lockdown

LIVING

Missing live music? This rousing round-up of live music documentaries might help

One of many lockdown downers is the cancellation of live music and festivals. Dig out these uplifting documentaries…

By Lucy White

STYLE

Bare necessities: Am I the only one liberated from jewellery?

Working from home, many of us have reassessed our office wardrobes. This writer has gone further and unconsciously…

By Lucy White

AGENDA

For the birds: How I found love in the time of coronavirus

Some took solace in sourdough, others sea swimming. Me, I fell hook, line and sinker for the wild…

By Lucy White

AGENDA, SELF

Life after lockdown – a message from the future, i.e. New Zealand

Half-Irish, half-Kiwi, Dallas Synnott emigrated to New Zealand 12 years ago – and can’t think of a better…

By Lucy White

SELF

A nutritionist’s guide to avoiding unhealthy emotional eating during lockdown

We’ve worn a path to the fridge and reached for the wine… a lot since we went into…

By Amanda Cassidy

AGENDA

This is why rural Ireland is watching the current situation in Dublin with worry

With level three restrictions in place for Dublin, Édaein O' Connell explains why rural Ireland is concerned for…

By Edaein OConnell

migraine

SELF

You’re not imagining it, migraines really are worse during lockdown

Since the start of the pandemic, migraine sufferers are experiencing more frequent and severe migraines  Did you know…

By Shayna Sappington

AGENDA

Why I’m actually looking forward to my birthday this month

A social celebration is the light in the darkness I need right now It’s been seven months since…

By Shayna Sappington

AGENDA

IMAGEWrites: I was supposed to meet a friend in Paris. Instead I wore a beret and drank rosé on Zoom

Many of us have had to cancel our summer holidays due to lockdown, but that doesn’t spell the…

By Lucy White

AGENDA

We are coronavirus weary. But we are Irish. We are strong. Let’s do the right thing

Louise Slyth reflects on coronavirus 'response fatigue' and asks a nation to do what needs to be done,…

By Louise Slyth

AGENDA, SELF

In choosing not to wear a mask, you are indicating that my life doesn’t matter

At 33 years old Dearbhla Crosse has spent the last three months cocooning as a result of Multiple…

By IMAGE

AGENDA, LIVING, SELF

IMAGEWrites: When you bemoan the swarms of cyclists and then buy a bike

Swathes of us are saddling up during the lockdown, in a bid for freedom. Except, with everyone else…

By Lucy White