The Irish Times

Volunteering: Why and how you should get involved

With everything from renovation to quick phone calls, there’s a role to suit everyone, plus 20 ways to give back in 2019

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 06:00

I have lost the high of sharing. The biggest gains have been time and privacy

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 06:00

Alex Kapranos talks about a new album, scoffing fish n’ chips in Galway, and why he wrote a song about the NHS

Wed Feb 07 2018 - 07:00

Not since Lincoln has there been a president so fundamentally shaped by reading and writing as Barack Obama

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 14:20

Trump is a New York wheeler-dealer, not a redneck from the backwoods. He is no Reagan ideologue

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 16:28

High class shortlist of six shows strength of work published in English translation

Thu Apr 14 2016 - 00:29

‘Jenny Erpenbeck should become the prize’s first German winner with ‘The End of Days’’

Tue Apr 12 2016 - 00:01

How twee are you? If you’re a fan of Lena Dunham, Portlandia, Wes Anderson films and cats, maybe more than you think

Fri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00

‘As long as people have eyes there will always be a publishing industry. Don’t believe all the scaremongering that modern technology is taking over’

Fri May 23 2014 - 01:00