"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

But a vaccine is on its way and with it, is our move into a state of recovery, as opposed to disaster management. What kind of recovery would you like?

Joyce Fegan chats to Darina Allen, who is passionate about ending food waste. the chef urges people to be more mindful about their food and suggests alternatives to binning leftovers

"This year the stakes have never been higher for Christmas. There's a lot riding on Christmas"

Christmas mass on Zoom; agnostic, atheist, or lapsed follower of faith, there will be no in-person rendition of 'Silent Night' or the spine-tingling witnessing of a singer reach the dizzyingly high notes of 'O Holy Night'.

With the binary nature of the internet — the place where conversations around social justice issues now tend to take place — wokeness has turned into war, writes Joyce Fegan

Girls are growing up in the world we have created for them. We are responsible for that. And we are responsible to help them navigate it, not vilify them for speaking out