Lily Aron of Florence Road: ‘Olivia Rodrigo was such a big gig. It was the first time I didn’t have impostor syndrome’
The Irish four-piece are on the cusp of breaking through, having toured with Wolf Alice, been hailed by Rodrigo and made the BBC’s Sound of 2026 longlist
Nesting author Roisín O’Donnell: ‘At points I lost my nerve - nobody wants to read a book about coercive control’
The author of Nesting on why she couldn’t abandon the novel despite several attempts, finding her confidence as a writer and her children’s excitement at her success
Rumours of My Demise by Evan Dando: Secret-spilling memoir of heroin, hairy escapades and house-wrecking
It’s a wonder the Lemonheads frontman lived to tell the tale
‘No new gifts, please’: Meet the parents who swap rather than shop
Concerns about the environment, a desire to declutter, and creating community are just some of the reasons parents are opting for swap groups
‘When I got the call I cried. It was wild’: Irish actor Amybeth McNulty on her role in Stranger Things
Donegal actor speaks her mind on self-definition, bereavement and joining the cast of Stranger Things
At Vicar Street, Kae Tempest unpicks the snarl of emotions that soundtrack his life
Review: At his Dublin gig this often matchless rhymer makes art from alienation – and finds his joy in doing it
The forgotten Irish artist: How does an artist make thousands of artworks, then just disappear?
A new book aims to restore Donal O’Sullivan’s legacy of elegant work which has been largely overlooked since his death in 1991
Hotels catering for families with autistic children: ‘Nobody looks or stares at you’
Holidays can be stressful for neurodivergent guests, but the industry is adapting
Lily Allen’s new album is racking up millions of listens and hitting a nerve with women everywhere
Millennials and Gen X-ers haven’t been as united on social media since Wagatha Christie became a courtroom drama
‘They’re like a hug in a book’: Why cosy crime is on the rise
Faced with a turbulent news cycle, readers and authors are turning back to quainter pleasures in fiction
The 10 lessons I learned from living with 76 people over two decades
The highs and horrors of sharing a roof in Dublin, Cork, Galway and beyond
Country music singer Luke Combs confirmed to headline Slane Castle 2026
The 35-year-old is the first country music singer to lead the billing at the celebrated Co Meath venue
Lyra: ‘I don’t smoke and I cut out all drink when I’m going on a tour to mind my voice. And there I was, throwing up in a toilet’
Cork singer Lyra on ambition, insecurity and performing for thousands at Croke Park
‘Fame is a kind of hell. I have seen the dark side of this culture’
The Booker Prize-winning novelist Kiran Desai on emigration, her new novel and disappearing into her fiction
Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter