From pop-up rinks to Olympic dreams, Irish athletes are building winter sports culture despite a country short on ice

The former RTÉ stalwart said she has to 'beat' David McCullagh and Oliver Callan in new gig at rival station Newstalk

The six-part drama has been praised by viewers for its portrayal of gay romance

We also take a look at how some of the class of 2025 have fared 

From art and politics to film and fashion, these ten Irish presences reflect the questions Ireland is already asking itself

Chloe Barrett selects her books of the year, from a tender, beautiful story about beating the odds to one that exposes what really goes on behind the scenes of the global tech elite

Complaints to Cork City Council said masked men hanging the tricolour in the dead of night had only one intent, which was to 'assert racism' and frighten non-Irish people

Surviors have to choose to stay with abuser or navigate the housing crisis, says National Women’s Council

Every year, Weekend tasks Suzanne Harrington with looking at the year that's been and finding the good stuff. Did the world get any better in 2025? Are there reasons to feel hopeful in 2026?

The Belfast actor stars alongside Gillian Anderson in the Channel 4 series, writes Esther McCarthy 

The Cork Gay Project has condemned the attack on Lucina Schynning and Krystal Queer on Sunday night

Lucina Schynning said it was 'sickening' that the attack on Sunday night was met with laughter and cheers from bystanders

This weekend, in print and online, we pay tribute to Cork International Film Festival. As it marks its seventieth anniversary, director Fiona Clark reflects on its legacy – and looks ahead to the festival’s future

For the first time, Ireland will host the international event which in recent years took place in London, Thessaloniki, Cologne, Warsaw, Rome, Oslo, Madrid, and Zurich

Everyday heroes are all around us — look at Cork's longest serving librarian James Wilkinson, or the late Don O'Leary, who changed so many children's lives 

'Hot Wax' is an electrifying triumph of a novel with a raw, emotional core, finely crafted by the talented M. L. Rio. 

YES! Dublin hopes to create a permanent LGBT+ café and nightclub that supports community life, charity partnerships, and queer visibility

A new exhibition at Croke Park will sketch out the countries' intertwined story

Girls & Boys isn't a 'social-message' film, but star Liath Hannon says her young self would have been delighted to see the Dublin-set romance, writes Esther McCarthy

I've been closely listening to David Byrne for decades. He doesn't disappoint on Who Is The Sky, his first album in seven years