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Fintan O’Toole: The English have two good Anglo-Saxon words for Boris Johnson

An Anglo-Irish ruler named Aldfrith warned that arrogance leads to oblivion

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 01:00

Fintan O’Toole: If only we could fight climate change like we fight wars

Political systems tackled great threats before – can that resolve be generated without war?

Sat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: Pandemic has shown the real wonder drug is money

The lie that giving cash to poor people makes them lazy has been exposed by Covid

Sat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00

Brigid O’Dea: ‘These days, to live really is so startling’

After 17 months of gestation, we are leaving the wombs of our homes and learning once more the ways of this world

Thu Jul 15 2021 - 06:01

Centre stage – Laurence Foster on George Bernard Shaw and the Malvern Theatre Festival

An Irishman’s Diary

Mon May 03 2021 - 00:01

Live theatre was getting interesting. Then Covid arrived

Several new plays were due on the country’s big stages, a rare sight

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 05:00

Dublin won’t be getting all those hotels after all

A year ago they were springing up like daffodils. Covid-19 hit like a dose of Roundup

Sat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: To counter vaccine sceptics, we must understand them

Vaccine suspicion has a long-standing imaginative power that’s hard to overcome

Sat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: Bono at 60 – Why is Ireland so ambivalent about its most famous son?

He is a truly global celebrity but we might like him more if he did not try to be so good

Sat May 09 2020 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: Criticism is not unpatriotic – awkward questions save lives

Mistakes are inevitable in this crisis. What matters is learning from them

Tue May 05 2020 - 05:00

Make a move to Portobello for cute cafes, yoga and pretty redbricks

This tangle of attractive streets is surrounded by a variety of amenities

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Lilly Singh and Jennifer Lopez are up; Justin Trudeau is down

Sat Sept 28 2019 - 00:00

Dublin needs more hotels, says Fáilte Ireland, after vote to curb

City planner says limiting hotels under development plan would leave council open to legal action

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 17:48

Councillors vote to limit number of Dublin hotels because of ‘erosion of cultural life and space’

City planner warns that move could leave council at risk of legal challenge

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 21:59

‘When I became a wheelchair user I had to stop visiting my regular Dublin haunts’

Ireland has a strange double standard when it comes to building regulations

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 06:00

Bernard Shaw owner to open new pub on Dublin’s north side

“We are pretty much transplanting everything we do at the Bernard Shaw to there”

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 12:00

Call for special council meeting to discuss Dublin ‘cultural crisis’

Pending closure of Bernard Shaw pub has sparked ‘great anger’

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 14:04

Dublin house prices fall, Stillorgan redevelopment, and what a no-deal Brexit means

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 06:35

Closure of Dublin’s Bernard Shaw pub ‘just another sign the city is changing’

‘It’s more than just a nightlife venue. It’s a genuine artistic and creative hub, with a social purpose’

Tue Sept 10 2019 - 20:20

Dublin’s Bernard Shaw pub to close in October

All on-site facilities including Eatyard and arts spaces to shut

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 16:02

Games, craft beer and food trucks: How the Irish pub is changing

As lifestyle choices shift, pubs are having to offer a lot more than just a good pint

Sat Apr 06 2019 - 06:00

Fintan O'Toole: Are the English ready for self-government?

Westminster chaos affords preview of Britain standing alone with its demons

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 05:00

Musicians making sound moves to get the gender balance right

Women are under-represented in the Irish music industry, but a change is gonna come

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 05:00

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s education system was rigid and violent

Brutality lingered as a set of attitudes long after it was banished as official practice

Sat Feb 02 2019 - 05:45

Fintan O'Toole: We are losing our collective mechanism for survival

Fintan O’Toole: Why must we experience the worst before we can believe in it?

Tue Dec 04 2018 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: The first World War is still being fought

A century after the Armistice of 1918, we are still living in the world it created

Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:45

How the death of Savita Halappanavar revolutionised Ireland

The 2012 tragedy unified Irish women and feminist groups behind change on abortion

Mon May 28 2018 - 02:26

Flowers, notes and messages placed at mural of Savita in Dublin

Mural has become a focal point of remembrance of Ms Halappanavar

Sun May 27 2018 - 07:31

On the hunt for lower-alcohol craft beers

Brewtonic's new low/no-alcohol menu is for those wanting lighter beverages on nights out

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: 15 steps to help England climb down over Brexit

From penalty shoot-outs and the Falklands to Rory McIlroy and bendy bananas

Tue Feb 20 2018 - 05:00

An ode to my belly: that little bit of squish is not the mother of all evils

The pot belly, like the smug smile, exaggerates an all-too-rare ease with oneself and illustrates an individual who takes pleasure in life

Tue Feb 06 2018 - 08:01

Liquid gold rush: Dublin’s new breed of pub barons catching the bar buzz

It looked like last orders for the capital’s pubs, but the bar scene is booming once again

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 10:30

Fintan O’Toole: Brexiteers’ foolishness gives Ireland control

British politicians’ time-wasting and ignorance has shifted the balance of power

Tue Aug 08 2017 - 05:00

Food sector enjoys taste of success

We savour the latest food biz and business food trends

Wed Apr 26 2017 - 02:00