“On the balance sheet of 2020, there will be losses and gains. Some will have far more losses than others, irretrievable ones at that”

The documentary is ostensibly about a pop star in turmoil — but it goes to the heart of inequality, and the punishment meted out to women who dare take control of their own lives

The show cuts through the noise of Instagram stories, Healy-Raes shouting, Candy Crush, vaccine delays and ever-changing Met Éireann reports. It cuts through the noise because these are conversations worth having, writes Joyce Fegan

It feels at times that there is no one in charge, it also feels like you’re just behaving really, really well, waiting for someone in charge to give you the green light to live like normal again, writes Joyce Fegan

"Parents are under an inordinate amount of pressure to both work and do right by their children"

No one's pain is unique, it might be different but it is not unique. In this lockdown, we can listen and be listened to. That can be our temporary cure.

"While physical pleasure was wrong, the tangible result of it, in the form of a new life, was worse and it's what took the brunt of the shame"

If we ever needed a clearer depiction of white supremacy and white privilege then Tuesday’s events in Washington painted it for us in the most emphatic way possible

In the chasm between the comedic farewell to one year and the tragic welcoming of another, there is an air of something no one can quite name, perhaps doesn't want to name — apprehension, writes Joyce Fegan

Standing around in a churchyard and going for soup and sandwiches after a funeral is part of a centuries-old tradition, but we have had to adapt to different grieving measures due to Covid-19, writes Joyce Fegan