‘I’m very good at masking my feelings for the sake of somebody else’ – The Irish Times
How agreeable are you? I work in the arts, so it’s a question of not only being agreeable,…
‘Many still feel pressure to leave parts of themselves at the door’ – The Irish Times
“Children don’t need to choose between languages or identities,” says Francesca La Morgia, the founder of Mother Tongues.…
‘He wanted me to drive from north Dublin to Wicklow for sex at 2am’ – The Irish Times
People are settling down later in life, as shown in the creeping rise in marriage ages in Ireland…
‘It’s beginning to sink in, this goodbye is a bigger deal than I thought’ – The Irish Times
Behind her blue front door, in Dublin’s Harold’s Cross, Mary Black sits in an armchair recalling the twists…
Donegal photographer hangs up his camera after four decades – The Irish Times
After more than four decades capturing the very pulse of Donegal and its people, photographer Declan Doherty has…
Next time you come we’ll be telling you you have breast cancer. Bring someone with you’ – The Irish Times
Wearer of outrageously large sunglasses. Fifth-generation working-class Tallaght woman. Breast cancer survivor. Almost 22,000 followers on TikTok. Spice…
German man who ran away to Clare as teenager dedicates free album to the people of Ireland – The Irish Times
For most teenagers, the idea of running away to another country is a total fantasy. But when Michael…
How screens and Covid are shaping childhood in Ireland – The Irish Times
“Children are starting junior infants lacking many of the very basic skills we would have taken for granted…
Norway’s trial of the century begins next week – The Irish Times
At the Quart musical festival in southern Norway in July 1996, the headliner was Nick Cave and the…
When it comes to discarding used batteries, there’s a right way and a dangerous way – The Irish Times
When your telly remote control claps out, what do you do with the old batteries? What about the…
The helmets and hi-vis for cyclists are symptoms of the Irish problem, not the solution – The Irish Times
At this time of year, the headlights sweeping our hall flash off a panoply of reflective and hi-vis…
The Dublin half hectare that became a self-sustaining sanctuary for nature – The Irish Times
In many ways, the fact that the Grove was so easy to miss is what worked most in…