Louise O'Neill writes about her love for Irish author Marian Keyes

Last Friday night marked the inaugural ieStyle fashion show at Cork's City Hall.

Sebastian Barry, the current Laureate for Irish Fiction, has spearheaded an initiative where he hosts a series of conversations with fellow Irish writers in which they attempt to answer one simple question: ‘What is writing?’

Louise O’Neill enjoys some pampering in a true home away from home in West Cork.

Today is June 1st and do you know what that means? It’s Dinosaur Day! And Don’t Give up the Ship Day, commemorating the last words said by Captain James Lawrence as his ship was being taken over by the British in 1813.

This week, I watched Leaving Neverland, the documentary about James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who allege that when they were children they were sexually molested by Michael Jackson.

THIS week, I watched Leaving Neverland, the documentary about James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who allege that when they were children they were sexually molested by Michael Jackson. The film is four hours long and contains deeply disturbing and specific details of sexual abuse; the similarities of the men’s stories, of how they and their families were groomed, are chilling.

As I write this column, my grandmother has been dead for 10 days. When I wake up every morning since, I feel the need to remind myself of this fact.

Forgive me for being Captain Obvious here, but my god, January is such a gloomy month.

I was on the phone, going through my personal details. We came to the section about my relationship status, and the man asked if I was married, single, divorced, etc. I hesitated, saying: “I’m dating someone, does that count?”, and he answered, “don’t worry about your boyfriend, we’ll put you down as single for the purposes of this form.”

I went to the Tate Modern in London because I wanted to see what The New Yorker described as an ‘empathy-inducing installation’ about immigration by the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera.

I went to the Tate Modern in London because I wanted to see what The New Yorker described as an ‘empathy-inducing installation’ about immigration by the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera.

I am going to Copenhagen this weekend for a book festival.

#MeToo is one of the reasons why the role of an ‘intimacy director’ has become more prominent on many sets, writes Marjorie Brennan.

This is probably going to be the most self-indulgent column I’ve ever written so avert your eyes now if me behaving like Paris Hilton circa 2003 — miniature dog in oversized designer handbag not included — is going to offend your delicate sensibilities.

I’ve written before about The Artist’s Way, a 12-week programme designed by Julia Cameron to help unblock creativity.

If The Eccles Hotel is good enough for Pippa Middleton then it’s good enough for us, says Louise O’Neill

Best-selling author and Irish Examiner columnist Louise O’Neill, whose works have challenged society to consider and discuss rape culture and consent issues, has been named Cork Person of the Month.

I was asked in a recent interview what I thought the ‘secret’ to success was, and I replied that, in my case at least, I believed hard work was key.

Up until this month, I didn’t really have a “Ryanair Story”.

The world premiere of Asking For It, the stage adaptation of the best-selling Louise O'Neill novel of the same name, is taking place tonight.

The story centres on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.

It was a case of 'Where are we?' instead of 'Are we there yet?' for Ryanair passengers last night flying from Dublin as their flight to Budapest instead landed in Vienna.

Louise O’Neill, author of the critically acclaimed 'Asking For It', thinks "we're going to be very surprised" at how people will vote in the upcoming abortion referendum.

The world premiere production of 'Asking for It' by Louise O’Neill will be performed on the stages of Cork's Everyman and Dublin's Abbey next year.