‘I’m not cool, I’ve never been cool’, Robbie Williams tells Croke Park on night of naked honesty
No dead air for two hours of hits and surprises as Williams asks the audience for adoration
By Ruby Eastwood
Among the many crises, housing is the unresolved constant
‘Whoever is buying the houses is driving up their prices, so who could it be?’ writes David McWilliams
My first granddaughter probably won’t remember her third birthday, but the people who love her will
It was a party partially to celebrate a birthday, but also to mark a departure
JD Vance is a key advocate for the Trump regime’s view of the EU as an enemy
JD Vance is at the heart of this world view, which prises imperial strength, tradition, faith and hierarchical order over the liberal internationalist regime across the Atlantic
Solve two Dublin problems in one go: put Molly Malone on Daniel O’Connell’s plinth
Plus: Fine Gael’s summer of fun, a bad year for trout and a good opportunity for the ríomhaire
Gaels on film: How the GAA battled to project its reel image
TG4 series shows an association grappling for over a century with others’ perceptions of its games
By Seán Moran
Taking teachers seriously as professionals would solve some big problems in Irish education
Primary and post-primary schools are struggling to fill teaching posts and having to resort to employing unqualified people. Why?
A biopic of Sinéad O’Connor? There are reasons to want what we haven’t yet got
A film about Sinéad O’Connor could prove welcome
New poetry: Ciaran Berry; Cherry Smyth; Afric McGlinchey; Ralf Webb
States; One Mountain: Sold; à la belle étoile; Highway Cottage
By Declan Ryan
Author Ragnar Jónasson: ‘There are a lot of Irish genes in the Icelandic population’
The Icelandic crime writer on his latest novel, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer; the trickiest Agatha Christie novel he has translated to Icelandic; and his favourite Irish authors
By Martin Doyle
TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker: A comic tour de force
The author displays an eccentricity of expression and a winningly agile approach to plot
By Philippa Conlon
Who Will Remain by Kasim Ali: A sociological message delivered through truly propulsive writing
There are stereotypes but the author also offers moments of stunning incisiveness
By Lucy Sweeney Byrne
Remember When by Fiona Phillips: An unflinching first-person account of the slide into Alzheimer’s
Phillips writes with the help of her husband, whose presence in the narrative grows as her illness progresses
By Ruby Eastwood
Everything and the Kitchen Sink by Simon Matthews: A survey of entertainment in pre-Beatles Britain
Though not a history of gritty realism in film and beyond, kitchen sink is certainly the prevailing mood
Desire-propelled prose from Rosemary Jenkinson; a compelling novel by Lynda Marron; Monto uncovered with Caroline West
Reviews of Lagan Lights, The Bridge to Always and Wrong Women
By Brigid O'Dea
Ann Taaffe, widow of champion jockey, leaves estate valued at more than €7m
Ann Taaffe died in December 2024, having been predeceased by her husband Toss Taaffe
By Tim O'Brien
Ireland has a golden economic opportunity. Don’t blow it
At the centre of the debate will be whether the Budget 2026 should include a cost of living package
By Cliff Taylor
Tusla debated turning back to previously blacklisted care home providers
Internal documents show pushback to idea children be accommodated by care firms who supplied fake Garda vetting
By Jack Power
‘Fear became my daily companion’: Joan Freeman on her bruising presidential election
The Pieta House founder and former senator ran for the presidency of Ireland in 2018
By Joan Freeman
How a low-key manager from Athlone fits into the story of Swansea City and Snoop Dogg
There’s nothing Disney about Alan Sheehan but he’s playing a lead role at a club that suddenly seem to be going showbiz
‘Now is your time’: How Michael Healy-Rae led the push for a Heather Humphreys presidential run
Senior Fine Gael politicians are confident former minister for social affairs will not be beaten if country gets to know her as they do
By Ellen Coyne
Houses are being built in Ireland, so why can’t ordinary people buy them?
Prices are rising because the biggest buyer in the market is pushing them up. Who will benefit?
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group forming shadow system of county councils
Organisation’s activities ‘risk misleading or exploiting citizens’, says elected Fianna Fáil figure
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