Emer McLysaght

Seats are already very limited, but if you’re going or thinking of it, here’s a survival guide

Deciding to live in a highly desirable location is always going to have its downfalls but hoarding parking spaces with traffic cones is not on

Emer McLysaght: The cynic in me believes that the revenue generated from the Oasis reunion shows will be more important than any familial rift

I’ve witnessed friendships end over wedding expectations, couples speak about how much cash they’ve made from guests, and homophobic homilies

Emer McLysaght: It’s safe at the sinks but being in the hairdresser’s chair is one of life’s more humbling experiences. Even on a good day the salon mirror is confronting

Emer McLysaght: I went to the same primary school as Rhasidat Adeleke. Sure I’m practically an Olympian

Our friends across the Atlantic are coming to Ireland and Europe in their droves - and it’s not just wealthy baby boomers

The bilingual west Belfast hip-hop trio take Galway by storm with an act that is in reality more satire than sectarianism

My travel companions often dream of creating a year-round version of our annual trip but it would all fall apart at the four-week mark

I still feel largely like a child who doesn’t really know what they’re doing, but with the freedom of an adult who can do whatever I want

Stevie Nicks and Julia Roberts were there, and Swift played ‘my’ surprise song. Who knew one song had such healing powers?

Us two dopes from Dublin had the time of our lives over 48 hours in the sunny southeast

Breen, co-author of the Aisling series, talks about the west coast, being an only child and her phobia of blimps

As summer concert season gets into full swing it’s vital that you’re prepared for the talkers

Sabrina Carpenter needs to be educated in the ways of Mattress Mick, stone-age election recounts and keeping corpses company before the big day

The work she’s doing may seem superficial but it is incredibly, incredibly important

Every Saturday I was faced with the dilemma of the week: go with Mam to do the shopping or go into The Playhouse and play with exotic toys

Ireland’s Best Bungalow, Normal People 2 and Daft on Daft would be perfect to fill a gap in the schedule

Emer McLysaght: Even Disneyland’s neon lawns seem more affordable than Dublin

It was a thrill to accompany a tween and her seven-year-old sister on their rite of passage at Olivia Rodrigo recently

Emer McLysaght: Irish people have developed the art of slagging down to the finest line between humour and cruelty

Emer McLysaght: I dearly wish it could hang out the clothes and defrost the freezer, but I’ll draw the line at asking it to write my next book

Emer McLysaght: This tainted emoji has tormented so many for so long. Why then, do I now find myself softening towards it?

Emer McLysaght: A glorious hospital porter once allayed my fears on the way to theatre with some daring swerves of the bed and jokes about what they might do with my tonsils

The New Yorker thinks it knows the Cork actor but, having met him twice – though we didn’t speak – I am best placed to speculate on his sleep preparations

Monthly gathering at Dublin’s Mish.Mash Art Caffé aims to create a calm, welcoming space to read with others

Irish people love talking, and we’re not going to let pesky breathing get in the way

Emer McLysaght: Dublin busses regularly vanish into a Bermuda Triangle between app and reality, and nobody seems concerned

Emer McLysaght: The Welsh singer’s Babylon has the power to make you feel a bit less despondent

Emer McLysaght: I know I should care more about how I might be helping mega-companies to control and predict humans

My first Dublin vote will not be an easy one, and the weight of it will sit heavier than in 1999 when the Leaving Cert and getting a summer job trumped who I thought should become a county councillor

Emer McLysaght: Fancy Dunnes, Big Tesco, regional Supervalu, Mercadona – I love them all

Emer McLysaght: Her Swifties would fight to the death to defend her. I’d call myself Swiftie-lite

At the risk of setting feminism back to the marriage bar, there is a coolness about a woman drinking a pint of the black stuff

Emer McLysaght: The saint performed Ireland’s first documented abortion and other things the church don’t want you to know about her

Emer McLysaght: I’m comfortable saying All of Us Strangers is one of best films I’ve seen in years

When I think back to my childhood, there was nobody drinking water

Emer McLysaght: Keoghan carries himself like a man who’ll say no to nothing, and that’s exciting in Hollywood

Emer McLysaght: In that moment I was giving ‘embarrassing millennial with zero rizz’

Emer McLysaght: I’m reminded of the epic journey I made home from Cambodia via Paris with a developing case of dysentery