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
Manchán Magan was a great man for a video message. You’d never know what you might get
One of the most precious gifts cancer has given me is a deep friendship with this extraordinary Irish man
I walk around the block and think of dead friends who don’t feel dead to me
It’s well known that I’ll do pretty much anything to avoid using my feet to get anywhere
Behind the scenes with Marian Keyes on the set of The Walsh Sisters: ‘I couldn’t be happier ’
Marian Keyes’ beloved novels about five Irish sisters have been adapted for a new RTÉ drama series, and its stars are all here to chat about it
This story involving Mary Robinson and a historical wrong made me smile, so I thought I’d share it
Sometimes the most satisfying of happy endings can take decades to come to fruition
The Traitors Ireland’s Kevin McGahern: ‘I think it’s miles better than the UK version’
Uncloaked, which airs after each Traitors episode, has given the comedian and writer an opportunity to demonstrate his chatshow chops
The Paudfather, breakout star of The Traitors, on winning hearts with his Irish-dad energy
Paudie and murdered Faithful Christine grapple with newfound fame and life on the outside
The Traitors craic, wit and wolfhounds has restored my pride in Ireland
Ireland is full? Yeah, full of great telly, wit, wolfhounds and fabulous use of Donegal tweed