Extract: ‘This is why you are here’, the inner voice repeated. ‘Breathe and trust yourself’
Irish open-water swimmer, Nuala Moore shares a chapter from her new book, Limitless.
Tom Clonan: There is a real danger now of serious injuries or fatalities at a far-right protest
The senator witnessed the Leinster House protests yesterday – he says irresponsible rhetoric or complacency from politicians will lead to even more violence.
Opinion: ‘The Viagra was handed to me as though it were a live bomb’
Bob McQuaid, a 29-year-old new dad, opens up about his years struggling with erectile dysfunction and how he got help in the end.
Opinion: Banning the XL Bully won’t protect the public in any real way
Paula Feaheny of Bremeny School for Dogs looks at the plans to ban XL Bully dogs in the UK and whether it will make any difference.
Farmer: Irish farming is connected with nature – we are not the enemy
Vincent Roddy of the Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association argues for a continuation of the Irish farming system as is.
Malcolm Noonan: ‘For politics to work, we need fewer TDs and larger constituencies’
The junior minister says rather than increasing TDs, we need to move them away from the parish pump.
Parenting: ‘I decided that this would be the summer we would give them a love of reading’
Our parenting columnist Margaret Lynch says the more they tried to steer the kids away from devices and towards books, the more they resented reading.
Dog behaviourist: How to read your dog’s signals – they might not mean what you think
Some of the traditional beliefs around dog behaviour are not quite accurate, writes Suzi Walsh.