An Irishman's DiaryI know that the central aim of Operation Freeflow is to keep motorised traffic moving. The plan may even work, occasionallyTue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryMost human body parts have been doing the same thing for as long as they can rememberFri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIf you tune into BBC Scotland today, you might notice something odd. There will be no records playing. Or jinglesWed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryAn exciting development in traffic calming is a contradiction in terms, I knowThu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhy are there no songs about the Dublin-Sligo train service? Maybe there are, and I've just missed themWed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryConcerned reader George Colton writes to me about a recent report on the sports pages to the effect that Danish cyclist Michael…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIf you think the streets of Dublin are dangerous now, be grateful you didn't have to walk them 200 years agoThu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryFor a word of medieval origin, "tawdry" is still doing brisk businessWed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryExciting news from the world of British poultry, where a leading producer has reported a huge increase in productivity since …Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt seems apt that the Vatican-approved crusade to save professional soccer's soul should begin with AC Ancona, a team in the …Fri Oct 12 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhenever my children ask if they can have a dog, I always take a firm line. We don't have room for a dog, I tell themThu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt's a grim fate for a revolutionary who wanted to change the worldTue Oct 09 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe importance of music in people's lives is witnessed not only by the songs we love. The ones we hate are even more tellingFri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryMy apologies to Samuel Johnson, but London is no longer a reliable guide to whether a man is tired of lifeThu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI want to begin today by saying a big "thank you" to the people of Argentina for all the e-mails you have sent me over the past…Wed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI'd be interested to know if the German ambassador has any thoughts on the subjectFri Sept 28 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryOne of the annoying things about Ireland, I find, is that you can't take an overnight train journey anywhere in itThu Sept 27 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryAs many parents will know, trying to get your children to sleep at night can be a stressful experienceWed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIf you buy a ticket for the mid-week Lotto today, spare a thought for the inhabitants of the central Russian region of Ulyanovsk…Wed Sept 12 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI sympathise with Daithí Ó Troithigh, who complained recently (Letters, September 5th) about the difficulty of finding a pub …Tue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn common with most sports followers, GAA fans like to mimic their heroesTue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Feakle makes a name for itself with annual traditional music feastMartin Hayes tells his audiences a story sometimes about the correct way to say "Feakle"Wed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThomas Love Peacock is not much remembered these days, at least outside Tasmania, where he has an official appreciation society…Wed Aug 01 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryBack in Omagh, nine years on, and this time the only nightmare was the trafficTue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere was a certain irony about the opening this week of what were billed as "Europe's highest public toilets"Fri Jul 27 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI haven't heard Al Gore mention it yet, but among the earliest casualties of climate change could be the Child of Prague.Wed Jul 18 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryAs I write this, a post-Ulster Final debate is raging on one of the internet's better GAA sites, under the heading: "Are Monaghan…Tue Jul 17 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn a Clare pub that was still open this week, I overheard two men lament one of the many that have closed.Fri Jul 13 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt's always nice to discover that what you thought of as a personal failing was in fact a virtue ahead of its time.Thu Jul 12 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryAt the nightly music recitals in Milltown Malbay all this week, the tapping of the audience's feet is like a communal heartbeat…Wed Jul 11 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryGrandparents often have very interesting life stories. Sometimes they exaggerate a little, which is their entitlementTue Jul 10 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWith reports that GAA fans have taken to snorting cocaine in Croke Park, it seemed like a good time to get out of Dublin and …Tue Jun 26 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn the early hours of June 20th, 1631, the residents of Baltimore Cove in Co Cork woke to find their village in flames and 200…Wed Jun 20 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryAs older readers and devout Christians among you may know, today is the feast-day of St Anthony of PaduaWed Jun 13 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI see that Bloomsday has become the latest example of event inflation: the socio-economic phenomenon whereby Irish feast days…Tue Jun 12 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI see that one of the new big things on the French music scene is a 26-year-old rapper with the slightly odd name of Diam'sFri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryEight months on, the clear desk policy at The Irish Times shows no sign of relentingThu Jun 07 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWalking down Grafton Street these days, I sometimes feel like that Polish railway worker who has just emerged from a long coma…Wed Jun 06 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhen I wrote in passing a while ago about that most prolific of authors, Anonymous, it never occurred to me to look up the files…Thu May 31 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryOf all the agencies that helped impose British values on Ireland down the centuries, few have had such far-reaching success as…Wed May 30 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe New York Review of Books was fretting recently about the rise of "garbology" in art criticismThu May 17 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI know I'm not the first person to suggest that the Taoiseach owes part of his success to the fact that he sounds like a character…Wed May 09 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhere California leads, the rest of the world often follows eventuallyThu May 03 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's Diary"Other people have a nationality," wrote Brendan Behan. "The Irish and the Jews have a psychosisWed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Painful design for researchIt looks like something from the sado-masochist range of certain specialist clothing stores. It feels like that tooTue May 01 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt's apt that the month of May has become synonymous in Ireland with election campaignsTue May 01 2007 - 01:00
