The Irish Times

India’s Covid Crisis: ‘This is not just human beings dying... Humanity is dying’

With the virus out of control, the government’s inaction has been called a ‘genocide’

Sat May 08 2021 - 06:00

India’s oxygen shortage: Volunteers work to plug void in official response

Sikh volunteers and others have created facilities to get oxygen to those in dire need

Wed May 05 2021 - 17:30

Record 3,780 Covid-19 deaths in India as ‘oxygen express’ trains reach Delhi

Hospitals appeal for oxygen by invoking India’s constitutional right to protection of life

Wed May 05 2021 - 09:15

In the line of fire: Kashmir suffers even as tensions ease

‘Whenever India and Pakistan fight, we are the first ones to suffer

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 05:00

The best of Eileen Battersby, from Tolstoy to Paul Simon

Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00

100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 16:14

Arundhati Roy: 'It’s a hatred that crosses the line'

Arundhati Roy’s new novel has made her a target for violent threats from the Indian government but she’s not about to back down

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 05:00

Sara Baume: ‘I actually hate writing. It’s really hard’

The winner of the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award gave herself two years to write her debut novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither. But she remains torn between fiction and visual art

Thu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00

How well do you know your Booker opening lines?

In the week that the 2014 Man Booker Prize was announced, see if you can match these opening lines to their Booker winning novels

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 17:00

Putting war into words

Shortlisted this week for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, Audrey Magee’s ‘The Undertaking’ has the second World War as its backdrop. Here’s a selection of our favourite literary quotations on war

Thu Apr 10 2014 - 09:36