Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

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…”

ACLAÍ Palestine's Ainle Ó Cairealláin: "It's about defying the isolation that the occupation want to push Palestine into"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Dec 25

ACLAÍ Palestine's Ainle Ó Cairealláin: "It's about defying the isolation that the occupation want to push Palestine into"

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”

Roz Purcell: "From living in other cities all over the world, the difference with Dublin is you never feel alone"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 05 Dec 25

Roz Purcell: "From living in other cities all over the world, the difference with Dublin is you never feel alone"

Youngiz: "When it’s time to step up, I want to step correctly – and do everything in my power to make a name for myself"
  • Music
  • 26 Nov 25

Youngiz: "When it’s time to step up, I want to step correctly – and do everything in my power to make a name for myself"

Talking Bollox Podcast's Calvin O'Brien: "If you give ordinary people a chance in the media, ordinary people will enjoy it – and there’s more ordinary than extraordinary people in the world"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 25 Nov 25

Talking Bollox Podcast's Calvin O'Brien: "If you give ordinary people a chance in the media, ordinary people will enjoy it – and there’s more ordinary than extraordinary people in the world"

Just Mustard: "We listen to a lot of traditional Irish music and ballads, and English folk as well – so I think it definitely bleeds into it"
  • Music
  • 06 Nov 25

Just Mustard: "We listen to a lot of traditional Irish music and ballads, and English folk as well – so I think it definitely bleeds into it"

Exclusive - Pale Waves cover The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’: “Dolores was this strong, bold woman, who was so talented. And she was gone way too soon"
  • Music
  • 24 Oct 25

Exclusive - Pale Waves cover The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’: “Dolores was this strong, bold woman, who was so talented. And she was gone way too soon"

Brògeal: "We really wanted to be as fucking Scottish as we could be. We shove it down folks’ throats – and we’ve always done that"
  • Music
  • 19 Oct 25

Brògeal: "We really wanted to be as fucking Scottish as we could be. We shove it down folks’ throats – and we’ve always done that"

NewDad: "To be able to tour in a place off the back of a viral image is fucking crazy”
  • Music
  • 16 Oct 25

NewDad: "To be able to tour in a place off the back of a viral image is fucking crazy”

Palestinian poet and activist Shahd Karaeen: "I've been quiet for many years. At least now I know I'm done with being quiet"
  • Opinion
  • 13 Oct 25

Palestinian poet and activist Shahd Karaeen: "I've been quiet for many years. At least now I know I'm done with being quiet"

The Fynches: "That’s what we’re interested in – a live feel. That’s what gets us going"
  • Music
  • 08 Oct 25

The Fynches: "That’s what we’re interested in – a live feel. That’s what gets us going"

DUG: "There’s an appreciation in Ireland for American music that doesn’t even exist in a lot of America"
  • Music
  • 22 Sep 25

DUG: "There’s an appreciation in Ireland for American music that doesn’t even exist in a lot of America"

Shame: "When has music not been political?"
  • Music
  • 10 Sep 25

Shame: "When has music not been political?"

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”

NOFUN!’s Levi Evans: "LA, and the whole of America right now, is pretty scary. Right before we left there was the ICE stuff..."
  • Music
  • 21 Aug 25

NOFUN!’s Levi Evans: "LA, and the whole of America right now, is pretty scary. Right before we left there was the ICE stuff..."

Remembering Frank Harte: "It’s really important that it stays current, and that the songs are sung – for the tradition, and for everybody"
  • Music
  • 24 Jul 25

Remembering Frank Harte: "It’s really important that it stays current, and that the songs are sung – for the tradition, and for everybody"

Keelin Moncrieff: "The online community wasn’t cutting it for me anymore"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 30 Jun 25

Keelin Moncrieff: "The online community wasn’t cutting it for me anymore"

Ruth Clinton of Landless: "Irish music has been getting international attention for a very long time. This particular batch of musicians aren’t the first – and won’t be the last, I’m sure.”
  • Music
  • 23 Jun 25

Ruth Clinton of Landless: "Irish music has been getting international attention for a very long time. This particular batch of musicians aren’t the first – and won’t be the last, I’m sure.”

VARO: "I couldn’t play, and I wanted to learn, but I had no money. So I went to The Cobblestone to learn, watch, and listen..."
  • Music
  • 21 May 25

VARO: "I couldn’t play, and I wanted to learn, but I had no money. So I went to The Cobblestone to learn, watch, and listen..."

Self Esteem: "On the edge of putting <i>Prioritise Pleasure</i> out, I’d looked into training to become a keep-fit instructor..."
  • Music
  • 06 May 25

Self Esteem: "On the edge of putting Prioritise Pleasure out, I’d looked into training to become a keep-fit instructor..."

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