Report into Michael Colgan behaviour not to be publishedPublication would breach confidentiality of participants, says Gate Theatre boardSat Feb 24 2018 - 06:00
Chow down: Pets are now legally allowed in restaurants, but are they welcome?After the rules change on pets in restaurants and pubs, some tips to keep them under control, and not to distract working dogsFri Feb 23 2018 - 06:00
Meet the bright young things of Irish writingYoung Irish fiction writers have made strides in recent years, and 2018 promises some fine debuts. Here six authors introduce their booksThu Feb 15 2018 - 06:00
Baby it’s cold inside: 12 ways to deal with draughtsAttic doors and fireplaces are your enemies, rugs and chimney balloons your friendsSat Feb 10 2018 - 06:00
Grace Dyas: The dirty secrets of a Dublin Magdalene laundryHer new play deals with a search at a Magdalene laundry, but is also a metaphor for things we hope will never surfaceSat Feb 10 2018 - 06:00
An Aga for Millennials, Ikea's sofa for small spaces and the colour purple: what's new in designTom Dixon's sofa for Ikea comes with a handy shelf for a cuppa while Aga has introduced a new shade, called Blush, to chime with a younger audienceSat Feb 10 2018 - 06:00
As husbands they remain platonic friends. They were stunned by the reactionLove comes in many guises. It can start at birth, or can be for people we’ve never met. As Valentine's Day approaches we look at love in all its formsSat Feb 10 2018 - 04:00
Michael Colgan has ‘case to answer’ over behaviour at GateReview heard reports from 56 people about behaviour of former artistic director; board resignations to be fast-trackedFri Feb 09 2018 - 21:22
The story of a penniless, homeless immigrant who won a Michelin starSelf-taught Lebanese chef Alan Geaam triumphs in foodie bible – and in his own rags-to-riches narrative in ParisFri Feb 09 2018 - 12:40
Donald Trump’s Marilyn Monroe moment? Hair-raising video goes viralFollowing analysis, it’s generally agreed Trump’s hairdo is overlong strands in a sort of tonsureThu Feb 08 2018 - 11:18
John Mahoney, star of ‘Frasier’, dies aged 77The actor best known as Frasier’s dad Marty in hit TV show performed regularly at the Galway Arts FestivalTue Feb 06 2018 - 00:27
Tinder for tradespeople, Pippa’s planners; Monart’s new lookHomefront: What’s new in interiorsSat Feb 03 2018 - 06:00
Michelin allows French chef to hand back his three starsSebastien Bras is free of Michelin pressure as his restaurant, Le Suquet is left out of 2018 guideWed Jan 31 2018 - 12:14
Irish man brought to US as child to be deported from BostonDylan O’Riordan targeted by US immigration and jailed for outstaying his visaTue Jan 23 2018 - 17:54
Council mortgage scheme: What the €320k limit will buy youEligible homes in Dublin, Cork, Galway, and around the countryMon Jan 22 2018 - 16:30
The new brutalist backdrops and other views for a roomHome Front: Contemporary furniture for kids’ bedrooms and inspiring exhibitionsSat Jan 20 2018 - 00:00
Gate asks for ‘forbearance’ during inquiry into possible abuseTheatre responds to 72 women concerned about inquiryThu Jan 18 2018 - 06:00
Over 70 theatre women call for Gate inquiry to be replacedInvestigation of conduct of former director Michael Colgan ‘needs trust’ of alleged victimsWed Jan 17 2018 - 06:00
Sneak preview: independent publishers’ top reads for 2018Irish and British small presses select two of their books they’re most excited about this yearTue Jan 16 2018 - 15:00
Irish National Opera launches with a Big Bang!A day of celebration and an opera marathon mark birth of a new approach to operaTue Jan 09 2018 - 21:48
Vegan everything and parsnip petit fours: what we’ll be eating in 2018Those in the know explore what they think will be on our plates this year, at home and eating outMon Jan 01 2018 - 06:00
Should you get up early or sleep in during winter holidays?We need midwinter sleep, but we also need exercise and a little daylightWed Dec 27 2017 - 10:00
The cheapest house in Ireland. It just needs a roof‘Derelict’ may be an understatement for a €15,000 Westmeath cottage. But there are othersTue Dec 26 2017 - 06:00
‘I’ve lost the freedom to be there with my child for Christmas’Listen to the voices of women in Dochas Women’s Prison in MountjoySat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
The mothers spending Christmas in prisonThe ‘Storybook Mams’ project videos mothers reading stories to their childrenSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Clouds hamper Newgrange sunrise but crowds still humbled by solsticeDrummers, children, wolfhounds gather in Boyne Valley to tread ancestors’ footstepsThu Dec 21 2017 - 09:34
The people who get you (and your sons and daughters, sisters and brothers) home for ChristmasStaff at ferries, airlines and buses work tirelessly to bring families togetherMon Dec 18 2017 - 10:10
Going out this weekend? Here’s the best of what to seeSean Millar, Irish Opera Artists and The Grimm Tale of Cinderella come to DublinFri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00
Ireland gets its first ‘Dyson hotel’From lighting, to vacuums, hand dryers and more, the Blue Haven in Kinsale becomes third in world to have total Dyson fit-outFri Dec 08 2017 - 06:00
Sally Rooney wins Young Writer of the Year awardIrish writer becomes joint youngest winner of the Sunday Times prize with ‘Conversations With Friends’Thu Dec 07 2017 - 19:45
Amy Conroy awarded the Phelim Donlon playwright’s bursary and residencyPlaywright will use support to develop new play about ‘gaslighting’ and memoryThu Dec 07 2017 - 13:00
Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menuAn animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs BrownWed Dec 06 2017 - 14:49
World Aids Day: ‘How I have lived with HIV for 26 years’When she asked about Aids, ‘the doctor replied, “it’s like this – you’re dying”.Fri Dec 01 2017 - 03:00
New app offers instant restaurant and bar booking on your phoneThirty Dublin venues available to book on app, with Cork, Limerick and Galway due in 2018Wed Nov 29 2017 - 16:00
Poets gather for graveside reading of Kavanagh's workNine of poet’s best-loved works recited to mark his 50th death anniversaryWed Nov 29 2017 - 11:00
Willie Meighan, owner of Rollercoaster Records in Kilkenny, has died‘Boss, there is a light and it will never ever ever go out,’ Facebook tribute readsTue Nov 28 2017 - 15:11
Advent calendars: from €10 at Penneys to €11,000 for 24 whiskiesAdvent calendars have come long way from the cardboard versions of 19th-century GermanyTue Nov 28 2017 - 10:17
First look: Inside Fallon & Byrne’s new food hall in RathminesAfter a year-long renovation, the popular city centre food emporium opens a new, bigger premises in Dublin 6Sat Nov 25 2017 - 14:08
Man launching home-made rocket to prove the earth is flat‘There’s no difference between science and science fiction’ says limo driver Mike HughesWed Nov 22 2017 - 14:00
Urine for a treat. It’s World Toilet Day todayToilet Day is in fact a proper ‘day’, recognised by the UN. And cut the crap, it’s dead seriousSun Nov 19 2017 - 07:00
Your guide to going out and staying in this weekend‘Let the Right One In’ comes to the Abbey, Edel Meade’s gig and what to watch on TVFri Nov 17 2017 - 01:00
Amazon announces Lord of the Rings TV prequelThe Lord of the Rings goes on a new epic journey in the Middle Earth of TV, as Amazon acquires global rights and plans a muiltiseason seriesTue Nov 14 2017 - 14:20
Sardines packed into a syringe: The Dart at peak timeI’m relieved the rail strike is suspended. Until I get to the station and face the rush-hour DartTue Nov 14 2017 - 12:00
Why do we tolerate idiocy in our politicians?Opinion: Please, John Halligan, stop digging. The rest of you: cop-on, and think before you speakThu Nov 09 2017 - 13:40
Has Coronation Street gone too far with grisly double-murder?Michael Parkinson says murderous Coronation Street makes him recoil. But soaps have always straddled a thin line between sensation and audience comfortThu Nov 09 2017 - 11:00
An unexpectedly funny and uplifting play about your own deathReview: This is the Funeral of your LifeWed Nov 08 2017 - 11:17
Marks & Spencer releases Paddington-themed Christmas adThe 90-second seasonal ad has snow, heart, humour, marmalade sandwiches and a bearTue Nov 07 2017 - 13:00
All the world’s a stage for playwright bursaryThere’s still time to apply for the Phelim Donlon Playwright’s Bursary. Last year’s recipient Dylan Coburn Gray has won the Verity Bargate Award in the UKMon Nov 06 2017 - 17:00
A bloodcurdling row about Bram Stoker and Dracula legacy in Dublin‘You wouldn’t know much about Bram Stoker at the end of it’ – expert says festival a ‘million miles’ from the author of DraculaFri Oct 27 2017 - 11:00
Metropolis festival: everything you need to knowStage times, transport directions and full line-up: Leftfield, Laurent Garnier, Death in Vegas, Richie Hawtin and house maestro Todd Terje will be stompin' their stuff at the RDS this weekendThu Oct 26 2017 - 11:50
