Matt Williams: Who would be a coach? You would have to be mad
As we say in Australia, you have to have a few roos loose in the top paddock take on job
Ian O’Riordan: McElhinney ready for sacrifices required to pursue his dream
Few sporting careers offer less security than distance running he's up for the challenge
Don Johnson: Casting Colin Farrell in Miami Vice was ‘a mistake’
The former ‘hottest guy on the planet’ looks back on a career that’s not over yet
From Tallahassee to Tallaght – Heather Payne spares no effort when it comes to Ireland
Roscommon native, based at college in Florida, is thriving under the reign of Vera Pauw
An Irish playwright in New York: Lines remain unlearned, curtains unraised, seats unfilled
I’ll write to make the actors cry again – laugh, too. We’ll need a laugh after this
Worst sporting moment: Decline of the International Rules series
Brawling, indiscipline and a near life-altering tackle in the 2006 Croke Park Test ‘killed it’
State papers: Councillor went to San Francisco to get new teeth and jobs
Colourful Cork councillor Bernie Murphy’s visit, which made front-page headlines in the US, caused great embarrassment to Irish diplomats
Can you channel Jack Kerouac in an electric car?
Henry Mance plugged in, turned on and hit Route 80 to find out. Spontaneity and distance were the first casualties
Call Him Mine: Dial M for murderous prose
Review: Tim MacGabhann’s debut is billed as a literary crime novel but lacks killer writing
'The Polish language hates Irish people. But Polish people love us'
Paddy ‘Spud’ Murphy is a podcaster and filmmaker living in Cieszyn, Poland
Una Mullally: Music’s #MeToo moment will be much more difficult to handle
Ryan Adams allegations raise questions about the level of awful behaviour in the sector
The ultimate literary bucket list: ‘1,000 Books to Read Before You Die’
US author James Mustich says the book that took him 14 years to write should be thought of as a kind of imaginary bookshop
The power of a good book in times of chaos
From Hunter S Thompson to Philip Roth, Shirley Jackson and John Connolly, great writing has a way of making readers feel less isolated in a world of anxiety and upheaval
The Johnny Depp you once loved wasn’t the real Johnny Depp
Discrediting of movie stars we admire can be hard to process. But we never really knew them
The Galway Races: posh social outing or depraved adult disco?
Niamh Towey: It’s possible to indulge in its festivities without disgracing yourself in the process
‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ author Tom Wolfe dies aged 88
Writer dies in Manhattan hospital after infection, his agent Lynn Nesbit confirms
Sean Penn’s debut novel – repellent and stupid
The Oscar-winning actor’s foray into fiction, with Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, has met derision online. Can it be that bad?
No Stone Unturned: ‘People are locked in this prison of belief’
Documentary maker Alex Gibney has a habit of taking on big subjects. Now he’s investigating the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre – and is not afraid to name names
I now say ‘trash’, ‘gas’ and ‘mail’: Am I losing my identity?
As a Mayo girl in Nashville, I’m asked daily where I’m from and how I ended up here
20 years of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Paul Howard’s top 20 moments
‘Reading the first column now, at a remove of almost 20 years, the big surprise is that there was ever a second one’
‘Rolling Stone’ co-founder Jann Wenner puts majority stake up for sale
Magazine has lost advertising and readership to online rivals
JP Donleavy, the artist: mad planets and strange fish
Painting was his first love, and the author allegedly wrote The Ginger Man in a pique after his work received a lukewarm reception
Warren Beatty: ‘I’ve had 16 books written about me. All baloney’
Warren Beatty, a true Hollywood maverick, sets the record straight on his six-decade-long career and the state of cinema today
Johnny Depp spent $3m blasting writer’s ashes from cannon
Actor in ‘financial turmoil’ and spending $30,000 a month on wine, according to former managers
Ralph Steadman: With gonzo, you don’t cover the story; you become the story
Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever
Florida dreaming: sun, waves and sharks
Away from the theme parks of Orlando, the beaches to the north of the Sunshine State offer great options for family holidays
‘Best Irish Pub in the World’ competition entry: McSorley’s Old Ale House, New York
One of the city’s oldest Irish bars has counted many famous writers among its regulars, from Hunter S Thompson to Brendan Behan
Rumble in the Jungle: 40 years on from Muhammad Ali’s crowning glory
‘Not a single respected critic spoke up for him. He was 40-1 with some bookmakers and nearly every expert feared for his safety against the monster that was Foreman’
Jennifer O’Connell: Escape the anxious parent trap
Paranoid parenting isn’t about actual risk: it is about our need for control
Derek Landy on living life without a boss
‘Make every chapter your absolute favourite . . . Then, when it’s done, make the NEXT chapter your absolute favourite’
These ‘weirdest ever’ lyrics are really nothing to freak out about
A new poll of the weirdest song lyrics ever includes songs by The Killers, The Beatles and Black Eyed Peas, but read between the lines and they’re not so strange
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