Michael Harding

Along with the chronic physical illnesses of diabetes and fibromyalgia, Emma Donoghue (26) has had postnatal depression and anorexia to contend with. But life is slowly getting better

RTÉ host gets to the heart of the childcare crisis , as O’Shea welcomes all book-lovers

Late poet and playwright was a storyteller who used his own silence to listen

Field of lepers? Deceitful strand? Town of thieves? Our ancestors clearly didn’t want visitors

Michael Harding returns to this slot next week but, in the meantime, some life lessons

In conversation: James Earley, artist, and Nollaig Healy, festival director

Sometimes the only voice a farmer hears is on the radio in the tractor cab

Broadasting Authority rejects 11 complaints about RTÉ ‘Late Late Show’ item

‘Riot’ drenches modern Ireland in colour in a triumph of wild and uplifting theatre

Debut novel from acclaimed short-story writer Billy O’Callaghan lacks finesse

‘Hurt beyond words’ by description of host as ‘haunted bread’ by Rubberbandits member

The Irish Times columnist’s books, weekly articles and live shows have the makings of a new literary genre: interactive tragi-comedy

Some well-known Irish people tell us what would put a smile on their faces, and we want to hear from you too

Writing a book about my homeplace and its abundant creativity drew on long-hoarded flotsam and jetsam about the parish, as well as actor Eilish O’Carroll, singer Seán Keane and his family, and US actor Vivian Nesbitt