Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Album Review: Róisín O, <i>Courageous</i>
  • Music
  • 29 Apr 22

Album Review: Róisín O, Courageous

Sive on her new album <i>We Begin In Darkness:</i> "It’s about taking the light with the dark, and trying to incorporate both"
  • Opinion
  • 27 Apr 22

Sive on her new album We Begin In Darkness: "It’s about taking the light with the dark, and trying to incorporate both"

Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Apr 22

Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"

Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"
  • Music
  • 18 Apr 22

Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"

Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"
  • Music
  • 14 Apr 22

Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"

Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"
  • Film And TV
  • 13 Apr 22

Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"

Album Review: Stephen James Smith, <i>See No Evil</i>
  • Music
  • 01 Apr 22

Album Review: Stephen James Smith, See No Evil

Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Mar 22

Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"

Lea Heart: "I never expected to start posting online, and end up here. Obviously it’s what you hope for! But you never really think it’s going to happen..."
  • Music
  • 23 Mar 22

Lea Heart: "I never expected to start posting online, and end up here. Obviously it’s what you hope for! But you never really think it’s going to happen..."

Amy Michelle: "It’s really important to me, to be transparent in my lyrics"
  • Opinion
  • 22 Mar 22

Amy Michelle: "It’s really important to me, to be transparent in my lyrics"

Belters Only: "It’s an unstoppable force now. The whole Irish scene is absolutely flying"
  • Culture
  • 21 Mar 22

Belters Only: "It’s an unstoppable force now. The whole Irish scene is absolutely flying"

Pillow Queens: "The culture of Dublin is slipping through its own fingers – but the people are holding onto it for dear life"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Mar 22

Pillow Queens: "The culture of Dublin is slipping through its own fingers – but the people are holding onto it for dear life"

Album Review: CMAT, <i>If My Wife New I’d Be Dead</i>
  • Opinion
  • 04 Mar 22

Album Review: CMAT, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

Hurray For The Riff Raff: "I have a long road ahead of me – but I’m an adventurer"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Feb 22

Hurray For The Riff Raff: "I have a long road ahead of me – but I’m an adventurer"

Big Thief: "Everyone is trying to be this certain kind of cool, and it’s so flat now"
  • Music
  • 24 Feb 22

Big Thief: "Everyone is trying to be this certain kind of cool, and it’s so flat now"

Album Review: Kate Nicholson, <i>Fallen From Grace</i>
  • Music
  • 18 Feb 22

Album Review: Kate Nicholson, Fallen From Grace

Orla O’Connor of the National Women’s Council: "Violence against women goes to the heart of women’s rights, and the heart of women’s equality"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Feb 22

Orla O’Connor of the National Women’s Council: "Violence against women goes to the heart of women’s rights, and the heart of women’s equality"

Maverick Sabre: "Growing up, the music I connected with most was always the rebel music – in whatever form that came in"
  • Opinion
  • 31 Jan 22

Maverick Sabre: "Growing up, the music I connected with most was always the rebel music – in whatever form that came in"

Album Review: Thyla, <i>Thyla</i>
  • Music
  • 28 Jan 22

Album Review: Thyla, Thyla

Glen Hansard: "It’s a powerful thing, to lose your mother... That’s the place you came from, literally. That’s your first home, and it’s gone"
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jan 22

Glen Hansard: "It’s a powerful thing, to lose your mother... That’s the place you came from, literally. That’s your first home, and it’s gone"

Education Special – Simon Harris: “I know, in many ways, my career has been a bit odd... Life came at me a lot faster than I expected it to"
  • Opinion
  • 25 Jan 22

Education Special – Simon Harris: “I know, in many ways, my career has been a bit odd... Life came at me a lot faster than I expected it to"

Joanne McNally: "I think comedy should be kept as open and as controversial as it possibly can be..."
  • Film And TV
  • 18 Jan 22

Joanne McNally: "I think comedy should be kept as open and as controversial as it possibly can be..."

Villagers: "We've got a taste of what could be lost"
  • Music
  • 14 Jan 22

Villagers: "We've got a taste of what could be lost"

Album Review: Grace Cummings, <i>Storm Queen</i>
  • Music
  • 14 Jan 22

Album Review: Grace Cummings, Storm Queen

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