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

Sudan is by far the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis, with an average of 20,000 people migrating daily and 30.4m — or three in every five people — need humanitarian assistance there 

We get attached to the oddest objects, but those emotional bonds are real

In a polarised world, real peace may demand uncomfortable empathy — even toward those we’d rather condemn outright

There are differences in attitudes to aging and dying between us and our ancestors, and also between generations. Jennifer Horgan asks, is it a sign of a growing death anxiety?

What we do with our empathy matters — and sometimes, twelve people can carry the weight of a nation’s conscience

The RTÉ documentary Housewife of the Year shows how Irish society continues to exploit women’s unpaid labour under a new, economic dogma — and why it’s time to honour that work again

Bono’s critics accuse him of false equivalence in Gaza — but true peace demands uncomfortable truths, not performative purity

Once the dream destination for Irish students, America now feels distant and disillusioning — and our cultural ties are fraying