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‘I just knew I was meant to do it’: Builder restores home destroyed by Ballyfermot arson attack for free

Family move back into home destroyed by fire attack in case of ‘mistaken identity’

By Sarah Burns

David Clifford goes back to school after a masterful summer ends well

Championship top-scorer adjusts to life back in the mainstream

By Seán Moran

Ryder Cup Q&A: Will Shane Lowry make the team and when will they be announced?

Lowry currently holds the sixth slot, but it’s not a done deal, and he could yet be leap-frogged by Rasmus Hojgaard

By Philip Reid

Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’

The director, who made a name for himself with the video for Hozier’s mega-hit Take Me to Church in 2013, on joining forces with the BBC for his feature film debut

By Donald Clarke

The Haves and Have-Yachts. Dispatches on the Ultrarich: How Trump exploited mass-manipulation to stoke culture wars

Evan Osnos shows how social media is at the core of Republicans’ drive to destroy human empathy with maximum misinformation and minimum civil discourse

By Ted Smyth

How to make a profit on buying and selling watches

Trump’s 39% tariff on Switzerland, home to the big luxury manyfacturers, has the potential to disrupt the market’s balance as Covid did

By Siobhán Maguire

New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Caimin Gilmore, Tebi Rex, David Keenan and Rún

August 2025 releases include BlackGate, Fin, Salvable and Rún

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Útóipe Cheilteach: The Mary Wallopers and more on Ireland’s ‘politically offensive’ underground folk scene

Celtic Utopia, Dennis Harvey’s new film, sets out to see ‘how young people are interacting with politics and social history with their music’

By Laoise Murray

Letters to the Editor, August 19th: On killing aid workers, Connolly’s presidency bid and hardy perennials

Calling for an end to the use of aid as a weapon of war

Loneliness: “While technology plays an important role in connecting people it can never replace real human contact”

He captured what many men and women from all sections of society experience on a daily basis

‘We have no choice’: Palestinian women reveal exploitation working in Israeli settlements

Workers describe harsh conditions and sexual harassment but say economic collapse leaves them with few options

By Sally Hayden

Bolivia the latest South American country to lurch right as fed-up voters reject ruling socialists

Economic collapse and left-wing political infighting help Christian Democrat to surprise victory in presidential vote

By Tom Hennigan

‘If you prick us, do we not bleed?’: UK government minister Chris Bryant reflects on new revealing autobiography

The Welsh politician, a former Anglican priest, has been an MP for 24 years, is still a Remainer and may be related to Donald Trump

By Mark Paul

Fine Gael is electrified at prospect of Heather Humphreys running for president

No obvious path to nomination for Seán Kelly

By Ellen Coyne

Larry Bass: ‘We’re building Hollywood in Ireland’

Shinawil founder on his journey from pirate radio to producing Dancing with the Stars

By Colin Gleeson

Fresh challenges to State’s refusal to further backdate bereaved partners’ pensions

Changes to scheme followed Tipperary father’s successful Supreme Court challenge

By Ellen Coyne

Terence Stamp, a kid from London’s East End, appeared in all the right films for all the right directors

Stamp, who has died aged 87, and Julie Christie were the 1960s signature couple: suave, casual, staggeringly good-looking

By Donald Clarke

Family of Eugene O’Reilly and CRH face Ukraine dispute

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

By Ciarán Hancock

Ryanair: ‘We don’t have time to waste with stupid follow-up questions from your readers’

The airline says under-16s now need to be accompanied by an adult when flying. Readers say it’s not that simple

By Conor Pope

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘In this beautiful weather what harm could a chilled glass of wine do?’

Part 26: While maintaining my sobriety may not be a certainty, I can be certain that nothing or no one will ever make me act uncontrollably again

By Anonymous

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