Bôa at National Stadium review: Bewitching vocals and rousing instrumentals make for a strong comeback
Lockdown-induced nostalgia saw the band gain popularity among the TikTok generation, prompting the end of a 20-year hiatus
By Ella Sloane
Is there any tax disadvantage to gifting my children money now rather than as inheritance?
A gift to adult children starting out in life can be even more valuable than an inheritance
Message from the Editor: Israel’s attack on Iran a dangerous escalation
What makes this attack all the more significant is not just its scale, but the geopolitical context
We used to vilify unwed mothers. Now we criticise women who don’t want to be mothers
Declining birth rates are a material problem, but not everyone is suited to parenthood - and it’s better for all when they choose to live childfree
The housing crisis could erode Ireland’s middle class to a point of collapse
It’s a profound insult to our national dignity that so many people no longer feel they have any prospect of owning their own home
Once artists start selling for vast sums of cash they become a business, except for one
I left it with the itchy feeling that we should all be doing more about our world
My fiance revealed he once had a fling with a man - and I don’t think I fancy him any more
Ask Roe: I’m into manly men, and I think I’ve lost attraction to my intended husband
Dublin’s strangest museum opens its doors and TDs express fears at Oireachtas AI committee
Overheard: Dubliner Paul Mangan’s collection of bizarre items grew so much his friends joked he should open a museum - so he did
Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diaspora
We should be flattered that, like the ginger guitar-basher Ed Sheeran, so many people yearn to be ‘culturally’ Irish
Theatre for One: Made in Cork review – One actor, one audience member and a life unravelling
Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: In a tiny peep-show-style booth, in a five-minute play, a character opens the mess of their private life to you
By Ruby Eastwood
Crime fiction: Megan Abbott, Elmore Leonard, Luke Beirne, Paul Vidich, Karin Slaughter and K Anis Ahmed
New works and reissued classics including El Dorado Drive, Rum Punch, Saints Rest and We Are All Guilty Here
By Elizabeth Mannion and Brian Cliff
Tim MacGabhann: ‘I had a fairly mad recurrence of withdrawal symptoms’
Author talks about his new memoir of addiction and recovery, and the best writing advice he’s heard
By Martin Doyle
URC Grand Final: Five things we learned as Leinster end trophy drought after four years
The key units in Leo Cullen’s side all came to the party to help secure a comprehensive victory over the Bulls
A Year in the Woods; An Irishman in Northern Mesopotamia; and The Papers of Maurice FitzGerald
A bewitching book book from Paul Clements; journeying through ‘the cradle of civilisation’; and the 18th Knight of Kerry
Escaped Alone review: Four women, catastrophe and the comforts of ordinary chatter
Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: Anna Healy, Sorcha Cusack, Ruth McCabe and Anna Monaghan star in Caryl Churchill’s dark, cracklingly funny play
By Ruby Eastwood
Los Angeles is only the beginning: Trump is normalising military enforcement of law and order
Trump deliberately manufactured the crisis in LA for political reasons
By Daniel Geary
Everyone hates us, we don’t care: Is Leinster’s mantra losing its power to motivate?
Much of the perceived dislike of the province may be based on false premises
‘We were full of hope’: Aunt of Annie McCarrick says family disappointed after murder suspect released
Nancy Covell said the family continued to remain hopeful of a breakthrough in 32-year case
By Áine Ryan
Stephen Rochford the right man for Mayo with the season on the line
Lee Keegan believes Rochford’s willingness to try the unpredictable could prove decisive
More smaller apartments and studios could be built under proposed new rules
Proposals among efforts to make building apartments more attractive for investors and developers
By Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones
Israeli attacks may give Iran’s nuclear programme greater impetus
Iran’s regime may feel a more urgent need to protect itself after Israeli attacks, saying the world now understands its need for enrichment and missile power
By Vincent Durac
Political nerves jangle over rent reforms: ‘We’re out defending something without any real evidence it’s going to make a difference’
Some in the Coalition parties fear the costs could outweigh the gains regarding changes to rent pressure zones regime while others point to the longer-term electoral picture
By Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy
A day in the Bere Island school where teachers commute by ferry and classes take place on the beach
Children at Bere Island's two-room school go nature-spotting on the beach and mixed-age groups play in the yard at break
A mystery VIP Leinster House guest revealed and a visit from Charles and Camilla
Former children’s show presenter Timmy Mallett has been cycling around Ireland in memory of his late brother, and recently met Micheál Martin in Cork
By Miriam Lord
A Gaeltacht tragedy: ‘I never would have sent her if I thought anything was wrong’
The mother of a teenager who died from a heart condition on a hike at a Connemara Irish college wants answers from a hospital group
By Ellen Coyne
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