The Irish Times

Patrick Freyne: Lipsynching with your shirt off. That’s a job now

Netflix reality show Hype House reveals that jobs now include being sexy in 15-second chunks

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00

Hero of Irish revolution remembered with new biography

Tadhg Barry’s name lost within months of death in smoke of the Civil War

Sun Nov 14 2021 - 21:20

They’re electric and they’re sports cars. Just don’t call them Irish Teslas

Tech millionaire Norman Crowley wants to build the world’s most beautiful classic cars

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 07:05

Postecoglou will need to work Celtic miracle to deny Rangers another title

Gerrard has elevated his team to a point where they could sell players and still be too good for the competition

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 16:15

Léa Seydoux: ‘Being objectified is a really horrible feeling’

The actor on creativity, sex scenes and missing Cannes Film Festival due to Covid

Tue Jul 20 2021 - 06:00

Manchester United women to play first ever game at Old Trafford

Match against West Ham on March 27th ‘a special moment’

Wed Mar 17 2021 - 18:43

Shot dead in Dublin 100 years ago: the man who started the War of Independence

Sean Treacy, one of the most-wanted men in Ireland, was shot on Talbot Street in Dublin

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 18:08

Fiona Bruce in a Spitfire is a Brexiteer’s fever dream

Patrick Freyne: Antiques Roadshow delves in second World War jingoism while cats plan our demise

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 05:00

Game Changers: Futuristic views set Herbert Chapman apart

Legendary Arsenal manager was ahead of his time on and off the pitch in every way

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 06:00

Back to the imagined future of the past with Paleofuture

Weblog: Matt Novak looks at crazy predictions from yesteryear – some of which came true

Thu Nov 28 2019 - 05:22

Ireland's original hard Border: Rare footage shows what it was like

British Pathé newsreel from 1924 depicts the ‘much debated Ulster Border’

Mon Aug 19 2019 - 02:57

How the British faked ‘battles’ during the War of Independence

A ‘battle’ in Tralee was restaged in Killiney, Dublin, and the photographs and Pathé news film were spread widely

Thu Jun 20 2019 - 06:01

Archiving the Net: ‘Preserving the web isn’t impossible’

How will future historians make sense of the vote to repeal the 8th, Brexit, or Trump?

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 04:35

Bert Trautmann: From German PoW to Man City’s star goalkeeper

Former Hitler Youth member overcame animosity to become a star goalkeeper at Manchester City

Mon Apr 01 2019 - 17:40

Vote 100: Events to mark the centenary of the vote for women in Ireland

The ending of the ban on women voting and standing for election is being celebrated across the country

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 02:00

How an Irish antiques dealer upstaged locals to open Australia’s greatest bridge

An Irishman’s Diary: Frank De Groot was dragged off his horse and faced charges including malicious damage to the ribbon

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 16:37

Michael Collins plays a starring role as Irish historic films go free-to-view online

Irish Film Institute brings together 150 films from 1900 to 1930, showing key events of Irish history

Thu May 03 2018 - 15:38

Moore’s Maladies – An Irishman’s Diary on the short-lived ‘Republic of Connacht’ and the man who was its president

Wed May 02 2018 - 00:01

Bridget Jones of the Blitz: AJ Pearce’s happy war story

Debut novelist AJ Pearce talks about what inspired her to set her novel ‘Dear Mrs Bird’ during the second World War

Sat Apr 28 2018 - 06:00

Farewell to Liam Cosgrave a State funeral in all but name

Former taoiseach wanted ‘no speeches and no nonsense’ and his wishes were honoured

Mon Oct 09 2017 - 01:00

No Filter review: Blurred visions in post-crash Ireland

Orlagh Collins’ debut YA novel gives a snapshot of everything from bankruptcy to first love

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00

Pricewatch: Great memories come reeling back

IFI archive saves the old adverts that shaped who we were and who we wanted to be

Mon May 15 2017 - 01:00

British Pathé brings colour to Irish revolution

Revolution in Colour deploys technique used for vaunted second World War in HD Colour

Wed Oct 19 2016 - 20:49

Irish Roots: Online newsreels are a treasure trove

The Pathé, Movietone and AP digital archives store a wealth of local history

Mon Aug 10 2015 - 00:00

O’Donovan Rossa casket to be restored and put on display

Coffin was used to transport his remains from the US in 1915

Wed Apr 01 2015 - 14:42

Youtube’s 10 years of memes, music and Gangnam Style

Video upload service was founded on Valentine’s Day, 2005 by three ex-Paypal staff

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 10:11

Wreck of SS Rowan: How jazz nearly didn’t come to Ireland

Rare images of 1921 ferry disaster in which London band members drowned on way to Dublin

Sat Jan 03 2015 - 14:00

Rare footage of Padraig Pearse to be shown in new film

Oration at the grave of O’Donovan Rossa in 1915 was filmed for posterity

Fri Aug 29 2014 - 17:51

National Library expands online archive with 10,000 images

Prints, engravings of Daniel O’Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell available

Thu Apr 24 2014 - 16:33

Priceless Easter Rising footage made available online

Seminal events in Irish history among 85,000 films in British Pathé archive on YouTube

Sun Apr 20 2014 - 20:00

Radio officer recalls dramatic rescue 50 years ago

Limerick man credited with key role in saving hundreds of lives

Sat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00

Nuns say critical scene in ‘Philomena’ was made up

Pathé says substance of Irish mother’s quest for lost son is ‘materially true’

Mon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00

Magical mystery tour: ‘The public weren’t aware the Beatles had changed’

Paul Howard chats to ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ collaborator Gerry Harrison about Tara Browne (the reputed subject of ‘A Day in the Life’), 1967 and LSD