When the Church blamed dances for the spread of tuberculosis in IrelandFrom the Archive: ‘The remedy will come, not from legislation, but from the common sense of the people themselves’Sun Feb 16 2020 - 07:00
‘Culturally, we’re so afraid of emotion. We repress them but they pop up elsewhere and cause havoc’Life Lessons: Oonagh Murphy, theatre directorMon Feb 10 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: SF is tapping into young people imagining something differentThis election is rooted in the recession, housing crisis, and the politicisation of young peopleMon Feb 10 2020 - 01:00
A guide to Dublin’s old ‘junk’ marketsFrom the archive: ‘The true junk lover knows that time is even more essential than money to successful junk hunts’Sun Feb 09 2020 - 07:00
Una Mullally: Perhaps we are all a bunch of socialists after allThe election campaign suggests people value a booming society over a booming economyMon Feb 03 2020 - 09:47
‘Moving to Canada in the dead of winter was the biggest challenge I’ve ever faced’Life Lessons: Nealo, rap artistMon Feb 03 2020 - 06:00
The evolution – and disappearance – of Brigid’s cross in RTÉ’s logoFrom the archive: The distinctive and iconic design was removed by the station in 1995Sat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
Hugh Wallace: The day I stopped drinking changed my lifeLife Lessons: It was a new beginning, with new work, says the architect and RTÉ presenterMon Jan 27 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Those attacking Sinn Féin have become cheerleaders in reverseIrish young people are politicised not by old-fashioned tribalism but along issuesMon Jan 27 2020 - 01:00
How the press reacted when jazz music came to DublinFrom the archive: ‘A new form of music introduced from Africa probably’Sun Jan 26 2020 - 07:00
Jo Spain: ‘Sometimes I worry I’m not worrying enough’Lessons Learned: ‘When I decided to write my first book, I thought people would think I was daft but a good friend said to me “why not you?”’Mon Jan 20 2020 - 06:00
Fine Gael shows its detachment from votersAbstractions of Brexit more comfortable for the party than homelessness and gang crimeMon Jan 20 2020 - 01:00
The long history of linen-making in IrelandFrom the archive: In 1917, The Irish Times printed an article about ‘our debt to William III’ for his contribution to the Irish textile industrySun Jan 19 2020 - 07:00
Vyvienne Long on her new album: ‘I will stand over this work until I breathe my last’Life Lessons: Singer, cellist and composer on challenges, influences and achievementsMon Jan 13 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Reaction to Megxit reveals worst excesses of fandomMeghan Markle finds herself in a toxic fan ecosystem fuelled by tabloid press narrativesMon Jan 13 2020 - 01:00
The day the SDLP was formed ‘in the spirit of optimism’From the archive: ‘There has been a need in Northern Ireland for a strong political alternative to the Unionist Party’Sun Jan 12 2020 - 07:00
Una Mullally: This general election will be about privilegeProsperity now is very public, and a lot of inequalities are very hiddenMon Jan 06 2020 - 01:00
Fake beauty news? ‘Wrinkles completely removed in 20 minutes’From the archive: Was this article in 1913 an early example of ‘native advertising’?Sun Jan 05 2020 - 07:00
Una Mullally: We can use the new decade to claw back freedom from technologyIt used to be a privilege to be on social media, but it is now a privilege to be off itMon Dec 30 2019 - 06:00
Christmas Day swim at the Forty Foot, a longstanding Dublin traditionFrom the archive: If you’re taking the plunge over the festive season, remember the feminists who did so before youWed Dec 25 2019 - 07:00
When Brian Lenihan played Santa Claus for Ireland’s refugeesFrom the Archive: A 1979 Christmas party for Vietnamese refugees saw coconut cake and Molly MaloneTue Dec 24 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: With the end of Le Galaxie, the glow has gone out of Irish musicThe band offered a sparkling antidote to the misery and dourness of the recessionMon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00
Mitch Albom: There is no pain that compares to losing a childLife Lessons: ‘Success is what matters the most’ is the worst advice the author has gotMon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00
Thirty years ago, My Left Foot reinvented Irish filmFrom the archive: Looking back at one of the greatest nights ever in Irish cinemaSun Dec 22 2019 - 07:00
The decade in music: Individual expression flourishes in uncertain timesThe behemoths got bigger in a landscape where streaming giants took overSat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00
Fifty Shades, Kanye, Love/Hate: The films, TV, books and music that defined the decadeThe Decade in Culture: The most impactful books, series and performers of 2010-19Fri Dec 20 2019 - 06:00
‘If someone seems to have all the answers, run’Life Lessons: Dan Colley, theatre director and dramaturgMon Dec 16 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: How to combat misinformation this ChristmasChristmas dinner is as good a place as any to promote literacy on internet algorithmsMon Dec 16 2019 - 06:00
The day priests intervened to stop strikers’ children being sent to EnglandFrom the archive: 50 boys and girls were brought to Tara Street Baths to be washed and sent awaySun Dec 15 2019 - 07:00
Una Mullally: Chinese millionaires taking advantage of golden Irish visasApplication numbers for our immigrant investor programme are rocketing in IrelandMon Dec 09 2019 - 07:10
Fontaines DC come home: Vicar Street erupts in ecstasyReview: Dublin’s gentrification is inspiring a generation of musicians, led by Fontaines D.C.Mon Dec 09 2019 - 06:17
December 8th: The day when people ‘from the country’ came to Dublin to shopFrom the archive: December 8th used to mark the start of the Irish Christmas seasonSun Dec 08 2019 - 07:00
Una Mullally: Fine Gael has been complicit in debasing discourseVerona Murphy’s candidacy saw the party validating toxic forms of discussionMon Dec 02 2019 - 06:00
When drag queens were first mentioned in The Irish TimesFrom the archive: In 1971, Danny La Rue had just returned to his hometown of Cork for the first time in 18 yearsSun Dec 01 2019 - 06:00
‘Being open and confident in yourself is a radical act of empowerment’Life Lessons: Lisa Connell, managing editor of Gay Community NewsMon Nov 25 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Far-right ideology is entering mainstream politics in IrelandAlarm bells are ringing, and we must stop downplaying and appeasing this shiftMon Nov 25 2019 - 06:00
Much more than ‘Paddy rap’: How the pioneers of Irish hip-hop made their markFrom the archive: Scary Eire first appeared in The Irish Times on December 19th, 1992Sun Nov 24 2019 - 06:00
‘The death of a parent irrevocably alters your sense of self in the world’Life Lessons: Photographer Dorje de BurghMon Nov 18 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Helping bullies is key to combating bullyingSchools need gender and sexuality alliances to foster tolerance and wellbeingMon Nov 18 2019 - 06:00
When foot and mouth disease ground Ireland to a haltFrom the archive: ‘A catastrophe looms,’ read The Irish Times editorial in March 2001Sun Nov 17 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?Dolly Parton and Emma Blake murals are up; small beanies and CGI actors are downSat Nov 16 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: RTÉ’s biggest problem is its creative anaemiaVoluntary redundancies will not save the broadcaster if it refuses to take creative risksMon Nov 11 2019 - 06:00
Cathy Kelly: ‘My inner demons could create their own rugby team’Life Lessons: Author on learning to trust herself, meditating and remembering a dear friendMon Nov 11 2019 - 06:00
The Screamers: The story of a hippy commune in northwest Donegal in the 1970sFrom the Archive: The group who lived in Burtonport ‘found society pathetically wanting’Sun Nov 10 2019 - 06:00
Hannah Gadsby: People were angry that I ‘wasn’t doing comedy right’. I’m angry I got rapedComedian coming to Dublin with Douglas, the follow-up to her groundbreaking show NanetteSat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?Yes to an urban soil project in Cork, but no to designer AirPod casesSat Nov 09 2019 - 00:00
Christina Aguilera at 3Arena review: raunchy, gritty show of female empowermentAs she explodes on to the stage, her current energy is as fierce as her past legacyTue Nov 05 2019 - 23:25
How culture can play into resistanceBrutal urban planning forms the spine of a new film by the Irish experimental film-maker Moira TierneyTue Nov 05 2019 - 05:00
‘So many men in Ireland are affected by prostate cancer, testicular cancer or mental health issues’Life Lessons: Jack O’Connor, country director of Movember in IrelandMon Nov 04 2019 - 06:00
Racist direct provision system a time bomb for Irish societyWhat we are witnessing now is what happens when governments refuse to leadMon Nov 04 2019 - 06:00
