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Róisín Ingle: I worried about Pierce Brosnan playing my uncle in new film about him and Prince Naseem
I am delighted to report that the new movie about my brilliant uncle Brendan and Prince Naseem – starring Pierce Brosnan as Brendan – is fantastic
Dry January: Since giving up alcohol, I’ve developed some strong opinions about it
I’ve since sworn off Nosecco and all the rest of the drinks pretending to be something I don’t want in my life any more
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions as a general rule but this year is an exception
Róisín Ingle: In hunter gatherer times the family would starve if women let men lounge around the cave scratching their nether regions
I don’t need diamond rings or shiny things. Give me something broken and glued together with love
I’ve always fantasised about being the kind of woman who is given or buys herself precious things. It’s just not me, though
We often say we could get knocked over by a car tomorrow, but never really expect it
Róisín Ingle: On a friendship blind date, we talked about going through our days with an awareness of our inevitable demise
Róisín Ingle: I’m enjoying fantastic TV that features middle-aged women. It feels a bit revolutionary
Middle-aged women are killing it, sometimes literally, on the streamers
Róisín Ingle: We all have a death day lurking unseen. When’s mine? When’s yours?
I became obsessed with a quote from Thomas Hardy - not due to my rereading the classics, but to seeking escape in Netflix
Róisín Ingle: I’m not ashamed to admit I have a serious parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift
I view it as a wholesome relationship, rather than a problematic one. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?
Róisín Ingle: Let’s have more dancing at Irish funerals
It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us
Róisín Ingle: I told the world to leave me alone, and it did. Wow
I desperately needed some distraction, and found it in new music from Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Bressie
Róisín Ingle: I left social media two years ago but I wonder would my life be better if I went back
I often wonder what I’m missing out on and whether my life would be richer if I went back on the socials
Róisín Ingle: Facing my fears without alcohol has been a revelation
It gave me clarity of mind, it gave me hope and strength, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving
Róisín Ingle: I sat at the childhood piano Paul McCartney played, and bashed out Let It Be
I don’t like bucket lists, but whenever I kick the bucket or pass away or die, this memory, this moment, is coming with me
Manchán Magan was a great man for a video message. You’d never know what you might get
One of the most precious gifts cancer has given me is a deep friendship with this extraordinary Irish man
I walk around the block and think of dead friends who don’t feel dead to me
It’s well known that I’ll do pretty much anything to avoid using my feet to get anywhere
This story involving Mary Robinson and a historical wrong made me smile, so I thought I’d share it
Sometimes the most satisfying of happy endings can take decades to come to fruition
The Paudfather, breakout star of The Traitors, on winning hearts with his Irish-dad energy
Paudie and murdered Faithful Christine grapple with newfound fame and life on the outside
The Traitors craic, wit and wolfhounds has restored my pride in Ireland
Ireland is full? Yeah, full of great telly, wit, wolfhounds and fabulous use of Donegal tweed
For the love of bread: The couple telling the real Scéal of artisan baking
Charlotte Leonard-Kane and Shane Palmer, the pair behind Greystones bakery Scéal, share skills in new cookbook
Electric Picnic 2025: Chappell Roan, Dara Ó Briain and other must-sees at this year’s festival
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I’m not sure who won the battle of the compliments
A colleague presented me with a tastefully arranged bouquet of compliments
I tried to get my children to busk. I’ll never learn. Vicarious living through your children does not work
The spirit of 88 lives on, the Hothouse Flowers blaring from a phone and a streaming platform my 17-year-old busking self would think was some kind of voodoo magic
Fitness training postpartum: ‘Nobody knows what to do with you’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
I roar at my daughter so loudly for not wearing a bike helmet, a passerby asks her if she is okay
When she says even with the roaring she stills wants to spend the day with me, I’m moved almost to tears and we hit the greenway
I read the letter a couple of times. It didn’t irritate me...it filled me with joy
This letter seemed like a sign that things were back to normal and the statute of limitations on all that cancer sympathy had expired
Róisín Ingle: What a gift to get married when your children are there to see it
This will be our 25th summer together. None of us know how many more summers we have left
Róisín Ingle: This new play was the best thing I’ve seen on an Irish stage in a very long time
Kevin Barry’s The Cave is the best play I’ve seen on an Irish stage in a very long time, and the c-word is used quite a lot
I thought Paul McCartney had sent me a gift after my cancer diagnosis
I rang my friend Paul Howard, a huge Beatles fan, to tell him all about it
Not caring about exams was teenage me’s bluntest form of rebellion. My kids are different
They’re self-motivated, I think you’d call it. All I know is that I can take no credit for their industry
After Dolly Alderton’s party, I decided to ditch the impostor syndrome that’s dogged me
A man introduced himself to me as Nick Hornby but I’ve interviewed Nick Hornby before and it wasn’t the same man
I call out a chat’n’cut, Larry David style. I will never live down what happens next
It all starts so well, standing in a queue for drinks, as I shut down a man attempting to cut the queue and get praised for my fearlessness
The slogan ‘Belfast’s got the buzz’ always rang hollow. Until now
The city is buzzing with shoppers and tourists when we visit for Queenie’s birthday lunch
My post-cancer treatment hair reminds me of boxing promoter Don King. It makes me laugh
I don’t feel bad about my neck (chintastic) or my belly (generous) or my hands (they look older than I feel) but lately I feel funny about my hair
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