ night out... Chardonnay, anyone? The evening after the girls’ night out... Chardonnay, anyone?](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4154992.1580292761!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 7, 2020
Three Dublin women take the train to Belfast for a night out. Hilary Fannin listens in
![The Protestants in my life get a buzz from giving themselves more jobs to do The Protestants in my life get a buzz from giving themselves more jobs to do](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4153992.1580219909!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 5, 2020
Róisín Ingle: That’s because their great skill is being organised. Mine is losing stuff
![Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I want this to be as big as the Statue of bloody well Liberty!’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I want this to be as big as the Statue of bloody well Liberty!’](https://web.archive.org/web/20200404082303im_/https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4152865.1580137198!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_220/image.jpg)
- February 1, 2020
The old man is ordering a statue of Fr Fehily – with Panzer tanks and hippos, of course