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Julie and Emma are back with Up To 90 and talking Foot and Mouth Disease, mysterious geography trips aka Christmas Party funds, and second chances on Tinder. Julie has the answer as to why everyone in Nadine Ireland has Covid and Emma is…

Today’s romantic landscape is completely different than the one that existed even a decade ago. It’s fueled by online interactions, as well as massive troves of personal and sensitive data. Dating sites like Match, Chemistry, and…

Some names have been changed to protect privacy. I sat at the bar waiting for Bru twenty minutes past the time we had agreed to meet.  When he did arrive,  I recognised his spiky black hair from his photos.  It was a strained date.  He…

I was nineteen when my doctor diagnosed me with vaginismus. I wasn’t surprised. Two weeks earlier she had tried to insert a cotton swab inside of me and my muscles had seized up upon contact. I had to tell her to stop. It took her three…

I am a zoologist and conservationist. Most of my short career has been focused in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia. Indonesia is endowed with breath-taking landscapes and rainforests bursting with diverse wildlife. Over the past few…

Alright Boy. How’s the form? Jesus, wait till I tell ya. It’s all kicked off here. I’m after just moving in with three girls. Sure, I am only weak for myself. All my washing is done and all my dinners. Unreal deal. Anyway, sure I’m only…

In my humble opinion, the best way to explore the complex topic of fragile masculinity, to examine the deep historical roots and interlocking societal impulses that make up the mainstream image of what it means to be a Real Man, is in tiny…

''Am I the only one who finds solace in the old days of romance and the warm comfort it offered, compared to the cold, hard face of today's hook-up generation?''So asks the Irish Independent's Niamh Horan in an article which, to put it…