It was one of those days in West Cork where the weather is remarkable. It was 4.30pm when we started the sauna. When we got into the water the sky was the most remarkable colour. The water was freezing, but every time you went back and did the sauna for 15 minutes the water became warmer for some inexplicable reason

We were all loveable when we were born, but not all of us received the love we should have received.  We have a very poor relationship with the concept of loving ourselves in this country

The best gift you could give your child this Christmas is the gift of parenting... not an e-scooter, writes Richard Hogan

Listening to the soundtrack of my Christmases past...

Of course we will get things wrong, and of course our children will make mistakes. But we have all come to fear mistakes. Terrified we may be getting it wrong.

People who create this incest-themed or violent content understand very well that the more extreme the material is, the more taboo it is, the more people will consume it. They know that dopamine fires when someone views a hardcore image

"People don’t have to take responsibility for what they say online; they can hide behind an avatar or fake account"

On the same day as Charlie Kirk’s death, there was another school shooting in America. There were 100 incidents of school shootings in America in the last year alone: 31 deaths and 96 injuries. We hear little about those deaths

The idea that separation won’t upset children is not correct. It will. But the separation doesn’t have to disturb them

Traitors is great TV – trust me on that