Maia Dunphy

Maia Dunphy, Irish writer and TV presenter

Servicing the entrepreneurs

You don’t need your own premises or even your own equipment as long as you’ve got the right skills and ideas to build a successful business

Don’t Tell the Bride that he’d prefer a hoolie down the dump

The male is always presented as someone who, if left unattended, would starve or catch fire

The childhood bird, the photo of mum: My favourite Christmas decoration

Celebrities tell us which item takes pride of place on their Christmas tree

Maia Dunphy: ‘We tried living together. It didn’t work’

Podcast: Writer discusses her new book, travelling and her life with Johnny Vegas

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Director Simon Fitzmaurice’s funeral told of ‘love of life, family’

Acclaimed film-maker ‘jolly’ up to his death despite battle with motor neurone disease

Maia Dunphy: The things I wished they’d told me about motherhood

The first few weeks will pass, maternity leave is not a holiday, and choose those guides wisely

Father’s Day: My father before he was a dad

Malachy Clerkin, Amy Huberman, Una Mullally and more on their fathers as young men

Maia Dunphy: The disasters, triumphs and bliss of new babies

From sleepless nights to an endless stream of unwarranted advice, nappies, feeding and the blues, Maia Dunphy and other mums reflect on the first six weeks of their babies lives

Roses bloom and Reality Bites again for RTÉ

Broadcaster is commissioning another round of its low-budget documentary strand

What’s your perfect present?

Some well-known people tell Conor Pope about their best and worst gifts ever

Review: This ‘River’ goes against the flow of hackneyed crime shows

Television: ‘River’, ‘Unforgotten’, ‘Death of a Son: The Killing of Michael Dwyer’, ‘Maia Dunphy’s Truth About Breaking London’

TV preview: Six shows to watch this week

Homeland is back, a look at the physical toll rugby takes, and Maia Dunphy on childbirth are this week’s television highlights

Bigger portions for RTÉ2 documentary series ‘Reality Bites’

Strand grows to 18 one-hour films covering diverse range of subjects

RTÉ2 takes aim at 15-34 year-olds with new shows

Line-up features Rubberbandits on 1916 and ‘strong and articulate’ women presenters

A poem for Ireland, poetry for everyone

The countdown is on to find Ireland’s favourite Irish poem, so we’ve asked a selection of writers and readers to tell us their favourite few lines of verse, and to nominate which poem they think is best from RTÉ’s A Poem for Ireland shortlist

RTÉ 2 plots its route out of the lingerie department

New shows abound, but the channel couldn’t exist without its old favourites – soccer, rugby and GAA

A breakthrough for RTÉ2: how the station is winning younger viewers

A year and a half into the job, RTÉ2 channel controller Bill Malone is claiming some victories in persuading younger audiences and women to switch over, although Pantigate was a blip and budgetary problems remain

Television: Filming on the front line – a doctor’s-eye view of Ebola

Review: A fearless medical staff and a selfless documentary crew unite to produce a terrific ‘Panorama’

Food: Feminism, family, fads, favourites and fantasy – Q&A with Maia Dunphy

‘As one well-known female chef told me, motherhood and running a restaurant is an almost impossible combination’

Television: Nidge is dead. And ‘Downton Abbey’ is on life support

Review: Whatever the future of RTÉ’s hit drama, we’ll sure miss Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s superbly nasty Nidge

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