Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Ríon Hannora: "Clothes are made to be worn, and felt, and witnessed"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 21 Jul 26

Ríon Hannora: "Clothes are made to be worn, and felt, and witnessed"

Gareth Naughton: "We want to be a really great neighbourhood restaurant – a restaurant you could stick in any town in Ireland, and people would love it"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 20 Jul 26

Gareth Naughton: "We want to be a really great neighbourhood restaurant – a restaurant you could stick in any town in Ireland, and people would love it"

Jimmy MacCarthy: "I'm not in the business of defaming anybody at this stage. But over 40 years… That's a long time to stay quiet, isn't it?"
  • Music
  • 16 Jul 26

Jimmy MacCarthy: "I'm not in the business of defaming anybody at this stage. But over 40 years… That's a long time to stay quiet, isn't it?"

Kate Nash: "There was always a pride in being Irish. That was instilled in us by our parents"
  • Music
  • 16 Jul 26

Kate Nash: "There was always a pride in being Irish. That was instilled in us by our parents"

Ilana Glazer: "There’s no way these techno-fascists can really take the human spirit down"
  • Opinion
  • 18 Jun 26

Ilana Glazer: "There’s no way these techno-fascists can really take the human spirit down"

KNEECAP: "Hopefully there will be a newer version of us, coming up behind us – somebody else who’s doing something in the Irish language that nobody’s seen before"
  • Music
  • 11 Jun 26

KNEECAP: "Hopefully there will be a newer version of us, coming up behind us – somebody else who’s doing something in the Irish language that nobody’s seen before"

Cliffords: "After the summer, I think we all got a severe case of imposter syndrome"
  • Music
  • 30 May 26

Cliffords: "After the summer, I think we all got a severe case of imposter syndrome"

Skye Newman: "Coming from my world, and my life, I’m always going to feel like someone’s ready to pull the rug from under my feet"
  • Music
  • 28 May 26

Skye Newman: "Coming from my world, and my life, I’m always going to feel like someone’s ready to pull the rug from under my feet"

Lemoncello: "We were just trying to get beyond the box that we’ve grown out of"
  • Music
  • 23 May 26

Lemoncello: "We were just trying to get beyond the box that we’ve grown out of"

Horace Andy: "Look at the war in the Middle East. No one is listening. This must be hell"
  • Music
  • 06 May 26

Horace Andy: "Look at the war in the Middle East. No one is listening. This must be hell"

Sofia Isella: "I’m very argumentative. You know those free Bible course people, who stand on the street? I’ll stop and debate them"
  • Music
  • 23 Apr 26

Sofia Isella: "I’m very argumentative. You know those free Bible course people, who stand on the street? I’ll stop and debate them"

Ellie O'Neill: "It’s amazing to carry something through from your childhood, and for it to still occupy the same place in your life"
  • Music
  • 02 Apr 26

Ellie O'Neill: "It’s amazing to carry something through from your childhood, and for it to still occupy the same place in your life"

Reggie: "The Irish scene is like a pot of gold... There’s a lot of substance in the music"
  • Music
  • 31 Mar 26

Reggie: "The Irish scene is like a pot of gold... There’s a lot of substance in the music"

Laura Whitmore: "If you have any type of platform, or a voice, you really should be asking questions. You should be speaking out"
  • Opinion
  • 15 Mar 26

Laura Whitmore: "If you have any type of platform, or a voice, you really should be asking questions. You should be speaking out"

Cardinals: "We think that a band should be a collective thing – not any one person taking the lead, really"
  • Music
  • 03 Mar 26

Cardinals: "We think that a band should be a collective thing – not any one person taking the lead, really"

Mark McCausland on <i>The Spin:</i> “It was really weird, seeing other people act out scenes that actually happened to me in life”
  • Film And TV
  • 25 Feb 26

Mark McCausland on The Spin: “It was really weird, seeing other people act out scenes that actually happened to me in life”

Ailbhe Reddy: "By the time you hit your 30s, you’re like, 'If not now, when?'"
  • Music
  • 25 Feb 26

Ailbhe Reddy: "By the time you hit your 30s, you’re like, 'If not now, when?'"

Mumford & Sons: "I want to take the art seriously, but we’ve got to take ourselves slightly less seriously"
  • Music
  • 20 Feb 26

Mumford & Sons: "I want to take the art seriously, but we’ve got to take ourselves slightly less seriously"

Florence Road: “When we found that we were going to be on the billboard in Times Square, I just cracked up for 10 minutes”
  • Music
  • 16 Feb 26

Florence Road: “When we found that we were going to be on the billboard in Times Square, I just cracked up for 10 minutes”

Max McCusker on joining the Enhanced Games: "Everyone thinks sport’s super clean... It’s just not like that, unfortunately"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 31 Jan 26

Max McCusker on joining the Enhanced Games: "Everyone thinks sport’s super clean... It’s just not like that, unfortunately"

Nell Mescal: "When you meet someone who’s getting emotional while they’re talking to you, or is telling you how important a song is to them… There’s no way of describing that feeling"
  • Music
  • 07 Jan 26

Nell Mescal: "When you meet someone who’s getting emotional while they’re talking to you, or is telling you how important a song is to them… There’s no way of describing that feeling"

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell: "I was really struggling mentally – and I had to take a bit of a pause to figure it out”
  • Film And TV
  • 12 Dec 25

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell: "I was really struggling mentally – and I had to take a bit of a pause to figure it out”

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