I don’t need diamond rings or shiny things. Give me something broken and glued together with love
I’ve always fantasised about being the kind of woman who is given or buys herself precious things. It’s just not me, though
We often say we could get knocked over by a car tomorrow, but never really expect it
Róisín Ingle: On a friendship blind date, we talked about going through our days with an awareness of our inevitable demise
Róisín Ingle: I’m enjoying fantastic TV that features middle-aged women. It feels a bit revolutionary
Middle-aged women are killing it, sometimes literally, on the streamers
Róisín Ingle: We all have a death day lurking unseen. When’s mine? When’s yours?
I became obsessed with a quote from Thomas Hardy - not due to my rereading the classics, but to seeking escape in Netflix
‘It was utterly sacred’: Manchán Magan’s widow on his final days, death and legacy
It is almost two months since Aisling Rogerson’s husband, the beloved writer and broadcaster, died of cancer
Róisín Ingle: I’m not ashamed to admit I have a serious parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift
I view it as a wholesome relationship, rather than a problematic one. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?
‘You have to force yourself to be hopeful’: Three creative industry workers on a changing Ireland
The Professionals: Three people who work in film, writing and comedy reflect on the world
Mental health experts on burnout, therapy and the ‘medicalisation of mild anxiety’ in Ireland
The Professionals is a series of articles in which people from one field share their views of Ireland today
Róisín Ingle: Let’s have more dancing at Irish funerals
It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us
Róisín Ingle: I told the world to leave me alone, and it did. Wow
I desperately needed some distraction, and found it in new music from Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Bressie
Ellen Keane: ‘I grew up believing I was unlovable, that I wasn’t attractive’
The paralympian may have retired from competitive swimming, but she’s opening a new chapter as the youngest coach on RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family
Róisín Ingle: I left social media two years ago but I wonder would my life be better if I went back
I often wonder what I’m missing out on and whether my life would be richer if I went back on the socials
Róisín Ingle: Facing my fears without alcohol has been a revelation
It gave me clarity of mind, it gave me hope and strength, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving
‘We were viewed as the weirdos’: Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up in an Irish-speaking family
Fiddle player, sean nós singer and presenter Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up speaking Irish in Dublin, her hit podcast How to Gael, and her new show about Irish womanhood
Róisín Ingle: I sat at the childhood piano Paul McCartney played, and bashed out Let It Be
I don’t like bucket lists, but whenever I kick the bucket or pass away or die, this memory, this moment, is coming with me