‘I didn’t know anybody who had gone on to college and barely knew anybody who had a Leaving Cert‘
‘Our learners are as smart as people in mainstream education; they just needed the chance’
Katriona O’Sullivan
Articles featuring Katriona O’Sullivan
Katriona O’Sullivan: I live in the grip of the fat-girl algorithm
In an extract from her new book Hungry, the bestselling author of Poor explores how class shapes how women see their own bodies
The Let Them Theory is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2025
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan and The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor are bestselling Irish titles
The year in theatre: At last, Ireland has lost its fear of new writing for the stage
We may be optimistic about a place that’s far more hospitable, where new writing could be the norm, not the exception
Róisín Ingle: Facing my fears without alcohol has been a revelation
It gave me clarity of mind, it gave me hope and strength, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving
Poor, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is a show destined to keep returning and keep selling out
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Katriona O’Sullivan’s memoir becomes a crowd-pleasing play starring Aisling O’Mara and Hollie Lawlor
Katriona O’Sullivan on bringing Poor to the stage: ‘I’ve cried so many times, because it’s my life. It’s difficult to watch’
Poor is about to open at the Gate. Its author and playwright Sonya Kelly talk about adapting O’Sullivan’s bestselling memoir for the theatre
‘Our house was wild and unpredictable... I was starved and cold and unloved’
Living in the children’s home, I wanted it to be noted, recorded, that I was not rushing to talk by phone to my mum. I wanted to stay
Burnout nation: how has breaking point become normal?
For many of us, breaking point is now the default baseline from which we live our day-to-day lives
‘I sat drinking in the knowledge, and for the first time in my life I felt alive’
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan began on the Trinity Access Programme which led to a PhD
Long division: Are we doing enough to narrow the inequality gap in Irish schools?
A gaping chasm remains in outcomes between our poorest schools and others
‘To survive the Irish school system, you have to become middle class’
In Irish schools, middle-class girls thrive but boys from working-class backgrounds struggle
Pat vs ex-pats: Kenny wonders if emigrants have paid their dues
Newstalk host is at his most logical during spirited encounter, while Vicky Phelan tells her story to the world in BBC documentary
Poorer students can outperform others through college foundation courses
Disadvantaged students fare better socially and academically with on-campus supports
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