The Irish Times

Red flag – An Irishman’s Diary on the Irish soviets

Red revolutionaries

Mon May 04 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on the Dublin Metropolitan Police

Police force of the city for almost 90 years

Tue Apr 28 2015 - 01:01

Nappy days – An Irishman’s Diary on 50 years of the disposable nappy

‘Neat in appearance, comfortable in use’

Mon Apr 27 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on when sitting down meant paying up

Chair-hire in St Stephen’s Green

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary about ‘Altman the Saltman’

Was this the real-life Leopold Bloom (or one of them)?

Fri Apr 24 2015 - 01:01

Diplomatic posting – An Irishman’s Diary about Anthony Trollope, the British ambassador, and the GPO

Historic venue

Thu Apr 23 2015 - 01:01

What’s new, fussy cat? An Irishman’s Diary on Jerry, the choosy feline

You can lead a cat to water, but you can’t make it drink

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on John Sandes and the Anzacs at Gallipoli

The ‘Anzac spirit’

Tue Apr 21 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on the musical tastes of Arthur Griffith

Shared love of music brought Griffith and wife together

Mon Apr 20 2015 - 01:01

Skate of the art – An Irishman’s Diary about futuristic transport

Automatic skateboard is the wheel deal

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 09:57

A warrior for peace – An Irishman’s Diary about Frank Sheehy-Skeffington

Pacifist, feminist and all-round radical

Fri Apr 17 2015 - 01:01

Sticky wicket – An Irishman’s Diary on Arnold Bax, 1916 and the ‘googly’

English composer was friend of Padraig Pearse

Thu Apr 16 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on a rebel on roller-skates, Joseph Mary Plunkett

Favourite pastime of 1916 leader

Wed Apr 15 2015 - 11:17

An Irishman’s Diary on politicians and the press

Allegations of bias or favouritism have a long history

Tue Apr 14 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on dark deeds on the penal colony of Norfolk Island

Irish got it worse than others on notorious island

Mon Apr 13 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on football legend Danny Blanchflower

Inspirational figure for Spurs and Northern Ireland

Sat Apr 11 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on the wonders of Tollymore forest

Gothic curios and astonishing views

Fri Apr 10 2015 - 01:01

An Irishwoman’s Diary on the King of Kilkerrin Castle

A battery fort in Clare

Thu Apr 09 2015 - 01:01

An Irishwoman’s Diary on taking the bus

All aboard for a quirky jaunt

Wed Apr 08 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on Sir Edwin Lutyens and Ireland

A giant of architecture’s links to Ireland

Tue Apr 07 2015 - 01:01

An Irishwoman’s Diary on Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst

On the trail of ‘Rosebud’

Mon Mar 30 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary about war poet Julian Grenfell

‘I adore war. It’s like a big picnic without the objectlessness of a picnic.’

Sat Mar 28 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on a shipload of Irish convicts in Australia

The final voyage of the ‘Hive’

Fri Mar 27 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary about what happens when Dublin’s rental bikes and the city’s cobbled streets collide

Rough ride

Thu Mar 26 2015 - 01:01

The Full Scottish – An Irishman’s Diary about tourist Edinburgh

The wonders of Dùn Èideann

Wed Mar 25 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on Paul O’Connell and rugby in Rwanda

Hero of the Silverbacks

Tue Mar 24 2015 - 01:01

An Irishwoman’s Diary on ‘Le Un’, a print newspaper with a difference

True to type

Mon Mar 23 2015 - 13:18

An Irishman’s Diary about bad language and bad news

Upset menu

Sun Mar 22 2015 - 09:15

An Irishman’s Diary on the Gallipoli truce

A brief truce in a time of unrelenting slaughter

Fri Mar 20 2015 - 14:20

Changed utterly – An Irishman’s Diary about revisionism and 1916

Edward Kelly’s change of mind

Thu Mar 19 2015 - 09:15

An Irishwoman’s Diary on America by rail

All aboard the Southwest Chief

Wed Mar 18 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on daylight saving time

The history of a bright idea

Tue Mar 17 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary on Dublin’s vanishing postal districts

End of an era as postcodes set to arrive

Mon Mar 16 2015 - 01:01

An Irishman’s Diary about the 10th anniversary of a Dublin shooting

Feuds, far between

Fri Mar 13 2015 - 01:01