Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents

None of my own small changes is going to save the planet, but everyday choices and habits of individuals do matter

Anne Enright died by suicide at the age of 16 in 2024 five days after coming off a six-month course of the acne treatment

The Irish person who garnered perhaps the most international attention 100 years ago does not appear in the independent Irish State’s first census at all

Alice Doyle on sibling responsibility, happiness in her life, and being described as ‘brutally honest’

For that flare of yellow to appear, the plant must spread its seeds, and it is that seed head which is a design marvel

By capitulating and throwing money at the problem, the Government has set itself up for a repeat performance, as Ireland’s EU presidency looms

Eye on nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

Writing forces people to resolve internal contradictions and confront their own bullshit. It’s why it’s hard. It’s why it’s beautiful

Teenage Irish citizen from prominent medical family was killed in the Nottingham attacks but had lived a joyous life, her parents recall

Pope Leo spoke of praying for peace as ‘a bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us’

How different would Ireland have been this last century if the tears of women were a national emergency?

Buying new kit for growing kids is expensive. Swapping can also help cut huge textile imports as well as costs

‘We didn’t talk about these things in my day’ seems to cover whatever range is convenient, and it never holds up

The comedian, actress and Spin 1038 presenter on ‘road annoyance’, her strongest childhood memory, and her happiest moments

The US writer has found that getting answers involves brass neck persistence and blunt rejection, to which he has happily become immune

Alleged rigging of competitions stunned outsiders but came as no surprise to insiders

Laura Mabel Francatelli’s life jacket is the only one belonging to a Titanic survivor to be auctioned

Prolific broadcaster and writer is chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, and says her new book is for ‘people who haven’t really thought much about classics’

There is no cost control. And no one seems to care about what we are getting for all this spending