The avuncular veteran broadcaster, who is turning 70, on facing some hostility on his return to RTÉ, his moustache, and his ‘threat’ to keep working for as long as he can

Patrick Freyne: I lose count of how many people the Punisher kills over the course of 50 minutes

In her best-selling memoir the Irish author and journalist ‘excavated her own soul and, in so doing, helped us look more closely at ourselves’

Four young adults who have spent time in Ireland’s care system tell Patrick Freyne about their lives

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James Bloodworth, author of Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere, on how boys and men go from looking for a girlfriend to extreme misogyny

Working-class children were routinely underestimated when the singer was at school. She wants her gigs to give people the sense of connectedness that sustained her community

Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster is back on Disney+. Here’s how such shows have developed since TV introduced sex to Ireland in the 1960s

The Dublin actor says the main trick to being a professional is doing the work and learning the lines. ‘And then just staying as healthy and as fit as you can. There’s no excuse’

Netflix, Prime Video and Apple TV clearly have money to burn on big-budget series, but are they worth the eye-watering cost?

Patrick Freyne: I often take him refreshments when he is powerhosing my drive or insulating my shed, and I break from writing deep thoughts

The architect uses his special constitutional powers to check out anybody’s home whenever he likes in Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spacers

Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney return as the controversial drama struggles to rediscover its edge

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

Here’s our alternative Masters Dinner, leaning into who we are as a nation