Is period pain cramping your style at work?

Medics disagree on whether time off work is the best way to deal with period pain, writes Arlene Harris

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How moving to Toronto helped me to drink less

You can take the boy out of Ireland, but it takes a while to take the booze out of the boy, writes Eoin Weldon

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New campaign hopes to tackle chronic pain through communication

A new campaign hopes to  tackle chronic pain as more than half of sufferers find it difficult to
describe their symptoms, writes Helen O’Callaghan

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The best comfy-but-chic clothes to wear while travelling

This is your captain, Paula Burns, speaking. As we’re swapping the catwalk for the runway, check you have comfy-but-chic travel attire, from aviator’s jacket to retro shirts, and of course sunnies to puzzle the paparazzi. Enjoy the flight

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Turn off your phone and go to sleep early tonight - you'll thank yourself tomorrow

Convincing yourself to put away the smartphone and heading to bed is difficult for adults who see the late evening as me-time, says Andrea Mara

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Cecelia Ahern's young adult novel Flawed tackles our obsession with appearance

Cecelia Ahern’s first young adult novel tackles our obsession with image and appearance, which Ahern says has become too pervasive, writes Colette Sheridan 

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Meet the women dominating social media in business

Many social media platforms are dominated by women as a special business seminar will celebrate, Ailin Quinlan reports

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Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon Runner of the week: Chris Mcgrath

Each week we profile one of the runners taking part in the ‘Irish Examiner’ Cork City Marathon this June

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Leaving Cert tests character and sense of self

In this penultimate piece, I thought I’d let the world know a little bit about how it feels to be a Leaving Cert student in the sunny month of May. It’s certainly colourful.

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This much I know: Sonya Lennon, fashion designer

Even as a kid, fashion was a thing for me.

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When I was 21 I would rather have died than get fat

I had a flashback recently. I am 21 and I am in the local Centra near the damp, messy house we rented when I was at university.

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5 things to do for the weekend ahead...

1. It’s Good to Talk
A mental health fair takes place today in St Patrick’s University Hospital, James’ Street, Dublin 8 from 11am to 4pm. 

 

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Weekend loves: This week's must do, see & buy

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First they brought us Irelandopedia, a book that gave kids all they needed to know about Ireland. 

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The Raingod’s Green, Dark as Passion: A recollection of Cork in the 1990s

KEVIN BARRY dips into his marshy memories of the Cork he knew in the 1990s: an affable city of damp flats, class-based cliques and potent hashish

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One year on from marriage equality referendum and 'home has finally become home'

As a gay person, Brian O’Flynn left Ireland aged 18 in search of a new life and a more accepting society, but  after the yes vote in May 2015, he says home has finally become home

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Got an issue? Ask Audrey...

Cork’s unique agony Aunt fields your questions.

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Somers day done for the Irish in King's Cross

King’s Cross and its surrounds was once a traditional heartland for Irish emigrants to London. A surge in property development and the creep of gentrification and the fall of time has left that community gasping for air. Robert Mulhern visited the Irish in Somers Town

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The little pimple that was a sign of a big disease

The seemingly innocuous spot on Leo Swift’s face was skin cancer, probably caused by exposure to sun while gardening. Irish people forget that UV radiation is high here between March and September, says Áilín Quinlan

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