Best travel deals this month and for Mother’s Day
Shades of Mrs Doyle as Afternoon Teas are go for Mother’s Day, plus never get lost aboard again
The F-word, the one worse than feck, is all over pop and no one cares
Swearing is big and clever. Just listen to Olivia Rodrigo, or look at the streaming figures
First Family – Frank McNally on the surprising origins of Ireland’s original soap opera, The Kennedys of Castleross
An Irishman’s Diary
An ecumenical matter: Stamps commemorate 25 years of Father Ted
Stamps, souvenir envelope mark quarter century of well-known TV sitcom
The Small Things: Blood and violence and love, but no chemistry
Review: Pauline McLynn and Peter Gowan work from an extraordinary script by Enda Walsh, but the setting leaves things out in the cold
Gary O’Donovan interview: ‘I get to row with the fastest man in the world’
Brothers’ jovial personas hide focus and work rate which allows them take on the best
Marty Morrissey is heroically unembarrassable in Marty and Bernard’s Big Adventure
Review: This buddy-comedy-meets-makeover-show eventually takes the joke too far
Fr Ted fans flock to ‘Craggy Island’ on 20th anniversary of Dermot Morgan’s death
Events include Priest’s Dance Off, The Lovely Girls competition and Ted’s Got Talent
'Don't start the car. Your coffee is on the roof'
Advances in artificial intelligence move it closer to ‘proactive personalisation’
'Marriage was a licence for sex': Ireland and women in 100 quotes
The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland
Enjoy some Father Ted cuisine at home this Halloween
Recipes for creamy ham and cabbage pie and how to bake a perfect barmbrack
Ah go on, go on: foodie presents for Mother’s Day
Irish mammies can be hard to spoil – many of them would prefer to look after you. Here are some ideas to ensure your mum doesn’t make her own Mother’s Day dinner
Tributes paid at funeral of mother of Dublin acting family, Daphne Brennan
‘Strumpet City’ actor described as a woman with great love for words and family
Why we get a better cup in Ireland than all the tea in China
In the first of a two-part series, a trip to a Rwandan tea plantation leads to an exploration of how the second World War led to the tea we drink in Ireland being of unusually high quality – and what all this has to do with Anglo Irish Bank
Dublin priests nominate Panti Bliss for Ice Bucket Challenge
Redemptorists also call on Archbishop, papal nuncio and Brendan O’Carroll to follow suit
Irish actor Pauline McLynn joins Eastenders
Father Ted’s Mrs Doyle to play Charlie Cotton’s mother in a move to Albert Square
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