Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Imelda May: "It’s frightening how much Christianity and the State have been so intertwined. That’s been detrimental to our culture..."
  • Opinion
  • 11 May 21

Imelda May: "It’s frightening how much Christianity and the State have been so intertwined. That’s been detrimental to our culture..."

Wild Youth: "We’re always trying to push the boundaries a little bit, and not put a ceiling over our creativity"
  • Opinion
  • 07 May 21

Wild Youth: "We’re always trying to push the boundaries a little bit, and not put a ceiling over our creativity"

Album Review: girl in red, <i>if i could make it go quiet</i>
  • Music
  • 30 Apr 21

Album Review: girl in red, if i could make it go quiet

London Grammar: "I’ve got my anger out of the way now, on this album. I wrote some really angry lyrics"
  • Music
  • 14 Apr 21

London Grammar: "I’ve got my anger out of the way now, on this album. I wrote some really angry lyrics"

Album Review: Declan O'Rourke, <i>Arrivals</i>
  • Music
  • 09 Apr 21

Album Review: Declan O'Rourke, Arrivals

Dermot Kennedy: "For everything that did go my way, I could probably list about 20 things that didn't"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Apr 21

Dermot Kennedy: "For everything that did go my way, I could probably list about 20 things that didn't"

Album Review: Dry Cleaning, <i>New Long Leg</i>
  • Music
  • 02 Apr 21

Album Review: Dry Cleaning, New Long Leg

Album Review: Brian Finnegan, <i>Hunger of the Skin</i>
  • Music
  • 31 Mar 21

Album Review: Brian Finnegan, Hunger of the Skin

Megan Nolan: "I would really like for more people to think about that grey area, that’s not assault by the terms of legality, but is like coercion – and is not okay, even if it’s not illegal"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Mar 21

Megan Nolan: "I would really like for more people to think about that grey area, that’s not assault by the terms of legality, but is like coercion – and is not okay, even if it’s not illegal"

Julien Baker: "People are more obsessive and willing to trust untrustworthy things than we think"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Mar 21

Julien Baker: "People are more obsessive and willing to trust untrustworthy things than we think"

Album Review: Lana Del Rey, <i>Chemtrails Over The Country Club</i>
  • Music
  • 19 Mar 21

Album Review: Lana Del Rey, Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Wyvern Lingo on <i>Awake You Lie:</i> "It’s about that anxiety – worrying about where you are in your life, and worrying whether you’ve made the right decisions"
  • Opinion
  • 12 Mar 21

Wyvern Lingo on Awake You Lie: "It’s about that anxiety – worrying about where you are in your life, and worrying whether you’ve made the right decisions"

Fionn O'Shea: "Seeing the wealth of talent coming out of Ireland, in every department, just makes you really proud to be Irish"
  • Film And TV
  • 09 Mar 21

Fionn O'Shea: "Seeing the wealth of talent coming out of Ireland, in every department, just makes you really proud to be Irish"

Jack Dora on 'Sanitize Me': "The mundanity of lockdown has basically taught me to not give a shit"
  • Music
  • 05 Mar 21

Jack Dora on 'Sanitize Me': "The mundanity of lockdown has basically taught me to not give a shit"

Toshín on 'She': "For years I’ve struggled with loving myself and my appearance"
  • Music
  • 01 Mar 21

Toshín on 'She': "For years I’ve struggled with loving myself and my appearance"

Griff: "Because of lockdown, I’m experiencing all these amazing things just from my bedroom... So it doesn’t feel like I’m getting more famous"
  • Music
  • 24 Feb 21

Griff: "Because of lockdown, I’m experiencing all these amazing things just from my bedroom... So it doesn’t feel like I’m getting more famous"

Slowthai: "It’s like you’re just a dancing monkey. They’re like, 'Give him a microphone and let him dance'."
  • Music
  • 23 Feb 21

Slowthai: "It’s like you’re just a dancing monkey. They’re like, 'Give him a microphone and let him dance'."

How Frederick Douglass Is Inspiring a New Generation of Young Black Creatives in Cork
  • Opinion
  • 22 Feb 21

How Frederick Douglass Is Inspiring a New Generation of Young Black Creatives in Cork

Interview: Mark Graham & Leo Pearson launch new Irish label Electric Mayhem Records with Steven Sharpe's 'WORK'
  • Music
  • 19 Feb 21

Interview: Mark Graham & Leo Pearson launch new Irish label Electric Mayhem Records with Steven Sharpe's 'WORK'

Tadhg Williams: "I write a lot about Waterford and the people in it, because I understand the city and its characters"
  • Music
  • 11 Feb 21

Tadhg Williams: "I write a lot about Waterford and the people in it, because I understand the city and its characters"

Album Review: Anna B Savage, <i>A Common Turn</i>
  • Music
  • 08 Feb 21

Album Review: Anna B Savage, A Common Turn

Album Review: The Staves – <i>Good Woman</i>
  • Music
  • 05 Feb 21

Album Review: The Staves – Good Woman

Lucy Gaffney: "Irish music has always been really strong, but especially so at the minute"
  • Music
  • 04 Feb 21

Lucy Gaffney: "Irish music has always been really strong, but especially so at the minute"

Interview - Conor Murray: "When my routine went away, I definitely struggled"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 04 Feb 21

Interview - Conor Murray: "When my routine went away, I definitely struggled"

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