Chain reaction – A curious coincidence linking Mayo and the discovery of penicillin
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Fintan O’Toole: Ireland's extraordinary culture of mutual trust still exists amid pandemic
The State has issued a vast IOU drawn on the bank of public trust
Garech Browne’s silver, vintage cars and rare art in Fonsie Mealy sale
Lots from estates of British textile designer Bernard Nevill and explorer Erica de Bary
New cultural officer seeks to boost Ireland’s image in Germany
Berlin-based Candice Gordon is the first of seven cultural representatives to be appointed globally
Irish cultural exports helped pave the way for economic growth
More active strategy to harness economic value of Irish culture could reap rewards
The Irish Times view on Irish-German relations
For Ireland, creating time to renew old bonds with Germany was time well spent
Nine decades of rich and largely stable Irish-German relations
Higgins will visit a nation that has come a long way from mere ‘uninformed sympathy’
Fintan O’Toole: In today’s Ireland, happiness is a tough gig
The 2019 Sign of the Times survey shows an Ireland more anxious and divided than it seems
Fintan O'Toole: We must all learn the art of political dentistry
Fascism has no safe dose – it is in ordinary conversations that toxic ideas are checked
Danube Delta Letter: Romania echoes Ireland of 1950s
Romania needs EU investment to develop tourism and its natural resources
The next Elena Ferrante? The best European fiction coming your way
A devastating French debut, a controversial Norwegian saga ... the best new euronovels
What are the strange artworks popping up all over Mayo?
An American architect from the Catholic University of America is building art around the county
Blasket cases – An Irishman’s Diary on the national talent for stoicism in the face of misfortune
Like all Flannoraks, I look forward to An Béal Bocht’s imminent TV debut, via TG4, on Christmas Day
Guests of the nation – An Irishman’s Diary about two German visitors who had contrasting experiences of Ireland: Ludwig Hopf and Heinrich Böll
Today marks the 100th birthday of writer Heinrich Böll
Diarmaid Ferriter: 20 ‘mandatory not compulsory’ things in Ireland
The line about the Public Services Card is part of a grand Irish tradition
Shelf life: writers take us through their collections
Ahead of this year’s Dublin Book Festival, we ask some of the participating authors to tell us the stories behind the books in their personal collections
Two German children, aged 6 and 8, try to run away to Ireland
The boy and girl packed food, a torch, an alarm clock and a book for 1,600km journey
The cillíní of Achill: uninscribed graves that tell of a dark past
René Böll’s photographs and paintings illuminate a half-forgotten world of unconsecrated burials
Nobel literature laureate and enemy of political extremism
Günter Grass: October 16th, 1927 - April 13th, 2015
Troubling memories of Achill on display in Bonn
Painter René Böll, whose father’s travelogue inspired by Achill is well-known in Germany, has unveiled an exploration of the island’s cillíní, the graveyards for unbaptised children
German writer who tackled the burdens of the past
Siegfried Lenz: March 17th, 1926 - October 7th, 2014
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