Róisín Ingle: I turn on the karaoke machine and switch off the warBlinded by the disco lights, I try not to think of Ukraine. Normal life must go onWed Mar 02 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Why I can’t wait for the Great UnmaskingI won’t be judging anyone’s facemask choices. I hope I won’t be judged for mineWed Feb 23 2022 - 06:00
‘Irish men are raping women for money all across the country’Mia Döring’s chilling memoir of rape and abuse argues that the entire sex trade is evilSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
The Lion, the Witch and the Dryrobe: Covid’s cruel spell brokenA magical new production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe brings joy to the worldSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Why an ad showing bare breasts is ‘radical’, but one with partial nudity isn’tThis week two ads for women’s clothes made headlines for different reasonsThu Feb 17 2022 - 10:30
Róisín Ingle: I walk most days without leaving the house. Who cares if I look stupid?Now that I’ve discovered Leslie, an older American lady, I’ll never walk aloneWed Feb 16 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: The boiled egg is keeping me from returning to the office ever againHow do I like my boiled eggs cooked? Let me count the waysWed Feb 09 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: In a loud voice he said, ‘Now I just have to get past this very fat woman’A well-known woman recently asked us not to talk to her about her body. I understood whyWed Feb 02 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Time to find ourselves again? I went looking for myself down the pubHere’s to a good Old Fashioned night out and the heartening sights of Camden StreetWed Jan 26 2022 - 06:00
‘Writing about sex can be profound ... but also deeply silly’Raven Leilani’s acclaimed debut novel about a flailing, fallible black woman soars to the topSat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Here’s the thing about harmless, sexist funThere might be currency in all those pennies finally dropping about violence against womenWed Jan 19 2022 - 06:00
Irish Times Winter Nights festival starts on January 24th. Here’s the scheduleDavid Baddiel, Mike Ryan, Brian O’Driscoll and Caitlin Moran among the online guestsSat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Nobody could ever accuse me of being well groomedI noticed my daughter’s grotty runners. Holes in her socks added to the Dickensian lookWed Jan 12 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: We’re all riddled with Covid, but will my unvaccinated relative catch it?My loss of taste and smell provided a morning of entertainment for the childrenWed Jan 05 2022 - 06:00
‘Once you start asking yourself if your drinking is normal, it’s not’A new memoir offers a timely portrayal of ‘grey area drinking’ – and explains how to beat itFri Dec 31 2021 - 08:05
Róisín Ingle: There is no relief here at the a*se end of 2021If you’ve any sense you’re now mildly depressed, reliant on alcohol or worrying about homeschoolingWed Dec 29 2021 - 16:41
Róisín Ingle: The ‘post-coital embarrassment’ of waking from the Christmas fever dreamMaking the festivities happen is intoxicating – a diversion we’ve never needed moreWed Dec 22 2021 - 06:00
Joan Collins: ‘I was typecast from 17 – British bad girl, baby prostitutes, delinquents’‘My parents stressed to me that life is not a bowl of cherries. Life is a bowl of cherry pits’Sat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My tragedy is that I’ll never become my motherOscar Wilde wrote that every woman’s tragedy is to become her mother. Not meWed Dec 15 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My unvaccinated relative arrives soon. It’s time for ostrich therapyWhile they’re here for Christmas, the C-word, P-word and V-word are bannedWed Dec 08 2021 - 10:18
Róisín Ingle: It’s not just Davy Tweed. We need to talk about men who abuseIt’s time to change the conversation around male violence against womenWed Dec 01 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I am choosing not to listen to the scaremongerers in chargeInstead I listen to Adele, and remember the day I realised my marriage was overWed Nov 24 2021 - 06:00
Daniel O’Donnell at 60: ‘I could have made a lot more money if I was more ruthless’The singer reflects on his career, marriage, business nous and family alcoholismSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: ‘Live your life,’ the vaccinators said. ‘Don’t go mad,’ they should have addedDistract yourself. Put the Christmas decorations up. Eat more sweets. Take a duvet dayWed Nov 17 2021 - 06:00
An audience with Paul McCartney: ‘This is the 118th time I’ve seen him’The former Beatle launched his book The Lyrics with a talk in London. It was fabSat Nov 13 2021 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: First time on a plane since the carry-on. I can hardly believe my luckIt’s Irish Times Food Month. So let me tell this story through the medium of food and beveragesWed Nov 10 2021 - 11:16
Paul McCartney on loving John Lennon, the Beatles break-up and his Irish familyIt’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’Sat Nov 06 2021 - 07:47
Róisín Ingle: I can’t sleep, jolted awake at 3.30amI decide I need to declutter my one wild and precious life so I can be profound againWed Nov 03 2021 - 06:00
Imelda May: ‘Sex can be more fun as you get older and you care less’The musician on writing poetry, growing up in the Liberties, and pre-Christian IrelandSat Oct 30 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My unvaccinated relative asks to stay for Christmas. What would you say?My fully vaccinated self and fully vaccinated partner don’t say yes straight awayWed Oct 27 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My speech was just like me – short, wine-fuelled and all over the placeOne hundred candles, two women and one party to celebrate entering our sixth decadeWed Oct 20 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I am 50 and I don’t want to be improved any moreThe birthday present I crave is the same one I wanted at 30 and 40: to feel at peaceWed Oct 13 2021 - 06:00
‘Zones’, ‘pitstops’ and being a ‘bouncer’ – interior decor for a changed worldAuthor’s new book, Décor Galore, willbe catnip for anybody who struggle to make best of their homeSun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
Lucy Kennedy: ‘English celebrities are more fragile than Irish’She ‘lives with’ people like Sarah Harding and Katie Hopkins but isn’t famous herself, she insistsSat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I went maevesdropping in my mission to be more Maeve BinchyA festival celebrating the beloved author, full of wisdom and advice, takes place this weekendWed Sept 29 2021 - 09:30
Hector Ó hEochagáin on his brother’s death: ‘It feels as if I lost a leg’Hector is back on TG4 but still reeling from the death of his brother Freddie in JuneSat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Never mind the anti-vaxxers, we need to talk about the anti-relaxersWe’re all adjusting to the relaxing of restrictions and the shy return to this new version of normalWed Sept 22 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Older people deserve a standing ovation for making it through the pandemicThere is a silence around the impact of cocooning on the older generationWed Sept 15 2021 - 09:18
Joanne McNally: ‘I’m freezing everything. My face. My eggs’She’s found comedy success in ‘being a normal 30-something who loves Zara and white wine’Sat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: The fundemic starts here, but it’s not as simple as it soundsI joined a synchronised swimming group for a few days. I blame the OlympicsWed Sept 08 2021 - 06:00
Miss Ireland 2021: ‘I am so grateful I can show girls that colour does not hold you back’Pamela Uba, a 26-year-old medical scientist, is the first black woman to win the pageantTue Sept 07 2021 - 08:53
Rosaleen Linehan: I told my son, ‘I hope I don’t embarrass you.’ He said, ‘Too late’The effervescent octogenarian is gearing up for her new show, Backwards up a RainbowSat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Sally Rooney: ‘I’m really paranoid about my personal life. I feel self-conscious’The Normal People author is now a literary superstar, a rise to fame echoed in her new novelSat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: The thought of ‘back to the office’ brings me out in hivesI’ve conducted a highly unscientific audit on my working remotely situation, and decided that overall I am a better person out of the officeWed Sept 01 2021 - 06:00
Sharon Horgan: ‘I don’t believe age is just a number. That’s b****cks’Writer-producer-actor is not ready to make a comedy about post-50 phase of her life just yetSat Aug 28 2021 - 06:00
Vulnerable children ‘falling through the gaps’ of new childcare schemeUnder new plan, some children are seeing cuts in vital after-school servicesSat Aug 28 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: ‘I’ll miss you,’ I lied as the family piled into the carI’d never ached to be alone more than during the past weeks. I could not focus on anythingWed Aug 25 2021 - 06:00
You learn ‘situational awareness’ the first time a man exposes himself to you in publicRóisín Ingle: Every day is a school day, but it’s not girls and women who need to learnWed Aug 18 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: This southside blow-in loves Kellie Harrington’s northeast inner cityAfter the Olympic champion’s win I’m prouder than ever to call her part of Dublin homeWed Aug 11 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: We should give thanks that the Dart wasn’t Mannixed back in the dayIt’s heartbreaking to see cycling – the best way to get around Dublin – under serious threatWed Aug 04 2021 - 06:00
