Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
The Booker-winning novelist on her difficult relationship with her mother, how the Beatles ‘gave her oxygen’, and how ‘everything that Trump is doing now already happened in India in 2014′
Award-winning but initially controversial building has become Ireland’s busiest public library
In 2022 the West Clare Railway museum and heritage site announced that it was closing indefinitely. Here’s what remains
Open schoolyards at weekends, softer lighting and more places to sit down would help
The question haunting the EU: could France be a huge Greece at the heart of the bloc?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the sea-bean, the goat moth caterpillar and the large red damselfly
Diversity of genders and sexualities is nothing new, as is proven by the extraordinary lives of people whose love led them to defy social conventions hundreds of years ago
Ireland is regarded as the last stronghold of this species, but locals have found hundreds of dead crayfish in the river Maigue
Average asking rents are now twice what they were at the peak of the Celtic Tiger period. At the 2002 census, 27 was the age at which more than half of householders owned their own home. In 2022, it was 36
The President takes us back to an era of scarcity, warmth and unspoken love
Sr Angela Mary Doyle, from Co Clare, went to Australia in 1947 where she worked in healthcare and fought to help men affected by Aids in the 1980s
I feel vulnerable or uncomfortable but I’m not alone. Other people are like me, even if none of them is here
Ethno Ireland’s folk, world and traditional music workshop brought together young musicians from around the world
How to take a stand against spurious and sensational claims about ‘timeless genius’, ‘hidden mysteries’ and ‘lost masterpieces rediscovered’
Playwright Oisín Kearney on his middle name, inspiration and falling in love
The astronomy world was amazed because this phenomenon had been detected but never seen before
As a mosaic is unveiled in her honour, she reflects on her 1973 Supreme Court victory in overturning the ban on contraception
Cofounder of the LGBTQ+ youth organisation Belong To discusses the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric across the world
These 14 nominees show concrete evidence of widespread action on climate and sustainability goals
The idea is simple: local rural roads are identified and marked with a Rothar Roads sign, indicating a default lower speed limit, and traffic calming measures help maintain it
In the Netherlands, safe cycling infrastructure liberates kids from their parents – and parents from their kids
Juan Perón turned Argentina into an economic basket case with the kind of meddling now embraced by the US president
CMAT song has connected with her peers in their 20s and 30s who are processing their childhoods in the recession years and questioning how it affects them now
Williams is not the first sportsperson to promote GLP-1 weight loss medication but she is the most high profile and easily the most significant
It’s good for all of us to have people in the habit of thinking critically and evaluating primary and secondary sources
Plastic litter isn’t just ugly - it kills marine life
Poems, plays, films, visual and performing arts have all been travelling a lot recently, expanding the horizons of Irish culture
A new Irish Times podcast series looks back at the crash with the benefit of 14 years’ hindsight
Prices are rising because the biggest buyer in the market is pushing them up. Who will benefit?
Ireland’s memory of Éamon de Valera is complicated by many factors. Diarmaid Ferriter assesses the competing perspectives
Writer Ann Friedman on her love of Dunfanaghy and why she wants Frances McDormand to play her in a biopic
Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October
After spending 11 years at the BBC, the executive has returned to Montrose at a time of flux for RTÉ.
Eanna Ní Lamhna answers readers’ question about curious wildlife spotted around the country
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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