The comedian, actress and Spin 1038 presenter on ‘road annoyance’, her strongest childhood memory, and her happiest moments

The US writer has found that getting answers involves brass neck persistence and blunt rejection, to which he has happily become immune

Alleged rigging of competitions stunned outsiders but came as no surprise to insiders

Laura Mabel Francatelli’s life jacket is the only one belonging to a Titanic survivor to be auctioned

Prolific broadcaster and writer is chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, and says her new book is for ‘people who haven’t really thought much about classics’

State has fewer than European average of 12 but more than near neighbours, who only have eight

Here it is, Mr President: a simplified guide on how to sell a war to faithful followers, having told them up to now you would not launch one

We follow a route used since the Middle Ages to St Patrick’s Purgatory on the shores of Lough Derg

There is no cost control. And no one seems to care about what we are getting for all this spending

Thousands of households are trapped in long-term mortgage arrears, and now fuel debt and buy-now-pay-later schemes are affecting many more

Siting wind infrastructure on the Shannon bogs is too high a price to pay for renewable energy

If you grew up on a street, a road or an estate in the 1980s, you will probably have plenty of memories of playing outside

John Stack, senior executive engineer with Dublin City Council, knows this waterway like the back of his hand

Friends who can look thoughtfully on conflict and sadness and trouble and still find charity and curiosity are precious

Antony Beevor says Rasputin was a historically important figure who accelerated the demise of the Romanov dynasty

RTÉ’s Clarity Correspondent on pregnancy, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and losing her wedding outfit

Retrofitting offers cosy home and energy cost cuts but can also come with financial burdens and bureaucratic nightmares

New chief executive Nigel Flegg hopes the NCH’s long-planned redevelopment will start in 2028 and transform it into a ‘cultural mother ship’

Sculpture of the ninth president now sits in Áras an Uachtaráin, alongside those of his predecessors

Instead of panicking in the face of global turmoil, people are emotionally checking out, survey suggests