Breaking the silence: The untold stories of mother and baby homes
An event at the National Concert Hall aims to give a voice to survivors and catalyse change
Cicely Tyson, award-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 96
Pioneering US actress won Emmy and Tony honours during extraordinary long career
Biden’s first job is to douse the flames of the Trump years
Inside Politics: All major parties see the new US president as a friend of Ireland
When Anthony Clare met ‘calculating, disturbing’ Jimmy Savile
Late psychiatrist felt a deep sense of foreboding when interviewing sexual predator
Great outdoors: Meet the teachers taking lessons beyond the classroom
Advocates say it’s safer, nurtures creativity and promotes better engagement. But can the approach hope to survive the Irish winter?
Miss Juneteenth: Nicely balanced – if somewhat clunky
Review: For all its virtues Miss Juneteenth is a bit lacking in grit
Getting older is an exciting privilege, now more than ever
I feel more confident as I get older. I know more and worry less
Ruth Negga: ‘People who say they don’t consider skin colour... are you f**king blind?’
Black Irish Lives: The actor on growing up in Ireland, the film industry, and Black Lives Matter
Premier League players’ return to training marks start of Project Refund
No doubt football’s return will be hurried in ahead of what can be deemed absolutely safe
Why do we let gurus preach to us from pulpits far from scrutiny?
Caveat: Dermot Desmond’s views on housing an odd neighbour of legal challenge by wife
How Aria?: The opera challenging stigma around mental health
Performance combining opera, poetry and mental health launches with First Fortnight
Poemhunter’s poem a day keeps bad news at bay
Web Log: App allows users search for poems by poet, poem or topic
Beyoncé’s Homecoming: Surprise live album drops with Netflix film
Revealing documentary features full Coachella set, plus behind-the-scenes footage
The best things about teaching? For some it’s June, July and August
Secret Teacher: Students can easily tell devoted from disengaged teachers
An Irish bodhran player meets the hidden drummers of Iran
Like traditional Irish music, Iranian music can tell us so much about the relationship between people and place
100 books by women you have to read
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
Breda O’Brien: Anti-abortion movement has not given up and will not disappear
Ireland’s heart now closed to those not deemed human enough for protection
First woman chair of Cork GAA urges other women to apply for top level positions
Tracey Kennedy hopes her election will dispel notions that Cork GAA is a conservative organisation
A Wrinkle in Time: Oprah towers over this sprawling, messy film
Review: It’s a mish-mash of quantum physics, trippy adventure and glitter
Trump’s ‘s**thole’ comments are no surprise to this Irish woman in America
I’ve had my accent mocked, small potatoes compared to what other immigrants face
Trump and the rise of fascism: it’s not just the economy, stupid
Emer O’Toole: Explaining away fascism as economic discontent alienates feminists and race activists – Trump offers whites racial superiority and men masculine domination
Film festival brings the Rising to virtual life
Guth Gafa festival is using VR headsets to offer documentaries with a difference, taking viewers into battle, into wheelchairs and to the moon
Michelle Obama steals the show at Democratic convention
On day of party tensions, US first lady makes deeply personal plea to unite behind Clinton
Wimbledon: Nothing stops Serena Williams from fulfilling life less ordinary
American claims seventh Wimbledon crown to reestablish her dominance
Serena Williams: game, set, match and a place in history
She has fought her way through prejudice to win 21 Grand Slam titles, and counting
Anthea McTeirnan: Sometimes it’s not that hard to be a woman
Broadside: From breasts to quotas and from knickers to periods, we women have so much to be glad about
Beauty Report: How to care for your crowning glory in winter
Arsenal for the annual battle between the weather and your long-suffering head.
Emer O’Toole: The film industry is in a sexist class of its own
Of the 100 best American films chosen by international critics, 98 were directed by men
‘Gorgeous and complicated’: the real Nina Simone
A Liz Garbus documentary shows us Simone’s life as it was, including her manic depression, politicisation and demons
Powerful words as Maíria Cahill case gets full airing in Dáil
Analysis: Above all partisan taunts, questions over Sinn Féin’s abuse record are vitally important
Full text of Enda Kenny speech on claims of sex abuse by republicans
Statement by Taoiseach on allegations of sexual abuse by members of Provisional republican movement
Bloodthirsty rage on the streets of Galway
More than 30,000 brave gale force winds to attend Macnas Samhain parade
Macnas promises ‘marvels and monsters’ for Halloween
Galway city and Aran island of Inis Mór set ‘rage and roar’ back to Halloween roots
The Yes Woman: daily stresses of my newly long tresses
As part of my undertaking to try new things for a year, I agree to get hair extensions. Men are nicer and more patronising, whereas women are less friendly towards me
Royal regrets and Voltaire’s homage to Scotland make Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Website contains links to recordings of quotations spoken by authors including JFK and WB Yeats
Ben Okri: ‘We are poised on the edge of a crisis’
Nigeria, with its tradition of exuberant storytelling, is central to the writer’s identity. He’s alarmed by the Boko Haram abductions there – part of a series of events that could, he says, trigger something terrible
US author and poet Maya Angelou dies aged 86
Landmark book ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ was published in 1969
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