The Irish Times

Irish policemen ‘caught on wrong side of history’ remembered in London

Commemoration attendees express dismay at scrapping of Dublin Castle event

Fri Apr 29 2022 - 19:00

Hugh Callaghan: ‘The night terrors have become less frequent’

Man wrongfully convicted of Birmingham bombings sees Belfast film with sharper eye

Sat Apr 02 2022 - 01:00

Change of tune – Fionnuala Ward on singing in public

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Tue Feb 15 2022 - 19:10

Tenor fails to rent home as work in Covid-hit sector deemed precarious

Paul Byrom says landlord ‘simply didn’t want anyone from the entertainment industry’

Mon Sept 20 2021 - 05:00

Dropping Covid-19 positivity rates give grounds for hope, says HSE boss

Paul Reid believes early trends should give everybody ‘encouragement’

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 21:55

‘Ireland was a great fit for Grandad,’ Charlton funeral hears

Final curtain comes down on England’s honorary Irishman at service in Newcastle

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 15:55

We are graceful in our grief despite Covid-19 restrictions

Rite&Reason: Families, friends and neighbours adapt to different funerals in difficult times

Tue May 12 2020 - 01:00

DannyBoy: Gits of a certain vintage will enjoy this Irish film set in 1981

Review: Ferdia Mac Anna’s flimsy, low-budget film has an ingenuous charm

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 05:00

Chugainn Arís

Is fíor nach é Amhrán na bFiann an ceol is binne sa chruinne

Mon Mar 16 2020 - 09:44

Phil Coulter: ‘Music saved my sanity... and my life’

The ‘anthem’ writer and hitmaker on his Derry childhood, two marriages and life in music

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 06:00

Whatever happened to the wonderful Rocky Elsom?

It is a decade since the flanker inspired Leinster to a first Heineken Cup triumph

Mon May 27 2019 - 06:00

‘If we’re going to do a Christmas song it has to move people to tears’

Aidan Moffat, formerly of Scottish indie miserablists Arab Strap, insists ‘Ghost Stories for Christmas’ is not depressing

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00

The pipes, the pipes: Frank McNally on smoking, cartooning, and war

An Irishman’s Diary

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 17:30

John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace – a nostalgic popemobile trip

Review: This creaky documentary links the pope’s 1979 visit with the peace process

Fri Sept 21 2018 - 05:00

McCain was ‘giant among all of us’, Biden says at memorial service

Six-term US senator to lie in state in Washington ahead of Saturday funeral

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 21:42

More power to your elbow – An Irishman’s Diary about uilleann pipes

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 00:01

‘You’re thinking: I’m dead on the inside, but I’ll sing you Danny Boy’

Part panto, part theatre, part medieval-themed cabaret, the banquet at Bunratty Castle has been serving visitors since 1963. So how does it score on the cheese-ometer?

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 08:37

Phil Hogan has been awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria

Ireland’s EU Commissioner for Agriculture honoured by Austria

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 13:11

Willie Nelson and Leon Russell – One for the Road review: 1979 album gets fresh re-release

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 20:30

Irish music muses: Meet the Galway Girl, Úna Bhán and Nancy Spain

Gerry Hanberry’s book, ‘On Raglan Road’, tells the story of the women who inspired great Irish love songs by Mick Hanly, Christy Moore, Percy French, Mundy and Phil Lynnott

Tue Nov 01 2016 - 00:00

1916 centenary: The day a nation stood proud and remembered

Miriam Lord: Easter Rising commemorations resulted in a truly great day for Ireland and the Irish

Mon Mar 28 2016 - 08:05

1916 centenary: Remembering the ‘short lives and big dreams’

Former presidents and taoisigh join Kenny, Higgins and host of dignitaries for ceremony

Mon Mar 28 2016 - 01:00

Celebrations as Healy-Rae brothers make history in Kerry

Michael Healy-Rae has highest number of first preferences and transfers get Danny in

Mon Feb 29 2016 - 01:00

Chris Hadfield expresses disbelief over death of David Bowie

Former astronaut performed star’s song ‘Space Oddity’ in space

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 13:33

Government may invite Prince Charles to 1916 event

Dublin Castle ceremony marks beginning of State programme for Rising commemorations

Sat Jan 02 2016 - 09:30

Our Wedding Story: A match made on the London stage

Lucy Close and Jeremy Spong chose to register and celebrate their marriage in the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, the oldest operating playhouse in the world.

Sat Nov 28 2015 - 03:01