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Leon Diop of Black & Irish: "I do think it’s possible to change people’s minds. I actually think that’s more aligned with our nature"
  • Culture
  • 08 Jan 26

Leon Diop of Black & Irish: "I do think it’s possible to change people’s minds. I actually think that’s more aligned with our nature"

Booker Prize winner David Szalay: "Joyce was definitely a writer who mesmerised me as a young person"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Jan 26

Booker Prize winner David Szalay: "Joyce was definitely a writer who mesmerised me as a young person"

Wendy Erskine: "It’s interesting, the whole thing of exchange, transaction and money – it’s so central to the book... the idea of the monetisation of women’s bodies"
  • Culture
  • 06 Jan 26

Wendy Erskine: "It’s interesting, the whole thing of exchange, transaction and money – it’s so central to the book... the idea of the monetisation of women’s bodies"

My 2025: Andrea Mara - <i>Best thing you saw online?</i> "The Troy Parrott goal"
  • Culture
  • 20 Dec 25

My 2025: Andrea Mara - Best thing you saw online? "The Troy Parrott goal"

Miriam O’Callaghan: "I just hope people learn a little bit more about me – and think I’m an okay person at the end of it"
  • Opinion
  • 07 Dec 25

Miriam O’Callaghan: "I just hope people learn a little bit more about me – and think I’m an okay person at the end of it"

Rose Keating on <i>Oddbody:</i> "I would start writing at around 8pm and then I’d stay up until 6am. I listened to music to keep me going"
  • Culture
  • 25 Nov 25

Rose Keating on Oddbody: "I would start writing at around 8pm and then I’d stay up until 6am. I listened to music to keep me going"

Wayne Byrne on his new <i>Halloween Book</i>: "The original movie is perfect in every way"
  • Film And TV
  • 15 Oct 25

Wayne Byrne on his new Halloween Book: "The original movie is perfect in every way"

Caragh Maxwell: “I leave facets of myself in everything I write. I’m a big proponent of ‘write what you know’"
  • Culture
  • 06 Oct 25

Caragh Maxwell: “I leave facets of myself in everything I write. I’m a big proponent of ‘write what you know’"

Ragnar Jónasson on working with Ridley Scott: “He’s a legend and I’m a big fan, so to do a film he’d be associated with would be quite something"
  • Culture
  • 04 Sep 25

Ragnar Jónasson on working with Ridley Scott: “He’s a legend and I’m a big fan, so to do a film he’d be associated with would be quite something"

Arthur Baker: "I’ve been asked about ‘Planet Rock’ probably more than anything I’ve ever done"
  • Culture
  • 13 Aug 25

Arthur Baker: "I’ve been asked about ‘Planet Rock’ probably more than anything I’ve ever done"

Tim MacGabhann: "I was never very good at maths, but I was good at a particular calculus – low effort, low energy expenditure, and a high yield of getting buckled"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Aug 25

Tim MacGabhann: "I was never very good at maths, but I was good at a particular calculus – low effort, low energy expenditure, and a high yield of getting buckled"

Yasmin Zaher: “When you come from a situation where your life is already unstable and risky, you’re going to search for a profession that can give you more stability"
  • Culture
  • 07 Jul 25

Yasmin Zaher: “When you come from a situation where your life is already unstable and risky, you’re going to search for a profession that can give you more stability"

Jeanine Cummins on her latest novel: “One of the great joys of writing this book was to imagine a different outcome for her, and for my dad, really”
  • Culture
  • 02 Jul 25

Jeanine Cummins on her latest novel: “One of the great joys of writing this book was to imagine a different outcome for her, and for my dad, really”

Vogue Williams - <i>Best of Ireland</i> Cover Story: "Where you're from becomes a part of you. It's where you feel your most calm and happiest"
  • Culture
  • 26 Jun 25

Vogue Williams - Best of Ireland Cover Story: "Where you're from becomes a part of you. It's where you feel your most calm and happiest"

Andrea Mara: “I just love that idea of unpeeling layers and discovering something extraordinary about an ordinary person, and deep dark secrets – all of that”
  • Culture
  • 24 Jun 25

Andrea Mara: “I just love that idea of unpeeling layers and discovering something extraordinary about an ordinary person, and deep dark secrets – all of that”

Seán Hewitt: "When a lot of people fall in love, the line between what’s real and what’s not kind of blurs a bit"
  • Opinion
  • 24 May 25

Seán Hewitt: "When a lot of people fall in love, the line between what’s real and what’s not kind of blurs a bit"

Eoin McNamee: "That was a private dread, but if you spread it out, there was a kind of public dread of living along the border"
  • Opinion
  • 10 May 25

Eoin McNamee: "That was a private dread, but if you spread it out, there was a kind of public dread of living along the border"

Rebecca Watson: “Grief is a pretty big subject and the way in which we talk about it is quite intimidating"
  • Culture
  • 10 Apr 25

Rebecca Watson: “Grief is a pretty big subject and the way in which we talk about it is quite intimidating"

Joseph O'Connor: "I did not think that I’d have to explain to my children what fascism is, or what extreme racism is"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Mar 25

Joseph O'Connor: "I did not think that I’d have to explain to my children what fascism is, or what extreme racism is"

Catherine Airey: "I was eight years old when 9/11 happened, and I remember it being the first big world event that really stuck in my mind"
  • Culture
  • 12 Mar 25

Catherine Airey: "I was eight years old when 9/11 happened, and I remember it being the first big world event that really stuck in my mind"

Roisin O'Donnell: "It's an issue for everyone, not just women"
  • Culture
  • 25 Feb 25

Roisin O'Donnell: "It's an issue for everyone, not just women"

David Rooney: "The four year old me who never wanted to go to school got to run the adult show"
  • Culture
  • 21 Dec 24

David Rooney: "The four year old me who never wanted to go to school got to run the adult show"

David McWilliams: "You'd be amazed how the Bernie Sanders left and the MAGA right, in certain areas, sound very similar"
  • Culture
  • 10 Dec 24

David McWilliams: "You'd be amazed how the Bernie Sanders left and the MAGA right, in certain areas, sound very similar"

John Connolly – Mad Hatter Q&A: "I had vague ambitions to be a vet, hampered slightly by Synge Street CBS refusing to teach us biology"
  • Culture
  • 19 Nov 24

John Connolly – Mad Hatter Q&A: "I had vague ambitions to be a vet, hampered slightly by Synge Street CBS refusing to teach us biology"

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