Maeve Binchy

Limerick politician split from Fianna Fáil to form influential Progressive Democrats

The HSE ransomware attack is not the first time the State has faced extortion threats

After Cork writer’s double job loss, a big publishing deal was on cards for tarot-focused novel

I have changed Ireland in one small way – causing the demise of the name Ross

I’ll write to make the actors cry again – laugh, too. We’ll need a laugh after this

Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. This book takes a very different approach

It’s a small gesture that can mean a lot. It can also contribute to your family history

Pioneering journalist, trade unionist and feminist activist

A generation of female superheroes in tartan skirts and gabardines

Book review: Emma Gannon’s smart debut novel looks at the decision to be childfree

Older feminists are not always delighted when the young enjoy freedoms they fought for

The writer on Irishness, feminism, mental health and happy endings

Fr William Stuart says situation is critical in Lebanon camp. ‘People are starving’

. . . novel. Patsy McGarry

I collect snippets of strangers’ conversations like other people collect beer mats or vintage Pyrex dishes. It's not without its hazards

Many of the health stories 50 years ago are all too relevant today, with rows about hospital sites, private versus public healthcare and concerns about cervical smear tests

Eunice Baily and Clare Brazil met in school and have exchanged the same card since

Artist Maria Simonds-Gooding settled in Dunquin in the 1960s in a Blasket islander’s cottage

The writer’s deploring of ‘etiquette fiends’ started a letters page row that led to the setting-up of what is now Children in Hospital in Ireland