A series of articles exploring people's relationship with Ireland
Performance artist Amanda Coogan on growing up as a child of deaf parents, embracing her love of performance, and the Irish fear of the avant-garde
I moved into charity work, first at Barretstown and then with the DSPCA, after the crash pushed me out of architecture
Designer Helen James on returning to Dublin from New York, the ‘gentler, lovelier pace’ here, and the traditions of Christmas
The novelist Maggie O’Farrell on leaving Ireland, growing up in Britain, life as a child with a stammer and her new book
The Limerick-based podcaster and author on his school trauma, adult autism diagnosis and unconventional mother
Singer-songwriter Nell Mescal from Maynooth on overcoming scoliosis surgery, dropping out of school before her Leaving Cert and her dream of headlining Croke Park
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, academic and musician Paul Muldoon on growing up in a nationalist family in Co Armagh, life in Belfast during the Troubles and moving to the US
Noonan is a songwriter, musician and lead singer of Bell X1 and HousePlants
Iarla Ó Lionaird, a sean-nós singer, on the romanticism of rural life, growing up in a big family and traditional music
JP McMahon is a Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and author. He lives and works in Galway
Eva Pau, commercial director of family business Asia Market, on being immersed in Irish culture from an early age
The second-year law student at University of Galway on discrimination she has faced as a Traveller and how education became her refuge
Writer Cauvery Madhavan arrived in Ireland with a ‘suitcase full of sin’ – a stockpile of condoms
The Ireland of film-maker and author Neil Jordan’s youth was like ‘living in a fantastical universe that didn’t make any logical sense’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
