‘Don’t trust anyone who says “It’ll be grand”’Life Lessons: Mike Ahern, co-director and co-writer of the film Extra OrdinaryMon Sept 16 2019 - 06:00
Maeve Brennan, a writer who was at home in neither Ireland nor AmericaFrom the archive: ‘Irish literature’s best-kept secret ... everyone should be reading her’Sun Sept 15 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this weekChris O’Dowd is great in a new BBC comedy series, but we’re feeling the autumn chill in our bonesSat Sept 14 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Why we should care that the Bernard Shaw pub is closingThe beauty of the rough-around-the-edges Dublin venue lays in its imperfectionsWed Sept 11 2019 - 14:00
Morgan MacIntyre of Saint Sister: ‘I can’t sing without making shapes and casting spells’Life Lessons: Morgan MacIntyre, one half of singing duo Saint Sister, her biggest flaw, best advice and her motto for lifeMon Sept 09 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: How YouTube can suck you into an extremist swampRecommendation algorithm can lead online viewers up the radicalisation pathwayMon Sept 09 2019 - 06:00
Rationing in 1940s Ireland: Drapers protest over clothes restrictionsFrom the archive: Worth remembering wartime rations amid Brexit shortages fearsSun Sept 08 2019 - 06:00
Joanne McNally: ‘There was always a bang of show pony off me’The Dublin comedian, who was adopted, explores what’s in our DNA in her new showSat Sept 07 2019 - 06:02
We ’re lamenting the end of summer but cannot wait for Margaret Atwood’s new novelSat Sept 07 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Electric Picnic or Branded Picnic?Brands and agencies need to realise that less is more as advertising hurts atmosphereThu Sept 05 2019 - 17:14
God Knows: I have learned to give to ‘me’ as much as I give to those I loveLife Lessons: Musician God Knows performs solo and as part of Rusangano FamilyMon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: If you think Johnson is bad, wait for FarageBrexit Party is branding, communication and simplicity. Who cares about truth?Mon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Maeve Higgins: ‘It’s weird when you leave Ireland, right? I felt a bit guilty’The comedian has come into her own in New York. She talks about her film Extra OrdinarySat Aug 31 2019 - 06:03
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this weekStradbally is up with Electric Picnic in full swing, Dancing with the Stars with Sean Spicer is downSat Aug 31 2019 - 00:00
The first Electric Picnic: ‘We’re going for a mini-Glastonbury’From the Archive: ‘Despite the promises, the beer and toilet queues proved as frustrating as always’Fri Aug 30 2019 - 09:40
Scootering should be a private affairLast thing Dublin needs is a scooter hire appWed Aug 28 2019 - 13:46
Welcome to Insta-Dublin, a city of pop-ups and cheap neon signsMuch of capital’s contemporary aesthetic appears presided over by a colourblind aristocratMon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Paul Alwright: My mother dying changed my lifeLife Lessons: Dublin rapper and actor Paul Alwright aka Lethal DialectMon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Shark-catching off the coast of IrelandFrom the Archive: Angling expert Richard Burrows reported on the sport of shark-angling in his Irish Times columnSun Aug 25 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?We're liking compostable bags in supermarkets and no-nonsense boots, but finding beige a bit... well, beigeSat Aug 24 2019 - 00:00
When ‘girl students’ joined the priests-to-be in MaynoothWhen pressed, the priests-to-be admit that one day there could be a scandalTue Aug 20 2019 - 06:00
‘I have always been fascinated by everything that crawls, slithers and flies’Life Lessons: Colin Stafford-Johnson is an award-winning nature cameramanMon Aug 19 2019 - 06:01
Una Mullally: Tech sector is not being held to account for its nonsenseWeWork IPO campaign exemplifies sector’s delusionally grandiose nebulousnessMon Aug 19 2019 - 06:00
Thirty-five girls died in the 1943 fire. All the nuns survivedFrom the Archive: ‘Little girls stood at the windows of the burning building crying to be taken out’Sun Aug 18 2019 - 06:00
From Dublin to Fifth Avenue: A marriage made in design heavenBryan O’Sullivan and James O’Neill’s projects include Ballynahinch Castle, where they recently wedSat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this weekPhone-box defibrillators are welcome on our streets, but we miss the art that’s removedSat Aug 17 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Fine Gael politicians need to own their politicsWe are existing at a moment where danger of the rise of the right is acuteMon Aug 12 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this weekYes to George RR Martin visiting the IFI, but no to the underwhelming third season of Stranger ThingsSat Aug 10 2019 - 00:00
‘For a time I felt Ireland was a narrow, Catholic, little dump. I feel less angry now’From the archive: What did returning emigrants make of Ireland in 1989?Mon Aug 05 2019 - 06:04
Can we really expect Fine Gael to care?Declaring a victory over denying people healthcare is grotesqueMon Aug 05 2019 - 06:00
Plan Bea: Aisling Bea on searching for laughter in sad placesShe’s known for her fizzy wit, but loneliness pervades the comedian’s moving new seriesSat Aug 03 2019 - 06:02
Love Sensation: the Mother of all festivalsThe two-day bash at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham promises a line-up that is really fun, really queer and really female-ledSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this weekYes to Kevin Barry's novel getting longlisted for the Booker but no to the new ‘diet’ Dairy MilkSat Aug 03 2019 - 00:00
Trashy television may cost us more than just our timeStudy tracks cognitive and political consequences of exposure to tabloid televisionMon Jul 29 2019 - 06:00
‘Fly in considerable luxury’: Ryanair’s first ads in 1985From the archive : ‘ Point to point, in comfort, for less’, read oneSun Jul 28 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?We love the Dublin Fringe Festival programme, but are tired of FaceApp pics of people looking oldSat Jul 27 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Plenty of blame to go around for Johnson’s ascentJust like Trump, Johnson's rise to high office is symptomatic of a wider malaiseWed Jul 24 2019 - 16:13
Una Mullally: Demolition takes Dublin close to point of no returnCapital’s character is being killed by council of enforcement not facilitationMon Jul 22 2019 - 11:58
Saoirse Ronan, a self-assured cover star since the age of 13The 25-year-old actor preserves all the wit, smarts, and decorum she displayed a decade previouslySun Jul 21 2019 - 06:00
Annie Mac: ‘DJing with a pregnant belly felt kind of groundbreaking’Irish DJ is an architect of popular music, yet she is almost chronically down to earthSat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this weekA chicken-wing festival and Zara’s polka-dot dress are up, plastic on veggies is downSat Jul 20 2019 - 00:00
Garbage in Dublin: Manson emerges on stage, an absolute badassReview: 24 years after the multi-million-selling albums, Shirley Manson’s voice is note-perfectThu Jul 18 2019 - 23:12
Una Mullally: Noel Whelan was a hero and an allyLGBT community will never forget support from straight man full of empathy and visionMon Jul 15 2019 - 06:00
The Gaelic footballers and fans who refused to fight in the Great WarAs the summer football season heats up, let’s take a trip back to 1914 for the 27th All-Ireland FinalSun Jul 14 2019 - 06:00
kd lang: ‘I am just one aspect of a huge and ongoing evolution’Singer kd lang on the impact of her breakthrough Ingénue 25 years on, being thrust into the spotlight and being a totem of LGBT cultureSat Jul 13 2019 - 07:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?A Donegal cookbook is up, pricey Chinese food and plastic cups at festivals are downSat Jul 13 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Insurance industry claims about fraud do not add upIf fraud is so rampant, why is the industry not reporting cases to gardaí?Mon Jul 08 2019 - 06:00
Myles na gCopaleen trialled one of his best putdowns on Tyrone GuthrieGuthrie’s production of Hamlet was slated in The Irish Times in June 1950Sun Jul 07 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?Tree-free toilet paper and the Galway Film Fleadh are up, eating octopus is downSat Jul 06 2019 - 00:00
Maggie Nelson: ‘I ride on the shoulders of the much wilder and brave’Nelson’s empathy and the beauty of her unpredictable, compelling writing is a salveFri Jul 05 2019 - 05:55
