It speaks to a lack of ambition for and a lack of confidence in these young people that they don’t deserve a similar programme

Oscar-winning musician is a great loss to all

Sustainable irrigation and water storage should form part of national blueprint

How many people still have them?

I felt guilty for using the kids’ club, but I shouldn’t have

It is naive to think Ireland’s interests can be divorced from the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine

In continental Europe, the average age at which children start learning a foreign language is between six and eight years old

When winter arrives and the evenings close in, the people of Mayo will continue to remind themselves it was real

We are facing an era of mass deflation. If prices fall across the board, how will we repay all the debt we have accumulated?

There are many cases of very effective devolved governance systems in continental Europe

The joy of ending a 75-year football famine is tempered by the heartbreaking farewell to Monaghan teammate Stephen Gollogly

Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules

An Irish Times investigation shows the Russian-owned Co Limerick industrial plant is consistently polluting groundwater

In Think Ahead, the comic talks about being sexually abused as a child. ‘People laugh their heads off, then they go totally silent and listen’

Kilkenny Arts Festival 2026: The Curing Line, Michael Gallen’s new opera, has grown out of his study of Irish folk cures

Amateur Breeders is a new short story by Alice Ryan

Record-setting sale of Gerard Dillon’s Tea Party among the biggest surprises so far

As a foster kid who became a princess, the screen siren who would now be 100 is the embodiment of the American dream

Rather than tackle all of Morris’s books, author summarises just one-third of total collection

Riley is one of our clearest thinkers