Malala Yousafzai: ‘They made me into a mythical heroine. Growing up, I was a troublemaker’
The Taliban’s attempt to kill Malala Yousafzai as a schoolgirl came to define the Nobel laureate; now she is reintroducing herself as an adult
Weekend
Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
‘Roll up your sleeves’: the IBTS wants your blood this Halloween
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has launched a somewhat spooky seasonal campaign
David McWilliams: Australia’s housing crisis looks very like Ireland’s, but it’s not the same
The more people believe property prices can only rise, the more recklessly they behave
John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving
The Stripe co-founder looks at how the State can get out of the government-by-agency corner into which it has painted itself
This guillemot might survive after a rest - unless it has bird flu
Éanna Ní Lamhna on dog vomit slime, the forest shield bug and birch sawfly larvae
Lough Derg is drifting towards the fate of Lough Neagh, that once great lake now all but dead
Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern
In pictures: Medieval fighters suit up in Galway
The clamour of (carefully blunted) swords fills the air at Claregalway Castle during a Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland battle
Women leaders at Ireland’s all-boys schools: ‘Boys love clarity, fairness and consistency’
School principals Caroline Garrett and Elaine Kelly, and head coach Tania Rosser, on changing the gender dynamic
Ballyfin’s Michelin chef on winning his star: ‘If I’m not here tomorrow, the food has still got to be good’
Resident chef Richard Picard-Edwards says consistency with the offering is the key quality Michelin inspectors seek
People say ‘I don’t know how you keep going’. The truth is you don’t have a choice
We shouldn’t live every day as if it were our last because then the bathroom would never be cleaned, the bills never paid, the homework never done
How we do Halloween is adding to the planet’s mounting graveyard of waste
Halloween can be an environmental shocker, but there are more nature-friendly ways to celebrate
David McCullagh: ‘There’s plenty of people in the long grass hoping I’ll fall flat on my face’
The RTÉ presenter on his new book, From Crown to Harp, taking over Radio 1’s Today show and what people say to him on the street
‘When you’re the eldest daughter, particularly in Ireland, it definitely defines you’
National Library of Ireland director Dr Audrey Whitty on ancestral connections, Samuel Beckett’s ‘fail better’ advice and the appeal of getting older
In pictures: A tour of the Tate Kenmare, better known as the Park Hotel
The five-star Kerry hotel is transformed by the owners’ extensive collection of Irish and international art
Should every midlife woman be on HRT?
Positivity abounds around hormone replacement therapy, but is it a panacea for all ageing women?
Two dragonflies tied up in afternoon delight in Cork
Éanna Ní Lamhna on Grey Dagger moth, Puffball mushrooms and Redshanks
Meet the Americans moving to Ireland for a better life
There has been a 96% rise in the number of people moving from the US to the State. Here’s why some of them made the leap
Leaving Gaza for Ireland: My soul is there. My memories are there. My cat is there
Dr Mohammed Abu Mughessib, who has lived in Gaza for 25 years, has been accepted for an MSF advisory job based in Ireland
Terry Prone: ‘Charlie Haughey grasped me by the knee and told me I was a rude b**ch’
Terry Prone writes about giving media training to Charles Haughey when he was leader of Fianna Fáil
It’s proving to be a bumper autumn for nuts. But why?
The process by which trees co-ordinate their efforts across hundreds of miles on what are known as ‘mast years’ is quite an enigma
As Ireland has become richer, more Irish people are heading to Australia
There’s barely an Irish family that doesn’t have a cousin, sibling or friend who has headed Down Under in recent years
What is K-pop and why is it everywhere?
The huge success of the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters has brought the Korean pop genre to the West, with near-sell-out Dublin and Cork shows on the way
Jung Chang: ‘People risk their lives to come to the West. Nobody tries to go to China’
The Chinese-born author on why she can not return to her native country under Xi Jinping, how her view of Mao changed, and why she does not see the Communist Party as a monolith
Sometimes convenience works against imagination – in the kitchen and elsewhere
There is a fruitful ground between scarcity and excess, in which intelligence and creativity make rich use of limited resources
We are throwing away about a month’s worth of grocery shopping every year
A small amount of care could help you to significantly reduce bills linked to food waste, and the environmental impact of that waste
Photo essay: Shackleton museum in Athy reopens with some striking additions
The crew did not succeed in quest to cross Antarctica but they achieved something more inspiring
Separated couples who can’t afford to live apart: ‘It is hugely difficult and horrible’
The housing and rent crisis adds another challenge to those in the middle of a relationship breakdown
‘They’re like a hug in a book’: Why cosy crime is on the rise
Faced with a turbulent news cycle, readers and authors are turning back to quainter pleasures in fiction
Quiet desperation: Why no one speaks up about racism in Ireland
I came to Ireland seeking tolerance. Racism is a fact of life for many but it is not being addressed
A gym near Bethlehem offers a ‘bridge between Ireland and Palestine’
Aida refugee camp has close links with Ireland thanks to ACLAÍ Palestine gym founder Ainle Ó Cairealláin
Ireland needs BOFFFFs (big old fat fecund female fish)
The fishing industry is killing these big ladies before they’re able to do the thing they do best: endlessly reproduce
Money dysmorphia: keeping up with the Joneses when the Joneses are keeping up with you
How we perceive our financial status relative to our friends and neighbours can cause us to spend and perceive losses in deeply irrational ways
You can’t choose the times you live in. And sadly we live in an age of extinction
I wonder who the last person in Ireland was to hear a wolf howl. Did they realise the magnitude of what they were hearing?
Phallus impudicus: the Latin name of the Stinkhorn fungus tells it like it is
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the harvestman, nest-box etiquette, and the flower crab spider
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