Why we need to tell our children it’s all right not to feel okayAre We There Yet? The First Fortnight mental health arts festival has lots for kids to doFri Jan 12 2018 - 12:47
Things to do with kids in 2018? Read to them, go for walks and play more DobbleAre We There Yet? Soak up the history at the Dead Zoo or try one of the Christmas pantosFri Jan 05 2018 - 09:29
What books for kids will be under your tree this Christmas?Are We There Yet? From David Walliams to Rebel Girls, these are your favouritesFri Dec 22 2017 - 06:00
The best child-friendly restaurants in Ireland. What made our list?With a little help from Twitter, we select some great restaurants to feed you and your childrenFri Dec 15 2017 - 09:52
What’s making you happy? Kind plumbers, homecomings and SantaEach week we ask what’s making you #IrishTimesHappyFri Dec 15 2017 - 06:00
Things to do with children this weekendAre We There Yet? Here are some fun family events, from festive singing to flea markets to take your mind off awkward parent teacher meetingsFri Dec 08 2017 - 07:10
The year: 1984 The choice: Late Late Toy Show or Wham! in RDSAre We There Yet? Memories of Toy Shows past and things to do with children this weekendFri Dec 01 2017 - 08:29
What's making you happy: a good night’s sleep, tidy beds and a very old dresserWe asked what was making you #IrishTimesHappy here’s what you saidFri Dec 01 2017 - 06:00
As many successful people are discovering, life is a bit like Slippery StairsAre We There Yet? A diverting list of things to do with the children in your lifeFri Nov 24 2017 - 08:29
Need inspiration for things to do with children this weekend?Are We There Yet? Read this if you’re scratching your head about things to do with kidsFri Nov 17 2017 - 08:37
U2 at Trafalgar Square? Winning this audience is no battleParadise Papers? Not here - the only show worth talking about in London was U2Sat Nov 11 2017 - 21:53
U2’s Edge says he understands anger over Paradise PapersCriticism of Bono inevitable, says guitarist; sometimes band ‘don’t get nearly enough stick’Sat Nov 11 2017 - 20:49
Is ice-cream the new pulled pork/doughnuts? It’s beginning to feel like itAre We There Yet? Things to do with children this weekendFri Nov 10 2017 - 21:46
‘I sat and cried at the kitchen table thinking of Simon Fitzmaurice’Having children around is a great reminder of the life-enhancing mantras you forget as an adultFri Nov 03 2017 - 00:00
What can you do with children this bank holiday weekend?(Sc)are We There Yet? Creepy clowns, Macnas mayhem and deadly dancing. Halloween is coming ...Fri Oct 27 2017 - 07:18
There are two types of parents: organised ones and the rest of usAre We There Yet: In this new weekly guide we have family events from spooky shenanigans to cheap cinema ticketsFri Oct 20 2017 - 08:31
Marian Keyes: ‘There’s an awful lot of riding in my book’The 53-year-old author talks love, alcohol, depression and the mystery of marriageSat Sept 09 2017 - 06:00
To understand abortion travel, you have to be thereThe ‘Not At Home’ exhibition is an attempt to recreate the experience of the 170,000 Irish women who have travelled abroad for abortionsMon Aug 28 2017 - 07:10
How Ruth Fitzmaurice found her tribe in Ladies Cove, GreystonesFitzmaurice's memoir 'I Found My Tribe' is a joyful and raw account of life after her husband’s MND diagnosisSat Jul 01 2017 - 06:00
Gay Byrne asks Enda Kenny: will you take a job in Europe?From the Archive: Following his resignation, we look back at the ‘Ask Me Anything’ answers Kenny gave in 2014 on everything from his legacy to his dress senseThu May 18 2017 - 01:00
A day with Martin McGuinness: Jane Fonda, fishing and staring down a soldier‘Charming’ but ‘slightly terrifying’. Róisín Ingle recalls two encounters with the late politicianTue Mar 21 2017 - 13:19
The Ann Lovett letters: sorrow, shame, anger and indignationFrom the archive: Thirty-four years ago, a 15-year-old girl in Granard, Co Longford, died giving birth in secret. Here are letters written in response that were read on the ‘Gay Byrne Show’ in 1984Tue Jan 31 2017 - 09:00
A flying visit to Santa’s Command Centre in Lapland‘He’s definitely the real Santa. He knew our names and he speaks Finglish’Mon Dec 19 2016 - 01:00
Róisín Ingle: how do we talk to our children about Trump?Dos and don’ts for parents to follow when explaining what happened on the ‘Day of Days’Wed Nov 09 2016 - 18:30
Lucy Kellaway: I don’t believe we can be authentic at workAhead of her appearance at The Gloss’s Look the Business event, the management columnist talks office styleTue Oct 18 2016 - 10:30
Why don’t we tell little girls the correct names for body parts?On The Women’s Podcast, journalist and author Peggy Orenstein discusses why we need to change how we talk to girls about sexMon Oct 17 2016 - 10:00
India Knight: Abortion situation in Ireland is ‘insane, peculiar and profoundly wrong’The British columnist and author spoke to the Women’s Podcast about abortion, Trump, Brexit, fatness and why she has written a book about dogsSun Oct 09 2016 - 12:00
Roisin Ingle: Why I'm writing my final columnOne day you find yourself longing to be free from the internal and external pressures compelling you to interrupt ordinary moments by turning them into columnsSat Aug 13 2016 - 04:00
‘It’s an impossible conundrum’: Jojo Moyes on the right to dieMoyes was becoming disillusioned when her novel Me Before You took off. She talks about transferring her story – which tackles euthanasia – to the big screenFri May 27 2016 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle ... on making ghee‘Thirty years ago when my brother came home and tried to tell people they should drink ghee, he nearly got ran out of town’Sat Apr 30 2016 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle ... on filling up my censusTicking the “No religion” box on the census form is no 1916 Rising but it is a peaceful protest against the religious dominance in our education system.Sat Apr 23 2016 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: Get on your bike and feel like a newly independent kid againCycling can awaken your senses, help you to meet (handsome) new people and provide an excuse to shopWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Róisín Ingle . . . on a triathlon with Bressie (sort of)‘Bressie is using his celebrity and life experiences to change this country for the better, and I have huge respect for him. Still, a triathalon might be taking that respect too far’Sat Apr 16 2016 - 05:00
‘Bullet-proof’ Billy Elliot takes his tutu to DublinBilly Elliot: The Musical has been exhilarating audiences for 11 years. Producer Eric Fellner reveals how a theatrical phenomenon was bornFri Apr 15 2016 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle on . . . Thinking outside the inboxI am talking, of course, about email inbox overload.Sat Apr 09 2016 - 05:00
Those magnificent Ulster men and their flying machinesMembers of the voluntary Ulster Aviation Society spend their days rebuilding old aircraft. They are a remarkable bunchFri Apr 01 2016 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle ... on superfun face-swapping‘Last weekend I bumped into a friend who showed me a load of face-swapping photos – yes, she had swapped faces with her husband, her daughters and her son’Sat Mar 26 2016 - 05:00
Caitlin Moran: ‘Having 4% battery left on your phone: that’s how it feels to be poor’Moran has a lot to say. She talks about her skill for monologues, the reason she is annoyed about Brexit, and the great advice she got from Courtney LoveMon Mar 21 2016 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle . . . on letting a grudge go‘I didn’t really mean to ask The Dinner Party. I’ve just been asking myself for so long that it came out by mistake, a fully formed grievance. How do other people find ways to move on from the hurt?’Sat Mar 19 2016 - 01:00
Róisín Ingle . . . on walking the walkMost every Sunday I wake up and think: Today I will walk down to the Poolbeg Lighthouse. And Sundays come and Sundays go and it never happens.Sat Mar 12 2016 - 05:00
Ruth Fitzmaurice lands book deal on back of ‘Irish Times’ articleChatto & Windus says literary memoir is ‘an incredible love letter’. ‘I Found My Tribe’ tells of her life with filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who has motor neuron diseaseFri Mar 11 2016 - 13:02
Róisín Ingle ... on less work, more playIn hindsight, this was probably the worst time I could have possibly chosen to watch the Shonda Rhimes Ted Talk.Sat Mar 05 2016 - 07:00
Róisín Ingle . . . on fat chancesBe alive to ideas and chances that come your way and who knows what might happenSat Feb 27 2016 - 02:00
Róisín Ingle . . . on ‘Mary’ and other euphemismsFor all my lofty, liberal, feminist intentions, I’ve been guilty of “front bottoming” the situation with our daughtersSat Feb 20 2016 - 00:00
Marian Keyes: ‘I don’t want to be remembered after I die’The writer talks about the man who made her cry, why Danny DeVito would play her in the film of her life, and why she regrets getting married in a churchMon Feb 15 2016 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle on ... being crazy in love (with my driving instructor)I won’t know myself, apparently. I will be driving everywhere. But I am not so sure.Sat Feb 13 2016 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle on ... boring bucket listsIf bucket lists are annoying by their very nature then a highly aspirational one is even more of a pain.Sat Feb 06 2016 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle on ... body donationI can’t say I was thrilled to see the word death in such close proximity to my mother’s name, but the message didn’t exactly put me off my roast potatoesSat Jan 30 2016 - 05:45
Róisín Ingle: The day I slept rough in DublinFive years ago, Keith Harrington showed me a day in the life of a homeless person. He died three years laterWed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
