women

EDITORIAL

‘Please stop asking me when I’m going to have children’

Can't women be childless and happy over 35? Amanda Cassidy spoke to those who feel pressurised to reveal…

By Amanda Cassidy

Nollaig na mBan

AGENDA, LIVING

The history behind Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan, also known as Little Christmas, calls women around Ireland to celebrate the end of the…

By Erin Lindsay

AGENDA

‘I am tired of people saying I don’t look or sound autistic’

Marie O’Riordan from Limerick is head of PR at Prepaid Financial Services. She opens up to us about…

By Amanda Cassidy

FASHION

How dressing for your forties has changed

Culturally, there's been a significant shift in how we perceive women in middle age... and how they dress…

By Marie Kelly

keeping secrets

AGENDA

The secret to keeping a secret (and why most of us can’t)

Don't tell anyone but...A friend feels betrayed. She confided in a few of us about her problems conceiving…

By Amanda Cassidy

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SELF

‘I am forty, single and losing all hope’

What to do when you celebrate your fortieth birthday, have a decent career, and yet you've lived the…

By Rhona Mcauliffe

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REAL-LIFE STORIES

Alcohol and the menopause: Why are we only talking about this now?

Police said this week that missing mother Nicola Bulley had "significant issues with alcohol" and that some of…

By Amanda Cassidy

REAL-LIFE STORIES

I feel safer out walking at night with a vulnerable baby than without. Here’s why

Dr Clare Moriarty, mum and Trinity academic, tries to understand why she feels safer out walking her baby…

By Dr Clare Moriarty

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SELF

Behind Closed Doors: ‘I’m an IT consultant by day and a dominatrix by night’

LA-born but living in Ireland, Clarity Mills runs an IT consultancy business. By night she works as a…

By Amanda Cassidy

LIVING

Zoë Kravitz: When did women’s nipples become such a societal taboo?

Can’t a woman just walk around New York City in peace? Some may be afforded that luxury but…

By Sarah Finnan

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The lingering gender pay gap: One woman’s expert advice on how to narrow it

Knowing how to navigate the gender gap is the first step to leaping across it, and hopefully narrowing…

By Meg Walker

AGENDA

‘It is rare to see such unvarnished sexism as the questioning of Dr Jill Biden’s title’

The #MyTitleIsDr is trending after thousands of women spoke out about the chauvinist article written in the Wall…

By Amanda Cassidy

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