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S The big Irish Christmas gift guide: More than 170 local brands and businesses to support

With ongoing delays affecting international deliveries through Holyhead, it's a good time to shop local for your Christmas presents. Here are dozens of ideas to make every person on your gifting list happy this Christmas

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

S What a Difference a Day Makes: Clíona Standún on moving back to Ireland to save the family business

Clíona Standún, third-generation co-owner of Co Galway-based Standún Stores, tells Helen O’Callaghan about the life-altering ultimatum she received from her dad when she was just 25 – return from her beloved life in London to manage the family business in Spiddal, or let it go.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

S Hotel review: Stylish and comfortable, this riverside Cork hotel is constantly innovating to impress

...and it's on the banks of our own lovely Lee.

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

S What A Difference A Day Makes: Marty Whelan on becoming a grandfather

What a Difference a Day Makes: RTÉ’s Marty Whelan talks to Helen O’Callaghan about becoming a grandfather for the first time this year

Sat, 07 Dec, 2024

S Hotel review: This global hotel chain brings homely apartment living to the heart of Cork

One of two big hotel brands this chain is operating out of a former courthouse and community arts centre in Cork city

Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

S What a Difference a Day Makes: Eoin Colfer on learning Disney bought film rights during yard duty

What a Difference a Day Makes: Eoin Colfer tells Helen O’Callaghan when he found out that bidding was about to start for the movie rights to Artemis Fowl — and how what happened that day has impacted his life right to the present

Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

S The Piano Lesson: Malcolm Washington on following his father Denzel into the movie world

The American director's adaptation of an August Wilson play is currently on Netflix

Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

S Hotel Review: Relax like rock royalty in a 13th-century castle that Eric Clapton once called home

"[Barberstown's] four-star country house and 13th-century castle is easily accessible, just 25km from Dublin and 10 minutes from the M50 motorway."

Sun, 24 Nov, 2024

S Victoria Mary Clarke on getting Bruce Springsteen involved in an album of Shane MacGowan songs

As the first anniversary of Shane MacGowan's death approaches, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke is helping to keep his memory alive with plans for a star-studded album of the late singer's songs

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

S Author Sarah Bowie on health struggles: ‘It felt like a second chance, the green light to live again’

Sarah Bowie went from being told she had cancer, to then discovering her tumour was benign. She tells Helen O’Callaghan how this experience changed her life for the better.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

S Hotel review: This four-star Kerry resort merits a spot on your getaway wish list

"Wooing guests for over a century with its wow-factor setting, Parknasilla Resort lies on the soulful shores of Kenmare Bay..."

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

S Gavin Dunne: How the Cork man's Miracle of Sound project became a billion-hit phenomenon

From his home studio in Cork, Miracle of Sound has created tunes that have amassed over a billion hits across YouTube, Spotify and other platforms. He's about to take a live show on tour for the first time

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

S What A Difference A Day Makes: 'Éilis’s death brought a sadness into all of our lives'

Musician Fiach Moriarty tells Helen O’Callaghan about how a tragic global event 20 years ago brought heartbreak to a Dublin neighbourhood.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

S Walk the 22-mile Tóchar Phádraig in the footsteps of royal subjects, saints, and medieval pilgrims

This path was abandoned for 400 years but was revitalised and reopened thanks to a clever priest and 64 obliging landowners

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

S Hotel Review: What it's like to stay in one of the new Blue Book properties

Cosy, intimate and charming, this Meath hideaway has real feelgood factor

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

S Women Locked Up: New documentary shows life in Ireland's largest prison for females

Women Locked Up: Inside the Dóchas goes behind the gates of the Dóchas Centre at Mountjoy

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

S What a Difference a Day Makes: 'I’ll never forget my future wife walking into my sights when I was 14'

Alex Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles, tells Helen O’Callaghan about the beautiful girl he met when he was 14 – and about meeting her many years later and realising she was the woman he wanted to marry.

Sun, 03 Nov, 2024

S Take the pressures off Killarney National Park — and expand it

Ecologist Pádraic Fogarty says it would not take much to tip the balance in favour of nature here... and we’ve already waited too long

Sun, 03 Nov, 2024

S Hotel review: The perfect Co Limerick getaway for the whole family

Family-run with great food and amenities, this Adare star is brilliant for the whole gang

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

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S Bambie Thug: 'There was no talk of any alternative genders at school in Macroom'

As Bambie Thug gets ready for their Cork gig, they talk about growing up in Macroom, and the tough experience of Eurovision

Wed, 30 Oct, 2024

S What a Difference a Day Makes: 'I love West Cork and we do want to give back'

US-born, West Cork-based Chris Mason tells Helen O’Callaghan about how a moment when his wife said ‘yes’ set the wheels in motion for a whole new life in another country – and the start of a new sustainable business.

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

S Hotel review: This Westport hotel offers knock-out views and top-class service

Perched on an elevated site overlooking Croagh Patrick, one of the hotel’s biggest draws is the view of the mountain and Clew Bay islands on a clear day

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

S Hotel review: What it's like to stay in Cork City's newest hotel

Leeside’s newest hotel is fresh, fun and funky — just don’t expect a lot of room for your buck.

Sun, 20 Oct, 2024

S Tom Dunne: Guitar porn and the things I could spend my money on

As Rory Gallagher's famous instrument goes up for auction, I see that one of Kurt Cobain's axes holds the current record for guitar prices

Wed, 16 Oct, 2024

S What A Difference A Day Makes: If I’d lost my singing voice I’d have lost my identity too

Musician Linda Plover tells Helen O’Callaghan about what it was like to lose her voice due to surgery, about the regrets she had – and how its total recovery has made her supremely grateful for a second chance.

Tue, 15 Oct, 2024

Opel Corsa review: Modern marvels in a compact package

Restaurant Review: Howth's foodie scene harbours a real catch in Mamó

Hotel Review: This destination five-star in East Cork offers lots to love

What a Difference a Day Makes: Chance encounter with composer Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin changed my life

Hotel review: This Georgian hideaway in Limerick City is an intimate and friendly place to stay

Restaurant review: Kinsale is so lucky to have a dining experience like Rare