Children must learn their letters, their numbers – and then 6,000 facts about animals
The average four-year-old would almost certainly beat the average 40-year-old in a quiz on animal facts
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Séamas O’Reilly: When I turned 40 my daughter’s eyes went wide as saucers. She has been known to cook the numbers
Her passion to be bigger and older stops just short of wanting to be an adult. Any suggestion that she is as old as, say, her parents, evokes disgust
My wife and I felt shame when told our child needed glasses. We’d ignored the warnings
My wife and I felt shame, casting our minds back through warnings we’d missed, when told our child needed spectacles
My name is Séamas O’Reilly – or at least I thought it was until recently
The fight for my fada: Booking a flight, a train or a leisure centre appointment becomes a tedious grind when my ‘non-standard character’ is rejected
I’m so sorry for my role in encouraging Netflix
One of the problems with Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 is that everyone in it is profoundly irritating to spend time with
Séamas O’Reilly: Mix Tape is a bit of a mixed bag while Bookish combines cosiness, craft and class
A lot of Mix Tape reminded me of my own life at 18. Not merely because I made desperately try-hard mix CDs for girls I fancied
Séamas O’Reilly: Living in Dublin taught me not to mention the Troubles
My English friends, by contrast, ask me candidly for details and presage every question with an apologetic plea of ignorance
Author Séamas O’Reilly hints at screen adaption of Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
Borderlines podcast: Second instalment of bestselling memoir ‘could be on cards as well’
‘I’d cross the ends of the earth to see Björk again’
The author and journalist Séamas O’Reilly on his favourite songs, from Busta Rhymes to Bach
My dad, 11 children and a 26ft caravan. What could go wrong?
Séamas O’Reilly recalls childhood summer holidays in Ireland with his 10 siblings
Bram Stoker Festival: 'People want something that is fun and light-hearted'
This years programme features scavenger hints, spooky discos, online workshops, films and podcasts
What I’ve learned in my first year as a father
Learning to parent is like an immersive plunge into into rapidly adaptive combat
The meming of life: Sometimes it would be better if conspiracy theories were true
The new Michael Jackson documentary has triggered thousands of online expletive-laden rants
Dublin Fringe Festival: What should I see this year?
The 2018 event includes productions on shame, fatherhood and an Aer Lingus hijacking
Welcome to LiarTown – where fake media is all too real
Sean Tejaratchi combines image manipulation and a wicked sense of absurdist humour
Irish ‘DNA atlas’ maps genes of the people of Ireland
Research finds genetic evidence of Viking settlement for the first time
Dear David: is the bone-chilling online horror true or fake?
Adam Ellis’s social-media horror gets creepier with every tweet
Father’s Day: My father before he was a dad
Malachy Clerkin, Amy Huberman, Una Mullally and more on their fathers as young men
The radical ideas of Raoul Martinez
"When you look at any person’s life, it’s luck, all the way down in terms of opportunities," says the man behind The Lottery of Birth and Creating Freedom
Ireland Now: the music that defines today’s Irish nation
In the run-up to St Patrick's Day, Irish Times writers select the acts that represent modern Irishness
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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