The Irish Times

‘Utterly engaged’ Macron talks up support for Ireland on Dublin ramble

Joyce, Brexit, Kabul and Sophie Toscan du Plantier among wide variety of topics

Thu Aug 26 2021 - 22:20

Tête à tête with Michael D Higgins on the menu for Macron’s whirlwind visit

French president will also discuss Afghanistan, NI protocol and corporate tax with Taoiseach

Wed Aug 25 2021 - 01:00

Claire Byrne isn’t easily silenced. But this left her lost for words

Radio: The RTÉ host heard from Erin and James McClean about their anti-Irish abuse

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00

‘We have learned from Covid how much we miss touch’

Unthinkable: Philosopher Richard Kearney argues that sight began displacing other senses even before the pandemic

Thu Jan 28 2021 - 05:30

Michael D Higgins: It is time to reflect on the painful events of 100 years ago in Ireland

Amnesia will not help us through the coming centenaries, writes President Higgins

Sat Dec 12 2020 - 06:00

Is there an answer to ‘the ultimate meaning’ of life?

Unthinkable: Philosopher Patrick Masterson believes there is a ‘rational order’ to the universe whether or not God exists

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 05:00

‘Resistance’: Baddasses of the Irish War of Independence

Review: The sequel to RTÉ’s ambitious ‘Rebellion’ take liberties – but it’s a drama, not a history lesson

Sun Jan 06 2019 - 22:35

Man of compassion or savage capitalist? The difficulty of defining Macron

Paris Letter: The French are struggling to make sense of their president

Wed Sept 13 2017 - 01:00

Some Americans went ‘against their interests’ by voting Trump

Philosopher Richard Kearney of Boston College says people wanted charisma

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 15:09

In praise of Ivor Browne: groundbreaker, lifesaver

The Irish psychiatrist at the heart of a new documentary has transformed our view of mental illness

Sat Jan 07 2017 - 06:00

Rebel yell: how the Irish dominated British rock music

From The Beatles to The Pogues, Oasis and The Smiths, musicians of Irish descent played a key role in UK scene, writes Johnny Rogan

Fri Nov 25 2016 - 10:00

Can we commemorate 1916 and the Somme together?

With President Hollande set to visit Glasnevin to mark the Irish role in the World Wars, we can acknowledge duality and remember those on opposite sides 100 years ago

Sat Jul 16 2016 - 05:00

Ten things we learned at the Theatre of Change Symposium

Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey

Sat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00

Abbey’s Theatre of Change opens with the body politic

The three-day conference launches the theatre’s Waking the Nation programme

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 18:53

Voices on Joyce: A showcase of Irish takes on James Joyce

The variety in this richly satisfying book is evident when we note how the insights of philosophy, musicology, and literary history and criticism are germane to Joyce studies

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 00:56

Culture Shock: Anything’s better than doing nothing about Gaza

In times of conflict, culture also becomes a battleground

Sat Aug 09 2014 - 01:00

Is the Irish media devoid of intellectual depth?

‘We need to see that there are different ways of looking at the world to that served to us by the mass media, which is necessarily pretty banal,’ argues Desmond Fennell

Fri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00