Chloë finds a hobby: I want to look like Shakira but the weighted ab machine feels like I’m being caught in a meat grinder
It’s back to the gym for Chloë McPolin, but this time with a personal trainer and a twist…
Love Machines by James Muldoon: how some of our key relationships in life are being corrupted by AI
In his harrowing new book, James Muldoon explores how some of our key relationships in life are being…
Any Given Day: Cork University Hospital on RTÉ – a snapshot of life on A&E, but where are the trolleys?
It’s a shame ‘Any Given Day: Cork University Hospital’ wasn’t a more warts-and-all portrait, but there was some…
Crime novels and thrillers to read this January, from the master of suspense Sam Blake to Romy Hausmann
Reviewed this month: Your Every Move by Sam Blake, Room 706 by Ellie Levenson, A Gift Before Dying…
The Traitors UK is a total television pleasure but it makes the Irish version look a bit low budget
It feels like we’ve been watching Claudia Winkleman on this show for more than three years, and while…
Ireland says goodbye: Tributes to the big names we lost in 2025
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to Irish figures who died this year, including singer Linda Nolan, social campaigner…
From ChatGPT to dodgy box wars: 13 tech trends that defined 2025
It was a year that witnessed the rise of retro tech – and the first time a ‘deepfake’…
Chloë finds a hobby: After a year of hobby hunting, here are my best and worst of 2025
Having spent a year looking for a pastime that sticks, Chloë McPolin recalls the ones she loved –…
Rick O’Shea’s best books of 2025: Great reads you might have missed this year
There are plenty of amazing books, both fiction and non-fiction, that have flown under the radar this year…
Adrian Weckler: Five smart tech Christmas gift ideas for a bargain price
If you’re on the lookout for a savvy last-minute tech present that won’t break the bank, you won’t…
Climate Changemakers: Three good news stories for nature in Ireland during 2025
From one of our best-known woodlands to the return of the corncrake to a boost for our seas,…
‘Her marriage was unhappy but also unbreakable’: The love triangle of Sinéad Cusack, Tom Stoppard and Jeremy Irons
The Irish actress’s relationship with the late English playwright has passed into the annals of recent theatre history…