Women and girls who need abortions would love the luxury of a world where it was never necessary

We're up against a culture that scrutinises a woman's flesh above all else. Just look at J-Lo — despite her many talents and accomplishments, we focus on her buttocks

'Care is the invisible centre of our society and economy, from a day-to-day point of view and from a very long-term point of view too'

While my friends worry about queues at Dublin Airport on their way to sunnier climes, I'm off checking Met Éireann's rainfall radar ahead of a day at Strandhill. It's as if the pandemic has taken the spontaneous adventurer out of me, writes Joyce Fegan

With sex crimes, the focus is often on the accuser rather than the accused as we turn victim into villain

'This time four years ago, change felt not only palpable, but really possible. Four years later, we see change comes dropping slow on Irish shores. Those who once felt buoyed then felt burnt out and some now even feel dispirited and disappointed'

'While some split hairs over the ideology of beauty, many, many others quite literally split themselves in two in the pursuit of it'

From Brian Friel to Sexual Violence Centre Cork: Quiet, wise voices keep reminding us we need to reflect on the way we frame other people — and the way we are framed by them

'You would need cross qualifications in land law, canon law, obstetrics, urology, gynaecology and corporate law to get anywhere near having a full and black-and-white understanding of the current state of affairs'

Poetry is just a less dysregulating form of news. It can make the world more palatable, can soften the world's blows. Poetry can take us from reactive to active