Nadine O’Regan

Nadine O’Regan

Nadine O'Regan is Books and Arts Editor with The Sunday Business Post. Raised in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, she joined the paper as a freelancer contributor in 2000, after graduating with an M.Phil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. O'Regan has worked for publications including The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, Hot Press and Spin magazine (US), and served as a reporter for RTE's arts television programme The Works. A regular contributor to TV and radio shows, she also presents the Sunday evening programme Songs in the Key of Life on Irish radio station Today FM.

Hawkins’ new potboiler flounders in the shallow end

Hawkins’ new potboiler flounders in the shallow end

CRIME Fiction: Into The Water, By Paula Hawkins, Doubleday, €20

School of hard knocks

School of hard knocks

When Girl With A Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier was asked to reimagine Shakespeare’s Othello, she tackled the play on her own terms by moving the action to a racially-fraught playground in 1970s Washington

Nadine O'Regan: Off Message

Nadine O'Regan: Off Message

By creating a gender-neutral acting award, MTV has grabbed much-needed attention for itself and Emma Watson. For others, it just means one fewer opportunity

That Sinkane feeling

That Sinkane feeling

It started as a solo project, but Ahmed Gallab’s Sinkane has swelled to a six-piece band that’s sure to be one of the star attractions at the upcoming Body & Soul festival in Westmeath, writes Nadine O’Regan

Off Message

Off Message

Moving house means a new start and deciding what matters, so maybe it’s time to admit that television no longer needs to be a part of my life

Something new: The Cranberries are back

Something new: The Cranberries are back

The band is back with a new album and a world tour ready to go – but frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan doesn’t seem very eager to talk about either of them

David Arnold: He shoots, he scores

David Arnold: He shoots, he scores

Arnold made his name scoring the sci-fi blockbusters of the 1990s – and classical audiences are lapping it up, writes Nadine O’Regan

Adversity reaction: the verdict on Sheryl Sandberg's sequel

Adversity reaction: the verdict on Sheryl Sandberg's sequel

Sandberg's latest book, Option B, may be less than perfect but that is precisely why it works

Nadine O'Regan: Off Message

Nadine O'Regan: Off Message

Selfie fever continues to rage unabated, with a new exhibition in London devoted to the ‘art’ form. But what does it say about the times we live in?

Spot the Difference: Irvine Welsh

Spot the Difference: Irvine Welsh

More than 20 years on from the sensational success of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh is a changed man – not least for his unlikely embrace of healthy living

The man comes around: Niall Breslin

The man comes around: Niall Breslin

Bressie is standing at a career crossroads and faces a very different kind of challenge - becoming a successful businessman

Albums of the week

Albums of the week

SINGER-SONGWRITER Fionn Regan : The Meeting of the Waters (Tsuneni Ai) The Meeting of the Waters...

They got the look

They got the look

In her new book, Prince’s dancer and wife Mayte Garcia shares the reality of the ‘beautiful love story’ that came undone following great tragedy

Home Bird: Panti Bliss

Home Bird: Panti Bliss

He’s one of our busiest and best known personalities, but for Panti Bliss, aka Rory O’Neill, there’s no place like home

Off Message: Nadine O'Regan on the lost art of moderation

Off Message: Nadine O'Regan on the lost art of moderation

In our binge-or-bust culture, the Good Friday drink ban has to go, in order for us to embrace the most difficult routine of all