This is how to survive the festive period with your family
This is how to survive the festive period with your family

Hannah Hillyer

5 ways to avoid that irritable, channel-hopping slump over Christmas break
5 ways to avoid that irritable, channel-hopping slump over Christmas break

Jennifer McShane

Suicide loss: ‘This year, I’ll set one less place at the Christmas dinner table’
Suicide loss: ‘This year, I’ll set one less place at the Christmas dinner table’

Amanda Cassidy

Stuck for leftover ideas? This recipe will use up the rest of your Christmas ham
Stuck for leftover ideas? This recipe will use up the rest of your Christmas ham

Meg Walker

No one talks about how great it can be to spend time alone at Christmas… but they should
No one talks about how great it can be to spend time alone at Christmas…...

Jennifer McShane

11 ways to be the most relaxed Christmas dinner host
11 ways to be the most relaxed Christmas dinner host

Laura George

This is what no one tells you about being pregnant at Christmas
This is what no one tells you about being pregnant at Christmas

Amanda Cassidy

How to avoid food guilt this Christmas
How to avoid food guilt this Christmas

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‘For the first time, we weren’t alone… Somebody would listen to us’
‘For the first time, we weren’t alone… Somebody would listen to us’

Lia Hynes

This Christmas, hold space for those carrying the quiet burden of grief
This Christmas, hold space for those carrying the quiet burden of grief

Dominique McMullan

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Hazel Chu: ‘If we don’t start fighting against the far right, that is what Ireland is going to become’


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by Angela O'Shaughnessy
26th Jan 2021

Read time: 10 mins

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Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin

Hazel Chu on confronting racism, beating the sh*t out of punching bags and building a better Dublin – and Ireland.

2020 was a year for the history books, and Hazel Chu has once again been thrust into the spotlight for the other most-talked about issue after coronavirus: racism. While Dublin elected its first Lord Mayor of Chinese descent, Ireland – alongside the rest of the world – was forced to reckon with racism across all sectors of life. But in the new year and beyond, will the momentum be sustained? “What are we going to seriously...

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