Lifeboat volunteers are at the mercy of their pagers - and always ready for action
When volunteers get on their boat, they work seamlessly together, having each other’s backs with one common goal – saving lives at sea
Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
When volunteers get on their boat, they work seamlessly together, having each other’s backs with one common goal – saving lives at sea
Rosemary Coogan from Antrim is bringing Ireland one step closer to having its first ESA astronaut
Save money, save the planet: The endless cycle of clothes shopping is causing water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and landfill
The problems of Ireland are ones the new UK Labour administration would love: too much money, large tax surpluses and politicians choosing where to spend
It’s become a kind of unwitting personal brand. ‘Ah yes,’ people will say cautiously when I introduce myself at academic conferences, ‘the guy who hates trees’
Since Berlin became the capital again 25 years ago, German ingenuity, once applied to solving problems, has been applied to finding excuses. No wonder national team manager Julian Nagelsmann decided to give the whole country a pep talk
Left alone, this invasive species will form dense dark thickets and outcompete native trees such as oak and hazel
Kilkenny Arts Festival director Olga Barry has overcome health scares but is looking for new accommodation at age of 50 after renting for 34 years
Give me a Crash Course in... Airbnb and changes to the planning system for short-term lets
Amid the excruciating gaffes, flashes of the old indefatigable Biden surface, leaving Democrats paralysed ahead of the most important US election in living memory
Should Irish grandparents be paid for plugging the childcare gap, as is now the case in Sweden? We asked Irish grandparents how they deal with the thorny topic
It suggests that humans live on different planets, determined by economic conditions, which lets us off many hooks we would have to discuss if we accepted that all global resources are inequitably shared
The bedding businessman, whose real name is Michael Flynn, says: ‘When they open the gates of heaven I’ll see my whole family, and I’d like to meet Elvis Presley’
Éanna Ní Lamhna on an irritating native moth, the click beetle and the thunderworm
It is hard to deny that Ireland’s unhappy addiction to pinch-mouthed censorship is largely a thing of the past
Save money, save the planet: Microplastics are tiny plastic pieces, less than 5mm in diameter, that have been found in the air, water, soil and sand
I refer to my former spouse as my co-parent, because we share a wonderful child together. But also because there are no other phrases I can think of to describe our new relationship
The Dart+ programme is set to expand the network and at least double commuter capacity on the existing lines which currently run from Malahide to Greystones
On a burning planet with limited resources, we need more international understanding, more curiosity about other lives in other places
Those exposed to poor supplies are consuming water with potentially serious health consequences
The former Grandstand and Match of the Day presenter has written a pair of books about animals, Now Who’s Talking 1 and 2, with illustrations by Bryony Hill
Many Ukrainians grew up speaking Russian to avail of opportunities across the Soviet Union, but Putin’s invasion has urged a new cultural and political pride in their language
Fathers and mothers of many of today’s Irish adults have no idea what their 20-something children are going to do for a living
Researchers explain how microplastics are entering almost every part of the human body and their detrimental effects
Early next year Revolut says it will start offering mortgages in Ireland, although significant questions remain as to how that will work
Former senior RTÉ figure is passing on the reins of the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co Donegal, after 43 years
Ella McSweeney: Thanks to the efforts of locals, nature is starting to flourish again in a river that has been blighted and abused for decades
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a frightening moth, baby spiders and fairweather mates
Labour Party leader now leads a Britain riven by division and uncertainty about its past, present, and future
Twenty-seven US states still carry the death penalty but Texas accounts for almost a third of all executions since capital punishment resumed there in 1982
Somewhere along the way, residential property has come to be seen as an investment for profit rather than as a space for simply living each day
Rehearsals are underway for a new production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Gate this summer, and a new book about the playwright was published this week
Announced as chair of Gaisce this month, the entrepreneur and broadcaster is a former journalist, who has worked in start-ups Storyful and Kinzen and platforms Facebook and Spotify
Prof Corinne Fowler has been embroiled in the culture wars that so often mark British public debate, targeted by some who argue she is ‘woke’ and intent on destroying Britain’s global reputation
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices