Patrick Freyne examines some of the new additions to the Christmas calendarThe lead-up to Christmas would not be the same without Black Friday, Cyber Monday, John Lewis ad day and the Fine Gael ardfheisSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
Malala Yousafzai’s father, Ziauddun: ‘Let all girls fly’The activist’s courage has never wavered, despite the Taliban’s attack on his daughterSat Nov 17 2018 - 06:00
From first principals to second fiddles: life in an Irish orchestraPlaying in the RTÉCO is no easy task, not least as rumours swirl about its futureSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: Thank you, Stan Lee, for making superheroes just like usThe man behind Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the Incredible Hulk and the Uncanny X-Men made it okay to express your feelings while wearing spandex and fighting evil lizardsSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
John Lewis Christmas ad stars Elton John and his sadly normal sitting room. Could it be real?No dyed purple swans? No jewelled obelisks? This is disappointing, writes Patrick FreyneThu Nov 15 2018 - 11:05
Ciara Kelly: ‘I remember the first time I told somebody that they were dying. You never forget’The former GP does not hold back on her Newstalk show, even if it gets her into troubleSat Nov 10 2018 - 06:00
The Spice Girls are back. Brexit’s gonna be all rightPatrick Freyne: The bolshie popstrels ruled the 1990s. Can they make Britannia cool again?Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00
‘If food waste was a country it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases’A nationwide initiative that aims to cut food waste and to stop people going to bed hungrySat Nov 03 2018 - 06:00
The Great British Bake Off subtly prepares for post-Brexit livingThe show’s idyllic setting sits outside the common market, part of no customs unionSat Nov 03 2018 - 05:30
President Peter Casey: we were secretly on his side all alongIt’s about time we had a moneyed trigger-happy weirdo as head of state. #diversitySat Oct 27 2018 - 05:00
Podge and Rodge are back, but they’re not funny any more. Maybe they never wereAfter eight years off TV, the irreverent puppets still say ‘mickey’ a lot. And that’s kind of itTue Oct 23 2018 - 00:32
‘Rule me. Oh yeah, rule me good, you big dirty royal’You say you’re not interested in the royal family, but you know you are. We know it tooSat Oct 20 2018 - 08:39
Bressie: ‘I’d say, “Don’t cry,” but then I’d go upstairs and be upset’Bressie has written a book for children with the message that it’s okay to feel sadSat Oct 20 2018 - 06:00
Presidential debate: ‘I like the cut of that empty podium’s jib. It has a quiet dignity’Patrick Freyne: You could argue that it would be better to run a Rose of Tralee-style pageantMon Oct 15 2018 - 23:39
From Marcus Aurelius to Jesse Ventura: terrible leaders and their artistic notionsI’m easily swayed by politicians who do art. Here are some of my favouritesSat Oct 13 2018 - 05:00
Flunkey business: ‘The Apprentice’ is back – and this time it’s personnelThe show only tests ability to suck up to Lord Sugar and laugh loudly at his lame jokesSat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
Finding Joy: Making a sitcom with Amy Huberman and Aisling BeaThe quips fly on and off camera during the filming of Finding Joy, RTÉ’s new comedySat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
Culchie appropriation: How Michael Healy-Rae grabbed us by the goggleboxThe Kerry TD co-presented ‘The Tonight Show’ with Matt Cooper, cleverly infiltrating Dublin’s liberal media. What next, ghost-writing Fintan O’Toole’s column?Sat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
Lynn Ruane: ‘Having a baby at 15 stopped me when I could have begun to use heroin’Watching friends die gave the Senator the drive to experience life, motherhood and educationSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
‘No, I don’t want to do Electric Picnic. I’m middle aged’In a horrible vision, Patrick Freyne is visited by the Ghost of Electric Picnic FutureSat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
John Connors: ‘Acting ... killed my depression on the spot’The Love/Hate actor on creativity, anti-Traveller bias, and being too outspokenSat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘It takes just one fool to start a war’The Israeli historian on nostalgia, nationalism and the need for global co-operationThu Aug 30 2018 - 05:00
Emotional day for some who brave rain to see Pope Francis at Phoenix ParkPatrick Freyne: Boy (14) forces his family to travel from Kerry to park for ‘historic’ daySun Aug 26 2018 - 17:45
From fake news to hopes of faith news at Croke ParkPatrick Freyne: Pope Francis receives families, gets selfie with a child and gives a speech with a mother-in-law jokeSun Aug 26 2018 - 09:47
Frodo Baggins was my moral guide, Rick Astley my hair heroPatrick Freyne: Hobbits, Phil Collins, The Monkees – these were my role modelsSat Aug 25 2018 - 05:00
Arts interns: ‘All I wanted was not to be treated like s**t’The Irish arts industry functions thanks to unpaid interns. Yet many feel unappreciatedTue Aug 21 2018 - 05:00
The Irish journalist, his wife-to-be and the KGBConor and Zhanna O’Clery’s experiences encapsulated life in the Soviet UnionSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Mass-goers tell Pope Francis: ‘Rock the boat, your holiness’Mass-goers in Dublin and Cork on their relationship with God, Catholicism and the PopeSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: My day with Steven Seagal, Putin’s new envoyI didn’t know he was accused of sexual assault and was an apologist for a KGB-trained autocratSat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
A romantic encounter with Ireland’s most charismatic business mogulI respect him. He’s the only mogul in Ireland with no intention of running for the presidencySat Aug 04 2018 - 05:00
51 ways to survive the Irish summerDelicious, daring and downright useful ideas for making the best of our summer daysSun Jul 29 2018 - 06:00
A day in the library: ‘This is a safe space for people’In other countries libraries may be under threat but there’s a queue every morning outside Dublin’s Central LibrarySat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Hits and Misses by Simon Rich: If you like laughing, read itReview: former ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer’s short stories don’t go deep, but they will make you lolSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Bosco, but for adults? As Buffy returns, seven more reboot ideasPatrick Freyne: Freaks and Geeks,The West Wing, Friends – why not?Sat Jul 28 2018 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: Conor McGregor strikes a blow for his presidencyMMA fighter’s praise for Putin comes during quite a week for preposterous menSat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
Have your say: What’s the worst thing about where you live?We want to hear about the challenges communities face, and potential solutionsMon Jul 16 2018 - 12:45
Marty Morrissey: The most famous man in GAAPatrick Freyne spends a day with the commentator who went from being a 'Yank' blow-in in Co Clare to one of the most loved characters in Irish sportSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
The Children’s Court cases: The boy with the hammer, the girl in the dressDublin’s Children’s Court deals with cases from thefts of sweets to joyriding and assaultSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Michael D Higgins, President for life – and nine other losers who need not applyBertie? A Healy Rae? ‘That eejit Bono’? A better bet is a basket of cuddly kittensSat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
Have your say: Have you done an unpaid or low-paid arts internship?Do you feel such placements are exploitative, or are they mutually beneficial?Fri Jul 13 2018 - 14:51
Harry and Meghan’s first trip is just an Irish school tourPatrick Freyne: Prince should feel at home here, given he looks like a John Hinde postcardWed Jul 11 2018 - 01:00
Leo Varadkar and Donald Trump turned me into the Prince of LiesPatrick Freyne: As Leo Varadkar was siding with Trump on the media, I thought: How did I get here?Sat Jul 07 2018 - 06:15
Why you should have a nap right now‘We need to de-stigmatise sleep as being for a lazy or weak person’Thu Jul 05 2018 - 12:35
Copper Face Jacks: The Musical – It’s West Side Story with the Irish national anthem at the endPaul Howard’s musical tells story of a Kerry woman following her dream of working in VHITue Jul 03 2018 - 16:06
Patrick Freyne's summer: Watch ‘Jaws’, eat a Brunch, listen to Meatloaf – just don’t wear shortsMy guide to the best and most appropriate summer thingsSat Jun 30 2018 - 06:15
‘Girls are just as into sport as boys if they get the chance’Patrick Freyne joins a session at Fun Direction, which encourages girls to play sport and where he learns that unicorns poop candies, but definitely not trainsSat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
How the way we work is changingAutomation is destroying jobs and the employer is no longer your paternalistic chumSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
‘A company dog and a pool table don’t make a co-working space’Co-working spaces are thriving in Ireland, and changing the way we workSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: If only Love Island had a World Cup teamA simple people, the islanders national costume is as basic as their minds are pureSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
The Meaning of Poldark Striding Topless Out of the SeaPatrick Freyne: Poldark’s full of existential conundrums. And heaving, glistening chestsSat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
