Emer McLysaght

The thought process fascinates me: You are choosing an important aspect of a person’s identity

Placing sole responsibility for birth control in either partner’s hands is unfair but it’s the ones who can get pregnant who carry the most burden

Children’s titles take up 19 of top 20, as Rooney’s latest novel is most borrowed adult title

Finally someone is stepping up and making Love Island in the Gaeltacht

Emer McLysaght: Parents make a choice to publish images of their children – but they have no control over how strangers capture and use them

Emer McLysaght: The Oscar-nominated actor whom the BBC called British has done more for the county than the Naas Ball could ever dream of

Emer McLysaght: Seeing Christy Dignam on stage, I couldn’t fathom, in my ignorance, how someone could be an addict yet do what he was doing

There’s nothing funny about anyone feeling threatened. But politicians being urged to wear getaway shoes pushed safety tips into The Thick of It territory

I’ve been a now-sayer for much of my life, like my mother before me and hers before her. It’s part of being Irish

Emer McLysaght: Thank God we have the anticipation of St Brigid’s bank holiday on February 6th to see us through this (godforsaken) month

The clamour for wrapping paper, the dog acting up and the frenzied men buying bubble bath is what Christmas Eve is all about

Emer McLysaght: Anyone who’s serious about bins has been strategising for weeks on how to have the emptiest ones come December 25th

A festive Irish film would kick off with war over who opened the Christmas Lilt or Roses too early

Emer McLysaght: A trip to Wild Lights at Dublin Zoo was full of magic and wonder and awe, but there was also crying, begging, screaming and complaining

Emer McLysaght: I thought Press Up buying Loftus Hall was an inspired purchase, but maybe I’m wrong

The perimenopause guessing game feels like a cruel joke

I fear being held responsible for bringing The Dryrobe Wars to Arranmore despite the island’s open welcome message to the world

Emer McLysaght: As a fat woman I’ve had to come to terms with being public about enjoying food

The Blair Witch Project remains one of the most haunting films I’ve seen

With my own cat spending more and more of her time at someone else’s house, I have another four-legged interloper in my own home

I felt a bit stupid, crying at the death this week of a woman I didn’t know, but that’s what nostalgia can do

What’s for Dinner? Sarah Breen’s nasi goreng is a meal even the kids will love

The Aisling authors’ relationship grew stronger after McLysaght entered psychiatric care

Aisling’s off to a fancy new job in New York, but first she’s flying business class

The path to the normalisation of child-free living is paved with resentment and fear

By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more

Letters on life under lockdown from Vicky Phelan, Joe Schmidt, Maeve Higgins, Irish Times journalists and others

Literature events, art exhibitions and charity fundraisers planned for Little Christmas

Pantodome artistic director on loving Doireann Garrihy’s podcast and the musical Six

Rick O’Shea, Emer McLysaght and others on their favourite bookshops as children and adults

My education journey: Needless to say, I didn’t last past first year, after which I dropped out and worked in retail

Third-level is not the only option after the Leaving Cert – there are other opportunities out there

Accounts show pre-tax profits at company’s Irish outlets increased by 37% to €3.36m

The new Aisling book is imminent. What’s behind the success of this Irish archetype?

Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen: ‘You can imagine our notions when they approached us’

In conversation: Sarah Breen and Joanne McNally

Book about Irish country girl in the Big Smoke pips children’s author to top slot

There’s more than meets the eye in these seasonal snaps. Five people share their most memorable festive photographs, each one telling a poignant tale of its own

Graham Norton is bestselling Irish novelist for second year in a row

Marian Keyes, Laura Kennedy and the Women’s Podcast book club reveal all