Poetry, swagger and a little trembling at Other VoicesDavid Gray, Hozier, Lisa O’Neill and Patti Griffin make for the real deal in DingleSun Dec 08 2013 - 12:26
Dingle plays host to glittering array of musical talent‘Other Voices’ grows into one of the most acclaimed occasions in the music calendarFri Dec 06 2013 - 22:43
I’m with the choir: the group therapy of singing in unisonGroup singing releases endorphins, helps with bonding and (perhaps) heightens sexual attractiveness. An upcoming world record attempt in Dublin with more than 500 choirs should be quite a day, thenFri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
Yearnalism: making a story out of nothingnessThe type of celebrity we attach ourselves to actually says an awful lot about the prevailing culture of the timeMon Dec 02 2013 - 06:49
We are in danger of becoming slaves to a broken systemIreland has a long and complex history with slavery, which continues todayMon Nov 25 2013 - 07:04
Lost for words? the Christmas books listFear not! We have great books for readers of all agesThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Turning into a fast-food nation by fair means or fowlImpact of fast food will be one of the biggest public-health issues of the next decadeMon Nov 18 2013 - 15:00
The people need to be kept in mind as the future of Dublin is plannedThe city does not belong to Dublin City Council or to developers: it belongs to the people who live in itMon Nov 11 2013 - 13:17
Waiting for Godot won’t deliver better tech policyGovernment needs bold initiatives in education, not Beckettian fatalismMon Nov 04 2013 - 12:00
Crossing over: the hard road from online to televisionRTÉ’s ‘The Commute’ is the latest show to move to TV from online beginnings, after ‘The Hardy Bucks’ and ‘Damo and Ivor’. But the transition for those used to the DIY approach isn’t always smoothFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:00
The fear business: why it pays to scare peopleHalloween might have lost some of its scare factor amid sexy nurse costumes, but making people jump is still big businessWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
Remote killing with drones is building a wireless new axis of evilDetaching ourselves from the consequences of our actions is a growing trendMon Oct 28 2013 - 12:00
Myth of kidnap of children by particular ethnic groups has a disreputable historyOpinion: If we are judged on how we treat the least fortunate, we have some soul-searching to doFri Oct 25 2013 - 07:03
We are still haunted by the ghost of the Celtic TigerWe are in danger of seeing boomtime fripperies as touchstones of economic successMon Oct 21 2013 - 12:00
Good coffee and quips with David SedarisTrashing other books on the best-seller list . . . Teasing Dublin waitresses . . . There’s a sense of devilment about Sedaris, an arch humorist whose stories are a lesson in precision writingTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:00
Intelligent media at risk from drive for idiocySmart people can be ostracised by a media counting on the lowest common denominator for revenueMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
Hozier’s soaring voice and searing heartFrom quiet beginnings, the ‘Take Me to Church’ singer’s music, and its political nous, are growing in depth and statureSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
From slavery to schoolThe kamalari system, under which Nepalese girls are sold into domestic slavery, is thriving through generations. Thirteen thousand have been freed, partly through Plan Ireland’s Kamalari Abolition Project, but many are still trappedSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Nothing compares to Sinéad O’ConnorO’Connor has been a dissenting voice in a country that favours consensusMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:01
Inspired by Katie: Ireland’s karate kid14-year-old Leeanne Royle is following Katie Taylor into the pantheon of Irish world championsSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Online lifeline: making chatrooms a place of positive actionWhen they realised their brother Cormac was using chatrooms before his suicide, Oisín and Diarmuid Scollard set about creating a positive online space to address mental ill-healthSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
The young ones: brave new writing takes over Irish theatresIrish theatre is bursting with energy – but youth is all these artists have in commonFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
The other sides to our migration storiesLeaving aside economic necessity, we have to face the fact that a lot of emigration is opportunisticMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Telling women to be careful gets men off the hookMen must accept that most violent crimes perpetrated against women are by men, and that they have the power to stop thisMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
Comfort food and a dinner date with Neil WatkinsThe performer pushed all sorts of personal and public boundaries with his last Fringe show. Now he’s back with its antithesis, and he wants to throw one hell of a partyWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Student life is no bed of roses these daysWe act as if students make no contribution to societyMon Sept 16 2013 - 12:00
Turns the gut, lights the mindSorcha Kenny’s new show is well-travelled ground but a visceral delivery makes it crackle with powerSat Sept 14 2013 - 13:25
Space cowboysWith their stunning live shows, Le Galaxie always make a festival betterSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
The blogs of warWar of Attrition might be using social media as a source, but it’s got a dynamite punchFri Sept 13 2013 - 13:30
Pop goes the Fringe showTen minutes of fame is not enough for an hour’s entertainmentWed Sept 11 2013 - 14:00
All aboard for fantasy islandThis story of one man’s fantasies is told with simple effectivenessMon Sept 09 2013 - 14:38
A show that respects its audienceThe team behind Briefs have devised a show for children that pulls no punchesMon Sept 09 2013 - 14:26
Killer lines and familiar countryThis double header of comedy is a show of two halvesMon Sept 09 2013 - 12:54
Keeping arts in the black can be a risky businessArts funding is strapped, artists are desperate and brands such as Diageo are filling the hole but it’s a risky trade-offMon Sept 09 2013 - 01:00
Leaving Luna: Evanna Lynch on living the LA lifeEvanna Lynch has moved on from the Harry Potter movies to become an LA-based, yoga-teaching actor and a vegan – except when she’s home in Ireland, because her mum’s cakes are too niceSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
Radio: Head to heads that just made you want to hear a woman’s voiceIn the first week of Pat Kenny versus Seán O’Rourke, Irish stations should remember that life’s not all about menSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
Google Birthday 15.0: mapping the world and its breakfastWhether we like it or not, the tech giant influences every aspect of our online lives – and it can sell ads that prove itSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
Electric Picnic covers all the basesFestival draws to a close with indie blast from Arctic MonkeysMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Tieranniesaur: a beautiful way to start the dayEffortless musicianship helps drag weary picnickers to their feetSun Sept 01 2013 - 16:35
Electric Picnic enters its final stretchArctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and The Knife among acts bringing festival to a closeSun Sept 01 2013 - 13:19
Hurts: high five for building the atmosphereSix-piece act puts in flawless performance but punters leave feeling a little coldSat Aug 31 2013 - 18:16
Electric Picnic celebrates a decade with ten-tier ‘birthday’ cakeDJ Fatboy Slim a big draw at sold-out event for first night of weekend festivities in LaoisSat Aug 31 2013 - 13:23
Hudson Taylor: Dropkick-off hits its markFormer busking brothers display sophistication in folky set-upSat Aug 31 2013 - 10:03
Summer stories: sliotars, sounds, forecasts and fodder . . . and 99sLucinda Creighton, weather man Gerald Fleming, Dublin hurler Peter Kelly, MCD promoter Brian Spollen and others look back on the big events of the summerThu Aug 29 2013 - 01:00
A digital world could yet prove the undoing of us allCould it be that big data, and all the things we build to facilitate it, will in fact paralyse us?Mon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
Explicit publication possible due to culture lacking empathyOpinion: Solitary nature of our web engagement abets the erosion of the human dimensionWed Aug 21 2013 - 00:01
We need to stand up for all LGBT people, especially those in countries where horrors are still enduredWhile LGBT lives are finally being acknowledged by the media, harsher struggles are being ignoredMon Aug 19 2013 - 12:00
School’s out forever. So what’s next?You’re 18. You got your Leaving Cert results on Wednesday. Welcome to the rest of your potentially 120-year-long lifeFri Aug 16 2013 - 13:00
