Housewife of the Year: A wistful celebration of a generation of Irish women who competed for £300 and a gas stove
Ciaran Cassidy’s fine documentary is filled with much sadness but also allows a fair degree of celebration
Mary Robinson
Climate talks enter final hours amid row over $1 trillion fund and China role
Vatican, Russia and Saudi Arabia voice concern over gender action plan aimed at supporting women affected by climate change
Climate summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’ in addressing crisis, say former political leaders and scientists
Large scale of Cops summits now ‘beyond crazy’ says key participant, who could only justify flying to event because of being directly involved in scientific work
Cop29 opens with fossil fuel companies and host country Azerbaijan targeted by protests
Mary Robinson backs call by environmental campaign for oil and gas companies to help pay for climate breakdown
Emer McLysaght: I often wonder what impact having a female president had on my generation of little girls
Emer McLysaght: Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson in her ninth decade continues to work tirelessly for peace and climate justice
Kathleen Lynn Hospital, Dolores O’Riordan Park and Catherine Corless Place: Readers on how we should honour Irish women
We asked Irish Times readers if there were any streets, buildings, places or structures in Ireland that they thought should be named, or renamed, after women
First planetary health check issues Earth red alert
Six out of nine boundaries continue to be breached, soon to be followed by dangerous levels of ocean acidification
Worldwide ‘indifference’ towards war in Sudan ‘truly shocking’, says Mary Robinson
Humanitarian organisations say hunger is being used as a weapon, with the hunger crisis in country now world’s largest
You can see a movie in the cinema for just €5 this Saturday, but what should you watch?
Almost all cinemas will be participating in the initiative. If you’re not sure what to go see - we have you sorted
Michael D: The Movie – Higgins in the frame for the Mary Robinson big-screen treatment
Plus: Intercom man’s vote of confidence in Trump; Shane ‘Mullet’ Byrne’s victory in dispute with tenants; and Adam Clayton’s application for gardener gaff
Mary Robinson: ‘It’s really important that we see the migrant for who he or she is. They are the brave people of their community’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Mrs Robinson: An admiring portrait of Ireland’s first woman president rather than a penetrating critical study
There is nothing so wrong about a nicely made good-news documentary
Mary Robinson: ‘The Princess Latifa episode wasn’t my finest moment, to say the least ... it was a big mistake’
The former president, now 80, talks about pushing past shyness, how she was ‘bullied’ into a documentary about her life, and her fears for the US and climate change
Irish First Ladies and First Gentlemen, 1919-2011 by Bernadette Whelan: All the presidents’ spouses
An informative and eminently readable work about an undefined but important role in Irish public life
Council of State meets to advise President on Bill bringing changes in Defence Forces
Members share their views on the constitutionality of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024
Galway Film Fleadh 2024: Kneecap scoops three main prizes
Belfast hip-hop posse’s rambunctious farce is first film in event’s history to take audience award, best Irish-language feature and best Irish film
Michael D Higgins is proof that age is not Joe Biden’s biggest problem
Wisdom, that great compensation for the vanished stamina of youth, seems to have bypassed the US president
Galway Film Fleadh 2024: Kneecap, Succession star Brian Cox and Mary Robinson documentary top bill
The Fleadh forms the summer fulcrum around which the domestic cinematic year swivels
World may have no more than six years to act on climate change, says Mary Robinson
Former president Mary Robinson warns of climate change ‘tipping point’ that will make world unlivable for future generations
Dalkey Book Festival, The Killers and other events to see, shows to book and ones coming your way this week
June 8th-14th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Patrick Kielty and Mary Robinson to receive honorary doctorates
TV host and former president among people to be honoured by Ulster University to inspire graduates
Limerick’s mayoral election will either be an embarrassing novelty or a brave new world
The vote - to be held four weeks from today - is an important experiment in extending local government. A lot rests on voters’ choice
State has ambitious climate policies but is failing to implement them, Robinson says
Former president tells conference ‘time is of the essence’ to incentivise behavioural change required to address climate crisis
‘I thought we could have fun by turning one of the landmark images on its head, filling it with women’
The School of Hibernia, an Irish, all-woman reimagining of Raphael’s School of Athens, showcases achievement, solidarity and perseverance
Leo Varadkar must urge Biden to press Israel on ceasefire, Mary Robinson says
Chair of Elders says Taoiseach must ‘deliver a political message in a very direct way’ while in the US
‘I’ve seen her on the news a lot’: Teenage girls on Mary Lou McDonald, Holly Cairns and women who inspire them
In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, we asked students from St Louis High School in Rathmines, Co Dublin, to discuss the women who inspire them
‘If she can do it, I can do it’: 10 inspirational Irish women on their heroines
Ahead of International Women’s Day, 10 women tell us about the female leaders who paved their way
By caving in to protests about asylum seekers, the Government has torched its own principles
Recent migrants found locked in a ship at Rosslare were Kurds and Vietnamese, people on the sharp end of global warming. This trend will only increase
‘Maestro’ photographer Henry Wills who recorded life in west of Ireland dies aged 71
Henry Wills, whose work featured mainly in Western People, captured some famous moments including Garret FitzGerald wearing odd shoes on the campaign trail
Ireland’s Charles and Diana wedding ‘snub’ along with five other curious tales
Finding a ‘face-saving’ name for the new NI police force; Trinity College Dublin takes offence; and Casement’s ‘black diaries’
Queen wrote to Mary Robinson to share ‘distress’ over Somalia crisis
State papers: After visiting refugee camps in Somalia the president gave an emotional press conference in which she criticised the UN’s approach to the camps and did not hide her anger about conditions
X case ‘horror’, ‘gay bashing’, and republican ‘headbangers’: State papers shed light on a turbulent decade
Newly declassified files span 10 years in which the Republic became more liberal and Northern Ireland gained peace
Miriam Lord’s political awards for 2023
Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?
It was hard, in 2023, to avoid despair. Yet avoid it we must
Amid a litany of awful global news, from climate disasters to war in Ukraine and Gaza, Ireland remained remarkably stable and successful
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