It’s the biggest importer of Irish-themed souvenirs in the country and the owner of Tipperary Crystal. Now family business Allied Imports has branched into jewellery and homeware, and has set its sights on global expansion

Jamie Clarke and Killian Walsh’s menswear brand is an Irish firm targeting a global audience

Olivia Smith’s Olivia & Pearl range has the perfect clothes for these lockdowned, Zoomed-out times

Black Irish sportspeople have joined together to convey a message of positive change through the lens of Sportsfile photographer Ramsey Cardy

While many people’s twenties and thirties are a time to thrive professionally, an increasing cohort of Irish men and women experience a breakthrough career moment after the age of 40. Here, The Magazine shines a light on just some of those making waves in midlife, writes Elaine Prendeville, Jessie Collins and Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

A bright new idea aims to fill empty poster sites across Dublin city with work from leading Irish photographers

It’s not news to say that our homes have become our everything: encompassing work, life, relationships and play. We asked five people working in very different fields to share how their working from home life has evolved in recent weeks, and what this period has revealed about their careers and themselves

Designer Fiona Heaney is determined that her new collection will help her to retain her loyal customer base

This week, we launch the first instalment of our three-part series with Dr Tara Shine. An environmental activist and international policy advisor, the Kinsale-based Shine’s stellar career has seen her promote powerful climate change action across the planet. Today, she is also the author of a superb new book, How to Save Your Planet: One Object at a Time, which serves as a practical, accessible guidebook to sustainable living. She tells Elaine Prendeville what she hopes the book will achieve, discusses the power of individual action, and explains how you can get involved in a mini movement over the next three weeks

Niamh O’Neill’s tailored blouses and body-skimming dresses in vibrant hues are just perfect for those Zoom conference calls

In a socially distant time of no travel, Keira and Dairine Kennedy’s silk scarves, with their prints made from photos of beloved places, are having a special resonance

Experienced sewers and craftspeople nationwide are putting their considerable skills to work producing much-needed cloth masks and scrubs for those on the frontline, while also improving the lives of people living in direct provision, write Ruth O’Connor and Elaine Prendeville

A new online archive plots the people, places and projects connected to contemporary communication design, and reveals the impact that design has on life in Ireland. Elaine Prendeville meets its founder, Aideen McCole