Rónán Hession: ‘I’m at the stage where I’ve lost loads of people... everyone is different, so every grief is different’
Best new crime fiction: John Connolly’s The Instruments of Darkness is a moving addition to the Charlie Parker series
David Nicholls: ‘I’m lucky enough to have lots of Irish friends and hope that I got away with writing an Irish character’
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Bruce Springsteen in Croke Park review: Blockbuster performance closes Irish tour on an emotion-filled evening
Fintan O’Toole: Tony O’Reilly’s secret past shaped his need to play the life of an Ascendancy landlord
‘We can’t even cry any more, it is too much’: Cancer, lightning, bereavement and scam leave mother of three bereft
The Irish Times view on changing supports for Ukrainian refugees: Ireland of the not so many welcomes