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Mary Lavin’s daughters (from left) Valdi MacMahon, Liz Peavoy and Caroline Walsh at a mews in Lad Lane that was once their home. Photograph: David Sleator
From the bohemia of Baggot Street, to a New York point of view

On the last day of August 1967, the author Mary Lavin boarded the SS United States with her(...)

Life stories: ‘I want to be a popular novelist who’s also serious, or a serious novelist who’s also very accessible,’ says Douglas Kennedy. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Douglas Kennedy: a storyteller grappling with the larger things in life

Douglas Kennedy settles into a chair, polishes off an espresso and begins to talk about his new novel, Fi (...)

Róisín Ingle on . . . a vintage weekend

Half way to Ballybunion we break the journey at the home of my friend’s parents. A coffee maker, the kind that gurgles and splutters for an age(...)

“There is a special place in hell for those women who do not believe that feminism matters today,” said RTÉ’s Miriam O'Callaghan
Women in the media give each other hell at landmark event

Hell was mentioned twice last weekend in Ballybunion, Co Kerry, where the inaugural Women in Media event was held. It was first evoked by Sinn (...)

A file image of broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan, who was presented with the inaugural Mary Cummins Award for Outstanding Achievement in Media. Photograph: The Irish Times
Women encouraged to be more open about their ambition

Hell was mentioned twice this last weekend in Ballybunion, Co Kerry, where the inaugural Women in Media event was held. It was first evoked by Sinn(...)

Maeve Binchy, who will be honoured at the inaugural Women in Media festival
Women in Media

Move over Listowel Writers’ Week. There’s competition in the Kingdom when it comes to discussing words and the people who write them. Ballybuni(...)

The new bridge linking Burgh Quay and Marlborough Street under construction over the river Liffey in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Abbey Theatre launches petition to have Liffey bridge named after it

Dublin’s Abbey Theatre has launched an online “urgent petition” seeking to have the new bridge on the River Liffey, currently under constructio(...)

Karen Nolan (left) and Claudia Carroll have been friends since they were eight. Photograph: Eric Luke
‘We’ve never had a cross word in 35 years’
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  • March 30, 2013, 06:00

KAREN ON CLAUDIAC laudia’s always been my best pal, we were at school together, at colle(...)

Review: Tiny Plays for Ireland 2

Tiny Plays For Ireland 2 Project Arts Centre, Dublin***Even tiny plays can have big ideas. This, the second instalment in Fishamble’s experimen(...)

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