Our bosses want us to work longer and longer shifts – and why wouldn’t they? Which makes it all the more important that we stand firm and resist

We’ve been left reeling all right after what we’ve been through this year and last. But imagine how happy the soundtrack will be when society is finally back open again

Men are feeling more pressure than ever to achieve unattainable looks, but women have been graded and degraded on their appearance for centuries. It’s time for us all to go easy on ourselves

Thanks to a shameful and dangerous lack of political leadership, mistrust and division is rife in unionism – to everybody’s cost

With the never-ending lockdown comes the realisation that you would love to be left holding the baby, even if it was just for a minute

It’s not difficult for me – or Niall Horan for that matter – to wait out this pandemic. But for children growing up right now, it’s absolutely terrible

Last week’s interviews with the Hollywood star were cringeworthy but, let’s face it, he was never the epitome of cool

We’re not allowed to take a holiday, at a point when we’ve never needed one more

Forget the stereotypes, sea swimming is bracing, ritualistic, addictive and good for everyone

The US singer’s frequently ill-advised outbursts on Instagram offend plenty of people, but also betray a curious lack of façade and artifice about her

There are some worrying signs that I am, in fact, growing down, not up

Getting back to ‘normal’ will be strange and, for some of us, downright scary – so let’s just take it one day at a time

From racial bias to miscarriage, family stress and bereavement, Harry and Meghan’s openness in their Oprah interview will help a lot of people process their own traumas

The party’s advertising blitz in the American media is part of an attempt to shape the narrative around a referendum on unity

For too long, we have been normalising obscene, threatening and sometimes violent behaviour by men. It has to stop now

From Denise Chaila to Róisín Kiberd, brilliant Irish women are today at the forefront of our culture like never before

Almost overnight, voicenotes have replaced Netflix as the drama provider of choice

Both groups put themselves at risk every day to keep society functioning, but they have received little by way of appreciation

Irish people are very good at being two degrees of separation from almost every famous person on planet Earth

The toy controversy shows that we’re getting better at making our language inclusive, but old attitudes still remain