At least once a week I have a genuine urge to get something pierced. Nothing too outlandish, just an extra little gem on an ear or...
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I’ve done the maths. Last weekend I paid just under €47 an hour to see Taylor Swift perform across three nights at the Aviva Stadium. My...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/NUAM3NXCENK27HZYUZTGESNLYE.jpg "Was it Positano or Dubrovnik or Santorini? No, we were in Wexford")
“Sure, we could be on the Continent.” It was out of my mouth before I knew it and I’m not even sure I was being ironic....
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How agreeable are you? Extremely. If the people around me are happy then so am I. Life is less stressful when you’re easy-going. What’s your middle...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/SZMWNCGNLVBJFL6GRXVYQ2U7ZQ.jpg "Emer McLysaght: Six Irish cultural touchstones for Barry Keoghan’s popstar girlfriend Sabrina Carpenter")
Barry Keoghan and singer girlfriend Sabrina Carpenter have gone one step further than “Instagram official”. They star together in the Bonnie and Clyde-esque music video for...
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One of the standout lyrics on Taylor Swift’s latest album The Tortured Poets Department goes, “You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised...