Musicians on gig restrictions: ‘I’m on anti-depressants for the first time in my life’Wild Youth, Pillow Queens, Elaine Mai, Mango and others, on continued event closuresWed Aug 25 2021 - 06:00
Una Mullally: A plan for the arts? Sure that would be a huge job...Government’s inaction that is actively damaging the industry is unacceptableMon Aug 23 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Pandemic burnout numbs us in return to ‘real life’Government must reconsider values that propel policy in era of collective stressMon Aug 16 2021 - 01:00
Jungle: ‘We’re not making music for anybody but ourselves and our fans’Tom McFarland of the duo on writing their third album and leaving their labelTue Aug 10 2021 - 05:00
Una Mullally: Kellie Harrington's victory shows community mattersFor all the lofty talk about the importance of community, Portland Row just showed itMon Aug 09 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: We need to become a culture-first societyWe cannot pretend to value art yet have cities that are hostile to artistsMon Jul 26 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Data centres reveal truth of Ireland’s climate double-speakThese energy vampires will drain already lacklustre efforts to meet climate targetsMon Jul 19 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Ireland has finally caught up with Ivana BacikWhat was once radical and ‘unelectable’ is now mainstream and very electable indeedMon Jul 12 2021 - 12:38
Una Mullally: Fine Gael's byelection candidate? You couldn't make him upDublin Bay South candidate has run superficial campaign based on brand of bland nothingnessMon Jul 05 2021 - 01:00
Aisling Bea: ‘I’d love a big f*cking easy famous job’The actor, comic and writer on the painful process of creating her new TV series in lockdownSat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00
Una Mullally: We are all coming out nowCovid restrictions gave cis-straight people an opportunity to empathise with the queer experienceMon Jun 28 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Office culture is dead – quality of life has killed itVaradkar’s out-of-touch ‘back to the grind’ mentality belongs in the 20th centuryMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Mica scandal should be a moment of national reckoningState has never properly dealt with building issues that emerged during and after Celtic TigerMon Jun 14 2021 - 02:00
About turn: The pastry chef moving from Michelin-star kitchen to home bakingAoife Noonan has swapped her chef’s whites for teaching people to bake in their own homeSat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
Una Mullally: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowingLockdowns have given us time to imagine a changed world after the pandemicMon May 31 2021 - 01:00
Annie MacManus: ‘I don’t want to ever go back to the way I was living’The Dubliner has left radio and written a surprising novel. What compelled her?Sun May 30 2021 - 06:00
Rememberings: A self-portrait of integrity, pain and punchlinesSinéad O’Connor avoids cliche in brilliant account of artistic life lived on her own termsSat May 29 2021 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Capel Street called out and Owen Keegan listenedPeople want more public amenities in city and are making local government complyMon May 24 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Huge housing protests will follow end of pandemicWhen people can gather safely, a movement akin to anti-water charges protests will beginMon May 17 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Why did it take a Kildare housing estate to wake up Government?Fine Gael’s ideology is so embedded they cannot even recognise it themselvesMon May 10 2021 - 04:00
Una Mullally: Another piece of Dublin’s cultural Jigsaw is lostPandemic may offer opportunity to transform Georgian squares into cultural venuesMon May 03 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Public space must be prioritised for booksellingFeeding your mind is essential – and reading has helped many battle through pandemicMon Apr 26 2021 - 02:00
Una Mullally: Young people will take their revenge at the pollsThe young have had a devastating pandemic. Politicians will ignore this at their perilMon Apr 19 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: How to make Dublin’s north inner city better for the localsForget whitewater rafting – we need ideas that benefit those who live hereMon Apr 12 2021 - 01:00
Where is the plan for outdoor living in Dublin this summer?The lack of provision of public toilets is just a symptom of a much bigger problemThu Apr 08 2021 - 17:05
Una Mullally: Conspiracy theories threaten public healthThose who fall for wild unfounded internet ideas must be helped with compassionMon Apr 05 2021 - 01:00
Victim of sexual violence recommends changes to justice systemSarah Grace discusses disclosure of therapy notes with Minister for JusticeTue Mar 30 2021 - 17:25
Sexual attack survivor to discuss legal reforms with MinisterSarah Grace says aspects of what victims face in court are ‘barbaric’ and ‘unacceptable’Mon Mar 29 2021 - 04:00
Una Mullally: Taoiseach’s bland nothings on united Ireland fail us allTo have a leader happy to tread water in an era of profound change is quite sadMon Mar 29 2021 - 01:00
Emma Dabiri and Hazel Chu: ‘This is a real, important moment in Ireland’Race, inequality and how we have a unique opportunity to create a better countrySat Mar 27 2021 - 06:00
Minister for Justice to meet survivor of sexual attack to discuss reformsSarah Grace will bring recommendations including ending practice of ‘therapy notes’Fri Mar 26 2021 - 01:14
Una Mullally: To cope with Covid we must turn down the heatRage and frustration will not work. Positivity and emotional intelligence are best toolsMon Mar 22 2021 - 01:00
‘I feel monstrously guilty’: David Balfe on his album born of terrible lossThe deeply affecting For Those I Love project memorialises a friend who died by suicideSat Mar 20 2021 - 05:00
Una Mullally: Many pubs are on their knees. Let communities buy themCommunity ownership of pubs and spaces will protect both commerce and venue usersMon Mar 15 2021 - 08:57
Una Mullally: Fine Gael makes a clumsy grab for female votersEnacting policies that address women’s concerns is needed, not a fluffy online campaignMon Mar 08 2021 - 01:00
‘He strangled me to the point where I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t scream’Solicitor Sarah Grace wants the system to change for sexual assault survivors like herSat Mar 06 2021 - 06:00
Sisters With Transistors: Pioneering women and electronic musicMagical documentary maps genre as soundtrack to its female artists’ liberationSat Mar 06 2021 - 05:00
Una Mullally: Time to commemorate those who died in the pandemicA day of remembrance a year after our first Covid-19 death could offer catharsisMon Mar 01 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Believe me, ‘back to normal’ will not look normal at allResentment, caused by a specific societal divide, will be the defining force in 2021Mon Feb 22 2021 - 01:00
American graffiti: new biography sheds light on the art of Keith HaringSimon Doonan intentionally sought to reflect ‘the crazy energy’ of Haring’s 1980s New YorkSat Feb 20 2021 - 05:00
Knife crime won’t be solved by politicians using hyped-up language and clichesUna Mullally: Government can tackle knife crime by tackling poverty and inequalityMon Feb 15 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Ridiculous bandwagoning on issue of period poverty must stopIf Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael care about this, why not Labour’s superior Bill?Mon Feb 08 2021 - 01:00
Gemma Dunleavy’s love letter to Dublin’s inner city‘No one around me was into art. It wasn’t a normal thing in my family or around my road’Sat Feb 06 2021 - 05:00
Una Mullally: GameStop shenanigans speak to momentMotivations multifaceted and actors diverse but late-stage capitalism was target of moveMon Feb 01 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Government failing to lead us through pandemicOur politicians are not immune to the national meltdown provoked by Covid-19Mon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Will Lockdown 3.0 bring about a political awakening?A desire for radical change may grow out of this latest period of reflectionMon Jan 18 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: The State and Church worked together to oppressThe Church’s guilt was meted out through violence and oppression. That is not our shame. It is their guiltThu Jan 14 2021 - 14:39
Una Mullally: US faces greater threat than Trump if its leaders remain in denialBiden saying that Capitol riots do not reflect a true America is profoundly unhelpfulMon Jan 11 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: We are good at denial and now must pay the pricePeople who should know better broke Covid-19 guidelines, but messaging came from the topMon Jan 04 2021 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Rise of Sinn Féin is about a generation moving beyond political establishmentIt’s about a new generation with higher standards, who have aspirationsMon Dec 28 2020 - 01:00
