Holly Cairns's first week back from maternity leave must have been a shock to the system, but it's important we see the reality for women, writes Jennifer Horgan

Michael D Higgins’ poetry forces us to confront Ireland’s failures in caring for its elderly, both within families and at State level

In Wendy Erskine's debut novel The Benefactors the role of mothers in excusing their sons' abhorrent behaviour gave Jennifer Horgan pause for thought

School secretaries and caretakers deserve our support but girls are also experiencing inequality in our schools, writes Jennifer Horgan

The Rose of Tralee may be outdated, even offensive, but it does offer a dozen female teachers the most praise they’re ever likely to get in Ireland, writes Jennifer Horgan

Online hate is grooming Irish teenagers into violence — and it’s time to treat it like the national emergency it is

The strength of 'Sex and the City' was its ability to spot the zeitgeist. Its, admittedly awful, spin-off 'And Just Like That' may still be doing it

Being 'shocked' at domestic homicides is not good enough. They happen all the time, everywhere, in all kinds of settings, and we need to talk about them

The anger and vitriol levelled against the Cork hurling team after last Sunday's All-Ireland final speaks to a deeper kind of social discontent. Namely — if something goes wrong in sport, or in life — somebody must be blamed

Genuine art comes from human experience and prioritises a desire to share some truth with the world. It connects us. AI art doesn’t care what you might think or feel about it, writes Jennifer Horgan