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Eithne Shortall: We could be laughing all the way to the bank – or the divorce courts

Going all in on a joint account and doing away with your own can test more than your finances, especially if you’re not used to being called to account on your own spending

Jess Kelly: Social media need not be a hellscape

It’s not all bad on social media, a bit of muting and blocking can ensure your experience stays positive

Edel Coffey: It’s time that the midlife crisis came of age

Celebrities deal with the midlife crisis in different ways and so do we, but we have to face the fact that staying alive as long as possible is going to involve getting old

Kathleen MacMahon: Dealing with the cold, dead hand of bureaucracy

When a loved ones dies, it is the bureaucracy and automation – state administration, the bank, the utility companies – that causes most distress

Anton Savage: The Americans are taking over our pronunciations

Like the American grey squirrel forcing the red into extinction, US influencers and programming are now so dominant that they are pushing Irish sounds out of the mouths of younger generations

Nadine O’Regan: A temper tantrum can be a sign of career burnout

Talk show host James Cordon’s restaurant meltdown and journalist Marianne Jones’s A&E scare were both symptomatic of a work-life balance completely out of whack. Those of us with similarly stressful careers should take note, and slow down

Susan O’Keeffe: ‘Smyth’s role is to encourage action on climate crisis, not turn it into a social media bandwagon’

The sad part about recent events is that climate change desperately needs protestors who are savvy and smart to help drive a vast mindset change, writes Susan O’Keeffe

Andrea Cleary: I can’t help feeling as if I’ve done something wrong when an acne breakout occurs

Research shows adult acne is caused by a hormone imbalance, but because the beauty industry encourages us to obsess about our bodies, our faces and our skin, sufferers are made to feel like an outbreak is somehow their fault

Nadine O’Regan: When one high-profile woman fails, all women falter

Liz Truss’s swift fall from grace, well deserved though it may be, drags other women down in the same way that another woman’s success buoys us up

Esther O’Moore Donohoe: Air fryer destined for same dusty drawer as bread maker and salad spinner

Everyone’s talking about the air fryer; it’s the latest kitchen must-have; it won’t be like the other unused gadgets you bought. But if you do buy it, don’t bet on it transforming your life

Nadine O’Regan: Women’s football team have said sorry over ‘Ra’ gaffe, let’s leave it at that

The unsavoury chant that went up in the locker room after the Irish team qualified for the Fifa Women’s World Cup finals was unedifying surely, but hardly unforgivable

Kathleen MacMahon: How to cope with life’s little frustrations when you’re a king

If you’re a frequent fountain pen user, it’s easy to sympathise with Charles’s irritation at the wayward writing implement, but Britain’s new monarch should perhaps take a more regal approach

Nadine O’Regan: Prizes are messy, controversial affairs and often full of bias and intrigue

Between the wigs, jigs, reels and hornpipes of Irish dance competitions, it’s been alleged that some judges have been dancing to a different tune

Rosemary Mac Cabe: How this avowed homebird found herself with a new life, living abroad

We really never know what’s coming; three years ago I was happily living in Dublin. Now I’m married in the US with two stepsons and a baby; although it still feels like home, just 3,600 miles away

Anton Savage: When customers decide ‘there’s an app for that, but I don’t want to use it’

Apps for booking taxis or delivering food are great most of the time, but when they go wrong, they go very wrong. That’s why more and more of us are bypassing them to get to our favourite retailers directly

Nadine O’Regan: For young people struggling here, emigration is again becoming a very real prospect

A shocking housing crisis at home is causing a generation of Irish young people to be less risk-averse when it comes to seeking their futures elsewhere

Andrea Cleary: Sepia-toned school memories are far removed from harsh reality

Those of us who have aged out of full-time education might be tempted to romanticise the past. Don’t do it

Nadine O’Regan: Pregnancy is a joyful event, but why do we make it and childcare so hard for people?

A first pregnancy is full of new and exciting events, but it is also frightening how punishing it can be on working parents

Susan O’Keeffe: Taoiseach’s Penneys visit throws retail’s climate credentials into the spotlight

With the climate on the brink of disaster, politicians need to be aware of the environmental credentials of the businesses they’re endorsing

Nadine O’Regan: Is the Queen’s passing being used by brands as a self-marketing opportunity?

As the current madness demonstrates, it’s easy for a company to virtue-signal on its social media platforms, but somewhat harder to do the right thing by employees and customers