I don’t celebrate when my consultant says my cancer is stable
I walk out of that door and my mind turns from the existential to the everyday
The fall and rise of Orla Kiely: ‘As horrible as it was, you just have to get on with it. There are things we won’t do again’
The Irish designer of the world-famous Stem pattern is a strong believer in repeating things – except when it comes to the mistakes that seriously damaged her business in 2018
‘The stand-up mingle is a social minefield, so I play it safe, these days’
Some people might say that, if you’re at a party, sit-down mingling is by its sedentary nature not mingling at all. It does have a downside
Chris O’Dowd: ‘In Hollywood we felt very disconnected, very far away’
The actor and comedian’s multi-faceted career has taken him from The IT Crowd in London to the bright lights of Hollywood, but he’s happy to be back on home turf with a new Sky series set in Ireland
There were many remarkable things about my Uncle Christy. I’ll mention just two
I decided I would channel my late uncle, who ‘could eat an apple through a letterbox’ and wore flip-flops all year round
I’ve discovered padel, and it has been a wonderful revelation
It turns out I have a pretty decent lob. For balance, I should mention that at one point I also accidentally whacked myself on the forehead with a racquet
Róisín Ingle: After 24 years of non-married bliss and bickering, my wedding was a whirlwind
I’m pretty hopeful this love will be everlasting. Let’s hope it lasts longer than the rings, anyway
Róisín Ingle: After a serious medical diagnosis, I made a small but profound lifestyle change
Last year, after receiving a serious medical diagnosis the shock propelled me to make a few permanent, self-improving lifestyle changes
Róisín Ingle: My profound, challenging, surprisingly joyful, life-changing year
I haven’t written a personal column for around a year. There have been difficult days. I’ve also had one of the best day’s of my life
Samantha Barry: ‘There’s not a moment where I’m not representing Glamour. I don’t get to switch it off’
As global executive editor of Glamour, the Cork woman is one of the best known media people in the United States
Dermot Whelan: ‘Mindfulness isn’t a cult. We don’t have to get naked and cover ourselves in hummus’
Dermot Whelan made the choice to walk away from radio in order to focus on wellness, his own and other people’s. He doesn’t regret it, he tells Róisín Ingle
Sharon Horgan: ‘I’m even more hyper now. That could be the hormones. I’m on a lot of testosterone’
Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting muscles
Róisín Ingle on Kathleen Watkins: She loved life, poetry and Gaybo. Conversation flowed from her like music
Kathleen Watkins was one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met
Niall Williams: ‘I am here to write the books I’m supposed to write, not the books an Irish Times reviewer would like’
A critical savaging for his first play scarred the author of Time of the Child. You can’t try to please people, he says. You have to do your own thing
Bad Sisters actor Eva Birthistle: I’d just given birth, felt like I’d been murdered, and the midwife says ‘your husband did so well’
For the Irish actor, whose on-screen roles include Brooklyn and Bad Sisters, making the move to go behind the camera is a proud, slightly nerve-racking moment with her new film Kathleen Is Here