The Irish Times

Jim Kerr: ‘I’d been a rock star. I thought, What happened my life?

The singer talks about Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 06:00

Patrick Freyne: American teen dramas are intrinsically weird to the Irish mind

Netflix series One of Us Is Lying has a big twist coming. And the twist is: I don’t care

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 05:00

Austrian investor pays €15m for famed Dundalk hotel

Thomas Röggla adds Ballymascanlon House Hotel to portfolio of four and five star venues

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 15:44

Talbot Hotels acquires Clonmel Park Hotel for about € 7.5m

Deal for four-star Tipperary hotel is latest divestment by Tetrarch Capital

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 15:03

Temple Bar’s Bad Ass café guiding at €1.3m

Sale of Dublin landmark offers opportunity to acquire fully-licensed restaurant

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 06:00

Irish racing has itself to blame for negative stereotypes

Reform was urgently required but Irish racing more plodder than sprinter

Mon Dec 06 2021 - 06:00

Women’s council critical of garda’s three-month sentence

Women’s group says term shows domestic violence not taken seriously by courts

Wed Oct 20 2021 - 01:00

‘I used to drink a lot’: Succession’s Alan Ruck on Ferris Bueller, booze and bouncing back

After a long slump, the actor’s career came roaring back with his role in the prestige series

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 06:00

Budget hotel on Gardiner Street with scope for expansion for €9m

Sale includes 10 adjacent apartments with planning in place for potential expansion

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 05:57

Press Up buys Larry Murphy’s pub for about €1.7 million

Final sale price for landmark Dublin hostelry not disclosed

Tue Sept 28 2021 - 11:55

St John Ambulance urged to publicise child-abuse review

Minister writes to paramedic organisation over lack of publicity for historical inquiry

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 16:03

Ahead of his time – Brian Maye on novelist Gerald O’Donovan

An Irishman’s Diary

Sun Jun 13 2021 - 19:01

Former St John Ambulance volunteer was convicted of grooming child

Larry Shannon (58) had been caught in online sting by ‘paedophile hunters’ in 2017

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 01:00

Child abuse concerns in St John Ambulance were ‘open secret’

Former volunteers critical of the paramedic organisation’s response to abuse revelations

Mon May 17 2021 - 04:00

Patrick Freyne: Give the Galactic Empire a break. They’re just trying to get things done

I’d like to see a David Simon-helmed show dealing with galactic housing policy

Fri May 07 2021 - 05:00

Man charged with murder of pensioner off Cork Street in Dublin

Man originally from Hong Kong was found dead by support worker in his apartment

Thu May 06 2021 - 19:13

Ashford Castle operator secures green light for five-star Dublin hotel

Ex-university student residence near St Stephen’s Green to be converted into 60-bed hotel

Sat Mar 20 2021 - 05:23

St John Ambulance commissions review into historical abuse

Geoffrey Shannon to report on organisation’s handling of child sex abuse allegations

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 18:31

Struggling Ross County add to Celtic’s woes

Jordan White the hero as hosts inflict a second defeat on Celtic this season

Sun Feb 21 2021 - 22:25

Horse Racing Ireland announces plans to tighten up anti-doping measures

Plans for improved out-of-competition testing and lifetime traceability bring promise of fundamental change

Sat Feb 13 2021 - 01:03

Jim Bolger’s incendiary statements should shake racing to its foundations

One of the greatest trainers ever believes drug cheats are getting away with it

Mon Dec 14 2020 - 06:00

Get a musical fix with 20 Shots of Opera

Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video

Sat Dec 12 2020 - 05:00

St John Ambulance to meet Minister over abuse controversy

Consideration for scoping inquiry into historical abuse to follow review of State records

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 15:57

Man accused of explosion at CAB property seized from gang boss

House belonged to Liam Byrne who is believed to be organised crime member at ‘highest level in the State’

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 21:19

Bill & Ted in middle age: ‘We felt if we did it with heart, it would work’

Alex Winter on friendship with Keanu Reeves, the risky new film and the fun side of fame

Sat Sept 26 2020 - 05:00

Keanu Reeves: ‘When we would go to dinner together, people were, like, Whoa! Dudes!’

Reeves and Alex Winter on their excellent adventure through 30 years of Bill and Ted

Thu Aug 20 2020 - 06:00

Calls for ‘complete review’ of St John Ambulance safeguarding standards

Former senior figure in paramedic organisation found to have abused children

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 21:20

St John Ambulance child sex abuse: ‘I remember not being believed’

Tusla investigation finds former senior figure in voluntary body abused children

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 07:25

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in July

Including The Old Guard, The Umbrella Academy, Unsolved Mysteries and Say I Do

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 06:00

Emma Mackey: ‘No, not all French people want to have sex all the time’

The Sex Education actor talks about her Irish roots and her Anglo-French upbringing

Sat Jun 27 2020 - 05:00

Man remanded in custody charged with Daithí Douglas murder

Lee Canavan (31) accused over fatal shooting at shoe shop in Dublin inner city in 2016

Wed May 20 2020 - 13:10

Entertainer denies sexually assaulting young man in Dublin

Judge to rule later on application that media should be allowed to identify accused man

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 17:15

Remembering George Salmon, mathematician, theologian and provost of TCD

The outstanding mathematician switched his focus to higher matters and devoted his last 40 years to theology

Thu Sept 19 2019 - 00:01

Elizabeth McGovern: A lifetime of living and acting with alpha males

The Downton Abbey actor co-starred with Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke Brad Pitt and Sean Penn

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00