President celebrates ‘freedom’ of the arts but gives nothing away on Áras goings-onMichael D Higgins opens new film school facility in Dún LaoghaireWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:01
War reporters to speak of the hazards of the field – and Twitter – at Dublin eventJournalists highlight struggle to get accurate and balanced reportage in SyriaMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Was Socrates right about the unexamined life?A new weekly philosophy column begins with a Greek classicFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Demolitions will not cost 'big money'Banks and local authorities to work together on demolition plansTue Nov 19 2013 - 07:50
Imagine all the children thinking in the classroomA John Lennon song provides the inspiration for fifth-class pupils to think in questionsTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Keep the conversation going: If you hurt someone’s feelings, without getting caught, are you harmed in any way?Tue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Finding philsophy lessons in child-friendly placesThursday is World Philosophy Day, a good time to get children asking the big questionsTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Say no to groupthink: how philosophy can transform learningAround the world, children who learn philosophy also learn how to solve problems and think critically. Why is there such resistance to teaching it in Ireland?Tue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Dublin freeman McVerry still wedded to job of ending homelessnessHis dog Jack and Sudoku – what more could the campaigning priest want?Sat Nov 16 2013 - 01:01
‘Davos for students’: the brightest undergrad brains ponder the big issuesAt the UA Global Summit in Dublin, some of the world’s smartest students have grappled with global issuesSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00
Realists 1 Romantics 0: money talks in Irish soccerBy relying on a billionaire benefactor, the Football Association of Ireland is undermining the bond between fans and teamSat Nov 09 2013 - 09:14
Northern Ireland football association says all-Ireland team ‘not on radar’Curt response by the Irish Football Association to Taoiseach’s proposalSat Nov 09 2013 - 01:01
Former UCD president launches book on theologyPatrick Masterson says book reflects ‘various ways question of God can be approached’Thu Nov 07 2013 - 14:58
Great but ‘ruthless’ state-builder W.T. Cosgrave remembered by his taoiseach sonLiam Cosgrave recalls an Ireland that could not depend on EuropeSat Oct 26 2013 - 11:15
Professional and local interests had stake in keeping aslyums, says major studyMental institutions ‘can’t be blamed on the church; it was a State-run project’Fri Oct 25 2013 - 13:15
Third-level education is a ‘confidence trick and scam’, forum toldProf Mary Gallagher of UCD makes claim at launch of charter against commercialisation of universitiesThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
From Pearse Street to Ethiopia: breaking the cycle of charityChallenging stereotypes to create positive, permanent change in EthiopiaSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Government shelves plan to levy industries for pyrite repair costsOnly worst pyrite damage cases covered by €10m fundWed Oct 16 2013 - 21:07
Corporate Ireland and wealthy should give more, says ClintonFormer president says Ireland can use new technology to become philanthropy leaderThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:04
Bill Clinton visit cements close working relationship with Denis O’BrienIrish billionaire helps to cover cost of tripThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
Ireland could become world leader in philanthropy, Clinton saysFormer US president addresses forum on philanthropy in DublinWed Oct 09 2013 - 21:36
Economic forum delegates grapple with the importance of being IrishFor the Taoiseach, at least, Irishness is an indefinable chemistrySat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Varadkar warns on cut to 9% tourism VAT rateMinister for Tourism says lowered VAT rate had helped tourism industry and sudden removal could ‘cause harm’Fri Oct 04 2013 - 22:00
Noonan says budget adjustment to be ‘whatever is necessary’Burton confirms there will be an ‘easement’ in cuts in health, education and welfareFri Oct 04 2013 - 14:40
Varadkar to fight for retention of tourist VAT rateGathering already at 90% tourism growth target, Global Irish Economic Forum hearsFri Oct 04 2013 - 12:14
HSE failed in child rape-claim case, says OmbudsmanOmbudsman for Children says HSE labelling of mother as ‘difficult’ lay behind failuresTue Oct 01 2013 - 13:32
Sunny spells. Scattered showers. Changing climateMet Éireann made a rare prounouncement on climate change this week. As the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes its Fifth Assessment Report, can Ireland’s living-room scientists rekindle interest in a major global issue?Sat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Ex-Irish Army ranger helped evacuate Nairobi shoppersMan works with international security company and does not want to be namedThu Sept 26 2013 - 09:21
Catholics should not try to ‘recover a past that no longer exists’, Pope Francis declaresPontiff warns against ‘legalist’ Christian faith that seeks ‘doctrincal security’Sat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Culture vultures invade streets, galleries, theatres . . . and even the DáilThere were 1,300 events held around the country as part of Culture NightSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Prison officers unaware of cell checks, inquest told‘Vulnerable’ prisoner took his life while awaiting trial for murder of footballerThu Sept 19 2013 - 23:06
Prisoner who died by suicide said he ‘could not deal’ with the fact that he had killed another manShane Rogers confessed to murder, saying: ‘It’s a thin line, and I crossed it tonight’Thu Sept 19 2013 - 21:00
Suicide rate in prisons declinesHealth professionals say reductions in overcrowding over the past 18 months has helpedThu Sept 19 2013 - 15:18
Dermot Rooney left prison . . . days later he was deadThe Irish Prison Service says it is moving towards the “structured” release of vulnerable prisonersTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Hard to balance need for justice with treatmentLawyers and psychiatrists have criticised laws on detaining the mentally illTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
The Prison Trap: mental strains of solitary confinement‘I was always a happy kid, chirpy, happy-go-lucky . . . but prison really broke me’Mon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
‘Systematic discrimination’ against people with mental illness in justice systemPsychosis identified in 561 new remands at Cloverhill in six yearsSat Sept 14 2013 - 06:40
The prison trapMental illness is not a crime. So why are so many people with psychiatric problems in our jails?Sat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Experts warn of ‘systematic discrimination’ against people with mental illness in justice systemPsychosis identified in 561 new remands at Cloverhill in six yearsFri Sept 13 2013 - 20:08
Gilmore says CE schemes are holding local society together‘No action taken’ on labour market reform until Joan Burton took office - TanaisteFri Sept 13 2013 - 15:24
Expelled Fine Gael members to form a ‘loose alliance’Tánaiste rejects suggestion that ‘Reform Alliance’ might destabilise coalitionFri Sept 13 2013 - 14:19
Does science really say everything that can be said about life?Opinion: ‘scientism’ wants to keep morality and philosopy out of the public domainTue Sept 03 2013 - 12:01
Philanthropist Chuck Feeney ‘lost control’ of his own charity in dispute over spendingIrish American billionaire’s conflict with board members ‘nearly killed him’Sat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
UCD appoints external candidate as presidentProf Andrew J Deeks, pro vice-chancellor in science at Durham University, will succeed Dr Hugh BradyWed Jul 17 2013 - 13:09
How do you say goodbye to Nelson Mandela?The question South Africa has been grappling with over last few weeksSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:12
Mandela family feud upsetting society and African traditionThe family of Nelson Mandela is being urged to stop their infighting and let him die in peaceSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
DCU holds graduation ceremony for 180 sub-Saharan African studentsFirst participants in ‘future African leaders’ programme collect scrollsSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
South Africa denies Mandela in ‘vegetative state’Denial follows claim that the former president was on a life-support machineFri Jul 05 2013 - 08:40
