We were born beach ready, no matter what swimwear ads tell us
Don’t get hung up on having a bikini body, you were born ready for the beach
Former RTÉ broadcaster Brendan Balfe: ‘I haven’t listened to Radio 1 for a long time’
Balfe was the first face in colour from RTÉ TV studios, and in his day, his voice was as familiar as that of Gay Byrne to Irish audiences
I don’t care so much about Taylor Swift’s life decisions these days. I have bigger questions
I found the recent heat oppressive. A cruel summer. I could not sleep at night. I played games on my phone, distracting myself
Arena host Rick O’Shea: ‘I’m going to say it out loud. I have no self-esteem of any kind’
After 25 years at RTÉ, the broadcaster now presents Radio 1’s culture show. He feels as if he’s found the thing he’s good at. He’s only sorry about the tragic circumstances
‘It gives me the shivers to think what may happen if I can’t manage,’ my mother told a newspaper in 1981
I recall a picture in a newspaper of my mother years ago, only to unearth it and find the story behind it as real today as it was back in 1981
You think your pop music days are over, but then an artist like Olivia Dean comes along
Róisín Ingle: Sometimes we get the artists we need at the right time. This singer is an antidote to everything
A ghost from my teenage past emailed to say hello. I’m so glad he did
Andy’s life is a story of survival and surrender, trauma and redemption. He’s one of the sharpest, funniest people I’ve ever been reacquainted with
My teenage years: Some of it was fun. A lot of it was traumatic. A good bit of it was illegal
One minute we were drinking flagons of cider in a field, the next we’re wondering what our own children are up to
Meena Kandasamy’s message to women on online misogyny: ‘You need to meet it with brazenness’
The anti-caste activist and author, whose new novel is Fieldwork As a Sex Object, has become synonymous with fearless writing
‘I need some help,’ I said to strangers in parked cars in west Cork, explaining our predicament
After seeing the Netflix documentary Marty, Life Is Short, I’ve adopted the actor as an affirming, joy-making mentor
The Help author Kathryn Stockett on being fired by her publisher and feeling like a failure
Midway through writing The Calamity Club, her ‘difficult second novel’, the bestselling Mississippi author was fired by publisher. In retrospect, she says, it was a blessing
‘I am very high,’ my friend told ChatGPT. ‘How can I get to sleep?’
When I was recently offered a go of some edibles by a fellow 50-something, I thought about it for a moment
Róisín Ingle: I don’t believe in God. Though lately, quietly, I sometimes wish I did
Róisín Ingle: It feels as though lately, the God so many other people believe in keeps trying to get my attention
My daughters may never be ready to talk about my cancer over a midweek pasta bake
The cheery news is we are all deteriorating as we move towards the ultimate state of necrosis. Accepting this is not depressing, it’s liberating
Róisín Ingle: ‘What is The Beatles?’ the 23-year-old asked. I thought I heard her wrong
I had an out-of-body experience, sitting in a cafe with a 23-year-old who had never heard of The Beatles