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Anton Savage: While everyone has a right to defend their reputation, lawyering up should be the last – not first – resort

There are many options when seeking resolution to a complaint, including approaching a newspaper or broadcaster directly, contacting the Press Council, writing a letter to the Ombudsman or sending a missive to the Media Commission

Eithne Shortall: Let’s all speak up instead of putting up and shutting up

Avoiding confrontation is a national trait, but it’s an exhausting waste of time and energy to be a constant people-pleaser

Jarlath Regan: Hats off to the women of Ireland, who come up smiling despite it all

Faced with endemic sexism and gaslighting from dentists and pharmacists, it takes enormous courage for women in Ireland to stop suffering in silence

Sara Keating: Lavery exhibition showcases the artist’s ability to vividly capture a moment in time

The National Gallery’s exhibition collects paintings from Lavery’s well-travelled life as well as those depicting his adoration of his family – and particularly his wife, Hazel

Anton Savage: Age is one of the last bastions of discrimination

Society persists with ‘firing’ people who have vast experience, even though there’s plenty of evidence that age is no barrier to usefulness and productivity

Letter From America

Marion McKeone: US universities learn that the $60bn they get from wealthy donors can come at a high price

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, as US colleges are discovering, with some donors demand sackings over anti-Israeli sentiment on campus

Letter From America

Marion McKeone: Trump’s dramas playing out like a final season of Law & Order

The never-ending saga sees more and more former allies of the ex-president turn against him

Eithne Shortall: Drug use is rampant. We should legalise most of it

The only people who benefit from the status quo are the criminal gangs who have gained immense wealth and power from selling it

Jarlath Regan: I swore I’d never run a marathon. Now I’m in it for the long haul

The power and the glory of seeing thousands of true, brave hearts make it to the finish line is a sporting experience beyond any other

Eithne Shortall: The writing’s on the wall in the terrifying tale of AI ‘writers’ versus humans

With ChatGPT and other generative AI becoming increasingly sophisticated, writers now face their works being swallowed whole, chewed up and spat out by the software as eerily familiar stories

Letter From America

Marion McKeone: Joe Biden now has a chance to make history, but will he seize it?

The US president will need to persuade both Israel and America that recommitting to a two-state solution is the path to peace – but he may focus instead on containing the immediate situation

Anton Savage: There’s no need for celebrity public laundry washing when we have Netflix

Forget the high-profile personal spats, all Jada Pinkett Smith needed to do to effectively castrate ‘husband’ Will was invite a ‘documentary’ team in

Eithne Shortall: Why autumn is the new spring when it comes to tidying the house

With nights drawing in and Christmas on the horizon, it’s suddenly essential that your home is in ship shape – and has a new front door to welcome your visitors

Jarlath Regan: All day I dream of getting more sleep. Doesn’t everyone?

In a country like ours where it rains all the time, it’s positively heroic that we get out of bed at all

Eithne Shortall: Segregating children by gender is just weird – and schools are starting to agree

Single-sex schools instil stereotypes, isolation, artificiality and awkwardness that can last a lifetime; thankfully, they seem to be on the way out

Letter From America

Marion McKeone: America seems to be sleepwalking towards the edge of an abyss

The implosion of democracy in the House chamber is just one symptom of a far deeper malaise, a nihilism that has polluted every organ of government

Sara Keating: Open House Festival encourages Dubliners to view city with fresh eyes

The city-wide architecture festival offers tours of historic buildings and usually private locations, plus talks, roundtables and events for children

Jarlath Regan: The onion of nonsense that contains the answer to my sneaker addiction has many layers and begins with Michael Jordan

I used to collect every pair of runners that I couldn’t afford as a kid. But at least these days I actually wear them, after a recommendation by my running coach, Sonia O’Sullivan

Letter From America

Marion McKeone: US Catholic hierarchy are heading for a very public split

The deep political divide in the US is echoed in the schism in American Catholicism

Sara Keating: Seeing red – flagging the impact of climate change

Visual artist Fergal McCarthy’s warning installation The Red Flags draws attention to the dangers that global warming poses to us and our planet