Businesses we said goodbye to for good in 2021
Chapters and Rowan Tree cafe will be missed, while the Cobblestone won a reprieve
Oldest family-owned music shop in Ireland closes after 150 years
Closing down sale sees queues with musicians playing music : ‘It was like a session’
400 – yes, 400! – Irish retailers for all your online Christmas shopping
From beauty and books to toys and tech, there’s a huge selection of homegrown companies
Click for home: The best Irish websites for online shoppers
Pricewatch asked for your favourite sites for shopping local – the response was massive
Carry on trading: The businesses working hard to keep us fed, and workers paid
Meet the business owners who have had to change overnight to keep going during the Covid-19 crisis
Failures of accountability demolished Catholic Church in Ireland
Avoidance of scrutiny corrupted bishops and caused widespread incompetence in management
35 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland
In the age of ebooks, these booksellers are proving print is still preferred
When the guns fell silent: cartoons and Armistice Day
Galway Cartoon Festival explores work inspired by the first World War armistice
Dining 1990s-style: €1,000 wines, copious courses and butlers by the dozen
A book published in 1996 gave insights as to how the great and good of Ireland entertained
‘Irlande 66/69’: photographs of Ireland taken in the 1960s
This new book by photographers Nutan and Yellow documents life almost 50 years ago
Giving voice to the short story in ‘a sad, twisted melancholy sort of night’
Anne Enright champions short-story writers at Galway International Arts Festival
Best Shops: Family-run businesses are among the favourites
It’s week three in the Best Shops in Ireland competition and nominations are flooding in from readers all over the country.
Bookseller, writer and musician receive honorary degrees at NUI Galway
Former Magdalen novitiate proof that “the lone individual can make a difference”
Culture Night 2014: Our pick of the best
With hundreds of events taking place across Ireland, it can be difficult to decide what to go to. This handy guide should help you narrow your search
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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