John Boyne: How writing The Elements helped healed the legacy of sexual assault as a schoolboy
In a brave account of the abuse he suffered at school, John Boyne writes that it became the…
Declan Lynch: From speaking rights to cadaver dogs, our obsession with local issues rumbles on, despite the global catastrophes
Radio reviews Claire Byrne is leaving RTÉ for a new role in Newstalk. Photo: Andres Poveda I started…
Sack’s ‘Laughter Lines’ from 1988 has the most melancholic opening line in Irish rock history
On the real-life agony behind ‘Laughter Lines’, the band’s epic Sack crafted one of the greatest break-up songs…
Pádraig Cusack: ‘My dad just said these things happen. He said that he was away a lot and having company helped him through whatever he was doing and he ended up having a child. None of us are perfect’
The producer on growing up in Dalkey, and family friends including Elizabeth Taylor and Edna O’Brien Pádraig Cusack…