Dublin’s Liffey boardwalk: ‘It could explode in a second’As I sit, I see drug deals, fights, begging and urination into the Liffey. All in broad daylightSat Aug 19 2017 - 06:00
Too many pancakes: David Sedaris’ diaries don’t do him any favoursThe first in the author’s volume reads like a stream-of-consciousness over 25 yearsSat Aug 12 2017 - 06:00
Saving lives at sea: a day with the Baltimore lifeboatThe RNLI’s volunteers are the essential ingredient in any rescue operationSat Aug 12 2017 - 06:00
Leo’s backyard: unequal lives in Irish suburbiaThe Taoiseach’s West Dublin constituency is one of Ireland’s most socially divided areasSat Aug 05 2017 - 06:00
New director of Galway 2020 sets out a digital future‘I come with the experience of finding the stories that need to be told,’ says Chris BaldwinSat Aug 05 2017 - 05:00
Nobody wants me in their book club. What's wrong with me?Broadside: To an outsider, the book-club cult looks as exclusive as the Bilderberg GroupMon Jul 31 2017 - 06:00
Nuns selling 20-bed beachfront holiday home in Kerry for €649KNumber of Presentation sisters using the house had dwindled to single figuresMon Jul 24 2017 - 01:00
Jimmy Osmond: ‘I’d be good in prison – I keep myself entertained’The singer who had a hit at nine talks showbiz, ‘Grease’ and Michael Jackson’s snakeSat Jul 22 2017 - 06:00
Islands, offal and a bicycle buffet on the menu for West Cork food festivalJam-packed programme for 10-day celebration of food and drinkThu Jul 20 2017 - 12:00
Rural Ireland: The village that refused to dieIts population is rising, its buildings are full. How did Kildorrery, Co Cork, pull itself out of decline?Sat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
‘I’d prefer if Fiona went before me then I wouldn’t be leaving her behind when I die’Carers in Crisis: Theresa Kinsella (82) has significant dementia but must care for her intellectually disabled daughter Fiona (52)Fri Jun 30 2017 - 12:00
Elderly mother with dementia left as daughter’s carerAdult daughter with intellectual disabilities on residential waiting list for 13 yearsFri Jun 30 2017 - 04:00
Clare Balding: ‘Girl’s and women’s football is the biggest growth area in sport’The very busy BBC presenter sportingly answers a mixed-bag of questionsTue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
Michael Longley: ‘Being 77 and three-quarters is the best time of my life’The Belfast poet on his latest collection and the ‘clickety-clickety-click’ thrill of writingSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
Women need toilets more than men do. Why are there never enough?Broadside: No to bad smells and wet floors. Yes to spacious stalls and sensible sinksMon Jun 12 2017 - 10:00
David Norris: ‘I have already recorded my own eulogy’Interview: The Senator and ‘computer virgin’ has no regrets over the 2011 presidential electionSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
‘I’m the oldest transgender person in Co Galway’Galway Arts Centre show ‘Becoming Christine’ highlights woman’s transgender journeyThu Jun 01 2017 - 06:00
Gordon Snell on Maeve Binchy: ‘Her presence is still here’The late author’s husband says his memories of her are so good he ‘can never really be sad’Sat May 27 2017 - 06:00
Norah Casey: my first husband ‘battered me senseless’After one assault I’d three broken ribs, a broken cheekbone and bruising all over my bodySat May 27 2017 - 05:00
Brain surgeon Henry Marsh: ‘You have to have a big ego’He pioneered awake craniotomy and, at 67, is still getting inside people’s headsFri May 26 2017 - 06:00
Bulky, medieval-looking stumps: Laos amputees make their own prostheticsMany victims of cluster bomb explosions suffer horrific injuries and often lose limbsMon May 15 2017 - 01:00
Laos village takes novel approach to recycling explosivesWith 80m unexploded bombs in the ground, it is usual to see defused ordnance in gardensMon May 15 2017 - 01:00
Death from below in the world’s most bombed countryThe US dropped 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam war. More than 40 years later, the devices are still killing peopleSat May 13 2017 - 06:00
‘Every Irish family has a mental health problem’Self-harm, anxiety and trauma have all increased in recent years, says Prof Jim LuceySat May 13 2017 - 06:00
'FF TD told us he arranged an abortion for his niece, but he was against abortion'Face the 50: The X-ile Project's online gallery of women who shared experiences of abortion has grown to 50 photosFri May 12 2017 - 06:00
How did this woman forgive the man who raped her?A new book charts the journey of a young man and woman from ‘rape to reconciliation’Fri May 05 2017 - 05:00
Molly McCloskey’s love letter to Ireland in the summer of 1989The author’s latest book ‘When Light Is Like Water’ explores themes of home – though it’s not a memoir, she explainsSat Apr 29 2017 - 06:00
Pretty vacant: Empty houses in Blacklion Co CavanCensus figures reveal that the Cavan town is the least occupied municipality in IrelandSat Apr 22 2017 - 01:00
Nursing home at 61: ‘I nearly died of shock when I was put in there’Inflexibility of Fair Deal scheme limits homecare options for people with disabilitiesThu Apr 20 2017 - 05:00
Two Tribes: Lurgan’s stark ‘dividing line’ softens with timeCatholic and Protestant communities fought recession together, but integration is slowMon Apr 03 2017 - 01:00
Teaching circus skills in Gaza: dynamic trio let an idea take flightA love of flying through the air, clowning and juggling is taken to new levelsSat Apr 01 2017 - 06:14
The rural businesswomen: ‘I’ve a gun and I’m a good shot’Start-ups by women in rural Ireland benefit from low overheads, a mentoring network and conversation without ‘bullsh**t’Sat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Addicted to Tupperware: it's more than just plastic boxesWith 150 demonstrators around the country, devotees are never far from a partyWed Mar 22 2017 - 06:00
‘Our children were going to die and there was nothing we could do about it’In November 2012, Paula and Padraic Naughton were told their three sons, Archie, George and Isaac, had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a fatal diseaseThu Mar 09 2017 - 06:00
A 3D-printed house: €10,000 ‘urban igloo’ was built in a dayCreator Apis Cor saved more than 70% on usual construction costs, including labourMon Mar 06 2017 - 13:00
Porto: It’s like a Portuguese CaliforniaJust two hours from Dublin, Portugal’s beautiful second city offers a range of delightsSat Mar 04 2017 - 06:30
The bishop, the box and the shining orbs: the many ghosts of the GaietyFormer archbishop John Charles McQuaid is among those roaming the theatre long after the curtain comes down, say the theatre's backstage staffThu Mar 02 2017 - 06:00
Fantasy Lent: What should Rory McIlroy, Donald Trump and Gerry Adams give up?If everyone observed Lent, even the rich and famous, it might look a bit like this ...Wed Mar 01 2017 - 12:00
Drive-thru ashes: do Ash Wednesday without leaving your carA Glenamaddy parish priest is facilitating busy parishioners on Ash WednesdayTue Feb 28 2017 - 12:55
Sinead Moriarty: The illness that started with ‘a sore knee’Sinéad Moriarty's new novel explores Irish hospitals, euthanasia and unconditional loveThu Feb 23 2017 - 06:00
Seamus Heaney loved dirty jokes? Tell us another oneActor Stephen Rea on the late Nobel laureate’s warmth, wisdom and influence on his careerThu Feb 23 2017 - 05:00
Philip Pullman announces The Book of Dust as follow-up to His Dark MaterialsThe first novel in new trilogy will come out in October, 17 years after the last instalmentWed Feb 15 2017 - 11:00
Adele and Beyoncé: victory for generosity, feminism and grace at Grammys 2017Two powerful, famous, talented women acknowledging each other, and the societal challenges that being a woman still carries in 2017Mon Feb 13 2017 - 12:00
Westport House: The tale behind the saleThe Mayo mansion saw decades of tension between its owners and the town they createdSat Feb 11 2017 - 05:00
Why Puppy Bowl will be top dog on Super Bowl SundayAlmost 80 puppies will square up against each other as the Ruffs take on the Fluffs – and Kitty Gaga will perform at halftimeSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:52
The Irish ‘sporting scientists’ who found 60 caves in Papua New GuineaThe team are among the nominees for the annual Outsider awards, for achievements in Ireland’s outdoor and adventure sceneWed Feb 01 2017 - 17:00
Artisan chocolate and industrial-chic hotels signs of Belfast revivalTourist-friendly developments show a city brimming with newfound confidenceSat Jan 28 2017 - 06:00
Lyra McKee on growing up gay in Belfast: ‘I used to bargain with God not to send me to hell’Belfast journalist Lyra McKee’s account of being gay in a hostile environment was turned into a short filmThu Jan 26 2017 - 06:00
Gifts for Prince George and Princess Charlotte from Ireland: hurling jerseys and dollsGifts for Prince Charles included fishing flies and toiletries on a visit to Donegal last MayTue Jan 24 2017 - 16:00
A night in Doonbeg: Trump's world of fake designer bags, Nescafé and knickersRosita Boland spends a night in the president-elect's County Clare hotelThu Dec 29 2016 - 05:00
