‘As a business owner, you’re always rolling the dice. Our latest gamble is a shop in Galway’
Lorna Murphy, co-founder, Fresh Cuts Clothing
Niall Sweeney: I cry easily. I will cry at cartoons. I’m easily set off
The London-based artist-designer on his two middle names, his strongest childhood memory, and why his ‘parents are still very much alive in my head’
Event guide: David Byrne, Kojaque and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
March 7th-13th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: What is the birth name of Dove Ellis?
Plus: Which philosopher/mathematician do Sprints name on their nominated album, All That Is Over?
Mark Walton, businessman: ‘We recently bought an outdoor sauna ... It’s a great investment’
Me & My Money: Mark Walton, cofounder of Voya
British ambassador Kara Owen: ‘There is one particular part of Ireland I’d always go to. It is beautiful’
Kara Owen: The British ambassador to Ireland on her strongest childhood memory, her favourite Irish restaurant, and the actor she would like to play her in a biopic of her life
Event guide: RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Raye, and the other best things to see in the week ahead
February 28th-March 6th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: Welsh singer Duffy released a song named after which London Tube station?
Plus: In one-hit-wonder Charlene’s 1976 hit, I’ve Never Been to Me, which French city does she say she’s visited?
My dog died two months ago and the gap he has left in all our lives is unfathomable
John Deane-O’Keefe: Forensic criminologist and author on his middle name and his Basil Fawlty-like anger issues
Stephen Brennan, actor: ‘I have never successfully saved for anything’
Me & My Money: Stephen Brennan, actor
Event guide: Dublin Bowie Festival, Franz Ferdinand and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
February 21st-27th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: What is film director Quentin Tarantino’s favourite song?
Plus: At the start of the film Send Help, which Blondie song is Rachel McAdams’ character, Linda, listening to?
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Rosie Carney, Cypress, Mine!, Keeley, Pilgrims and Thumper
February 2026 releases include Doomsday..., Pulling All the Clouds Apart, Girl on the Edge of the World, Wintering and Sleeping with the Light On
Amber O’Grady: ‘The biggest lesson I’ve learned over time is not to invest what you can’t afford’
The manager of Horse Racing Ireland’s ownership department says her best-value purchase was a share in an all-woman racing syndicate
Soprano Celine Byrne: ‘I’m very good at masking my feelings for the sake of somebody else’
The Irish singer on her happiest times, being haunted by memories of working on the bog, and how the death of her father changed her