Eithne Shortall: ‘It still matters that my writing is good, but it matters more to me that I’m a good parent’The former Sunday Times arts writer gave up journalism to focus on fiction and her two childrenSun Jul 30 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Instead of being celebrated, Sinéad O’Connor was mocked, dismissed and derided for far too longSinéad O’Connor showed us a different way to be a woman, giving two fingers to narrow expectationsSat Jul 29 2023 - 07:00
Róisín Ingle: I’ve discovered the trend of ‘girl dinner’ and now I’m obsessedWhile our daughters were away at Irish college, we found there was no need to do a Big ShopWed Jul 26 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I might be okay, but I’m not fine at all after trying to buy Taylor Swift ticketsAfter six hours I get access to the ticket-buying place but the only ones left cost about €700 each. My finger hovers over the buttonWed Jul 19 2023 - 06:00
Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I think we’re often taught not to trust our instincts as women’The Carlow actor stars in Fifteen-Love, a darkly delicate exploration of abuse in elite tennis, alongside Aidan TurnerSun Jul 16 2023 - 05:30
Róisín Ingle: ‘Help’ they texted, so we went to visit the kids in Irish CollegeRóisín Ingle: I watched them and their Bean an Tí go back inside, the empty-nester I didn’t know I had in me whispering softly, ‘help’Wed Jul 12 2023 - 05:00
Rosemary Mac Cabe: My ‘menmoir’ was a necessary exorcism of the ghosts in my headThe journalist and podcaster’s debut is a funny and painfully human account of past relationships, but she makes it clear that ‘these men are the objects; I am the subject’Sat Jul 08 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I got into one of those passive-aggressive phone conversations with my boyfriendThis exchange related to a discussion about which person in a relationship gets to keep their phone on silentWed Jul 05 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: I had low expectations for skinny dipping but the absence of togs was transformativeRóisín Ingle: The skinny in skinny dipping does not refer to body size, I’ve only just discovered that. It’s a nod to skin. The skin we’re swimming inWed Jun 28 2023 - 05:00
Aisling Bea: I want to be ‘easy and nice’ but sometimes it is not possible The Kildare comedian, actor and writer comes clean on multitasking, wanting a role in a Marvel movie, what she would tell her younger self, and how being an ‘easy and nice’ woman isn’t all that simpleSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:30
1980s Ireland was all fields and parental neglect was the normRóisín Ingle: My recollection of being 14 is pretty hazy, unless you are counting song lyrics learnt by heart from Smash Hits magazine, but I know I didn’t spend much of that year studyingWed May 31 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: To get things done - like smart ticketing - we need to find the smartest people in the room Ireland: A country with so much to do, but so much confusion and apathy about actually getting things doneWed May 17 2023 - 05:00
Naoise Dolan: ‘Gay is a fun button to press. God should push it more often’A chat with the author about her eagerly awaited second novel, The Happy Couple, takes in Dublin, sensitivity readers and the possible abundance of ‘fantastic, algorithm-brokered sex’Sun May 14 2023 - 00:05
Róisín Ingle: Modern Dublin smells mostly of marijuana, not manureI grew very fond of English novelist VS Pritchett after coming across his sublime observations of Dublin - he had an understanding of what made the city specialWed May 10 2023 - 05:00
Bob Geldof said yes, Annie Macmanus said no, Barry McGuigan said both. So what was the question?Róisín Ingle: These days, to avoid the embarrassment of a public refusal, potential recipients are contacted in advance to see if they would be amenable to accepting the honourTue May 09 2023 - 05:30
‘The concept of monarchy is absurd’: Annie Mac on London-Irish life, rejecting an MBE, and the pull of homeThe DJ and podcaster has written her second novel, but she’s still ‘scarlet’ at the prospect of being called a writerSat May 06 2023 - 05:30
Róisín Ingle: I don’t want new things any more. Everything that comes into the house now must have some historyRóisín Ingle: Long live my resistance to the army of sales people desperately trying to sell me stuffWed May 03 2023 - 05:00
International Rugby Experience, a world-class interactive cathedral to rugby, opens today in LimerickFirst look: It’s difficult not to be impressed on a visit to this not-for-profit cultural institution that is hoped to bring a major boost in tourism revenue to Limerick and the midwestTue May 02 2023 - 08:19
Róisín Ingle: I’ve come extremely late to the concept of ‘wholesome content’, but I love itVirtual wholesomeness is great, but wholesome content is even better when it’s experienced in real lifeWed Apr 26 2023 - 05:30
Roisin Ingle: A night of pool, ping pong and keeping to myself that story of making a small boy cryHow much information is too much when it comes to friendship dates with new pals?Wed Apr 19 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: We should teach in schools what happened to Joanne HayesWe should tell it to new Irish citizens, so they know about the Ireland some would like to burySat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: I’ve half-made my bed. Maybe someday I’ll get to lie on itBuilding a bed on my own without any previous experience is probably the most difficult and satisfying task I’ve ever half-accomplishedWed Mar 22 2023 - 05:00
West Side Story: ‘Why are we so hateful? This show will always be relevant’Sixty-five years after it first hit Broadway, the musical is back and it’s coming to DublinSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
From vibrators to Repeal jumpers, communion dresses and fake tan: A history of Irish women in 50 objectsWe’re objectifying Irish women but in an illuminating, celebratory way to mark International Women’s Day 2023Wed Mar 08 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I’ve been sofasplained and couchlighted but I love my new pink piece of furnitureMy oversized sofa of dreams is, deep down, a bed waiting to happenWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:00
Killian Scott: ‘The less people know about me the better’Since bursting on to our screens in Love/Hate, Killian Scott’s film and TV career career has blossomedSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: When it comes to Irish we’re all Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson or Paul MescalA brief encounter as Gaeilge by the chocolate bars has left me looking for ways to get closer to the Irish languageWed Mar 01 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: To make a change in your life, you have to get out of your own wayOne friend’s adventure involves a change of country, but others reinvent themselves in other ways with new jobs or relationships or all-consuming hobbiesWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
‘There’s too much talk about menopause? We’re just making up for the last 20 goddamn years when women suffered in silence’In 2021, Dr Deirdre Lundy helped get the nation talking about menopause on Liveline. She’s delighted the pendulum has swungSat Feb 18 2023 - 06:00
‘I have loads of friends from drama school who have stopped acting. I think it’s a wise choice’Ryan Donaldson made the choice to give acting a go, but if it all goes wrong he can always go back to selling Christmas treesSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Our colleague Tommy’s superpower was finding solutions. He died solving a problemTommy Putt, The Irish Times’ facilities manager, had worked at the paper for nearly 50 years when he died, suddenlyWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: ‘You are too fat to have cheese!’ the woman roared at meI’ve been judged for my weight all my life. But lately people like Lizzo, braver and younger than me, have been my teachersWed Feb 08 2023 - 05:00
Siobhán McSweeney: ‘As an Irish woman who isn’t Angelina Jolie, the big fear is invisibility’The Cork actor’s flat burned down and she almost lost a leg, but McSweeney tells Róisín Ingle she still feels like ‘one of the luckiest people around’Sat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Marie Kondo has given up cleaning? We have so much more in common nowKondo is now a mother of three small children – which, when you think about it, explains a lot about her recent revelationTue Jan 31 2023 - 21:00
‘We just assumed you were an old woman’: Meet the Bridgets and Brigids of Ireland today We asked a cross-section of women and girls about the importance of being Bridget, from 12-year-old Bridget Crann to 107-year-old Bridget TierneyMon Jan 30 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I’ve not had a good January. Has anybody? Maybe there’s no such thingIt is not so much a month as a 31-day-long kick up the arse. The good news is it is nearly overWed Jan 25 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: The warm and welcoming community I live in is being tainted by protestsIn the wake of rallies in some locations against accommodation of asylum seekers and refugees, all I can think of is children in temporary homes scared of what lies in wait for them outsideWed Jan 18 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Middle aged? Embrace it, there’s plenty to enjoy and appreciate about itChildhood had its moments. Crazed youth was a cherished roller coaster. But these are the days of slow living and quiet reflectionWed Jan 11 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: ‘I love you so much,’ I shout unconvincingly to my struggling selfEvery few days my trainer sends motivational messages on WhatsApp. I’ve mostly stopped rolling my eyesWed Jan 04 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Trust me, you don’t want to be a Twixmas personUnfamiliar with Goblin Mode’s hedonistic, vaguely unhygienic but ultimately superior ways? I hereby present my foolproof five-step guideWed Dec 28 2022 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Two top hacks for a stress-free ChristmasApologies for boasting, but my own Yuletide troubles are minimalWed Dec 21 2022 - 05:00
‘Gabriel Byrne was spectacular to work with. I am hoping to have a Guinness with him some day’Charlie Mackesy on turning his bestselling book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse into an animated filmTue Dec 20 2022 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: I’m in denial about something distressing. Perhaps you are tooAs a strategy to avoid potentially distressing feelings, denial can come in handyWed Dec 14 2022 - 05:00
Peter Coonan: ‘I’m too sensitive. I take things to heart for better or for worse’The actor who played loveable psychopath Fran in Love/Hate and is currently on stage as Finbar in The Weir on being a ‘home bird’ and a dad to three girlsSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:30
Róisín Ingle: I’ve stopped asking people where they’re fromI’ve learned that this seemingly harmless question can be more loaded than it seemsWed Dec 07 2022 - 05:00
‘Try sober socialising, it’s easier than you think’: How to drink more mindfully this ChristmasMost events at this time of year feature booze and plenty of it. If you don’t want to drink as much, here’s howSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Did I find the kindest, most friendly street in Ireland?Counting kindness in Carrick-on-Shannon is easy when it comes to a student’s lost phoneWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:00
Lost touch with pals post-pandemic? Here’s how to rekindle the friendship spark Our social circles shrunk drastically in the pandemic, and for many of us, they haven’t bounced backSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:30
Róisín Ingle: We have a huge new TV, but I’ve banned the World CupWhy? There’s the fact that homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, not to mention the deaths of an estimated 6,000 or more migrant workers thereWed Nov 23 2022 - 05:00
Michelle Obama: ‘Sorry Bono, don’t think for one second you could ever compete’Róisín Ingle appreciates some wise life lessons from the former First Lady, and her MaFri Nov 18 2022 - 15:01
