Climate conversations: ‘The buck stops, with us, the grown-ups, right now’Inter-generational conversations on the climate crisis with Eamon Ryan, Dr Tara Shine, Dara McAnulty and othersSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Is failure excess baggage or is it where the real strength lies?I don’t think my specific failure made me stronger, but it did teach me two important lessonsWed Sept 22 2021 - 06:00
Is motherhood the place where sexiness goes to die?Adding status of mother to your identity is like adding saffron to a recipeWed Sept 08 2021 - 06:00
Pat Barker: ‘Anne Boleyn can’t walk into our world but Helen of Troy can’The novelist continues her retelling of the Iliad from the women’s perspective in new bookTue Sept 07 2021 - 06:00
Edel Coffey: Where have all the smart romcoms gone?They’re dismissed as saccharine, but the really good ones can give you a sugar-free liftWed Aug 25 2021 - 06:00
Hooking up in a modern world: ‘Is a smile enough’ to convey consent?Consent, pornography, #MeToo, asexuality – the sexual landscape has changed significantlySat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Most people were being sold a bit of a lie’Checkout 19 novelist on class, male jealousy of writing and the boring world of office workTue Aug 17 2021 - 06:00
Edel Coffey: Needing a parent never really grows oldA parent’s love doesn’t necessarily die with them, but can continue in other waysWed Aug 11 2021 - 06:00
I have realised perfectionism is a form of self-sabotageEdel Coffey: For ages I ran my own personal fight club as friends lapped me with achievementsWed Jul 28 2021 - 06:00
The female television detective: A role model for ageing womenThey show radical self-acceptance and free up huge headspace to do their workWed Jul 14 2021 - 06:00
I had to apologise to the friend who had told me yoga makes you cryTime to take our emotions out of cold storageWed Jun 30 2021 - 06:00
‘Turn the lights off so I can get undressed’ – and other Irish sexual positionsNorway’s national broadcaster has published a sex guide. Any chance, RTÉ?Thu Jun 24 2021 - 06:00
Princess Beatrice hires a £1,000-a-week nanny five months before birth. How pragmatic of herPeople will mock, but any mother who has tried to hire a peak-season bouncy castle will salute herTue Jun 22 2021 - 06:00
I can panic-clean an entire house in 10 minutes flatEdel Coffey: Lockdown’s end signals unexpected visitors’ return – and with them the Big TidyWed Jun 09 2021 - 06:00
What I’ve learned about trying to make friends in adulthoodMaking friends in my 30s turned out to be a challenging prospectSat May 22 2021 - 06:00
Louise Nealon: ‘There is an overwhelming silence and shame in Irish culture’She never thought she’d be good enough to write, but her debut novel sold for a six-figure sumSat May 08 2021 - 06:00
Listening Still: Heartwarming, twinkling with IrishnessBook review: Anne Griffin’s writing is even more assured in her second novelFri Apr 30 2021 - 06:00
Redder Days by Sue Rainsford: a unique new voice in Irish writingBook review: dystopian novel examines the best and worst of our human instinctsSun Mar 14 2021 - 06:00
Two new books about the runaway slave who became Lord Edward FitzGerald’s servantLaura McKenna has written a historical fiction book on the same topic as Neil Jordan’sSat Feb 20 2021 - 06:00
