Maeve Ingoldsby (born 1947)[1] is a former writer of the Raidió Teilifís Éireann radio show Only Slaggin' and former writer on RTÉ soap operas Glenroe and Fair City. She is a well-known playwright and satirist. She has also written numerous children's plays including Earwigs, which was awarded "Best Young Peoples' Production" at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1995.[1] Two of her plays were the base for children's operas of Colin Mawby, commissioned and first performed by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland.[2]