Edel Meade – Brigids and Patricias album review: Distinctive and highly original
A moving second album that draws on everything from misogyny, #MeToo and the cervical cancer scandal
The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in order
It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest
A new map of Ireland: Honouring some of our outstanding women
We propose sites for new street names, sculptures for International Women’s Day
Theatre in 2018: Looking back in anger and learning lessons
Year in Culture Review: Feelings of rage, injustice, grief and – hopefully – healing pervaded theatre
Girl power: how the new feminism has embraced children’s literature
From picture books to YA fiction, it’s a great time to be a girl who loves to read
Women don’t write national plays? ‘Well they can, and they do’
In 2018, a diversity of Irish women’s voices will take their place on the national stage
Witchipedia: Ireland’s most famous witches
The witches of Irish history had one thing in common: they were women who refused to conform
The story of the last ‘witch’ burned alive in Ireland
In 1895, Bridget Cleary was set alight by her husband because he believed she was a fairy
Books that define Ireland
Can our country be summed up by one book? We ask some experts to nominate candidates
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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