The Irish Times

Irish ambassador to US to become professor in Irish studies at New York University

Mulhall to take up role in autumn on his retirement for Department of Foreign Affairs

Wed Mar 23 2022 - 15:37

Get a musical fix with 20 Shots of Opera

Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video

Sat Dec 12 2020 - 05:00

Tourists heading west will put strain on local health services, says GP

Clifden doctor says face masks should be mandatory as Covid-19 restrictions lift

Mon Jun 29 2020 - 01:05

Feelings ramp up in Fianna Fáil in debate about coalition

‘I think there is a disconnect between the leadership and the people on the ground’

Tue Jun 16 2020 - 18:53

‘It’s time to bury Civil War politics’: Veteran party members react to FG-FF coalition

Fianna Fáiler Murt McInerney (82) says he will take Fine Gael over Sinn Féin

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 01:43

Coronavirus: Organic fruit and veg supplier sees orders rise sharply

Warning over looming challenge facing firms employing foreign vegetable pickers

Fri Apr 03 2020 - 15:09

Galway development could transform skyline with 21-storey tower

Augustine Hill streets-in-the-sky scheme beside train station to house 1,000 people

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 03:00

Putting Irish-language songs centre stage

The Irish Language Art Song Project: its promotion of Irish music is nonpareil

Wed Feb 19 2020 - 05:00

The best classical music to see this week

The Irish Language Art Song Project , the next in NSO’s Bruckner series and pianist Simon Trpceski

Sat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00

RIC commemoration not appropriate - victims' descendant

Cyril Jones agrees with Clare mayor Cathal Crowe’s boycotting of RIC commemoration

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 01:00

Priest’s plea fails to stop protests over Leitrim asylum seeker centre plan

Cleric concerned protests and attack on TD’s car could give Ballinamore a negative image

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 20:49

Saoirse McHugh: ‘I don’t care who did what in the Civil War’

Green Party’s rising star will back a coalition with commitments and wants a new type of politician

Mon Oct 28 2019 - 01:50

High-speed hubs are drawing start-ups to Ireland’s wildest parts

Centres are springing up in Connemara, Gweedore and other remote places

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 17:18

Irish nurse receives Florence Nightingale Medal for humanitarian work in Iraq

Vivien Lusted: ‘There is no hospital . . . no medicine – where do you start?’

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 00:02

NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty

Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 05:00

Mother contacts every Clare hotel in search of missing son

Sean Ryan was last seen near the Cliffs of Moher in September, 1998

Tue Jul 30 2019 - 04:06

Composer Siobhán Cleary opens Arts Council can of worms

Council scheme is set up in a way that cannot deal with idea of ‘equal pay for equal work’

Wed Jul 25 2018 - 05:00

Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the NCH: the best classical music this week

Choirland, a collection of 15 pieces for unaccompanied choir, goes on tour

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00

Farmers were ‘trying to extort’ billionaire brothers, High Court hears

Farmers alleged they were ‘bullied, intimidated and threatened’ by agents for brothers

Fri Sept 22 2017 - 07:25

Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights

Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 13:00

‘Putting on art music in a concert hall is not good enough any more’

The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country

Wed Jun 14 2017 - 05:00

‘Ford is a Cork company; it just has a large American branch’

As the motor company marks its centenary in Ireland this year, we look back at the life of founder Henry Ford

Sat Apr 15 2017 - 06:00

Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff

Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise

Wed Mar 08 2017 - 06:00

Lundin sells Clare site to new mining company

Hannan Ltd says high-grade zinc has been discovered in deep veins at the site

Wed Nov 16 2016 - 01:01

Sophisticated burglary at Cliffs of Moher visitor centre investigated

Gang thought to have cut power and stolen in region of €20,000 at Co Clare tourist site

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 22:10

‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’

‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?

Wed Sept 07 2016 - 05:00

Oxford University to appoint first woman vice-chancellor

Nomination of Prof Louise Richardson hailed as momentous event in institution’s history

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00

Diabelli’s Variations and the Hugh Lane’s mysterious moving piano

The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00

What? . . . Wow: not much new about David Lang’s festival of minimalism

Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00

Inside Track: Andrew Hamilton on his wide-ranging Auction Xchange

Auction Xchange operates online as well as from its Sandyford base

Wed Jan 28 2015 - 01:00

The low-down on Lang Lang and how China will change music

The most frequently quoted number for piano students in China is 50 million. The implications are huge

Wed Apr 23 2014 - 01:00

Paul Hillier’s ‘weird and wonderful’ blueprint for Chamber Choir Ireland

Playing it safe doesn’t get you anywhere, says the choir’s artistic director – audiences prefer a cutting edge

Thu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00

The Irish Canon: mad ambition, madder promotional strategy

The stated aim of a new concert series is to create a new canon of Irish works and make them repertoire standards. Good luck with that

Wed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00