Carrie Underwood

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Rena Buckley lifts the O’Duffy Cup in 2017. The Cork star ticks all the boxes when it comes to an inspirational sporting figure. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Joanne O’Riordan: An inspirational role model? I’d pick Rena Buckley

Over the weekend I got completely caught up in a wave of cycling, athletics and even pentathlon. I thought 2018 was the year for learning new sports(...)

Danielle Romeril: “It was about identity and putting a vision for yourself forward and being lucky enough to have friends who knew a bit more than I did.” Photograph: Johnny McMillan
Fashion forward: Three Irish designers on surviving a tough industry

Don O’Neill recalls his upbringing in Ballyheigue, Co Kerry as nothing short of magical. “The castle behind my house is haunted,” he says. “ We woul(...)

Maddie Marlow and Tae Dye at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Photograph: Beth Gwinn/Film Magic
Nashville: from country mecca to music industry powerhouse
  • Music
  • March 10, 2016, 06:00

Dolly Parton travelled there from the tiny community of Locust Ridge, Tennessee, at the age of 18. Texan Willie Nelson made his first journey there i(...)

Megan O’Neill: had an obsession with plastic spoons. Photograph: Conor Clinch
My Obituary: Megan O’Neill, ‘the girl next door with the voice of an angel’

"If Megan O’Neill hadn’t existed, the Disney organisation would have invented her anyway.” In his eulogy for the singer, band member Dan Clark repe(...)