âYou could not get into Fortress Garda,â says former GSOC commissionerBradyâs disillusionment with limitations of office prompted his decision not to seek reappointmentThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Colm TĂłibĂn: I start and I finishHe loves long nights, sing-songs and money but is deadly serious about his writing, his teaching and learning to live with his âdemonsâSat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00
The prime of Prof Louise Richardson, the Irish president of St Andrews UniversityOn the same day as the Scottish referendum, a secret ballot at the Royal and Ancient golf club of St Andrews will decide on whether it will accept female members, including the president of neighbouring St Andrewâs university, Irishwoman Louise RichardsonSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Longford meets Dublin 4 in remembering Albert ReynoldsPeople paid their respects to the late former taoiseach at Donnybrook churchMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
Longford man who brought razzmatazz to midlands IrelandWhile getting on with his countless other schemes he became a central figure in oursFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Lissadell House: quiches at dawnLissadell is open to the public again. For the Walsh Cassidy family that means a summer of baking, gardening and building, but they wouldnât have it any other way, writes Kathy SheridanSat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00
Whoâs in favour of a three-day week?Opinion: In a 24/7 world, the notion of a nine to five business seems increasingly out-datedWed Jul 30 2014 - 12:01
Garth Brooks, we nearly didnât miss youCountry music comes to sunburnt Dublin with Stetson and City music trailSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:01
Garthâs appeal eludes the arts elitesOpinion: The people who like popular entertainment pay their taxes tooWed Jul 16 2014 - 13:35
An American verdict: âThere seem to be fewer assholes in IrelandâThe Trip: âBring on the leprechauns,â says one of our group of North Americans mischievously as I join them for a tour of Cork and Kerry. They like it here, but they arenât as wide-eyed about Ireland as we sometimes like to thinkMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:00
Rural areas pay price as Dublin recoversâMaybe we should just start listening to each other in this tiny countryâWed Jul 09 2014 - 12:01
Adopted by working-class family and elevated with loveWith a mother who believed ferociously in her, Burton was not afraid to try anythingSat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00
Moving beyond recrimination â but weâre not ready yetOpinion: âWhen the Taoiseach told EU leaders a few weeks ago that Irish families are âworn outâ, he wasnât just talking about water charges or property tax. It was always about fairnessâWed Jul 02 2014 - 12:01
Dublin on the wrong track with cycle route along north quaysOpinion: âWhy would any sane adult âchooseâ to drive a car into the city unless there were pressing practical or health reasons for doing so?âWed Jun 25 2014 - 12:01
Casting a fresh eye on the Tuam controversyOpinion: âIs it possible to ask for reflection without risking condemnation as a fellow-traveller?âWed Jun 18 2014 - 12:01
The unsunny southeastBausch & Lomb is cutting jobs and wages in Waterford, a city already hit hard by unemployment, where âsurvival is the new successâSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Rise of the OthersIn last weekendâs elections, Independents, small alliances and anti-austerity groups were the big winners, polling more than 40 per cent in some areas. Was it a midterm protest vote or is the political party over?Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Mingâs bog-cutting supporters turn up the heat during turf war in CastlebarRaw emotion racks count centre while Taoiseach tries to get Gilmore on phoneTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Mingâs hemp suit steals show as proverbial dogfight awaitedWho stole our perky Taoiseach and sent a weary man in his place?Mon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Boyish pair Matt Carthy and Thomas Byrne blaze a trail for EuropeThe young-looking Sinn FĂ©in and Fianna FĂĄil candidates try to persuade people to voteWed May 21 2014 - 08:14
Taoiseach facing rumbles of discontent on the home frontMany voters in Castlebar feel Enda Kenny hasnât done enough for the areaThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
McFadden steels herself for Longford-Westmeath byelectionHer sisterâs death is still a raw wound for Fine Gael candidate Gabrielle McFaddenWed May 07 2014 - 01:00
Merciful absence of rancour in Mingâs EU canvassLuke Ming Flanagan is running in the Euro poll because Europe âhas gone too farâMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Closure of Ballymunâs Tesco dominates doorstep exchanges in SF local canvassCampaign trail: local resident and Sinn FĂ©in candidate Noeleen Reilly looks a shoo-in in local pollSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Six try to make capital at partyâs election launch ahead of daunting campaignFull horror of constituenciesâ massive size finally dawnsTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
Seamus Heaneyâs poetry parachutes into airportNobel laureateâs lines now grace tapestry at departure gates in Dublin Airport's T2Thu Apr 24 2014 - 07:17
Poetry in motion: tapestry tribute to Seamus HeaneyThe tribute to Heaney, which was paid for by a group of the poetâs admirers, including Paul Simon and Bono, is bringing colour to Dublin airportSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
GAA deal with Sky divides loyaltiesOpinion: What happens when you package an ethos and sell it to a profit-driven monolith?Fri Apr 04 2014 - 12:01
Could the next one languishing, shoeless, in a Garda cell be you?Opinion: Why accountability mattersFri Mar 28 2014 - 12:01
When does a âgirlfriendâ equate to a âwifeâ?Opinion: Status of LâWren Scottâs relationship with Mick Jagger central to reports of fashion designerâs deathFri Mar 21 2014 - 12:01
No time for âlikesâ when youâre fighting for a causeChristine Buckley was the great whistleblower of our timeFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:01
My experience: Kathy Sheridanâs cancer diaryDiagnosed with breast cancer in January 2013, Kathy Sheridan describes a rollercoaster year of treatment and recoverySat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
All about my mother: Corrinna Moore on the life of Marie FlemingMarie Fleming, best known for her âright to dieâ court appearances, died two months ago. But that case was just one part of Marieâs eventful and complicated lifeSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Who'd be a young politician?Relationships are difficult, ageism is rife and, if you're a young single woman, 'everyone is looking at you'Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Ten minutes in court that decided one family's destinyMarie Flemingâs life depended on these next few momentsFri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
A one-way ticket to CommutervilleDublinâs commuter belt has changed â again â as have the lives of those who live thereSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
'To get their attention I started a Tall Irish Leprechaun blog'Jonathan Cloonan explains why âForbesâ magazine has made him one of its â30 Under 30â young innovatorsSat Dec 22 2012 - 00:00
A tale or twoAll I Want for Christmas is a collection of heart-warming short stories written by some of Irelandâs bestselling authors, allâŠSat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
'I've come to court . . . to ask you to assist me in having a peaceful, dignified death'The imagery represented justice at its most humaneWed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Convention takes the Constitution in one hand and direct democracy in the otherItâs a messy business, democracy. Start involving citizens â aka regular people â and who knows where it will end?Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
25 years on, how different are we?In 1987, the Economist magazine carried a bleak feature on IrelandSat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
Fallout for judge will not end when jail term is overLegal history was made in the Criminal Courts of Justice yesterday when the first member of the judiciary convicted of a seriousâŠThu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
Quartet's stringent criticism is music to the earFour Angry Men paint a stark picture of economic woes but still raise laughsMon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
TCD scheme aims to help disadvantaged studentsA scheme to assist more students from disadvantaged backgrounds to progress into the higher professions was announced last nightâŠFri Nov 23 2012 - 00:00
Mood tense as crowd gathers outside DĂĄil to call for legislationIn her smart, belted camel coat and dark, swept-back hair, the elegant Tania Kaur cut an unlikely figure as a demonstratorThu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
'I went to bed a hero and woke up a villain'On his final Building Blitz project in South Africa, the businessman and philanthropist Niall Mellon talks Nama, Enda and IrelandâŠSat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
Zuma thanks Niall Mellon and Irish volunteers for charity's housing blitzSouth Africa delivered a resounding thank you to Niall Mellon and 600 Irish volunteers on the charityâs final housing blitz hereâŠFri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Mellon says Irish Aid should provide Irish jobs in AfricaFunds under the Governmentâs official Irish Aid programme should be more actively used to create Irish jobs abroad, entrepreneurâŠMon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Economists and comedians deliver some serious entertainment on economic woesPAUL MCCULLEY brings a cool, Californian vibe to the Set Theatre in KilkennyMon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00