Shaping the Century: 25 brilliant Irish women in 2025This century has brought us many landmark moments, provided by remarkable Irish women who are an inspiration to others Sat Mar 08 2025 - 06:40
Róisín Ingle: I’ve had to rethink my long-held antipathy to self-service checkouts My neighbour at the next machine was visibly agitated because my frozen pizzas were spilling on to his purple sprouting broccoliWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle puts a Thermomix to the test: ‘I am a convert but there’s one enormous catch’Looking for a solution to the perennial ‘what’s for dinner’ question? The world’s most powerful blender - albeit for a high price - will have the answerSun Mar 02 2025 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Lessons not learned as men – it’s always men – go to warAfter wandering through the War and the Mind exhibition, we emerge blinking into the London sunshine pondering the fragility of everythingWed Feb 26 2025 - 06:00
I don’t celebrate when my consultant says my cancer is stableI walk out of that door and my mind turns from the existential to the everydayWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:56
The fall and rise of Orla Kiely: ‘As horrible as it was, you just have to get on with it. There are things we won’t do again’The Irish designer of the world-famous Stem pattern is a strong believer in repeating things – except when it comes to the mistakes that seriously damaged her business in 2018Sat Feb 15 2025 - 05:00
‘The stand-up mingle is a social minefield, so I play it safe, these days’Some people might say that, if you’re at a party, sit-down mingling is by its sedentary nature not mingling at all. It does have a downsideWed Feb 12 2025 - 06:00
Chris O’Dowd: ‘In Hollywood we felt very disconnected, very far away’The actor and comedian’s multi-faceted career has taken him from The IT Crowd in London to the bright lights of Hollywood, but he’s happy to be back on home turf with a new Sky series set in IrelandSat Feb 08 2025 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: There were many remarkable things about my Uncle Christy. I’ll mention just twoI decided I would channel my late uncle, who ‘could eat an apple through a letterbox’ and wore flip-flops all year roundWed Feb 05 2025 - 06:00
I’ve discovered padel, and it has been a wonderful revelationIt turns out I have a pretty decent lob. For balance, I should mention that at one point I also accidentally whacked myself on the forehead with a racquetWed Jan 29 2025 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: After 24 years of non-married bliss and bickering, my wedding was a whirlwindI’m pretty hopeful this love will be everlasting. Let’s hope it lasts longer than the rings, anywayWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: After a serious medical diagnosis, I made a small but profound lifestyle changeLast year, after receiving a serious medical diagnosis the shock propelled me to make a few permanent, self-improving lifestyle changesWed Jan 15 2025 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My profound, challenging, surprisingly joyful, life-changing yearI haven’t written a personal column for around a year. There have been difficult days. I’ve also had one of the best day’s of my lifeTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:00
Samantha Barry: ‘There’s not a moment where I’m not representing Glamour. I don’t get to switch it off’As global executive editor of Glamour, the Cork woman is one of the best known media people in the United StatesSat Dec 14 2024 - 05:00
Dermot Whelan: ‘Mindfulness isn’t a cult. We don’t have to get naked and cover ourselves in hummus’Dermot Whelan made the choice to walk away from radio in order to focus on wellness, his own and other people’s. He doesn’t regret it, he tells Róisín IngleSun Dec 01 2024 - 05:00
Sharon Horgan: ‘I’m even more hyper now. That could be the hormones. I’m on a lot of testosterone’Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting musclesSat Nov 09 2024 - 05:45
Róisín Ingle on Kathleen Watkins: She loved life, poetry and Gaybo. Conversation flowed from her like music Kathleen Watkins was one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever metFri Nov 08 2024 - 06:00
Niall Williams: ‘I am here to write the books I’m supposed to write, not the books an Irish Times reviewer would like’A critical savaging for his first play scarred the author of Time of the Child. You can’t try to please people, he says. You have to do your own thingSat Oct 26 2024 - 05:30
Bad Sisters actor Eva Birthistle: I’d just given birth, felt like I’d been murdered, and the midwife says ‘your husband did so well’For the Irish actor, whose on-screen roles include Brooklyn and Bad Sisters, making the move to go behind the camera is a proud, slightly nerve-racking moment with her new film Kathleen Is HereSat Oct 19 2024 - 05:00
Rick Astley on rickrolling, refinding fame and his ‘weird’ childhoodFrom Stock Aitken Waterman pop puppetry to playing Glastonbury, Rick Astley’s trajectory through the pop music industry has been anything but ordinarySat Oct 12 2024 - 05:00
Anna Geary: ‘Losing a sibling is not talked about a lot. They are meant to be there with you when your parents aren’t’Camogie made Anna Geary a star but her media career has blossomed in the past decade. Despite great personal hardship in recent times, she’s embracing the futureSat Oct 05 2024 - 05:00
Mark Moriarty: ‘I loved the whole kitchen atmosphere. I loved the weird people, all these introverts’Chef talks about on learning to work smarter, not harder; the worst dish he’s ever eaten; and impending fatherhoodSun Sept 22 2024 - 05:00
Roddy Doyle: ‘I feel quite good about living in Ireland. But I think we were probably a bit smug’The author reflects on returning to Paula Spencer for his 13th novel, intergenerational trauma, and anti-immigration sentiment in IrelandSat Sept 07 2024 - 05:00
Laura Whitmore: ‘It’s all coming out now, the stuff I tried to speak about eight years ago’The actor and TV presenter had a bruising time on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016. She talks about victim-shaming, gaslighting and life in the public eyeSat Aug 03 2024 - 05:30
Aidan Gillen: ‘Acting is like you are living 20 lives. It’s a bit of an addiction’The Dubliner’s career has seen him take on roles from Littlefinger in Game of Thrones to Tommy Carcetti in The Wire, but Gillen remains a low-key and likeable presenceSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is not just a concert, it’s a love story - and Dublin said yesNo dud moments and no time for toilet breaks as 50,000 fans - including Róisín Ingle - scream and whoop through the hitsSun Jun 30 2024 - 16:00
We asked ChatGPT to write like Marian Keyes, John Boyne and Paul Howard. Now they rate the resultsThe chatbot takes mere seconds to come up with its versions of these bestselling authors’ work. How convincing are they?Sat Jun 15 2024 - 05:30
Earth Day: love letters and tender meditations to our planet in perilAn apology, a declaration of love, a lament for times lost and a resolve to do better are among 11 letters to the planet to mark Earth DayMon Apr 22 2024 - 08:43
Nicola Coughlan: ‘My family would have been well within their rights to tell me, this isn’t working out, but they didn’t’From Derry Girls to Bridgerton to Barbie, the Galway actor has had a whirlwind few years, but amid the glitz and glamour, she still takes a stand on what she believes inSat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00
Louise Duffy: ‘I wanted my daughters to see their mother doing something she loves’RTÉ Radio 1 presenter on filling Ronan Collins's slot, parenting with Paul Galvin and the music she can’t playSat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Mark Mehigan: ‘If it wasn’t for cocaine, I would not be in recovery. I would have continued to get away with the drinking’At 33 the comedian and podcaster has already lived many lives, but his decision to get sober has been transformativeSat Mar 09 2024 - 05:00
‘There are a lot of sound people out there’: Amy Huberman, Paul Brady, Joseph O’Connor and more share their stories of kindness from strangersRandom Acts of Kindness Day, which falls today, offers a salutary reminder that even a small gesture can elevate someone else’s mood. Here, several well-known names share their storiesSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:00
Jay McGuiness on his debut novel: ‘Even if you change your situation, your class is really hard to change’The former member of pop band The Wanted on his dystopian young adult book Blood Flowers, ‘clown’ politicians and the death of bandmate Tom ParkerSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:00
Friends, bad singing and Love Actually: Miriam O’Callaghan, James Kavanagh, Marian Keyes and more on their Christmas traditionsWe asked a range of people – including refuseniks – to tell us about the moments that make their season brightSun Dec 17 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I’ve always been a sucker for a dark or sad song set around ChristmasA friend of mine stands by his thesis: A Fairytale of New York is not a Christmas songWed Dec 13 2023 - 06:00
Have yourself a more mindful little Christmas: 32 ideas for a thoughtful, environmentally-friendly (and cheaper!) festive seasonYour guide to gifting, shopping, socialising and minding yourself over the weeks aheadSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Which of the three Pauls nominated for the Booker prize will win? There’s only one Paul for meIt’s a nailbiting time for readers. Five Irish authors have won the Booker since it began in 1969Wed Nov 22 2023 - 06:00
Focail na mBan: ‘Go to the fire and warm your vulva’ and other Irish women’s words and phrasesManchán Magan’s new book is a collection of Irish language words for women’s genitalia, reproductive organs, menstrual cycles and sex lives, wonderfully illustrated by women artistsSun Nov 19 2023 - 05:00
Patrick Kielty prepares for Late Late Toy Show debut, as RTÉ flagship recovers from behind-the-scenes clashesLate Late Show’s new host is about to present the biggest show of the season – and has to do it amid reports of tensions behind the scenesSat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: When red storm warnings rage it’s worth remembering the words of Joan BaezParish halls around the country are places where harmony of all kinds can be foundWed Nov 15 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Dissecting my 84-year-old’s mother’s love life over Sunday lunchThe last time we went out for a Sunday roast a few years ago the Yorkshire puddings were a terrible disappointmentWed Nov 08 2023 - 06:00
Ellen Ryan: ‘I want this book to be empowering for boys. We can’t leave them out’‘I hope boys see themselves in at least one of the characters and see that they are heroic in their own way’Thu Nov 02 2023 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: I thought I was unscammable. I was wrong. Here’s what I learned from the unpleasant experience It was a text message purporting to be from Revolut that got me in the endWed Nov 01 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I’m doing a Halloween gig and already have stage fright. Hopefully no one will turn upMusician Pádraig Dwyer and I are singing murder ballads at the Dracula After Dark event in this year’s Big Scream festival in Dublin’s North East Inner CityWed Oct 25 2023 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: We need joy and distraction, whether it’s Taylor Swift or rugbyYou find it wherever you can when man’s inhumanity is dominating a relentlessly dark news cycleWed Oct 18 2023 - 06:00
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but my night with U2 will stay with me foreverRóisín Ingle: There are things you can’t write in a review of a U2 concert for The Irish Times, like how you cried uncontrollably for much of the gigWed Oct 04 2023 - 06:00
U2 live in Las Vegas: An unforgettable gig unlike any otherU2:UV Achtung Baby Live, the band’s new Las Vegas set, sounds, looks and feels like no other gig you’ve been toMon Oct 02 2023 - 12:44
‘We’d love it’: The Edge on U2 returning with Larry Mullen jnr to the Las Vegas Sphere in 2024U2’s residency-opening show went ‘way better than I ever could have expected or hoped for’, says the band’s guitaristSun Oct 01 2023 - 01:48
‘I’ve never experienced anything like it’: U2 fans on the band’s Las Vegas Sphere debutThe band’s huge show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere opened on Friday night at the most talked-about music venue in the worldSat Sept 30 2023 - 10:28
Emma Dabiri: ‘Growing up in Ireland I aspired to be very thin, as did everyone I knew’Academic writes new book exploring beauty, society’s unrealistic, often contradictory, expectations of womenSat Sept 30 2023 - 05:30
