sex and relationships

Moving in together

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‘My partner moved in and I feel like it’s changed everything’

Shayna Sappington thought moving in with her partner would solve all their problems. She wasn't expecting it to…

By Shayna Sappington

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‘Puberty is a gift from God’: Ireland’s new Catholic sex education is not good enough

When it comes to sex education, children and teenagers don’t need prayers; they need to be able to…

By Lynn Enright

Is it time we threw out the book entirely, and made up our own relationship rules? 
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Sleeping in separate beds and other ‘alternative’ practices that help these relationships thrive

From being engaged to a partner 30-years your junior, to couples living apart entirely – Michelle Heffernan speaks…

By Michelle Heffernan

when you’re disabled, finding love, waiting to be loved all-consumingly by another (it doesn’t have to be a movie-centric whirlwind, a quiet loveliness is just as potent), I think feels an impossible quest.
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Love and disability: “The ‘who’d have me’ thoughts almost never leave my head”

On Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, Jennifer McShane ponders one of the hardest aspects of her disability. I should…

By Jennifer McShane

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Porn addiction: ‘It was like having another relationship. It was affecting me physically and I was sneaking around’

Ireland is now the sixth largest consumer of pornography in the world, and while pornography can have benefits,…

By Michelle Heffernan

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Pandemic dating: ‘Sorry I can’t see you anymore, I’m in a bubble with my mum’

Finn McRedmond broke up with her boyfriend two weeks before lockdown 1.0. After a year of pandemic dating,…

By Finn McRedmond

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Does Only Fans take advantage of women’s economic precarity? Or give back financial power?

Finn McRedmond asks, should we raise concern over a business model that thrives on the economically vulnerable?Covid-19 has…

By Finn McRedmond

Coercive control

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Coercive control: 10 warning signs and where to go for help

In January last year a new law was introduced to Ireland which made coercive control a crime. Yet…

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My chronic illness is driving my husband away

Dear Rhona, I’ve been living with a chronic illness for nearly five years now. I was diagnosed after…

By Rhona Mcauliffe

pleasure gap

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It’s time to talk about the pleasure gap

In heterosexual sexual encounters, men have more orgasms than women, writes psychosexual and relationship therapist, Aoife Drury. So how…

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LIVING

5 smart Dubcations for folks living with level 3 lockdown in the capital

We're all feeling lockdown fatigue right now ... particularly those living in the capital, where Level 3 Lockdown…

By Eoin Higgins

pandemic relationships

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How the pandemic affected relationships, according to therapists

How has coronavirus anxiety affected our relationships post lockdown? Amanda Cassidy speaks to couples and counsellors to find…

By Amanda Cassidy