Edel Coffey

For many of us, breaking point is now the default baseline from which we live our day-to-day lives

In a new autobiography she opens up about motherhood, men in music, and her rape at 17

The author’s new novel is set in the mid-1950s, when everything seemed possible

Inter-generational conversations on the climate crisis with Eamon Ryan, Dr Tara Shine, Dara McAnulty and others

I don’t think my specific failure made me stronger, but it did teach me two important lessons

Adding status of mother to your identity is like adding saffron to a recipe

The novelist continues her retelling of the Iliad from the women’s perspective in new book

They’re dismissed as saccharine, but the really good ones can give you a sugar-free lift

Consent, pornography, #MeToo, asexuality – the sexual landscape has changed significantly

Checkout 19 novelist on class, male jealousy of writing and the boring world of office work

A parent’s love doesn’t necessarily die with them, but can continue in other ways

Edel Coffey: For ages I ran my own personal fight club as friends lapped me with achievements

They show radical self-acceptance and free up huge headspace to do their work

Time to take our emotions out of cold storage

Norway’s national broadcaster has published a sex guide. Any chance, RTÉ?