Campaigners in Dublin say they are “overwhelmed” and “emotional” as abortion is set to be decriminalised in Northern Ireland.

Tara Flynn didn’t set out to become a face of the Repeal the Eighth campaign. She was just a woman, she says, who had a crisis pregnancy — and wrote a play about it.

Ongoing across the pond: the controversy over US footballers taking a knee during the national anthem as a protest against police brutality and racial inequality.

Supposedly sexually harassing women in the work place and going on to win an Academy Award for best actor are perfect examples of rape culture, says Louise O’Neill.