![Author Dervla Murphy and dog at home in Lismore in February 2010, when Rosita Boland interviewed her. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Author Dervla Murphy and dog at home in Lismore in February 2010, when Rosita Boland interviewed her. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien](/polopoly_fs/1.4886458.1653342524!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- May 24, 2022, 05:00
The late writer was ‘a unit of one’, fearless and singular, I learned in our two interviews
![Martin Neary in the Woodland Park he has created beside his home in Madogue, Co Mayo. Photograph: Conor McKeown Martin Neary in the Woodland Park he has created beside his home in Madogue, Co Mayo. Photograph: Conor McKeown](/polopoly_fs/1.4875829.1652287235!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- May 14, 2022, 06:01
Martin Neary has permission to be buried on his own lands in Co Mayo when he dies
![Lonan Burke, owner of P Bourke and Co, a family run clothing business in Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary that was first established in 1806. Photograph: Laura Hutton Lonan Burke, owner of P Bourke and Co, a family run clothing business in Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary that was first established in 1806. Photograph: Laura Hutton](/polopoly_fs/1.4853634.1650117615!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- April 16, 2022, 06:00
How do you stay open for more than a century? Own your premises, offer excellent customer service and keep up with the times
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- Books
- April 2, 2022, 05:00
The writer on moving to a remote place, living precariously and not wanting children
![The man who had insulted me had a mug with the word ‘Boss” on it. I paid special attention to that one. The man who had insulted me had a mug with the word ‘Boss” on it. I paid special attention to that one.](/polopoly_fs/1.4835123.1648122401!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 31, 2022, 06:00
'My wedding had just been cancelled. I had just been publicly humiliated... I felt so worthless'
![Marta Dziuma and Svitlana Dovban, both volunteers at the Palyanytsya Ukrainian Charity Centre at Clarendon Street, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Marta Dziuma and Svitlana Dovban, both volunteers at the Palyanytsya Ukrainian Charity Centre at Clarendon Street, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4835379.1648143393!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 24, 2022, 17:40
The Art of Coffee chain has set up a charity centre in Dublin for refugees from Ukraine
![Harvard University: It’s our ritual to go for a catch-up lunch when I’m back in Cambridge; a place I lived in for 10 months some years ago. Photograph: iStock Harvard University: It’s our ritual to go for a catch-up lunch when I’m back in Cambridge; a place I lived in for 10 months some years ago. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4832303.1647875302!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 24, 2022, 06:00
My friend of old had given me a gift. She asked the most insightful of questions
![I experienced the infinitesimally tiniest sensation of what it means to wonder where you will sleep that night. Photograph: Getty I experienced the infinitesimally tiniest sensation of what it means to wonder where you will sleep that night. Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4823408.1646908369!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 17, 2022, 06:00
Millions are out in the cold, unable to return to the places they left their things
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- Culture
- March 16, 2022, 06:00
Rosita Boland reads March 17th front pages of The Irish Times from 1942 to 2012
![The loss of my mother is a loss like no other. Photograph: iStock The loss of my mother is a loss like no other. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4820415.1646657186!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 10, 2022, 06:00
The death of your mother gradually nibbles into the life you must continue afterwards
![Almond Blossoms by Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Photograph: DeAgostini/Getty Images Almond Blossoms by Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Photograph: DeAgostini/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4814398.1646067485!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 3, 2022, 06:00
At what point does the frantic volume of the merchandise begin to cheapen the work it represents?
![Ishitha Arekapudi (15) after her first solo flight in a glider. She had to take 50 lessons before she could do it alone Ishitha Arekapudi (15) after her first solo flight in a glider. She had to take 50 lessons before she could do it alone](/polopoly_fs/1.4806191.1645776244!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- February 25, 2022, 06:00
Irish-born teen Ishitha Arekapudi is flying solo in the US, but wants to go higher
![Leaving a dog outside a shop tempts fate – but what are the options? Photograph: iStock Leaving a dog outside a shop tempts fate – but what are the options? Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4808258.1645458823!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- February 24, 2022, 06:00
Given that so many of us have pets, Irish society should be more dog-friendly
![Illustration: Brian Gallagher Illustration: Brian Gallagher](/polopoly_fs/1.4805178.1645133989!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- February 19, 2022, 06:00
In 1976, the career criminals travelled around Ireland, abducting, raping and murdering women
![Looking back on the incident that occurred some 15 years ago, I should have complained. Photograph: iStock Looking back on the incident that occurred some 15 years ago, I should have complained. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4801850.1644840391!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- February 17, 2022, 06:00
As I sat there in front of this man, I felt rage, humiliation and amazement
![Help Your Husband Stay Alive! has plenty of tips for the ‘nagging wife’ Help Your Husband Stay Alive! has plenty of tips for the ‘nagging wife’](/polopoly_fs/1.4795101.1644158644!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- February 10, 2022, 06:00
According to a 1962 guide, women should stop placing ‘burdens’ on men to buy things
![‘I bought a few little bowls as gifts. They were blue and white and inside was a kind of grow-your-own miniature lilies kit.’ Photograph: Getty ‘I bought a few little bowls as gifts. They were blue and white and inside was a kind of grow-your-own miniature lilies kit.’ Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4789869.1643639081!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- February 3, 2022, 06:00
Green shoots of hope as Micheál Martin told us – rightly – ‘Today is a good day’
![Eddie Lough, who lives in Ennis, was a former assistant chief nursing officer at Our Lady’s Hospital. Photograph: Eamon Ward Eddie Lough, who lives in Ennis, was a former assistant chief nursing officer at Our Lady’s Hospital. Photograph: Eamon Ward](/polopoly_fs/1.4786216.1643204114!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- January 29, 2022, 06:00
Tens of thousands of people were resident in institutions – often for decades
![My intention is to spend all of those days outside Ireland. Photograph: iStock My intention is to spend all of those days outside Ireland. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4784549.1643036768!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- January 27, 2022, 06:00
The ability to travel has never seemed more of a privilege
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- Health & Family
- January 25, 2022, 06:01
For six months, I experienced severe and prolonged panic attacks, night and day
![The 2019 St Patrick’s Festival Parade in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill The 2019 St Patrick’s Festival Parade in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4781360.1642679287!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- January 20, 2022, 11:52
Rosita Boland: The day, making for a fantastically long weekend, has finally been announced
![OG, the Old Ground cat OG, the Old Ground cat](/polopoly_fs/1.4778440.1642415759!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- January 20, 2022, 06:00
Hotel excels in friendly customer service when a stray cat is offered a four-star home
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- People
- January 15, 2022, 06:00
The reputation of Queen Elizabeth’s second-eldest son seems unlikely to recover
![Item of kitsch: If my house was burning down I’d save this one doll. It represents the quintessence of our long friendship. Item of kitsch: If my house was burning down I’d save this one doll. It represents the quintessence of our long friendship.](/polopoly_fs/1.4771186.1641569966!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- January 13, 2022, 06:00
A Marie Antoinette doll, a plastic cow head, a Jesus money box form are the glue that binds a firm friendship
![All four members of Rescue 111 died after their helicopter crashed into Tramore dunes during a search-and-rescue operation in July 1999. Photograph: Chris Bacon/PA All four members of Rescue 111 died after their helicopter crashed into Tramore dunes during a search-and-rescue operation in July 1999. Photograph: Chris Bacon/PA](/polopoly_fs/1.4771106.1641563155!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- January 8, 2022, 06:00
Four men died when an Air Corps helicopter struck dunes in Tramore in 1999. This is their story
![‘I am grateful to be taken safely across Dublin city from A to B, but unfortunately for taxi drivers, I’m rarely interested in talking while in their car.’ Photograph: iStock ‘I am grateful to be taken safely across Dublin city from A to B, but unfortunately for taxi drivers, I’m rarely interested in talking while in their car.’ Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4761907.1640169520!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- January 6, 2022, 06:00
Don’t call me love, and other maddening conversations with strangers
![Lost Lives: My mother, Catherine, three months before her death, in front of a portrait of herself as a young woman Lost Lives: My mother, Catherine, three months before her death, in front of a portrait of herself as a young woman](/polopoly_fs/1.4761201.1640170100!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- January 1, 2022, 06:00
The call came from the hospital: ‘One family member can go in for 10 minutes, in full PPE’
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- People
- December 30, 2021, 06:00
My iPad and audiobooks are two wonderful things salvaged from a year I’d prefer to forget
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- People
- December 23, 2021, 06:00
Boo took one look at me and hid under the Christmas tree, a bauble in her mouth
![‘Let’s stick a suggestive name on it, because customers at lunchtime are only dying to be thinking of sexy, handsome Italian men.’ Photograph: Getty ‘Let’s stick a suggestive name on it, because customers at lunchtime are only dying to be thinking of sexy, handsome Italian men.’ Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4751294.1639064804!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- December 16, 2021, 06:00
How about a Porn Star Martini? No thanks. Normalising sexual innuendoes on menus is not okay
![There is little more contentious in a will than who inherits the family farm: Photograph: Getty There is little more contentious in a will than who inherits the family farm: Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4750307.1639179105!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Health & Family
- December 11, 2021, 06:00
Keeping the contents of a will secret only increases the conflict later, experts warn
![Lego pirate ship. ‘The mother declared it was a donation, because her son had misbehaved, and as a punishment, he was now going to donate his favourite toy to a child who would appreciate it.’ Photograph: Disney Lego pirate ship. ‘The mother declared it was a donation, because her son had misbehaved, and as a punishment, he was now going to donate his favourite toy to a child who would appreciate it.’ Photograph: Disney](/polopoly_fs/1.4747902.1638794766!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- December 9, 2021, 06:00
The customer is said to be always right but sometimes that’s just untrue
![Paris-Charles de Gaulle: at check-in I was asked for a passenger locator form but not my test result. Photograph: iStock/Getty Paris-Charles de Gaulle: at check-in I was asked for a passenger locator form but not my test result. Photograph: iStock/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4748148.1638823641!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Travel
- December 6, 2021, 16:15
First we couldn’t upload our test results. Then only ‘one passenger in 20’ was being checked
![Domestic Cat, Mobile Phone, Cat’s Toy, Playing, Blogging Domestic Cat, Mobile Phone, Cat’s Toy, Playing, Blogging](/polopoly_fs/1.4742057.1638204349!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- December 2, 2021, 06:00
My aunt used to telephone her pet to keep it company, and I kept her secret
![Our local shop closed five years ago. There had been a shop in that location for half a century. Photograph: iStock Our local shop closed five years ago. There had been a shop in that location for half a century. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4735294.1637575401!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- November 25, 2021, 06:00
A derelict building in any city is a building with no soul
![Kangaroo a and crocodile meat skewers for sale at a food truck in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: iStock Kangaroo a and crocodile meat skewers for sale at a food truck in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4735379.1637584688!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Food & Drink
- November 22, 2021, 13:00
Rosita Boland: I went feral while hitching across Australia, but still couldn’t stomach some foods
![She picked gorse blossoms, and rose hips, and crab apples. Pine needles, oak leaves, blackberries, mint, rosemary, dandelions, pine cones, seaweed. Photograph: iStock She picked gorse blossoms, and rose hips, and crab apples. Pine needles, oak leaves, blackberries, mint, rosemary, dandelions, pine cones, seaweed. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4730369.1637077317!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- November 18, 2021, 06:00
How shamefully ignorant we are about the free, wild larder around us in Ireland
![‘There was another text, suggesting I look at the Larousse Gastronomique... where I would find many recipes in evidence of the Gallic fondness for cooking the things contained in calves’ heads.’ Photograph: iStock ‘There was another text, suggesting I look at the Larousse Gastronomique... where I would find many recipes in evidence of the Gallic fondness for cooking the things contained in calves’ heads.’ Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4722792.1636389869!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- November 11, 2021, 06:00
Rosita Boland: Songbirds were eaten in vast quantities and turtle soup was an ‘aristocratic’ dish
![Having friendships with people both older and younger has made my life so much richer. Photograph: iStock Having friendships with people both older and younger has made my life so much richer. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4715396.1635689289!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- November 4, 2021, 06:00
The strange magician of time has brought me friends from different decades
![In her new book, journalist Flor MacCarthy has compiled some 315 pieces of correspondence which collectively represent moments in the various presidencies of historical and social significance In her new book, journalist Flor MacCarthy has compiled some 315 pieces of correspondence which collectively represent moments in the various presidencies of historical and social significance](/polopoly_fs/1.4710651.1635241629!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- October 30, 2021, 06:00
New book compiles correspondence sent and received by Ireland’s presidents
![Waitress serving food in a restaurant. Photograph: iStock/ Getty Images Waitress serving food in a restaurant. Photograph: iStock/ Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4707946.1634904888!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- October 28, 2021, 06:00
Rosita Boland: I used to like the word ‘perfect’. It’s cancelled for me now
![The Fateh Prakash Palace, which contains the Fateh Prakash’s Crystal Gallery, is a part of a complex of palaces, some of them still privately occupied. Photograph: Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty The Fateh Prakash Palace, which contains the Fateh Prakash’s Crystal Gallery, is a part of a complex of palaces, some of them still privately occupied. Photograph: Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4703588.1634564865!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- October 21, 2021, 06:00
A monumental collection of Birmingham craftsmanship on display half a world away
![‘It’s a very Irish way of putting people down, most especially those newcomers to a place.’ Photograph: iStock ‘It’s a very Irish way of putting people down, most especially those newcomers to a place.’ Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4695106.1633701736!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- October 14, 2021, 06:00
A particularly Irish way to put people down, it says they’ll never belong, no matter how hard they try
![Photograph: iStock/Getty Photograph: iStock/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4693154.1633550530!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- October 7, 2021, 06:00
I wondered if the woman in the charity shop told this terrible story to many of her customers
![Bishop Willie Walsh pictured with Fr Tom Ryan at the opening of the Adoration Chapel at SkyCourt Shopping Centre in Shannon. Photograph: Brian Arthur/ Press 22 Bishop Willie Walsh pictured with Fr Tom Ryan at the opening of the Adoration Chapel at SkyCourt Shopping Centre in Shannon. Photograph: Brian Arthur/ Press 22](/polopoly_fs/1.4688673.1633086394!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- October 3, 2021, 06:00
Four decades and several masterplans later, Shannon Town is having an identity crisis
![Imogen Stuart: ‘I don’t like to think to much about an afterlife, but I hope there is one.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Imogen Stuart: ‘I don’t like to think to much about an afterlife, but I hope there is one.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4674777.1631713528!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- October 2, 2021, 06:00
‘I never know how things are going to turn out until they are finished’, says 94-year-old artist
![Aindrias De Staic’s riveting story is about Cill Stuifin; a sunken island with a church where bells still toll underwater, that is said to rise out of Liscannor Bay from time to time. Photograph: Myriam Riand Aindrias De Staic’s riveting story is about Cill Stuifin; a sunken island with a church where bells still toll underwater, that is said to rise out of Liscannor Bay from time to time. Photograph: Myriam Riand](/polopoly_fs/1.4673951.1631636159!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- September 25, 2021, 05:00
Seanchaí were geographers, historians and psychologists with deep connections to the landscape
![Rosita Boland as a schoolgirl Rosita Boland as a schoolgirl](/polopoly_fs/1.4664377.1630686194!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- September 7, 2021, 06:00
The reverend mother called us to a special assembly. What crime had been committed?
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- Fashion
- August 27, 2021, 06:00
Rosita Boland reads the September editions of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and Tatler
![Between the number of shops selling lovely, but ultimately non-essential gift items, and several fancy restaurants, it seems the average tourist to Clifden has an amount of cash to spend. Photograph: Aoife Herriott Between the number of shops selling lovely, but ultimately non-essential gift items, and several fancy restaurants, it seems the average tourist to Clifden has an amount of cash to spend. Photograph: Aoife Herriott](/polopoly_fs/1.4651026.1629384730!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Ireland
- August 21, 2021, 06:00
‘Fully booked’ is a common refrain in the Galway town. Our series on Irish tourism continues
![Shoreline litter to the west of Blackrock Castle in Cork city. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision Shoreline litter to the west of Blackrock Castle in Cork city. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision](/polopoly_fs/1.4645422.1628763054!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- August 18, 2021, 06:00
Rosita Boland: What is it about us as a people that we seem incapable of putting rubbish in bins?
![Sarah Ferguson: ‘I always write in longhand, using a Montegrappa fountain pen that I designed myself.’ Sarah Ferguson: ‘I always write in longhand, using a Montegrappa fountain pen that I designed myself.’](/polopoly_fs/1.4639585.1628155852!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- August 6, 2021, 06:00
Queen’s former daughter-in-law has written her 77th book, a strangely chaste Mills & Boon novel
![Ballybunion sea-swimmers: Bridget McCarthy (from left), Dee Keogh , Cathy Sadlier, Helen McSweeney and Fiona McLoughlin . Photograph: Domnick Walsh Ballybunion sea-swimmers: Bridget McCarthy (from left), Dee Keogh , Cathy Sadlier, Helen McSweeney and Fiona McLoughlin . Photograph: Domnick Walsh](/polopoly_fs/1.4633754.1627553079!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Ireland
- July 31, 2021, 06:00
Our series on Irish tourist spots continues with a visit to the Kerry town, where little has changed
![Bexy Cameron now lives in London and directs commercials, short documentaries and short films. Bexy Cameron now lives in London and directs commercials, short documentaries and short films.](/polopoly_fs/1.4626555.1626859341!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- July 24, 2021, 14:00
Bexy Cameron spent her childhood in the Children of God cult, expecting to die as a teenager
![Pearse Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision Pearse Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision](/polopoly_fs/1.4626781.1627046557!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Ireland
- July 24, 2021, 06:00
Property prices rise in west Cork town which is becoming a ‘very sought-after place to live’
![Tramore, Co Waterford: Photograph: Patrick Browne Tramore, Co Waterford: Photograph: Patrick Browne](/polopoly_fs/1.4621249.1626340683!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Ireland
- July 17, 2021, 06:00
‘It used to be pints of Guinness all day long. Now we sell more coffee than all other drinks’
![The Ireland book in the World Library series The Ireland book in the World Library series](/polopoly_fs/1.4616061.1625843016!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- July 14, 2021, 06:00
A US book portrayed Ireland as a land of subservient housewives and men in pubs
![Main Street, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. There are not many people on the streets of Carrick itself, which feels oddly empty for Ireland post Midsummer’s Day. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Main Street, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. There are not many people on the streets of Carrick itself, which feels oddly empty for Ireland post Midsummer’s Day. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4614900.1625742559!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Travel
- July 11, 2021, 00:00
Covid-19 has had enormous impact on Co Leitrim town that depends on visitors
![](/polopoly_fs/1.4609746.1625216801!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Ireland
- July 3, 2021, 06:00
Ireland’s third-biggest lake casts a unique spell over the locals living on or close to it
![Jo Spain, crime novelist. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times Jo Spain, crime novelist. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4609336.1625179402!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- July 1, 2021, 22:00
The crime novelist talked to Bernice Harrison at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival
![Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI in New York city for espionage, 1950. They were convicted and executed in 1953. Photograph: Kypros/ Getty Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI in New York city for espionage, 1950. They were convicted and executed in 1953. Photograph: Kypros/ Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4601207.1624439767!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- June 26, 2021, 06:00
‘I think it is the most horrific story. Her death was so barbaric’ – biographer Anne Sebba
![The contrasting colours of the vivid green, the bright yellow yolks, the clean white whites sing together The contrasting colours of the vivid green, the bright yellow yolks, the clean white whites sing together](/polopoly_fs/1.4602488.1624538386!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Food & Drink
- June 25, 2021, 10:00
Substituting pesto for oil, this photogenic dish looks healthy, fresh and appetising
![During the lockdowns, the owners of Westport House opened the grounds so that everyone could avail of the walks there and use this additional valuable amenity. Photograph: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty During the lockdowns, the owners of Westport House opened the grounds so that everyone could avail of the walks there and use this additional valuable amenity. Photograph: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4581285.1622564235!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- June 12, 2021, 06:00
Westport won the 2012 competition. Residents have some advice for this year’s entrants
![The placid Nala at the school during the week. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times The placid Nala at the school during the week. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4580067.1622472269!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Health & Family
- June 12, 2021, 06:00
Schools cover the cost of food for the dog, any veterinary treatment and general upkeep
![CCTV image of Peter Bergmann standing in the Bus Station at Sligo in June 2009 – it has been circulated by gardaí throughout Europe without success indentifying him. CCTV image of Peter Bergmann standing in the Bus Station at Sligo in June 2009 – it has been circulated by gardaí throughout Europe without success indentifying him.](/polopoly_fs/1.4589706.1623331665!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- June 12, 2021, 06:00
In 2009 the body of Peter Bergmann was washed up at Rosses Point, but who was he?
![Meghan Markle’s The Bench: Christian Robinson’s watercolour illustrations are lovely. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Meghan Markle’s The Bench: Christian Robinson’s watercolour illustrations are lovely. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4588503.1623241337!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- June 9, 2021, 13:24
The Bench apparently began as a message to Harry. It should have stayed between them
![Sarah Winman: “Young people and art restorers came from all over the world to help clean the city, and they were called Mud Angels.” Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Sarah Winman: “Young people and art restorers came from all over the world to help clean the city, and they were called Mud Angels.” Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4582144.1622643317!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- June 8, 2021, 05:00
Actor turned novelist on Florence flood novel and how pandemic may stifle memory
![Janet Hawkins, who ran the Blessington Book Store for 15 years, is nearing retirement Janet Hawkins, who ran the Blessington Book Store for 15 years, is nearing retirement](/polopoly_fs/1.4568287.1621331527!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- May 18, 2021, 10:15
Janet Hawkins of Blessington Book Store will be on hand to advise whoever takes over
![Tim Foley who lives in Cork city: ‘It is hard to pick yourself up after the restrictions are eased a small bit and bang, everything is closed again.’ Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision Tim Foley who lives in Cork city: ‘It is hard to pick yourself up after the restrictions are eased a small bit and bang, everything is closed again.’ Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision](/polopoly_fs/1.4555854.1620204805!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- May 8, 2021, 00:00
‘A fourth lockdown would destroy me’: Five people share their experience of living alone through every lockdown
![A mare and foal at sunrise at the Irish National Stud and Gardens, in Tully, Co Kildare. A mare and foal at sunrise at the Irish National Stud and Gardens, in Tully, Co Kildare.](/polopoly_fs/1.4550227.1619624768!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Travel
- May 1, 2021, 06:00
The National Stud and a number of heritage sites reopened this week, providing a change of scene for locked-down locals
![‘I could, of course, see how much music meant to my friends. I envied them the joy they so clearly found in it.’ Photograph: iStock ‘I could, of course, see how much music meant to my friends. I envied them the joy they so clearly found in it.’ Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4544753.1619098379!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- April 28, 2021, 06:00
Music passes through my consciousness like water flowing downhill. I can never retain it
![Fiona Pender, from Tullamore, Co Offaly, went missing in August 1996. Fiona Pender, from Tullamore, Co Offaly, went missing in August 1996.](/polopoly_fs/1.4542291.1618910224!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- April 25, 2021, 06:00
Eight women who disappeared in Ireland are the subject of a new audiobook from Audible
![‘I’ve never experienced a more sustained period of loneliness than living alone throughout the weeks and months of lockdown this past year.’ Photograph: iStock ‘I’ve never experienced a more sustained period of loneliness than living alone throughout the weeks and months of lockdown this past year.’ Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4538329.1618489492!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- April 21, 2021, 06:00
I wake up wondering how long it would take for someone to find me if I died in my sleep
![John Cameron (86) has written a book about his extraordinary origins, called Boy 11963. John Cameron (86) has written a book about his extraordinary origins, called Boy 11963.](/polopoly_fs/1.4536223.1618323025!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- April 18, 2021, 06:00
Boy 11963 is an incredible story of a life changed forever by a Longford scandal
![The unsolved mystery of the porridge in the park. Photograph: iStock The unsolved mystery of the porridge in the park. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4529085.1617784024!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- April 14, 2021, 06:00
A pot of steaming porridge in a Dublin park and other mysteries found while walking
![We have all discovered this last year, as the endless months seeped amorphously onwards, that we have different definitions of what’s “essential”. We have all discovered this last year, as the endless months seeped amorphously onwards, that we have different definitions of what’s “essential”.](/polopoly_fs/1.4520820.1616753292!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- April 7, 2021, 06:00
Call me a barbarian, but when lockdown ends, the theatre is not the first place I want to go
![Sligo-based writer Louise Kennedy, at the old Gibraltar Rocks swimming pool on Gibraltar Road, Sligo. Photograph: James Connolly Sligo-based writer Louise Kennedy, at the old Gibraltar Rocks swimming pool on Gibraltar Road, Sligo. Photograph: James Connolly](/polopoly_fs/1.4517972.1616515295!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- April 3, 2021, 00:00
Chef-turned-writer Louise Kennedy creates a stir with her debut book of short stories
![I embarked upon a refresher course on the art of giving a dinner party, to be ready for when the post-lockdown times come I embarked upon a refresher course on the art of giving a dinner party, to be ready for when the post-lockdown times come](/polopoly_fs/1.4513793.1616072690!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 31, 2021, 06:00
Rosita Boland: My servants are all on the pandemic unemployment payment
![Liz Maguire: ‘My house is still full of glitter from all the Christmas cards.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times Liz Maguire: ‘My house is still full of glitter from all the Christmas cards.’ Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4523116.1617032568!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 30, 2021, 17:00
American in Dublin Liz Maguire has accrued an astonishing 80-plus penpals in the last year alone
![Build Your Own Tiny Galway: the card is propped up at home. I want to walk through the streets of the real one again. Photograph: Anke Eckardt/tinyireland.ie Build Your Own Tiny Galway: the card is propped up at home. I want to walk through the streets of the real one again. Photograph: Anke Eckardt/tinyireland.ie](/polopoly_fs/1.4512819.1616523717!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- March 24, 2021, 06:00
In the late 1990s I built my own Galway, roaming the city day and night
![Sean Connaughton, manager at Host restaurant in Ranelagh, preparing the meal kits for collection. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Sean Connaughton, manager at Host restaurant in Ranelagh, preparing the meal kits for collection. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4506439.1615388391!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Food & Drink
- March 14, 2021, 06:00
Restaurants all over Ireland have reinvented themselves. Host in Ranelagh tells how it works
![](/polopoly_fs/1.4507846.1615480637!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- March 13, 2021, 06:00
It has been a truly extraordinary year for the Dublin writer
![Simone Rocha x H&M: the coat and dress I’d hoped to buy Simone Rocha x H&M: the coat and dress I’d hoped to buy](/polopoly_fs/1.4507671.1615470998!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Fashion
- March 11, 2021, 13:34
I was up before sunrise today to queue online. The website taunted me to keep trying
![‘You can trash me, mate, but not on my own show’: Piers Morgan walks off Good Morning Britain. Photograph: ITV/PA Wire ‘You can trash me, mate, but not on my own show’: Piers Morgan walks off Good Morning Britain. Photograph: ITV/PA Wire](/polopoly_fs/1.4505386.1615297517!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 9, 2021, 13:45
Rosita Boland: The TV presenter’s mystifying obsession with Meghan Markle has hit a new low
![Perfect shot: the murmuration of starlings over Lough Ennell, in Co Westmeath, on Tuesday evening. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Perfect shot: the murmuration of starlings over Lough Ennell, in Co Westmeath, on Tuesday evening. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho](/polopoly_fs/1.4501030.1614851202!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 4, 2021, 09:47
James Crombie, press photographer of the year, spent months chasing the perfect shot
![Lisa Harding: ‘Trying to create stability as a creative artist is so hard.’ Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Lisa Harding: ‘Trying to create stability as a creative artist is so hard.’ Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4495069.1614709440!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Books
- March 3, 2021, 06:00
Lisa Harding on her new novel, Bright Burning Things, and the nomadic insecurity of renting in your 40s
![A whistleblower at Pontins has revealed it was using an “undesirable guests” list to exclude Irish people and Travellers. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire A whistleblower at Pontins has revealed it was using an “undesirable guests” list to exclude Irish people and Travellers. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire](/polopoly_fs/1.4499132.1614719715!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Travel
- March 2, 2021, 12:45
Pavee Point calls the list of Irish surnames, some common among Travellers, ‘despicable’
![Thousands of women with unplanned pregnancies opted to be placed with families around the country, rather than enter mother and baby homes. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Thousands of women with unplanned pregnancies opted to be placed with families around the country, rather than enter mother and baby homes. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4495200.1614283312!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Opinion
- February 25, 2021, 17:24
Government must support those who chose family placement over mother and baby homes
![sdfsd](/polopoly_fs/1.4487390.1613560371!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- February 6, 2021, 06:00
Mother and baby homes weren’t the only places for women with unplanned pregnancies
![Justine King, from Co Dublin, says it was a total shock when she found out she had Covid-19. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times Justine King, from Co Dublin, says it was a total shock when she found out she had Covid-19. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4458200.1610617800!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Health & Family
- January 17, 2021, 06:00
Recent sufferers from the virus describe how they got it and how it has affected them
![](/polopoly_fs/1.4459355.1610719289!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 16, 2021, 06:00
Sheila Shelton was adopted by a couple in the US from a Tipperary mother and baby home
![Stephanie Walsh was asked in 1971 if her family would offer a temporary home to a young pregnant girl. Photograph: Diarmuid Greene Stephanie Walsh was asked in 1971 if her family would offer a temporary home to a young pregnant girl. Photograph: Diarmuid Greene](/polopoly_fs/1.4458651.1610649544!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- January 15, 2021, 01:00
Women who housed single pregnant girls in the 1970s and 1980s share their experiences
![Sinkhole from Hurricane Irma in 2017. Photograph: Getty Sinkhole from Hurricane Irma in 2017. Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4443888.1609922298!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- January 6, 2021, 05:00
Rosita Boland: The events of the last year have followed us into this one
![Druid Jan Tetteroo calls up ancient ancestors with his shaman drum on the Paps of Anu near Killarney, Co Kerry. ‘We can’t communicate with the other dimensions for you if you don’t believe. You have to do the work yourself as well.’ Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan Druid Jan Tetteroo calls up ancient ancestors with his shaman drum on the Paps of Anu near Killarney, Co Kerry. ‘We can’t communicate with the other dimensions for you if you don’t believe. You have to do the work yourself as well.’ Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan](/polopoly_fs/1.4440912.1609595095!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- January 2, 2021, 06:00
The Tetteroos live near Killarney and know at least six other practising druids in Kerry
![Picnic in the sun at St. Stephens Green, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Picnic in the sun at St. Stephens Green, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill](/polopoly_fs/1.4437384.1608558797!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Life & Style
- December 26, 2020, 06:00
2020 in review: There were picnics, Dubs in rural areas, no coaches and no American accents
![](/polopoly_fs/1.4430897.1607440658!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- December 19, 2020, 06:00
The new normal is anything but normal, and social distancing is an oxymoron
![](/polopoly_fs/1.4437878.1608073685!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- People
- December 19, 2020, 06:00
Meet the people who have made a big difference to others in this strange, tough coronavirus year
![Liam Edwards of the Jim Edwards gastropub, Kinsale, Co Cork. Photograph: Michael MacSweeney/Provision Liam Edwards of the Jim Edwards gastropub, Kinsale, Co Cork. Photograph: Michael MacSweeney/Provision](/polopoly_fs/1.4433230.1607618626!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Food & Drink
- December 13, 2020, 06:00
'If there is a third lockdown in January, the next reopening after that would be very hard'
![Visitors at the National Gallery of Ireland after it reopened today. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell Visitors at the National Gallery of Ireland after it reopened today. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell](/polopoly_fs/1.4424705.1606842486!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Culture
- December 1, 2020, 16:40
‘I became unemployed during the pandemic. I am excited to educate myself culturally here’
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