Ireland
The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?
The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?
Thousands of women were sent to Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries – which operated until the 1990s – but their brutal story is still too little known. New BBC drama The Woman In The Wall aims to change that.
How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation
How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation
Sinéad O’Connor has died aged 56. She risked it all to highlight injustice, says Kathryn Ferguson, who has made a film about her life
Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention
Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention
A seismic shift took place last week in the Northern Ireland council elections when nationalists outnumbered unionists for the first time
God’s Creatures: Paul Mescal flexes his brogue in artfully bleak Irish family drama
God’s Creatures: Paul Mescal flexes his brogue in artfully bleak Irish family drama
The Speculations of Country People review: Majella Kelly’s poems of desire
The Speculations of Country People review: Majella Kelly’s poems of desire
The Wonder: Florence Pugh nourishes the soul as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland
The Wonder: Florence Pugh nourishes the soul as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland
Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘As a writer, you want to look into the abyss’
Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘As a writer, you want to look into the abyss’
In a time of growing poverty, there is no reason to also foster a poverty of creativity
In a time of growing poverty, there is no reason to also foster a poverty of creativity
Oliver Jeffers: ‘Patriotism is suspect, but I can get behind cultures’
