Cancer abruptly ended my career but led to a quest for literary treasure
Nuala O’Faolain’s final radio interview prompted this writer to explore writing about cancer. This and her own diagnosis have led to an anthology of works
Nuala O'Faolain
Rebecca Ivory: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a writer if I were born into a different family’
The author on people who repeat their mistakes, her grandfather’s cartoon and her admiration for John Candy’s character in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Underground Sea by John Berger: A timely collection with still-striking thoughts
Released to coincide with the anniversary of the 1984-85 Miner’s strike in Britain, this is an interesting collection of writings from a man whose convictions ran deep
Justine McCarthy: Judge Deirdre Murphy’s warning on our broken legal system must not be ignored
Murphy’s assertion about legal fees has an ear-splitting ring of plausibility, and a disgusting stench of scandal
Grand: Becoming My Mother’s Daughter – A compelling search for identity
Noelle McCarthy’s debut memoir has plenty of tragic moments but is shot through with dark humour
Ten Irish literary gems to read before you die, chosen by Roy Foster, Fintan O’Toole, Lucy Caldwell and more
From Chrysal to My Dream of You to The Pale Gold of Alaska, these neglected books are all worthy of your time
From vibrators to Repeal jumpers, communion dresses and fake tan: A history of Irish women in 50 objects
We’re objectifying Irish women but in an illuminating, celebratory way to mark International Women’s Day 2023
No laughing matter: The Snapper asks troubling questions that weren’t noticed at the time
Hugh Linehan: Both book and film offer an insight into how unconscious misogyny and ambiguity about sexual violence are deeply embedded in Irish society
Acts of Desperation: Bracing, poignant and devastatingly accurate
Book review: Megan Nolan’s ‘raw’ debut novel of a young woman’s awakening
Anne Enright: ‘I looked at how men manage their confidence and took a few leads’
The author appeared at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival on Wednesday evening
Anne Enright: Nuala O’Faolain was an impossible person, to whom we owe so much
Older feminists are not always delighted when the young enjoy freedoms they fought for
‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’
‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’
Funeral of Marian Finucane will take place on Tuesday
RTÉ broadcaster died suddenly on Thursday at her Kildare home
Marian Finucane: Memorable quotes and broadcasting moments
From her interview with Nuala O’Faolain to her grilling of junior minister Joe Jacob
Marian Finucane: A pioneering voice in Irish broadcasting
With a career spanning almost five decades, the radio presenter was at the vanguard of media and social change
Marian Finucane: A fun, fearless and unflappable radio voice
‘Her death has robbed RTÉ – and Ireland – of a protean talent who had enduring charisma’
Tributes paid to Marian Finucane: A formidable, wise, sensitive broadcaster
President, colleagues and politicians recall her skill and trailblazing feminist legacy
In Australia I’m regarded as Irish, but in Ireland I’m ‘not from here’
The older I get the more I realise that, wherever I am, west Clare will always be in me
Fifty Shades of Sabbath Day – Frank McNally on a half century of RTÉ’s ‘Sunday Miscellany’
An Irishman’s Diary
Guardian’s modern Ireland book recommendations are ‘b*ll*cks’
Irish writers have poured scorn on a Guardian listing of books that define Ireland
The best films from this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
Michael Inside, Maze and Song of Granite are among the strong field of new Irish film
'Marriage was a licence for sex': Ireland and women in 100 quotes
The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland
Anne Enright: How the world reads Irish writers
The newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction considers the reach of Irish books abroad – and what gets lost in translation
Garth’s appeal eludes the arts elites
Opinion: The people who like popular entertainment pay their taxes too
A novel approach to Nuala
Hugo Hamilton’s new book travels into strange and slightly spooky literary territory. It’s a fictionalised account of a trip to Berlin that he made with his fellow writer Nuala O’Faolain just before her death, from cancer, in May 2008
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