GAA congress signals greater involvement of women in organisation
Biggest challenge is ‘getting us back on the field’, says new president Larry McCarthy
Fintan O’Toole: Why 2021 can be Ireland’s great year of cultural recovery
The pandemic usurped the artist in 2020. But live performance has long proved resilient
Sporting Controversies: Early whistle sounds before chaos descends on Croke Park
Keith Duggan looks back on the 1998 All-Ireland hurling semi-final replay between Offaly and Clare
Why does the heart want what it wants? Desire at Imma
A new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art strips back to a primal force
No dividing wall – Frank McNally on the US neighbouring towns of Derry and Londonderry
An Irishman’s Diary:
Home to lizards and lichens: the distinctive ecosystem of dry stone walls
As the climate changes the 400,000km of stone walls in the Irish countryside need care
Secret Teacher: ‘I’m privy to parents’ frank remarks on their children’s career choices’
Parents need to allow enough freedom for independence but enough control to prevent disaster
Mary Oliver, prize-winning poet, dies at 83
Her work, with its plain language, drew a wide following but divided critics
My advice to young emigrants? Go boldly, don’t look back
Niall O’Dowd almost returned to Ireland in 1985. Staying was the best decision of his life
Paul Simon: Farewell and thank you to a near mythic troubadour
Paul Simon’s last Irish concert the RDS Dublin will be an intense, emotional evening
My Leaving: Sweating over which poet will turn up
I loved ‘King Lear’, and I can only hope I’ve given the examiners what they’re looking for
The Wall review: Bro bantz and brutish action
Soldiers take on faceless foes in a deadly battle of wits in this taut war thriller
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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