Róisín Ingle: Nagging my child has turned me into a monster motherDespite the manuals pointing out how bad nagging is, I became that kind of parentWed Jun 08 2022 - 06:00
Girl From the North Country: Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan beguile audiences on BroadwayRoisin Ingle went to New York to see Girlf From the North CountrySat Jun 04 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I have a great Wordle start word – it’s just a bit rudeRóisín Ingle: I have never finished a Crosaire. My head melts even at the thought of the thingWed Jun 01 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I sincerely hope no Protestants were harmed in the writing of this columnIt’s not that I’ve never annoyed a Protestant before – I have. But I mostly annoy CatholicsWed May 25 2022 - 06:00
Minnie Driver: ‘Ireland is where it all started for me’Her stunning memoir recalls ‘lovely’ Maeve Binchy and her break-up from Matt DamonSat May 21 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: We feel the same inside, but to the checkout woman we’re the old folkA rude awakening at the fast-moving conveyor belt in the four-letter supermarketWed May 18 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I wish I had something like soccer in my lifeI’m not sporty, unless you count swingball, in which I won a gold medal 40 years agoWed May 11 2022 - 06:00
The Eurovision’s hardly a contest this year: Ukraine is bound to winEurope would also happily give the Russians ‘nul points’ if they weren’t already bannedSat May 07 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I walked 35,000 steps a day and queued for hours. What a holidayOn vacation in Florida, I found the the ‘real America’ while hunting for cheap reading glassesWed May 04 2022 - 06:00
Mothers and babies: ‘The day I arrived in Bessborough, I landed in the bowels of hell’New book shares the harrowing experiences of three women at Cork mother and baby institutionSat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Period knickers? A bloody great idea if you ask meI can bang on about period underwear the way other people enjoy discussing the merits of certain lipsticks or football teams or air fryersWed Apr 13 2022 - 06:00
Twitter staff have an ‘acute consciousness’ of its role on gender-based harassmentSocial media can be force ‘for bad as well as for good’, says managing directorThu Apr 07 2022 - 15:06
Róisín Ingle: Paralysed by census time-capsule writer’s block, I wrote just a single lineI got out the good pen, poured myself a glass of wine and began to overthinkTue Apr 05 2022 - 06:00
From Ukraine to Ireland: Three generations, two families, a shared humanityYulia, Lana and Ivan’s story is illuminating for anyone considering opening their homesSat Apr 02 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Aged 10 she learned being from Sheriff Street meant she wasn’t good enoughThe secret code of many people on the street was that you hid where you were fromWed Mar 30 2022 - 06:00
‘There is a lot of choking’: How the pandemic has changed sex for Generation ZSome got into bisexuality or new practices. Others saw their sex lives wane or their porn use growSat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: The only Mother's Day playlist you need this SundayMatriarchal music, from John Lennon’s tribute to his mother Julia to the Spice Girls' magnificent MamaSat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My teenage twins could never be as bad as I was, could they?A Pixar movie arrives at just the right time to support me through the next few yearsWed Mar 23 2022 - 06:00
Karen Egan: ‘Everybody knows somebody who has suffered from cancer’The singer, actor, composer and writer on her largely autobiographical new show, WarriorSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:00
The happiest time of my life… by Sarah McInerney, John Boyne, Marian Keyes and moreIt’s world happiness day on Sunday. We asked some people when they have been happiestFri Mar 18 2022 - 10:15
Рошін Iнґле: Шановні українці Ірландії...Для нас велика честь що ви тут. Ось кілька практичних порадWed Mar 16 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Dear Ukrainians arriving in Ireland...We are honoured to have you here. This is what you need to know about usWed Mar 16 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: There was something deeply operatic about the positive antigen testI am not proud of my ‘agin’ for opera. But recently I reassessed this lifelong dislikeWed Mar 09 2022 - 06:00
International Women’s Day: Celebrating change at The Women’s Podcast after 500 episodesA special storytelling evening will see women share personal tales of transformationSat Mar 05 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I turn on the karaoke machine and switch off the warBlinded by the disco lights, I try not to think of Ukraine. Normal life must go onWed Mar 02 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Why I can’t wait for the Great UnmaskingI won’t be judging anyone’s facemask choices. I hope I won’t be judged for mineWed Feb 23 2022 - 06:00
The Lion, the Witch and the Dryrobe: Covid’s cruel spell brokenA magical new production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe brings joy to the worldSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
‘Irish men are raping women for money all across the country’Mia Döring’s chilling memoir of rape and abuse argues that the entire sex trade is evilSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Why an ad showing bare breasts is ‘radical’, but one with partial nudity isn’tThis week two ads for women’s clothes made headlines for different reasonsThu Feb 17 2022 - 10:30
Róisín Ingle: I walk most days without leaving the house. Who cares if I look stupid?Now that I’ve discovered Leslie, an older American lady, I’ll never walk aloneWed Feb 16 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: The boiled egg is keeping me from returning to the office ever againHow do I like my boiled eggs cooked? Let me count the waysWed Feb 09 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: In a loud voice he said, ‘Now I just have to get past this very fat woman’A well-known woman recently asked us not to talk to her about her body. I understood whyWed Feb 02 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Time to find ourselves again? I went looking for myself down the pubHere’s to a good Old Fashioned night out and the heartening sights of Camden StreetWed Jan 26 2022 - 06:00
‘Writing about sex can be profound ... but also deeply silly’Raven Leilani’s acclaimed debut novel about a flailing, fallible black woman soars to the topSat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Here’s the thing about harmless, sexist funThere might be currency in all those pennies finally dropping about violence against womenWed Jan 19 2022 - 06:00
Irish Times Winter Nights festival starts on January 24th. Here’s the scheduleDavid Baddiel, Mike Ryan, Brian O’Driscoll and Caitlin Moran among the online guestsSat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: Nobody could ever accuse me of being well groomedI noticed my daughter’s grotty runners. Holes in her socks added to the Dickensian lookWed Jan 12 2022 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: We’re all riddled with Covid, but will my unvaccinated relative catch it?My loss of taste and smell provided a morning of entertainment for the childrenWed Jan 05 2022 - 06:00
‘Once you start asking yourself if your drinking is normal, it’s not’A new memoir offers a timely portrayal of ‘grey area drinking’ – and explains how to beat itFri Dec 31 2021 - 08:05
Róisín Ingle: There is no relief here at the a*se end of 2021If you’ve any sense you’re now mildly depressed, reliant on alcohol or worrying about homeschoolingWed Dec 29 2021 - 16:41
Róisín Ingle: The ‘post-coital embarrassment’ of waking from the Christmas fever dreamMaking the festivities happen is intoxicating – a diversion we’ve never needed moreWed Dec 22 2021 - 06:00
Joan Collins: ‘I was typecast from 17 – British bad girl, baby prostitutes, delinquents’‘My parents stressed to me that life is not a bowl of cherries. Life is a bowl of cherry pits’Sat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My tragedy is that I’ll never become my motherOscar Wilde wrote that every woman’s tragedy is to become her mother. Not meWed Dec 15 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: My unvaccinated relative arrives soon. It’s time for ostrich therapyWhile they’re here for Christmas, the C-word, P-word and V-word are bannedWed Dec 08 2021 - 10:18
Róisín Ingle: It’s not just Davy Tweed. We need to talk about men who abuseIt’s time to change the conversation around male violence against womenWed Dec 01 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: I am choosing not to listen to the scaremongerers in chargeInstead I listen to Adele, and remember the day I realised my marriage was overWed Nov 24 2021 - 06:00
Daniel O’Donnell at 60: ‘I could have made a lot more money if I was more ruthless’The singer reflects on his career, marriage, business nous and family alcoholismSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle: ‘Live your life,’ the vaccinators said. ‘Don’t go mad,’ they should have addedDistract yourself. Put the Christmas decorations up. Eat more sweets. Take a duvet dayWed Nov 17 2021 - 06:00
An audience with Paul McCartney: ‘This is the 118th time I’ve seen him’The former Beatle launched his book The Lyrics with a talk in London. It was fabSat Nov 13 2021 - 05:00
Róisín Ingle: First time on a plane since the carry-on. I can hardly believe my luckIt’s Irish Times Food Month. So let me tell this story through the medium of food and beveragesWed Nov 10 2021 - 11:16
