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He who Dares: Marvel star Charlie Cox on moving to Dublin, gangland crime, and perfecting the accent

The Kin and Daredevil star has played alongside greats such as Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, but he says as an actor you never presume you’ve ‘arrived’

‘I feel good about myself. Why should a woman slip into middle age?’ – Constance Cassidy

Senior counsel, mother of seven and owner of historic Lissadell House with her husband Eddie Walsh, Constance Cassidy loves working hard and is proud of her accomplishments and has no intention of giving in to ageing

Fiddler Martin Hayes on life, death and bringing traditional Irish music to worldwide audiences

Fiddler Martin Hayes has come a long way since playing Chicago bars in the 1990s – he’s embraced collaboration, come to terms with the loss of musical partner Dennis Cahill, and his creative journey continues with the Common Ground Ensemble project, writes John Walshe

Breaking the mould: Gemma Hayes on clashing with record labels and rediscovering her creative spark

A less than positive experience working with a major label, then having children, drew singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes away from the music scene – but she’s back with a philosophical album of ‘what life’s all about’

Fighting her corner: Amy Broadhurst on her Olympic dream, Katie Taylor and life outside the ring

Amateur boxer Amy Broadhurst has just had one of the most successful years ever of any Irish sportsperson, with three major championship wins. Forced to change category to welterweight, her success in Strandja shows she can more than pack a punch

‘Irish is a living, active language and we’re part of that’– An Cailín Ciúin director Colm Bairéad

The writer and director of The Quiet Girl, the first Irish-language film ever to receive an Oscar nod, may have been rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’s elite but his feet are firmly on the ground in Ireland

Celeb photographer Christian Tierney: ‘You get two days’ notice for a job – I always have a bag packed’

The young Irish photographer talks about working with some of the most famous celebrities on the planet, and how his craft comes from the simple act of paying careful attention

Niamh Walsh: ‘The show I’m determined at all costs to get on is Game of Thrones’

Often cast as the ‘gobby woman’, actor Niamh Walsh is attracted to playing strong and complex female characters, with her latest role as Jenny in Smother, RTÉ’s west of Ireland thriller involving some complicated family relationships

Off balance: How women are still being silenced by the law

A new book by barrister Jennifer Robinson, who represented Amber Heard in Johnny Depp’s British lawsuit against the Sun, and Dr Keina Yoshida, an Irish-Japanese human rights lawyer, examines discrimination against women in law and how to stop it

‘Being Irish abroad was never cool. It’s changed utterly now’ – Bill Whelan

Bill Whelan, the Grammy Award-winning composer, musician and now author, talks to Kate Demolder about growing up in Limerick, the cultural renaissance that was 1990s Ireland and his unwavering belief in Irish creativity

‘There isn’t a song I’ve written that isn’t about love’ – Ailbhe Reddy

The pandemic almost derailed Ailbhe Reddy’s career, but the battle-weary and defiant singer songwriter is back with a new album and tour

Shane Byrne: ‘I was dropped from the Irish squad twice because of my hair’

Shane Byrne was always a man of great ability and superhuman self-possession – but he didn’t always know how to apply his gifts

‘Don’t dwell on your weakness, focus on your strengths and delegate the rest’ – Aoife McNamara

Aoife McNamara, the fashion designer, on making nature her muse and the importance of having a strategic plan

'It’s out of headlines, but lots of Irish still support us' - An Irish-Ukraine soldier back from war

Stanislav Lapko left his home in Ireland in March to take up arms for Ukraine, the country of his birth. Nine months later, he reflects on months spent in a warzone – and why he feels he may have to go back

‘Meeting Barbra Streisand is as golden a moment as I ever could have wished for’ – Richard E Grant

Since his wife’s death last year, veteran actor Richard E Grant has done his best to live by her advice of finding ‘a pocketful of happiness’ in each day – as related in his recently published memoir of the same name

A chef’s Christmas: Festive favourites from some of Ireland’s best-known chefs

Darina Allen, Paul Flynn, Catherine Fulvio and Neven Maguire share well-loved sweet and savoury dishes for all the family to enjoy

‘There were 12 kids, a cacophony of Creedons I think is what you’d call us’ – John Creedon

John Creedon says he’s not a natural writer, but the radio and TV broadcaster, who has just released his second book, reveals how he got his love of storytelling from his father and from growing up in a very busy and noisy home

Five Degrees of Change

‘The way we are living, with such intense consumerism, is not sustainable’ – Erinch Sahan

We need to completely rethink our economic structures – but luckily we already know how to do this, says Erinch Sahan, head of business and enterprise with the Doughnut Economics Action Lab, who supplies five policy and personal changes he would make for a greener world

Colm Tóibín: ‘You can’t force a book. It is like composing a song: you have to wait for a melody’

One of Ireland’s most acclaimed and prolific authors shares with Ben Haugh some of the most important things he has learned and observed about the art of reading and writing

‘It’s almost like you’re hosting a dinner party, so that mix of guests is really important’

Angela Scanlon on how she’s much happier with the current series of her Saturday night chat show, why she’s a nightmare to watch TV with and how when she had the biggest job of her career, she was miserable