‘Tis yerself!’ Dáithí Ó Sé says through a mouthful of boxty and Tanora. He is the spirit of IrelandPatrick Freyne: That’s how I imagine him, anyhow. He’s almost as compelling as The CircleFri Mar 19 2021 - 05:00
When Fontaines DC met Bohemian FC: ‘Homelessness can be solved’A football club and rock band join forces: ‘Homelessness can’t be something we accept’Sat Mar 13 2021 - 08:00
I’m entitled to my stupid opinion, and I say pigs should wear shoesPatrick Freyne: Eating with the Enemy is a televisual response to our endless opinionisingFri Mar 12 2021 - 05:00
Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is completeAfter Harry and Meghan, the monarchy looks archaic and racist. Well duhMon Mar 8 2021 - 23:00
Michael Fry: ‘I’ve never done live stuff ever. It absolutely terrifies me’The online comedian on stage fright, indie bands and why Navan isn’t a funny townSat Mar 6 2021 - 05:00
Gordon Ramsay already presents 50% of all TV shows. By 2030, he’ll have them allPatrick Freyne: This show's name – Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance – hints at why he’s doing itFri Mar 5 2021 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: The EU dissolved, the continent collapsed into anarchy. Ah, paradiseDisagree with Tribes of Europa’s Crows? This is Project Fear talking. You just hate freedomFri Feb 26 2021 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: Hey finance-face, that’s some damn nice financingDevils delves into the dull swamp of wealth, sharp suits and plush but soulless officesFri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00
Care Day 2021: ‘Leaving care, it’s not like happy days’Some 6,000 children in Ireland live with foster families or in residential homesSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Love in lockdown: ‘It gave us a new appreciation for each other’Divorce applications have risen, lawyers say, but many relationships have never been betterSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
They kiss in bed together, just the two of them and their camera crewPatrick Freyne: I hope your love is as enduring as that on Married at First Sight AustraliaFri Feb 12 2021 - 05:00
Mourners gather under grey sky to show love and respect at funeral of boy (16)Priest spoke of ‘dark cloud’ over community when news of boy’s death reached themSat Feb 6 2021 - 15:00
Seeing a bunch of effete English people in a stately home in Ireland is quite triggeringPatrick Freyne: If this makes me a ‘snowflake’, I might fit right into Fate: The Winx SagaFri Feb 5 2021 - 05:00
‘It’s just not feasible’ for artists to live in DublinDublin city centre: If we want a vibrant creative life in our capital, we need to change how we support artistsSat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00
The making of Home School Hub: ‘Probably one of the best things I’ve ever done’Makers and múinteoirí of RTÉ’s homeschool programme on teaching through the pandemicSat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00
Ireland’s Fittest Family: Hanging from a log suspended over a filthy trench. Perfect metaphor for 2021Patrick Freyne: Are we not all, in a very real way, clinging on for dear life during lockdown?Fri Jan 29 2021 - 05:00
Blindboy Boatclub: ‘I had the choice of being a psychotherapist or a mad bastard’Mask-wearing podcaster and author is first guest at the Irish Times Winter Nights FestivalMon Jan 25 2021 - 21:30
Ireland’s mental health pandemic: From crisis to emergencyA ‘tsunami of mental health need’ will follow Covid-19. The already inadequate system will struggle to copeSat Jan 23 2021 - 06:00
In Bling Empire people hang out of cars with their shirts off. Big deal. I did that in NewbridgePatrick Freyne: Netflix’s hit takes two random words and reverse-engineers a show from the resultFri Jan 22 2021 - 05:00
Pulling with My Parents: It’s sweet to see people discussing Tinder filth with their folksPatrick Freyne: The RTÉ dating show will have Sigmund Freud weeping in hellFri Jan 15 2021 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne’s TV of 2021: More Sally Rooney ridey stuff and a return to Middle EarthSmall-screen highlights in case telly remains as important as it was last yearFri Jan 8 2021 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne’s favourite art: Things that should be trash but are actually brilliantZ Nation, The Monkees, Buffy and 2000AD are fine examples of brilliance by stealthTue Jan 5 2021 - 05:00
Phil Lynott: ‘I didn’t know how shy he was, how awkward, and scared of rejection’In Songs for While I’m Away, Emer Reynolds shows the Thin Lizzy star in a new lightSat Dec 26 2020 - 05:00
Covid heroes: ‘We don’t need to change the world, just to change someone’s world for 10 minutes’Meet the people who have made a big difference to others in this strange, tough coronavirus yearSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne’s TV moments of 2020: I've replaced my college memories with Normal PeopleIn a year when TV had a lot of heavy lifting to do, let's celebrate some small screen highlightsFri Dec 18 2020 - 12:22
Weirdest term ever: How students have coped, from primary to third levelPupils and students around Ireland, and their teachers, on learning in Covid-19’s shadowSat Dec 12 2020 - 06:00
School during Covid-19: ‘Keeping all the windows open, you’re freezing’Gorey Community School students and staff on managing exams, masks and ‘Covid police’Sat Dec 12 2020 - 06:00
Moore Street 46 years on: Within two weeks I knew everyone’s name in those photographsMichael Foley uploaded beautiful old photos of Moore Street fruit and veg traders and their customers to Facebook in 2019Sat Dec 12 2020 - 00:00
Did you know Last Christmas used to be called Stephen’s Day Is a Bit Sh*t?Wham, Shaky v Noddy, Chris Rea v traffic: Patrick Freyne analyses some Christmas classicsFri Dec 11 2020 - 05:00
The Age of Static: Can we really understand a country by its TV?Book review: Phil Harrison’s zippy analysis needs to make a more robust argument about BritainThu Dec 10 2020 - 06:00
Dolly Parton created the Covid vaccine and Jolene, for God’s sake. What can’t she do?Patrick Freyne: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square just has to be authentic. SurelyFri Dec 4 2020 - 05:00
Covid’s silver lining: How Ireland has fallen headlong in love with its petsDogs Trust and DSPCA report a huge jump in rehoming inquiries during the pandemicSun Nov 29 2020 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: Apparently it’s normal for royals to go riding all over the placeVanessa Hudgens reswaps relationships in The Princess Switch: Switched AgainFri Nov 27 2020 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne on Christmas ads: ‘No one belongs on the naughty list.’ This should be big newsTesco abolishes the rule of law, and the grotesque yuletide freak Kevin the Carrot is backTue Nov 24 2020 - 06:00
Before you buy an e-scooter for Christmas, read thisSales have soared as we seek alternatives to public transport. Pity they’re illegalSat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: Ant and Dec will always be with us, like poverty and Fianna FáilOnce we wanted our celebs glamorous. Now we want them crying on I’m a CelebrityFri Nov 20 2020 - 05:00
John Lewis Christmas ad: I’m not crying but...Patrick Freyne: There’s nude pigeons, flying snow people, heart-shaped haircuts – and a broken time-space continuumFri Nov 13 2020 - 13:00
Patrick Freyne: Nigella Lawson is not a chef, she's a food playwrightHere's the thing, herbs and spices are costumes. Rice and pasta are ‘extras’. Bowls and plates are sets. Chicken is the lead characterFri Nov 13 2020 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: Wild Mountain Thyme and my all-time favourite Oirish filmsHere’s seven of the best Oirish films including a soulful hunky IRA man, and a corned beef and cabbage plotThu Nov 12 2020 - 13:40
Ray D’Arcy: ‘My dad was in the Army, had nine kids and drank a lot’The broadcaster says his working-class roots make him crave security and fear failureSat Nov 7 2020 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: Pooing in a bucket? That’s the whole point of the showA more apt title for new reality show Don’t Rock the Boat would be Celebrity S**t in a BucketFri Nov 6 2020 - 09:43
Million Pound Cube: The answer to fast cash before Britain collapses into a barter systemPatrick Freyne: it’s amazing how mundane tasks can be enlivened by a time limit and dramatic musicFri Oct 30 2020 - 07:35
Dermot Bannon: ‘I used to win Lego competitions ... but I lied about my age’The TV presenter on his first steps in architecture and new series of Incredible HomesSun Oct 25 2020 - 05:00
Emily in Paris: If it was Dublin, she’d be shifting Colm Meaney in the Leprechaun MuseumPatrick Freyne: Frenchies are depicted as smelly, sex-obsessed, work-shy and nudeFri Oct 23 2020 - 05:30
Patrick Freyne: Twink connects with the birds, not just the incontinent cockatiel on her shoulderAdele King, with an actual cockatiel on her shoulder and a terrier called Teddy Bear, lodges with Lucy KennedyFri Oct 16 2020 - 07:30
Roddy Doyle: ‘My unpublished first novel was sh*te’He knew this because, when he started writing The Commitments, he knew it was goodSat Oct 10 2020 - 06:05
The BBC still rues the day Jeremy Clarkson hit an IrishmanPatrick Freyne: Freddie Flintoff and the Top Gear presenters still feel like they’re on an awkward team building weekendFri Oct 9 2020 - 09:30
‘We are really talking about assisted suicide’: Four views on a sensitive subjectThe public view on this controversial issue seems to be changing. But should the law?Sat Oct 3 2020 - 05:30
Great British Bake Off: wacky Matt Lucas joins wacky Noel Fielding. It’s terrifyingPatrick Freyne: Paul Hollywood has emerged from slumber and is hungry for power – and cakesFri Oct 2 2020 - 05:00
Michael Harding: ‘Do I know anything? Very f**king little’The author on the poetry of religion and the heart attack that gave him a liftSat Sep 26 2020 - 06:00