There is something about soup that can make even the darkest days feel better
I am going through a big tomato soup phase. It’s the best soup, and I will not be debating this with anyone
Singing workshop restored my inner harmony after bouts of anxiety
Musical mindfulness experience was good medicine for my state of mind
I keep finding myself thinking ‘I am living in the future and it is mental’
We live in a spooky, AI-filled world but even at Halloween there’s nothing as frightening as a defunct dishwasher
Róisín Ingle: I know this place so intimately. It’s where I can weep out loud in comfort
Under-appreciated staff deserve better pay for the essential, vocational work they do
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: What will you do with a perfect six-pack if you haven’t someone to share your life with?
Dr Rangan Chatterjee on ‘junk connections’, biohacking and why people need to trust themselves
I wore my own wedding dress to my friend’s wedding. I felt foxy and fabulous
The bride insisted on my wearing it so vociferously that it would have been rude not to
If you’ve a foot fetish or an appetite for real talk, this column is for you
Three years after wondering if I’d still be around to do anything much at all, I’m grateful to be preoccupied with something so mundane
Soon I will be three years off alcohol. I find singsongs more difficult in sobriety
Luckily, the rest of the assembled company are well Chablied and not shy about singing
In your 50s it feels like time is rapidly running out. Time for what though?
Research tells me that 55 is an ‘angel number’ and could be a sign of ‘upcoming life changes, personal growth and fresh starts’
Bono on U2’s first days, 50 years ago: ‘Edge and Larry could play. Adam and myself were bluffing’
U2 talk about the truth behind their now legendary origin story at Mount Temple school in Dublin, what has kept them together since 1976, and their new album
Bono: ‘The new U2 album is called …’
Story Lines – the home of audio storytelling from The Irish Times
My inner Grumpy Old Woman is intent on making her presence felt lately. She’s mad as hell
Maybe I can just decide to stop nagging. But who would I even be?
Sharon Horgan on suddenly being single in your 50s: ‘Will I just attract weirdos and freaks?’
The Irish star turns her life into outstanding TV shows. She and Aran Murphy on what has shaped their characters in Youth, their new comedy
Róisín Ingle: Good job my mother is going to live to 100. Here’s to many more moments together
It’s her big sister Joyce’s birthday the day my mother comes for dinner. Joyce is turning 98
I’m not really a ‘dog person’, but was I a ‘cat person’ either? I was about to find out
A week cat-sitting in my friend’s architecturally stunning house with poured concrete floors and a view of Dalkey Island was difficult to resist