"One study from Carnegie Mellon University that Hari cites in his new book found that we have lost about 20% of our brain power because of our online living"

Legend or accurate historic fact, Joyce Fegan looks at the customs going back centuries to see how Women's Little Christmas was actually celebrated by women and we also talk to modern women to see how they are marking Nollaig na mBan in 2022

As life remains in limbo, it feels bizarre to state definite intentions for the future

Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of year with family at the centre of it, but for many the festive period is fraught with conflict and pain. Joyce Fegan speaks to people who have no contact with family members and to experts working in the area of family estrangement

"In a world where you can fly off a message of a goodwill with the flick of your thumb on your channel of choice, WhatsApp, Facebook or old school text, there is something now sacrosanct about the Christmas card, especially the Covid Christmas card"

The wild Atlantic waves took our breath away — but also gave us a few days of the special peace that is to be found in certainty

We don't have to give each other an orange for Christmas, but maybe if we cooled the jets a bit and took this much-needed festival back from what advertising Inc says it should be

'I've tried everything these 20 months: I've walked, I've crafted, I've swam in the sea, I've meditated and I've done yoga, but all of them combined do not compare to listening to this Cork man read a poem into your ears, and hear him confess his own human, but universal struggles, to fit in, to forgive or to bother finding hope'

Scratch below the historical surface of conspiracy theories and you'll find they have always been used to create a radicalising pathway by far right movements globally

"To some her life might have been extra ordinary, but zoom out the lens and you'll see a woman who just wanted to live, who wanted to swim in the sea, to blow out candles on birthday cakes, to talk to her husband and who wanted to retire, read the paper and watch her kids grow up"