Life Eithne Shortall: My seven point plan for getting through our rainy summerMore books, more walks and some silly little treats will keep me and my family going, whatever the weather
Life Eithne Shortall: Making new friends is one of life’s great pleasures Adult friendships are having a moment, and it’s a glorious one
Arts Eithne Shortall: Fill your creative well at the Museum of Literature IrelandA new exhibition in the St Stephen’s Green museum offers intimate and touching insights into the lives of Irish writers
Eithne Shortall: We need more women who are ‘a bit much’The inclination to want women to quieten down is still out there, despite how far we think we may have come
Life Eithne Shortall: A quick dip back into X only confirmed my decision to pull back from itThe social networking site formerly known as Twitter remains a dark, murky place
Comment Eithne Shortall: I’m as much to blame for my kids’ addiction to unhealthy foods as ‘Big Sugar’ isFrom the leisure centre to the swimming pool, unhealthy foods have encroached into every aspect of our children’s lives. But parents are also to blame
Comment Eithne Shorthall: My son wants to be the next karate kid but I’m drowning in a sea of white washingI haven’t used an iron on my clothes in two decades but now I’ve ben caught by the dreaded white wash. I didn’t see it coming
Comment Eithne Shortall: Rise in ‘frightening’ level of shoplifting may be a symptom of Covid rule-breakingThe sight of people in positions of authority breaking public health guidelines during the pandemic may have invalidated the social contract for many in this country
Life Eithne Shortall: I’ve escaped the daily rut with some lemon zest and a box of orzoIf the route to contentment involves finding joy in the unremarkable bits of life, I may have made a breakthrough
Life Eithne Shortall: It’s never too late to change career – just ask my dadNow 63, my father has a full-blown second career that’s driven by passion
Comment Eithne Shortall: In praise of the Dublin to New York portal, and the simple joys it brought meA visit to the live stream portal connecting the two cities proved to be a pure delight
Comment Eithne Shortall: My dream of an internet-free world is becoming more attractive by the dayThe web I grew up with is light years away from the one my children will interact with, and that’s a frightening thought
Life Eithne Shortall: Welcome to summer, season of hailstones and woolly housecoatsDo not adjust your calendars – it really is May, despite the fact at we’re freezing our collective arses off
Life Eithne Shortall: The young women, the leering man, and the problem with power imbalancesEvents in a Dublin coffee shop were a reminder of why some people find it so hard to let go of oppressive power structures
Comment Eithne Shortall: We shouldn’t be triggered by sensible trigger warningsThey’ve been described as ludicrous by some, but trigger warnings can be appropriate in certain circumstances
Life Eithne Shortall: It’s not easy being a grammar pedantWe may not have asked for this job, but we are going to do it all the same
Arts & Living Eithne Shorthall: So much of the capacity to parent is based on our ability to forgetFrom watching my second child peeing on my first child’s arm to catching their poo in my bare hands, parenting is a battlefield
Comment Eithne Shortall: Dublin increasingly feels like a failing capitalist experimentIt is hard to work out who the capital city of our country is being run for
Comment Eithne Shortall: You’ll never catch me letting Big Grocery do my shoppingA trip to the supermarket is one of the highlights on my day, and it’s one I’m not planning to relinquish
Comment Eithne Shortall: The unusual silence of some celebrities on Gaza speaks volumesActs like Kneecap and Lankum have taken brave stands on the conflict, while the usually vocal Bono has said very little