Robert Sheehan: Boy in the hoodyHe has retired the blue top he wore in âLove/Hateâ. Heâs coming home for the Iftas tonight. And heâs still in bedSat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Scary scenarios when politicians are worlds apartAs Ahmadinejad is willing to be Iranâs first man in space, I am throwing down the gauntlet to our own politiciansSat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
How to play a blinder at the hunger gamesâThe only thing you need to play a vampire is to be hungry,â says Damien Molony, who plays a 500-year-old recovering blood addictâŠFri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
One thing I've learned from David Attenborough: nature is bloody horribleThis week, after 60 years of broadcasting, David âanimalsâ Attenborough unofficially anointed Prof Brian âspaceâ Cox as his successorâŠSat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Hot whiskey? Brandy? They're not really drinks, are they?Clare Daly, the Independent TD, has confessed to having had a hot whiskey before drivingSat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Workplace etiquette, step one: don't call your boss a moronIs your boss a moron? And can you tell them so to their face? Workplace deference seems to be dyingSat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
What's a little fear and loathing between delegates?Watch your back when swanning around the party scene at the World Economic ForumSat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Close encounter of the equine kind raises issues about our place in the food chainA hungry horse is enough to make you reassess humansâ relationship with the animal kingdomSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
Food taboos: Why won't Irish people eat horse meat?When it comes to food there are some things people in Ireland will not put up withSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
A guide to surviving the modern workplaceI never worked in an office with humans before last June, so here are a few tips Iâve picked upWed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
What separates casual labourers and entrepreneurs? Bank balanceTHE WAY WE WORK NOW: Business speak is being used to obscure harsh truths, but the increasing casualisation of labour shouldâŠTue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Phantom 105.2: the pirate that went straightBefore it existed, the alternative music station Phantom had an audienceTue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
What divides casuals and entrepreneurs?THE WAY WE WORK NOW: Business speak is being used to obscure harsh truths, but the increasing casualisation of labour shouldâŠTue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Believe in Monopoly or take a ChanceMonopoly player tokens underpin our financial system and should not be toyed withSat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Broadcasting, banter and bromanceWeâll Leave It There So, By Bill OâHerlihy, with Ewan MacKenna, Paperweight, 205pp, âŹ19.99Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
A backward glance at the coming yearRobot rebellion, twits, tweets and war... itâs all behind us nowSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
Ireland correspondents: 'In ways, Syria is easier'Four Irish-based foreign correspondents describe how Ireland is viewed abroad: we’re placid, friendly, in control ofâŠSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
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 Governmentâs 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, weâd stay awake during the budget speechSat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
More facts laid bare as pope updates nativityHow Johnny Ronan changed a statueâs sex and the pope ruined ChristmasSat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
'Picture books fill holes. They calm people down'At the Bord GĂĄis Irish Book Awards last week a steady stream of supplicants walked past famous novelists in order to bend theâŠSat Dec 01 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
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
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 RTĂ's best dramaThose of you who havenât watched the first two series of the RTĂ crime drama Love/Hate might be confused about what itâs actuallyâŠFri 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 â from the sweaty confines of âŠMon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Aching, blistered, bleeding, vomiting - and beaming with joyFor most this isnât about competition but personal achievement, community family, friendship, and the memory of lost loved onesâŠTue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Still searching for the real Gerry RyanThe Gerry Ryan described in Melanie Verwoerdâs memoir â now back on sale after an injunction â is quite different from the manâŠSat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
In the outer space of science and fictionIN SIMON Peggâs 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 OâCarroll-Kelly Penguin, 414pp. ÂŁ13.99Sat 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 Irelandâs mastersâŠSat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
The wrong, but right, way to runWe realise a large hairy man and a short balding man, in womenâs gear, jogging together doesnât look great, but we do it anywayâŠMon 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 lemonsâŠSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Whole parish turns up to be enlightened at 'Father Ted' quiz for charityA MOUSTACHIOED priest is told he canât 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 âsociological imaginationâŠWed 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, oilâŠMon 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 docksâTHEREâS A parade coming,â 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 PolishâŠSat 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 goâŠFri 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 âLa Vie en RoseâThu Aug 23 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 morningâŠWed Aug 22 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
