Oasis at Croke Park: ‘Hello, hello, it’s good to be back,’ Liam Gallagher sings to 82,000 jubilant, air-punching fans
Liam and Noel Gallagher lead a joyous, rousing evening of anthems and belters on the first of two nights in Dublin
Delusions of Paradise: Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter by Maiwand Banayee - New insights on every page
Evidence that, with a little support, even the most radicalised can turn towards peace
By Jessica Traynor
How to Save the Amazon - A Journalist’s Deadly Quest for Answers: fascinating insight into mechanics of Brazilian corruption
Book has been completed and brought to publication by collaborators, all of whom knew the murdered journalist to some degree
By Oliver Farry
The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter: an achingly beautiful story of human love
Novel explores male relationships and questions how much we inherit from our parents
By Emily Goulding
Books on Zbigniew Brzezinski, unique medieval Irish chronicles and the ties between Ireland and Iceland
Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Cold War Prophet by Edward Luce; and The Irish Annals: Their genesis, evolution and history by DP McCarthy; Ireland in Iceland, Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land by Manchán Magan
Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy – A hopeful, practical blueprint for democratic socialism
For anyone interested in building a fairer, freer future, Pelle Dragsted’s proposals are essential reading
By Vic Duggan
Nauseating charade as Putin comes out of international purgatory on Trump’s red carpet
For one of the first times since he took office, Trump, looked worn to the point of exhaustion
By Keith Duggan
Donald Trump’s era of Dick Turpin economics creates risks for our economy
If you thought the US trade deal with the EU brought certainty for Ireland, then think again
By Cliff Taylor
Rugby World Cup preview: Irish women’s rugby has battled ferociously to reach the top level
Ireland travel to the Women's Rugby World Cup with legitimate semi-final aspirations
By Nathan Johns
GAA referees signal approval for Football Review Committee rule changes
‘I didn’t think it was going to work as well ... But when there is jeopardy and there is intensity, players still were disciplined.’
By Seán Moran
‘He put a gun to my head’: An Irish GP on his traumatic years treating Qatar’s elite
Tipperary GP Paddy Davern worked with a medical team treating the country’s royals and other VIPs, and wants to tell people ‘what is going on’
The more US tax money we get, the more dysfunctional the Irish economy becomes
Apart from the Apple tax money, Ireland collected a total of €28.1bn in corporation tax receipts last year
‘We can’t have nice things in Ireland because no one follows the rules’: Emigrants on returning home
More than 30,000 Irish citizens returned to Ireland in the year to April 2024. Four recent returnees share their experiences of coming home
By Jen Hogan
Catherine Connolly says we ‘cannot trust’ the US, England and France
EU has ‘lost its moral compass’ and is becoming ‘increasingly militarised’, presidential candidate says
By Cormac McQuinn and Harry McGee
‘I think you should have a conversation with Honor about her drinking,’ Sorcha goes
We’re picking her up from the airport after her Leaving Cert holiday and – yeah, no – she’s mashed all right
Presidential election: What Catherine Connolly says on Ukraine, the EU and Syria
Independent TD Catherine Connolly is questioned on her views of global affairs
Materialists director Celine Song: ‘How are we supposed to find love when dating is reduced to a numbers game?’
Materialists, Celine Song’s new romcom, is inspired by the film-maker’s time working for an elite New York matchmaking agency
By Tara Brady
Kevin Barry: The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney feels like a living thing
Cork in the 2010s is presented to us in an era of strange new criminal and digital frontiers
Jane O’Leary: ‘I never say I’m a composer. I make music and I listen to it. I’m part of a community. That’s what matters to me’
Jane O’Leary, recipient of the National Concert Hall’s lifetime-achievement award, on her half-century of musical innovation
Operation Sandworm by Andy Greenberg: Terrifying narrative of a pervasive digital threat
The senior WIRED writer details a scenario where a hacking superpower wages global cyber warfare without restraint
By Conor Brady
Fiddler on the Roof in Dublin: ‘That it is always relevant and feels extra potent right now is beyond tragic’
Fiddler on the Roof is coming to Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, in a new production by Jordan Fein
By Sara Keating
I was done with Oasis until the Irish-made video for one of their songs revived them for me
Brown Bag’s animated video for The Masterplan is the kind of masterpiece that can change how you listen to a band
Trump’s tariffs evolve from confused to chaotic
United States trade policy is a cautionary tale, but not yet a catalyst for global disaster
By Alan Beattie
Letters to the Editor, August 16th: In defence of the Angelus, SUVs, and worshipping Oasis
A godless communism was sensed to be rampant and almost unstoppable
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