Swearing is big and clever. Just listen to Olivia Rodrigo, or look at the streaming figures

An Irishman’s Diary

The idea that South Africa can be parachuted into the competition is troubling

Echoes of their father’s sharp wit as eulogies delivered by each of Grace’s four children

With six albums under his belt, a new record and a book on the way, Derry native Tony Wright is flourishing creatively like never before

Douglas fir-clad house plus two studios set on six acres of woodland in an idyllic setting

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Cannes 2017: Snowpiercer director Bong Joon Ho’s latest is brasher, madder and more fun than anything he’s done before

The Belgian songwriter’s caustic social criticism is at the heart of the Gate Theatre production

Communist Party organ ‘People’s Daily’ makes clip for Chinese leader’s US visit

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Annual celestial extravaganza will reach its peak after midnight

Sarah Griffith, from Dublin, and Dan Smithwick, from Kilkenny, met on the first day of their graduate training programme at KPMG

I landed in Suleimaniah to 42-degree heat and culture shock, with women in hijabs and calls to prayer five times a day. But there are more similarities between the Irish and the Kurds than I could have imagined

Eat, drink, play golf on an archeological site – the vita is definitely dolce in Taormina

Kerry fans turn out in their thousands to welcome home Sam Maguire for 37th time