Death from below in the world’s most bombed countryThe US dropped 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam war. More than 40 years later, the devices are still killing peopleSat May 13 2017 - 06:00
'FF TD told us he arranged an abortion for his niece, but he was against abortion'Face the 50: The X-ile Project's online gallery of women who shared experiences of abortion has grown to 50 photosFri May 12 2017 - 06:00
How did this woman forgive the man who raped her?A new book charts the journey of a young man and woman from ‘rape to reconciliation’Fri May 05 2017 - 05:00
Molly McCloskey’s love letter to Ireland in the summer of 1989The author’s latest book ‘When Light Is Like Water’ explores themes of home – though it’s not a memoir, she explainsSat Apr 29 2017 - 06:00
Pretty vacant: Empty houses in Blacklion Co CavanCensus figures reveal that the Cavan town is the least occupied municipality in IrelandSat Apr 22 2017 - 01:00
Nursing home at 61: ‘I nearly died of shock when I was put in there’Inflexibility of Fair Deal scheme limits homecare options for people with disabilitiesThu Apr 20 2017 - 05:00
Two Tribes: Lurgan’s stark ‘dividing line’ softens with timeCatholic and Protestant communities fought recession together, but integration is slowMon Apr 03 2017 - 01:00
Teaching circus skills in Gaza: dynamic trio let an idea take flightA love of flying through the air, clowning and juggling is taken to new levelsSat Apr 01 2017 - 06:14
The rural businesswomen: ‘I’ve a gun and I’m a good shot’Start-ups by women in rural Ireland benefit from low overheads, a mentoring network and conversation without ‘bullsh**t’Sat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Addicted to Tupperware: it's more than just plastic boxesWith 150 demonstrators around the country, devotees are never far from a partyWed Mar 22 2017 - 06:00
‘Our children were going to die and there was nothing we could do about it’In November 2012, Paula and Padraic Naughton were told their three sons, Archie, George and Isaac, had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a fatal diseaseThu Mar 09 2017 - 06:00
A 3D-printed house: €10,000 ‘urban igloo’ was built in a dayCreator Apis Cor saved more than 70% on usual construction costs, including labourMon Mar 06 2017 - 13:00
Porto: It’s like a Portuguese CaliforniaJust two hours from Dublin, Portugal’s beautiful second city offers a range of delightsSat Mar 04 2017 - 06:30
The bishop, the box and the shining orbs: the many ghosts of the GaietyFormer archbishop John Charles McQuaid is among those roaming the theatre long after the curtain comes down, say the theatre's backstage staffThu Mar 02 2017 - 06:00
Fantasy Lent: What should Rory McIlroy, Donald Trump and Gerry Adams give up?If everyone observed Lent, even the rich and famous, it might look a bit like this ...Wed Mar 01 2017 - 12:00
Drive-thru ashes: do Ash Wednesday without leaving your carA Glenamaddy parish priest is facilitating busy parishioners on Ash WednesdayTue Feb 28 2017 - 12:55
Sinead Moriarty: The illness that started with ‘a sore knee’Sinéad Moriarty's new novel explores Irish hospitals, euthanasia and unconditional loveThu Feb 23 2017 - 06:00
Seamus Heaney loved dirty jokes? Tell us another oneActor Stephen Rea on the late Nobel laureate’s warmth, wisdom and influence on his careerThu Feb 23 2017 - 05:00
Philip Pullman announces The Book of Dust as follow-up to His Dark MaterialsThe first novel in new trilogy will come out in October, 17 years after the last instalmentWed Feb 15 2017 - 11:00
Adele and Beyoncé: victory for generosity, feminism and grace at Grammys 2017Two powerful, famous, talented women acknowledging each other, and the societal challenges that being a woman still carries in 2017Mon Feb 13 2017 - 12:00
Westport House: The tale behind the saleThe Mayo mansion saw decades of tension between its owners and the town they createdSat Feb 11 2017 - 05:00
Why Puppy Bowl will be top dog on Super Bowl SundayAlmost 80 puppies will square up against each other as the Ruffs take on the Fluffs – and Kitty Gaga will perform at halftimeSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:52
The Irish ‘sporting scientists’ who found 60 caves in Papua New GuineaThe team are among the nominees for the annual Outsider awards, for achievements in Ireland’s outdoor and adventure sceneWed Feb 01 2017 - 17:00
Artisan chocolate and industrial-chic hotels signs of Belfast revivalTourist-friendly developments show a city brimming with newfound confidenceSat Jan 28 2017 - 06:00
Lyra McKee on growing up gay in Belfast: ‘I used to bargain with God not to send me to hell’Belfast journalist Lyra McKee’s account of being gay in a hostile environment was turned into a short filmThu Jan 26 2017 - 06:00
Gifts for Prince George and Princess Charlotte from Ireland: hurling jerseys and dollsGifts for Prince Charles included fishing flies and toiletries on a visit to Donegal last MayTue Jan 24 2017 - 16:00
A night in Doonbeg: Trump's world of fake designer bags, Nescafé and knickersRosita Boland spends a night in the president-elect's County Clare hotelThu Dec 29 2016 - 05:00
What was in seven-year-old Donald Trump’s letter? Santa reveals allRosita Boland has a world exclusive interview with the man of the momentThu Dec 22 2016 - 06:00
Gardaí tackle cold-case mystery of Trevor Deely’s disappearanceReview team dispatch CCTV footage to top firm in UK in pursuit of ‘forensic enhancement’Wed Dec 07 2016 - 01:00
Carers in Crisis: ‘The benefits of residential care have been immeasurable’How service has improved life for family of 13-year-old boy with Down syndromeSat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00
Carers in Crisis: ‘What will happen to Sinéad when we go?’Mary and Denis McDonnell cannot get residential care for their disabled daughterSat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00
Home Front: Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud’s makeover; interiors, crafts, people, eventsFrom floral art to stylish pottery, the holiday season is awash with colour and comfortSat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Caring for our disabled daughter: ‘I fear for our marriage’A recent article on a family finding it hard to care for their child brought many responsesThu Nov 24 2016 - 16:00
Charity shops: the great Christmas present treasure huntChallenge: a budget of €50 to buy gifts for four people; Result: perfect presents for less than €24; Feeling: smugSun Nov 20 2016 - 06:00
Raw fish, rose petals and frozen mice: feeding time at Dublin ZooWith a huge annual food budget and some picky eaters, the zoo must ensure its residents have an interesting menuSat Nov 19 2016 - 09:00
Minding my disabled daughter: ‘I don’t want to do this any more’Siobhan Powell, whose parents Rosita Boland interviewed in 2016, died a year ago this weekSat Nov 19 2016 - 06:00
Rooftop revolution: Ups and downs of off-grid electricityOur Power to the People series concludes as we run the rule over domestic renewablesTue Nov 01 2016 - 07:50
Power to the People: How Ireland went electricIn the 1950s, the Rural Electrification Scheme transformed the countryMon Oct 31 2016 - 07:26
Let there be light: the day all Ireland went electricIn our new series, we look at how people reacted to the arrival of electricity 70 years agoSat Oct 29 2016 - 06:00
How Irish-America sees IrelandIreland: a land of 100m people where abortion is legal and Protestants are ‘devils’. We visit Boston to meet Irish-Americans whose views of Ireland are a mix of confusion and piercing insight. Photographs by Kael AlfordFri Oct 21 2016 - 14:30
Rosita Boland: Inexplicable, ghastly deaths in CavanAlan Hawe’s violent killing of his family and then himself has devastated the community that the family belonged to, in this most rural part of IrelandSat Sept 03 2016 - 06:00
Shock and sadness at schools where Hawe parents taughtState psychological services assisting teachers and students in Castlerahan and OristownWed Aug 31 2016 - 17:42
Words ultimately futile as Ballyjamesduff deals with tragedyDeep sense of shock in Co Cavan village where the Hawe family lived and diedWed Aug 31 2016 - 01:00
Lilian Bland, the first woman to fly an aircraft in IrelandAlarmed by his daughter’s daring endeavours in the air, Bland’s father promised to buy her a car if she would stop flyingTue Aug 30 2016 - 06:00
Kilkenny protest over claim to cure homosexuality via prayerSouth African Pastor Angus Buchan: ‘If I love my wife, she will gladly submit to me’Thu Aug 25 2016 - 01:00
The writing group: the secret weapon for unlocking your inner novelOne west Cork writing group has had 108 publications. So why is group think so successful when it comes to literature?Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:00
Sophie Bryant, mathematician and pioneer of education for womenThis week’s Herstory on The Women’s Podcast is an Irish mathematician described by George Bernard Shaw as having “a literary style that outdid George Eliot’s.”Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:00
Census of the heart: Do Irish people feel happy?As forms were being dropped off and collected from households all over Ireland, a census of a different kind was circulating on social media – a Census of the HeartFri Aug 19 2016 - 08:00
Ada English, a psychiatrist and revoloutionary from Co KerryThis week’s Herstory on The Women’s Podcast is a Cumann na mBan member and friend of DevThu Aug 18 2016 - 06:00
'What do you think of my chimpanzee muff?'The strange world of American artist David McDermott in his Mullingar mansionFri Aug 12 2016 - 10:00
