How can a whole country come to be gripped by a single story? What does it take to get everyone’s attention all at once? Something truly life-altering you might assume. The commencement of a war perhaps, a coup, or a famine?Not so.

Switching off the television is too easy a fix and it doesn’t make the injustice go away. It is far more powerful to sit in our discomfort, to feel it, and understand what it really means

'Irish Examiner' columnist Jennifer Horgan struck a chord with readers in her piece about loneliness, while other readers consider issues including neutrality, defence, and public health

In this WhatsApp age, our phones are constantly pinging but rarely ringing, keeping us in contact but with no real connection — I'm lonely because I know that in my heart of hearts there are only two people I can conceivably call if I need to hear someone’s actual voice