Freudian slip-road – Frank McNally on ‘Ballyduff’, Percy French, and George Bush’s Lady Macbeth moment

An Irishman’s Diary

Funeral of Pete St John hears he is now part of what was Dublin in the rare ould times

Songwriter of The Fields of Athenry wrote standards that will endure forever

Drumlin Beat – Frank McNally on the search for a Monaghan anthem

An Irishman’s Diary

‘New York has a great way of getting over cataclysmic events’

Wild Geese: Ryan McNally, director of social care, New York

Zoom singalongs helping older people overcome pandemic isolation

The NCH’s Tea Dance Tunes on Zoom are bringing music into homes and care facilities

French Connections – Frank McNally on philosophy, the Mountains of Mourne, and women’s art

Reborn in a barn: New ideas for old farm buildings

Cowsheds, stables and other outhouses get a new lease of life in these barn conversions

Eamonn Campbell funeral punctuated by song and laughs

Late musician’s favourite saying was ‘They won’t stop me singing till they put me in the ground’

10 of the best Irish bars in New York

A New York Irish pub may have been voted best bar in the world but ‘old country’ pubs are in decline in the Big Apple. Here are some classics and others reviving the tradition

Television review: What the Dickens? Agatha Christie classic steals the Christmas show

‘And There Were None’ proves a compelling piece of costume drama, while Luke Kelly gets an affectionate, enjoyable treatment

Our wedding story: 'It was pretty special to hear my sister’s voice singing as I walked in’

When teacher AnneMarie O’Neill moved to Switzerland, she wasn’t planning to stay forever, but everything changed when she met Adrian Trutmann

Tim Sherwood’s intervention helps Aston Villa into FA Cup quarter-final

New manager’s half-time team-talk turned the match against Leicester City

Second half show gets Aston Villa past Leicester in FA Cup

Tim Sherwood watches his new charges from the stands as Shay Given rolls back the years

UCD advance to face Kildare in last four

Students were in a commanding position early