The Irish Times

‘Commitments’ star Johnny Murphy dies at 72

Actor played Estragon in the long-running Gate Theatre production of ‘Waiting for Godot’

Tue Feb 23 2016 - 18:21

Irish investor in New York retail property ‘selling spree’

Aidan Brooks said to be selling the so-called Rhinelander Mansion on Madison Avenue

Fri Feb 19 2016 - 08:30

Iris Reit generates €30.8m profit on ‘strong rental growth’

Property group had net assets worth €435 million at the end of December

Wed Feb 10 2016 - 09:56

Stephen Rea: ‘I can’t imagine teams of loyalists rolling up to watch it’

Stephen Rea stars as a paranoid loyalist in ‘Cyprus Avenue’ at the Abbey

Sat Feb 06 2016 - 03:45

Gradam Ceoil Awards reveal a tradition in good health

The annual traditional music awards recognise individual talent in traditional music while also acknowledging that today’s stars are part of a greater coalition

Mon Jan 18 2016 - 06:00

Hibernia Reit secures €46.7m facility for Windmill Lane site

Site of the famous recording studio is to be redeveloped into 120,000 sq ft of office space

Tue Dec 29 2015 - 10:52

An Irishman’s Diary about gender-neutral pronouns

Heel be grand

Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:01

Michelle Morrison ordered to pay costs of High Court case

Wife of Van Morrison abandoned sea view case against neighbours on fifth day

Tue Nov 17 2015 - 13:05

Mary Minihan: Five reasons why it is hard to be a Nordie

Life south of the Border throws many personality and cultural traits into stark relief

Mon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00

My Guilty Pleasure: Andrew Rudd’s ribs and mash

‘The ribs were so good they nearly outshone the Trip to Tipp’

Fri Nov 13 2015 - 12:45

High-end office block for Windmill Lane

Hibernia Reit targets €592 per sq m rent for development in Dublin’s docklands

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 05:45

Josh Ritter: Sermon on the Rocks | Album Review

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 17:00

Morrison court case about Dalkey sea view is dismissed

Singer Van Morrison had already dissociated himself from High Court legal action

Tue Oct 13 2015 - 13:42

Van Morrison: ‘I have never lived in Kilross House’

Singer distances himself from civil action taken by wife over views from property

Mon Oct 12 2015 - 01:00

‘Shy’ Van Morrison valued his privacy, wife tells court

Michelle Morrison said her singer husband liked ‘to have his privacy in the home’

Fri Oct 09 2015 - 18:49

Van Morrison and wife ‘upset’ by work on neighbours’ home

Michelle Morrison’s High Court action claims neighbours breached deal over shrubbery

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 13:39

Van Morrison’s wife takes action over views from Dalkey house

High Court hears of alleged breach of redevelopment agreement by neighbours

Wed Oct 07 2015 - 21:02

Van Morrison’s wife claims neighbours breached agreement

Michelle Morrison takes legal action over planting of shrubbery in Dalkey property

Tue Oct 06 2015 - 21:47

Dublin GAA fans proclaim their love for Boys in Blue

Thousands of ecstatic fans hail All-Ireland winners on O’Connell Street

Mon Sept 21 2015 - 23:38

Van Morrison performs 70th birthday concerts in Belfast

Singer characteristically unfazed in dark hat, suit and sunglasses amid deluge of rain

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 20:32

Blowin’ our mind: what Van Morrison means to us

‘A punk before punk was a twinkle in its eye-linered eye,’ says poet Paul Muldoon. How do other fans and friends sum him up?

Sat Aug 29 2015 - 06:00

Greil Marcus on Van Morrison: the singer’s constant search the yarragh

The yarragh is a sense of the song as a thing in itself and, as Van Morrison once put it, ‘Is the song singing you?’

Sat Aug 29 2015 - 06:00

Van the Man looks back at 50-plus years of making music

Influenial, inscrutible Van Morrison gives his most comprehensive interview ever

Sat Aug 29 2015 - 01:00

Féile 1990: Trip to Tipp 25 years on

Ireland went to Italia ’90, Nelson Mandela was released, the Berlin Wall was demolished – and the Féile festival changed Irish music forever

Fri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00

Our Wedding Story: Down on one knee by the washing machine

Ger Corcoran proposed to Sinéad Vaughan while she was unloading the laundry

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 05:00

Redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be ‘ideal venue’, says Aiken

Stadium work continues as nearby Live in Marquee concerts set to top 100,000 fans

Sun Jun 21 2015 - 15:36

Van Morrison wife privacy case to go ahead despite alleged settlement

High Court heard Morrison may lose representation after dispute with solicitor

Mon Jun 15 2015 - 18:20

Van Morrison, Kerry-born British Council head to be knighted

Belfast singer-songwriter was named in Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours list

Fri Jun 12 2015 - 23:15

Mark Cousins: ‘I’ve always believed Belfast is a very female place’

I Am Belfast, a film by Cousins with a score by David Holmes, tells the story of the city as embodied by a 10,000-year-old woman. It feels, fittingly, like a long, strange dream

Tue Apr 21 2015 - 01:00

Windmill Lane studios: a musical timeline from 1978 to now

Acts such as U2, Van Morrison and Kate Bush brought international fame to a small corner of Dublin’s docklands

Tue Apr 07 2015 - 14:55

Michael Longley receives freedom of Belfast

Michael D Higgins praises poet for his body of work and role in the Belfast Agreement

Mon Mar 23 2015 - 20:13

Old-school radio presenter known for his golden voice

Tony Fenton: March 25th, 1961 - March 12th, 2015

Sat Mar 21 2015 - 00:00

Our wedding story: ‘I remember looking around and thinking, it doesn’t get any better than this’

Aoife Boyle and Richie Marron’s marvellous night was crowned by Van Morrison’s ‘Moondance’

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 06:00

East Belfast schoolgirls write an ode to their city’s ‘nicer side’

Van the Man, St George’s Market, CS Lewis, the Odyssey: a class from east Belfast have co-written a poem celebrating the things they love about their city

Thu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00