Ask the Experts

SEX ED | Dear Angela: Should I tell my boyfriend why he never makes me scream in bed?

Dear Angela,

Dear Maura | 'My sister's behaviour has ruined my relationship with my parents'

Life's a beach | Dear Angela: Girlfriend wants sex on the beach but I'm freaking out

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: I feel taken for granted at home

Dear Maura: My husband and I are only together because of our child. Our son is now 20 and I have promised myself that I will leave when he’s a bit older. I want to leave because all I do is housework. We’ve had rows and then I give in and get …

Dear Maura: Should I leave my wife for ex?

Dear Maura: Seventeen years ago, I met a girl when I was 22, she was 23. We went out for 10 months. She was in college. I was mad about her but figured that she wouldn’t want anything serious with me as I was just a working lad. She would have a …

SNOOZEFEST | Dear Angela: My boyfriend broke up with me over one night of boring sex

Dear Angela, after only two months my boyfriend (26) split up with me - over text.

Self-love | Dear Angela: We sleep together every night but my girlfriend masturbates non-stop

Dear Angela: My girlfriend (33) has a strange habit — she masturbates, although we sleep together almost every night. And just to clarify, she has at least one orgasm every time.

Dear Maura: I fear anxiety without my dad

Dear Maura: My mam is hopeless with me when I feel anxious. I’m 18 and have had anxiety since I was 15. My dad is so patient. Mam just thinks that I can shake off my worries if I do something to distract me. I got through my Leaving Cert with …

RIGHT CLICK | Dear Angela: I'm a virgin and my cyber girlfriend wants to meet for real sex

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: Wife’s mother is causing misery

Dear Maura: My wife has been overweight for years. We don’t have sex anymore and that’s OK with me. But I often wonder if she thinks about that part of our married life. I’d never have the guts to ask her. We’re both 42 and very happy together. We …

Pretty woman | Dear Angela: I want to settle down with my regular escort

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

FROCK ON | Dear Angela: Should I tell my husband I know he’s a cross-dresser?

Dear Angela,

Dear Maura: Sleeping with a separated man

Dear Maura: I’VE been sleeping with a separated man and I’m developing feelings for him, even though I know I’m bringing a lot of trouble on myself. He works with me and started talking to me about his marriage being over. All the women in the …

Role play | Dear Angela: My BDSM lady wants me to be a 'house slave' but I have doubts

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: I’m too tired to mind grandkids

Dear Maura: How do I tell my daughter that I’m getting too old to mind her two children? They’re four and six. They’re great but I’m feeling more and more tired at the end of the day after minding them. They’re in school but I have them until 7pm. …

Dear Maura: How can I get over break-up?

Dear Maura: How do you get past a cancelled wedding that was meant to make my life the happiest it could be? My ex and I were together since fifth year in school — that’s 10 years of our lives. We had it all planned and then something happened one …

Bad vibes | Ask Dr Angela: My new boyfriend feels threatened by my XXL vibrators

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: My brother has no time for me

Dear Maura: Myself and my brother set up a business together. He had the money and I had the idea. Seven months later, he has no interest in anything I do. Even though I include him in so many aspects of the shop, he ignores my messages. I invite …

Creepy Toms | Dear Angela: 'Peeping Toms' are spoiling our car sex fun

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Mum's the word | Dear Maura: My mean mum is constantly criticising my man and calls him fat

Solve your life dilemmas with expert advice from Maura O’Neill

Love or Money? | Dear Maura: I'm a successful businesswoman but men can’t cope with my wealth

Solve your life dilemmas with expert advice from Maura O’Neill

ANTI-CLIMAX | Dear Angela: I’m bored in bed, is it OK to stimulate myself during sex?

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: I’m fed up with my samey life

Dear Maura: I’m 42 and an only child who lives with my dad. Up until two years ago, I had no one in my life, never had a boyfriend. Then I found a lovely man on a dating website, and we’re still together. It was wonderful to have him over the past …

Frisky business | Dear Angela: Are we too old to do the waterfall position safely?

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

confusing time  | Psychotherapist David Kavanagh explains how to support children through grief and loss

It is natural to feel pain and heartache over the death of a loved one, but for children who are facing a loss for the first time, it can be a confusing and upsetting time.

Marriage and strife | Dear Maura: I've been seeing an old boyfriend - but I found out he's married

Solve your life dilemmas with expert advice from Maura O’Neill

Porn Wild | Dear Angela: I want to be a porn star so I can have sex all day long

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: Meet-up after 20 years a flop

Dear Maura: I went to San Fran with high hopes but came home with my confidence in the bottom of my suitcase.

Dear Maura: Partner suffers from insecurity

Dear Maura: My partner’s insecurity is ruining our relationship. He’s always on the alert to defend himself, to let me know that he’s as good as me. He has a great job, good pay and has everything to be thankful for. Still, I can’t get through to …

Walkies | Dear Angela: Kinky boyfriend wants me to take him for a walk on leash in the park

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: He is fixated on my best friend

Dear Maura: MY boyfriend has been paying a lot of attention to my best friend lately. I don’t know if anyone else notices this but it’s obvious. I’m 25 and he’s 27. We’ve been together for two years. I see him looking at her when he thinks …

Off your chest | Dear Angela: I'm afraid men are put off by my small boobs - should I get implants?

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Obsession | Expert highlights the tell-tale signs that you could be addicted to dating apps

The dating scene has undoubtedly undergone a huge transition since the beginning of the pandemic.

DOUBLE TROUBLE | Ask Dr Angela: I found out my fiancé has a second family — what should I do?

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: Will he ever fall for me?

Dear Maura: I helped my friend to come out to his family with the hope that we could develop something special between us. But I don’t know if he sees me as a friend or if he is just scared to be in a relationship.

NOTHING TO BOOZE | Sex and relationship expert Dr Caroline West says 'dry dating' is on the rise

Could 2022 be the year you ditch the Dutch courage and dive into the dating pool dry? If agreeing to a dinner date sans drink in hand sounds like a living nightmare, Dr Caroline West, Bumble's relationship and sex expert, is here to persuade you …

Not so sweet | Dear Angela: I’m worried my teenage daughter has a sugar daddy

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Dear Maura: He loves soccer more than me

Dear Maura: MY boyfriend loves his favourite soccer team, Liverpool, more than me. It’s all he ever talks about. If a player gets injured or they lose — not that often I know — then it takes ages for him to get over this. He doesn’t want to go out …

Hair today | Ask Dr Angela: My boyfriend is turned on by body hair and doesn't want me to shave

Sort your sexual problems with honest and practical tips from Dr Angela Brokmann

Ask Maura: My man’s ex is being vindictive

Dear Maura: MY partner’s ex-wife is making life very difficult for us. I’ve been with him for three years and moved in eight months ago. He has two grown-up daughters, both married with one child each and it was such a big deal to get them to …