When you take to the streets in protest, you do so in a position of radical vulnerability. Think of the lone figure before the tanks in Tiananmen Square

Former Ireland, Munster and Lions captain Paul O’Connell talks to Róisín Ingle about how his life still revolves around rugby 10 years after retirement, his love of golf and the difficulties with Munster

The actor on her ‘ferocious’ independence, her psychological quirk, and what she has lost and would like back

Bees might conjure flying through the air and feeding on flowers, but most wild bees spend part of their lives in the soil

Though nothing compared with Ukraine’s suffering, in Russia the invasion has detonated a quieter, more insidious kind of destruction

The Suez crisis was the end of the road for Britain as a global rule-maker. The US is setting itself up for a repeat

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

JD Vance’s recent comments reflect a growing movement of conservative believers promoting a more traditionalist, ethnocentric path

We cannot increase the amount of oil and gas available, but we can decide how to fairly distribute the supply

Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II, is the sequel to her hit 2005 album, and the veteran is proving to be as wily as ever

The closure of silver-plated cutlery production will not impact the wider Newbridge Silverware jewellery brand

Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents

None of my own small changes is going to save the planet, but everyday choices and habits of individuals do matter

Anne Enright died by suicide at the age of 16 in 2024 five days after coming off a six-month course of the acne treatment

The Irish person who garnered perhaps the most international attention 100 years ago does not appear in the independent Irish State’s first census at all

Alice Doyle on sibling responsibility, happiness in her life, and being described as ‘brutally honest’

For that flare of yellow to appear, the plant must spread its seeds, and it is that seed head which is a design marvel

By capitulating and throwing money at the problem, the Government has set itself up for a repeat performance, as Ireland’s EU presidency looms

Eye on nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

Writing forces people to resolve internal contradictions and confront their own bullshit. It’s why it’s hard. It’s why it’s beautiful