Róisín Ingle: Facing my fears without alcohol has been a revelation
It gave me clarity of mind, it gave me hope and strength, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving
Marian Keyes
In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before
Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry
The Walsh Sisters review: A poor attempt to bring Marian Keyes’ best-selling novels to the screen
Television: You have to wonder if there was a budget issue, as several scenes appear to have been shot on the Fair City set
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
September 28th-October 3rd highlights: including The Walsh Sisters; How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge); and Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Behind the scenes with Marian Keyes on the set of The Walsh Sisters: ‘I couldn’t be happier ’
Marian Keyes’ beloved novels about five Irish sisters have been adapted for a new RTÉ drama series, and its stars are all here to chat about it
Aisling Bea, Sarah Greene and Robert Sheehan to star in Netflix adaptation of Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
Eight-part drama, which has started filming in and around Dublin, will follow the Casey clan
Zealous book bans and brilliant writers forged strong Irish Penguin links from the start
The publisher celebrates its 90th anniversary this month
‘Dún Laoghaire is a place of such contrasts - it has yacht clubs and sunshine, but also a darker side’
The author on how the Dublin town drives the plot in her latest book, The Night I Killed Him; and how she got over a spell of ‘feeling invisible’ through writing
Almost 400 Irish writers sign statement calling for immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann statement calls for release of hostages and protection of the lives and human rights of all innocent people
Moving to Ireland helped me understand my mother, her peculiarities and weird secrecy
Love in Irish families is more of a doing word than a saying one
Can a name determine our fate? Florence Knapp on her debut novel
Debut novelist Florence Knapp on her remarkable new novel, the influence of Irish authors on her work, and that long journey into publishing fiction
From the 2 Johnnies to Vogue & Amber and The Rest is History: Why two podcast presenters are better than one
Double-header podcasts are topping the charts in Ireland and Britain. It’s no mystery why Irish audiences – and advertisers – love them so much
Shaping the Century: 25 brilliant Irish women in 2025
This century has brought us many landmark moments, provided by remarkable Irish women who are an inspiration to others
A breakthrough era for women’s writing, from Edna O’Brien’s risks to JK Rowling’s Harry Potter debut
In the penultimate instalment of her series on women’s writing, Paula McGrath focuses on the second half of the 1990s
How to make an audiobook: the perfect voice, detailed prep and a raconteur’s instincts
Voice actor Aoife McMahon, producer Roy McMillan and audio engineer Noel Storey reveal some of their tricks
TV in 2025: 25 of the best new and returning shows to watch out for in the 12 months ahead
Including The Traitors, The White Lotus, Zero Day, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Walsh Sisters and The Bear
RTÉ to adapt Marian Keyes bestsellers into new series
The Walsh Sisters, which is set to begin filming in 2025, has been billed as a ‘comedy about serious things’
Dish: With Aisling Bea, Florence Pugh and Marian Keyes, this dinner-party podcast has the perfect guests
Podcast review: Hosted by Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw, Dish is more than a good idea
We asked ChatGPT to write like Marian Keyes, John Boyne and Paul Howard. Now they rate the results
The chatbot takes mere seconds to come up with its versions of these bestselling authors’ work. How convincing are they?
David Nicholls: ‘I’m lucky enough to have lots of Irish friends and hope that I got away with writing an Irish character’
The author of One Day on his new novel, You Are Here; the Irish writers he admires; and father-son relationships
The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
May 18th-24th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Marian Keyes: ‘Transition is extremely uncomfortable…but everything eventually settles’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
No news is bad news: Morning Ireland proves daunting but necessary
Radio: Radio 1 flagship dutifully covers the RTÉ crisis as Colm Ó Mongáin and Oliver Callan give cause for optimism
Edel Coffey on My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes: Rich, and multilayered storytelling
Author’s humanity as much as her humour keeps readers coming back
Louise Nealon: ‘There is a reason why the vast majority of readers are women. We tell ourselves stories to survive’
Nealon’s debut novel, Snowflake, is this year’s One Dublin One Book choice
Marian Keyes portrait unveiled as latest addition to National Gallery
‘I love it; the colours, the textures, the mood,’ says Keyes of painting by artist Margaret Corcoran
Now You’re Asking: Tara Flynn and Marian Keyes may be sweet Irish agony aunts, but they’re not afraid to shank you
Podcast review: The pair are clearly close friends with a strong chemistry that works a charm
Fiction to look out for in 2024: Returning favourites, a fearsome degenerate, and Ireland’s trailblazing all-woman rock band
New novels by Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín and Marian Keyes are among the works in the pipeline, along with eagerly anticipated debuts by Ferdia Lennon and Scott McKendry
Friends, bad singing and Love Actually: Miriam O’Callaghan, James Kavanagh, Marian Keyes and more on their Christmas traditions
We asked a range of people – including refuseniks – to tell us about the moments that make their season bright
AI and Irish writers: ‘I fear my life, in a strange way, is also being appropriated’
Irish authors whose works are in a data set used to train AI share their views
‘The people we fall in love with are as incomplete as we are’: Marian Keyes shares six life lessons on turning 60
Words of wisdom: bad boys are really just bad men, happy moments are as good as it gets, and stay in your comfort zone
‘We want to read about people falling in love’: Marian Keyes and Curtis Sittenfeld on the romcom revival
Irish and US authors on the joy of writing romance and the potential for menopause novels
Louise O’Neill: ‘My career took off. My life changed. And I fell apart’
‘It felt like a lot of people really hated me. I suppose I felt really scared a lot of the time’
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