Deirdre Falvey

When you dine out, what happens to a tip you leave? Following a long-running controversy about how customers’ tips were handled in Dublin’s Ivy restaurant several years ago, another bone of contention about fairness there has arisen. This time things are ... See more

I Fall Down: A Restoration Comedy Starts at Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin ★★★★☆ If you’re prudish or uncomfortable with the frank contemplation of women’s anatomy, you won’t have booked tickets for this (unless you didn’t read the blurb o... See more

In the first few weeks of life a baby has a hearing test. If the baby is deaf “the doctors will say your child has failed the hearing test. The word ‘failure’ is associated with the birth of their deaf identity,” says Shane O’Reilly. “They have failed som... See more