Friendship

making friends when you’re older

SELF

‘The beauty of making friends when you’re older is you can bring years of experiences’

In a world where we’ve all been mostly isolated for two years, we’ve been forced to reassess how…

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making friends adult

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The friend zone: How to navigate finding friends as an adult

No matter what stage of life we’re at, we can sometimes find ourselves in need of a new…

By Sarah Gill

Trauma dumping

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Venting, oversharing, or straight up trauma dumping — when does confiding in friends turn toxic?

While open and honest dialogue is part and parcel of any healthy friendship, it’s important to nip ‘trauma…

By Sarah Gill

SELF

My older brothers are my best friends. Here’s why…

My brothers taunted and cared for me in equal measure. There's a seven-year gap between the youngest and…

By Edaein OConnell

housemates

SELF

I moved in with my boyfriend but I really miss my housemates

I love living with my significant other but I find myself missing the gang of amazing women I…

By Lauren Heskin

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EDITORIAL

How friendship really changes in your forties

A love letter to friendshipIn the summer of 2020, while everyone was baking banana bread and doing Joe…

By Amanda Cassidy

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It turns out friends are as important as exercise for your health

If you needed an excuse to get your best pals together, here it is. We all have times…

By Amanda Cassidy

friendships

SELF

3 easy, natural ways to sustain your friendships before it’s too late

Friendships sustain us and we are better because of them. Here are ways to take care of friendships…

By Niamh Ennis

Always the bridesmaid?
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SELF

Engaged? No. Married? No. Pregnant? Still no…

Being ‘The Last One’ in your friendship group to take so-called adult steps can suck as you see…

By Victoria Stokes

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SELF

‘All my friends have kids, and it feels like we’re running out of things to talk about’

I’m the only child-free friend in my social circle. My friends are still the centre of my universe.…

By Victoria Stokes

surrogacy ireland
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Surrogacy in Ireland: ‘I’ll never forget my sister saying she would carry our baby’

At the age of 17, Emma Meagher was told she had an underdeveloped womb and would never be…

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Barbara Brown holding a photo of her sister Sinead who died from skin cancer
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SELF

‘My sister was your typical Irish cailín – pale skin and freckles. She died aged 31’

In her 20s, Sinead had had pre-cancerous cervical cells removed. Then came a wound on her ankle that…

By Amy Lynch

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