Kate O’Connor on her gruelling seven-event sport: ‘It’s so tough on a woman’s body’
The Dundalk heptathlon star loved ‘running around like a headless chicken’ at youth competitions. Now she’s aiming to reach the top of the podium this summer
Late Late Show: Uncertainty over renewal of Patrick Kielty’s contract
RTÉ declines to comment on the renewal of the presenter’s contract
Ben Lerner: ‘I want us to think of the book as another hand-held device’
Fiction such as Ben Lerner's keeps us connected to reality in ways that even functioning smartphones cannot
You wait ages to see your 1990s music heroines live, then two play Dublin at once
Sleeper at Opium and Miki Berenyi Trio at the Grand Social proved the potency of seeing long-loved artists for the first time
Saturday Night Live UK is funny and fresh – but that doesn’t mean it has a future
Sky’s version of the US sketch-show institution is halfway through its first series. Will it be back for a second?
Trump’s World Cup has a strong whiff of the last days of Rome
With a host nation at war and ‘Fifa’ rendered as a swear word, escapism will be hard to find this summer
New National Concert Hall boss: ‘I hope to be here for the grand reopening’
New chief executive Nigel Flegg hopes the NCH’s long-planned redevelopment will start in 2028 and transform it into a ‘cultural mother ship’
Be more Ryan Gosling: Why AI and the media need us to be curious
News outlets are built on curiosity. Now they’re having to defend the kind the powerful don’t like
Moonstruck: A geologist’s playground, an elite retreat or a staging post to a new frontier?
From megalithic art to science fiction, Earth’s sole natural satellite has compelled us, scared us and been the site of our fantasies
Countdown to Artemis II lift-off: Why are humans returning to the moon?
Why is the first crewed journey into deep space since 1972 important and why is Nasa going back now?
Raye and Amy Winehouse comparisons are unfair and ironic
The late singer’s talent has been used as a stick to beat a new generation of female artists, prompting Raye to take a lyrical stand
Bafta TV awards 2026: Graham Norton and Philippa Dunne lead Irish nominees
Belfast-set dramas Blue Lights and Channel 4's Trespasses are also nominated
Tayari Jones: ‘I used to be very suspicious of writers who said the story chose them’
The award-winning US author ‘refused to write historically’, but Kin, her new novel, is set in the 1960s. She explains why
We know who Banksy is. We didn’t know he had another alter ego
The latest investigation into the street artist has irked his fans. It’s a familiar dismay
Jessie Buckley, a generational talent with acting superpowers
From her quiet emotion in War & Peace to her compelling physicality in Hamnet, the Irish actor has shown her talent runs deep