The Irish Times

Promises, promises: What is 2020 not delivering?

Flying cars, accident-free cars, and electric everything. Just some of the 2020 motoring promises that aren’t going to be fulfilled

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 07:15

Erik Nelson on his documentary about the bombing of Germany, and the resonances today

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 06:00

From Dolores O’Riordan and Myrtle Allen to Stephen Hawking and Aretha Franklin

Wed Dec 26 2018 - 06:00

Bertie? A Healy Rae? ‘That eejit Bono’? A better bet is a basket of cuddly kittens

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00

Star Trek once offered a utopian ideal. Has demagoguery breached even the final frontier?

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 11:00

Advertisements replace my recurring anxieties about death with impulses to buy stuff. Here are some of my favourites from the recent past

Wed Aug 24 2016 - 15:30