No, really, you shouldn't haveChristmas brings out the odd in artists – and these few seasonal byproducts are perhaps better left unwrappedMon Dec 24 2012 - 00:00
Dastardly and motley crew is a wacky CoalitionNeed a foolproof guide to figuring out the Government’s actions? Read onSat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
How great expectations ended up in a bleak HouseIf finance ministers were all action men like Collins, we’d stay awake during the budget speechSat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
More facts laid bare as pope updates nativityHow Johnny Ronan changed a statue’s sex and the pope ruined ChristmasSat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
'Picture books fill holes. They calm people down'At the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards last week a steady stream of supplicants walked past famous novelists in order to bend the…Sat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
Looking different. Feeling IrishThe grown-up children of immigrants talk skin-colour, college fees, sport and national identity in multiethnic IrelandSat Nov 24 2012 - 00:00
The modern mapmakersMaps produced by the All Island Research Observatory help us see Ireland through new eyesSat Nov 24 2012 - 00:00
Christmas tree may have roots in pagan add-on to festivitiesThere are very few references in the Bible to Christmas treesSat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
'A new community like Ongar is a blank canvas'In the HBO drama Deadwood, ambitious frontiersmen erect new towns in record timeWed Nov 14 2012 - 00:00
Homeless people want greater recognition of their humanityIn a Sherrard Street drop-in centre Fr Peter McVerry talks about the difficulties of homelessness in DublinTue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
ATMs are a dark reminder of our crushed dreamsThe reintroduction of tenners in Bank of Ireland ATMs is a sign of the timesSat Nov 10 2012 - 00:00
Gun play: how 'Love/Hate' became RTÉ's best dramaThose of you who haven’t watched the first two series of the RTÉ crime drama Love/Hate might be confused about what it’s actually…Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
TV coverage for political junkies and insomniacsEvery four years, Irish and UK media succumb to the pomp, ceremony, extremism and optimism of US politicsTue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
A talking head who is making senseDavid Byrne makes a fluid, intelligent analysis of what shapes music in his new book – from the sweaty confines of …Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Aching, blistered, bleeding, vomiting - and beaming with joyFor most this isn’t about competition but personal achievement, community family, friendship, and the memory of lost loved ones…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Still searching for the real Gerry RyanThe Gerry Ryan described in Melanie Verwoerd’s memoir – now back on sale after an injunction – is quite different from the man…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
In the outer space of science and fictionIN SIMON Pegg’s spoof buddy movie Hot Fuzz, Bill Bailey plays twin police officersMon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
It's good to know we can rely on RossFICTION: The Shelbourne Ultimatum, By Ross O’Carroll-Kelly Penguin, 414pp. £13.99Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Famine! Plague! Tsunami! The one thing Ireland won't do is . . .What would the State do in an emergency, and what are the most likely threats to national security? We meet Ireland’s masters…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
The wrong, but right, way to runWe realise a large hairy man and a short balding man, in women’s gear, jogging together doesn’t look great, but we do it anyway…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
The generation gameGENERATION NEXT: The need to categorise people has re-emerged with a much-hyped generation war between pension-heavy elder lemons…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Whole parish turns up to be enlightened at 'Father Ted' quiz for charityA MOUSTACHIOED priest is told he can’t bring golf clubs into the venue. A velvet robed bishop purchases a round of drinksThu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Welcome to Abbeyshrule: a tidy little townOnly 200 people live in the Co Longford village that won the Tidy Towns contest this weekSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Are you smarter than a 10-year-old?James Flynn, the man who discovered that IQs were rising, talks about race, gender, age and the ‘sociological imagination…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Poor people on US telly? Too implausibleSMALL PRINT: WHEN THE Irish watched Dallas in the 1980s, we thought this was what average Americans were like: fabulous, oil…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Teens and marijuana: 'I'd go to school stoned and not learn anything'A new study shows a significant drop in IQ for long-term users who smoked cannabis from adolescence into adulthoodSat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Shipshape sailors steal the show at Dublin docks“THERE’S A parade coming,” says a young sailing/sailor fan to a friend at the Tall Ships FestivalSat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Dubliner rows in with training cupDUBLINER HOLLY Byrne was awarded the Sail Training International Torbay Cup ahead of 7,000 international trainees, and Polish…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Have a swing at the original Irish gameThe World Pitch and Putt Championships take place in Meath this weekend, a good enough reason to grab a couple of clubs and go…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Winning Rose still blooming the next morningThe top Rose was still as sweet despite little sleep, as she began her year of ‘La Vie en Rose’Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Luxembourg Rose scoops Tralee's crown with three kissesLAST NIGHT 26-year-old Luxembourg Rose Nicola McEvoy was crowned the 2012 Rose of TraleeWed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
New Rose looks forward to year aheadThe newly crowned Rose of Tralee Nicola McEvoy arrived looking fresh as a daisy for an interview with The Irish Times this morning…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Dáithí plays perfect host but he's no cowboy“COW ACT not happening – she’s too lively!” the text came to my phone just as Dáithí Ó Sé was due to milk a live cow on live …Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Luxembourg Rose crowned in KingdomThe 26-year-old Luxembourg Rose Nicola McEvoy was tonight crowned the 2012 Rose of Tralee.Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
'Children see the Roses as superstars, as princesses. I feel almost guilty'The Rose of Tralee is a celebration of women’s independence and compassion, say finalistsMon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Fruit of the loons?CULTURE: Is Apple the offspring of the counterculture or just another corporation? Luke Dormehl’s book can’t make its mind up…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Dissent on the ranksFaced with a ‘closed shop’ at some Dublin taxi ranks, many foreign-national drivers view exclusionary behaviour as racismSat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Roses begin to bloom in first light of publicityTHE ROSES tour bus arrives in RTÉ just as Colin Farrell’s entourage is exiting after an interview with Miriam O’Callaghan. The…Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Playing the hits, pleasing the crowdWHEN YOU’RE a mediocre busker, existentially challenged by the apathy of passers-by, any attention feels like good attention. …Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Veteran broadcaster shows deft touch with colourful and unique commentaryTV VIEW : “I BET there’s a tear in your eye wherever you’re watching this,” says Jimmy Magee as we watch a triumphant Katie …Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Cookery, comedy and (of course) Craig in storeWhereas last year RTÉ celebrated its past, now it looks to the future – and it’s not all badThu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Would you believe it? Sky hits us with another act of GodTV REVIEW: WHO CAN FORGET those classic editions of the Late Late Show? The one where that bishop wore a nightie, the one where…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in . . . the Curiosity Mars LandingWhat’s all the fuss about? The Mars science laboratory rover, Curiosity, left Earth in November 2011 and at 6Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Historical rumpy pumpy in the Wacky Races of the RenaissanceTV REVIEW: AS INSIDERS KNOW, The Borgias (Sky Atlantic, Saturday) has long been a pet project for Neil JordanSat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Learning the ropes of change-ringing‘DON’T LOOK up! Look straight ahead!” says Martin Hough, who is trying to teach me how to be a change-ringerMon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
'Just two naked dudes lying in a bush, shooting the breeze'HOLIDAY DISASTERS: IN JUNE 1995, when I had no common sense, I was holidaying with two friends in tents in bushes on the grounds…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Mother's little shoppersSHOPPING: TWENTY YEARS ago the idea of Irish school children listing “shopping” as one of their hobbies would have been unthinkable…Mon Apr 18 2011 - 01:00
The heart of Saturday nightThe streets of Dublin may be known to come alive at night, but it takes 12 hours in a taxi to understand the racism, rage and…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
The psychology of sellingPSYCHOLOGY: CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS think of the average consumer as an inherently rational being who weighs up all the options…Mon Mar 14 2011 - 00:00
