Richard Attenborough’s son will visit Skibbereen for ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’ screening

Chris Johns: US president’s mistaken analysis of China’s trade surplus risks carnage

Unthinkable: The nature of reality may depend on whether the infinite is comprehensible

Unthinkable: The problems of modern labour call for a ‘collective and structural solution’, says David Frayne

By building simulations of the real world, and letting Google’s DeepMind experiment, it can learn new skills

Just as it is vulgar to boast about how much you consume, it is now becoming vulgar to boast about how long you work

A German-Irish production reshapes Huxley’s enduring dystopian vision

A kiss is not just a kiss in this big Imma show about a big emotion

Cultivating ‘a sense of wonder that the world exists’ is central to Wittgenstein’s philosophy

Teachers should not try to make content ‘relevant’, says sociologist Frank Furedi

China is Ireland’s sixth most important market for food and drink exports, Higgins says

Students must be equipped with the ability to challenge ideas behind powerful institutions

Bertrand Russell’s vision of a four-hour day resonates today in another era of high unemployment

Activist will have served 9½ weeks of 12-week sentence

Making a case for the ‘moral victory’ in sport

Margaretta D’Arcy arrested in Galway yesterday

A theatre production puts the audience up close to atrocities such as the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust and Bloody Sunday to pose questions about happiness in a ‘horrible world’