‘Micheál Martin has a number of very significant enemies in Fianna Fáil’The Irish Times political team discuss the sacking of Barry Cowen, at an Inside Politics eventWed Jul 15 2020 - 22:09
Anne Enright: ‘I looked at how men manage their confidence and took a few leads’The author appeared at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival on Wednesday eveningWed Jul 15 2020 - 20:30
Patrick Freyne: A very likable baby with a beard – it’s Zac Efron! – explores the worldWhoa! Do you think we could do this in America, asks the wide-eyed but elderly teen starFri Jul 10 2020 - 05:00
‘In global health terms we have treated surgery as icing on the cake’Surgery is as key as vaccination, nutrition, and mother-and-child health, says RSCI professor Mark ShrimeWed Jul 08 2020 - 00:00
Patrick Freyne: You endearingly sentimental sociopath, I’ve just the show for you!Welcome to The Supervet: Puppy Special, where Noel Fitzpatrick is like Dog JesusFri Jul 03 2020 - 05:00
Generation Covid: ‘Everything is on hold. It’s scary’Medically, they were spared the worst. But Ireland’s young will be hit hard by Covid-19Sat Jun 27 2020 - 06:00
The good old days are back: opium, fancy hats, colonialism and well-lit sexPatrick Freyne: The Luminaries looks great and has spirited acting, but what is it trying to be?Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:00
Lockdown is getting to us all. Dermot Bannon has radicalised my nephewThe architect is back in the ears of the nation’s children in Monday’s Home School HubFri Jun 19 2020 - 05:00
People of colour in Ireland need allies ‘not bystanders’Black Irish Lives: Dr Ebun Joseph is encouraging young white Irish people to discuss racismThu Jun 18 2020 - 01:00
A deep dive into YouTube: So much of it is unrelentingly boringPatrick Freyne immerses himself in the musings, stunts and tears of YouTube’s biggest starsSun Jun 14 2020 - 05:00
The things my movie Contagion got wrong: The slow vaccine, the damaging presidentFilm-maker Scott Z Burns looks back on his meticulously researched pandemic filmSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:15
My fellow Irish citizens! What are you doing next Monday?Monaco is filthy rich and hasn’t much of an army. I think we could take it in a fightFri Jun 12 2020 - 05:00
Dublin’s night workers: ‘In 38 years, I’d never seen an owl in the city centre’Post office workers, cleaners, grocers and gardaí marvel at changes Covid-19 has made in DublinSat Jun 06 2020 - 06:00
The Gaeltacht was basically a sex camp established by Éamon de ValeraPatrick Freyne: Lovesick individuals are treated a little differently in First Dates HotelFri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00
Fortnite is keeping teenagers from falling through the cracksDuring Covid-19, Core in Inchicore is staying connected to its young charges via video gamesSat May 30 2020 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: Britain’s Best Parent? Dominic Cummings, obviouslyEntering a show called Britain’s Best Parent? should automatically disqualify youFri May 29 2020 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: Who knew Eamonn Holmes' unknowable desires could be sated by craftwork?Channel 4’s judges ‘eat, sleep and drink craft’, aka a coronavirus cureFri May 15 2020 - 05:00
Britain prancing on the world stage? You don’t need to tell us. We were pranced uponTV review: Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album looked beneath the images’ glossy surfacesThu May 14 2020 - 14:45
Think Normal People is erotic? You haven’t watched Marty & Bernard: On the Road AgainTV review: And it’s not Bernard’s fault he is but mortal while Marty’s an earthbound angelWed May 13 2020 - 22:35
Dana has been a deeply political, conservative, contentious figureTV review: ‘Dana: The Original Derry Girl’ was a cosy portrait of a demure singerMon May 11 2020 - 22:35
Seán O’Rourke: 32,000 interviews later... ‘I’ve had my fill’The broadcaster, who retired on Friday, looks back on his career high and low pointsSun May 10 2020 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: Grey’s Anatomy is Love Island with white coatsThe show featuring hunky doctors talking about sex is now on its 16th seriesFri May 08 2020 - 08:38
Meet Ireland’s unofficial Covid-19 essential workforceThey fill key roles, minding older people and children, yet are often undocumentedSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
They should have called it Dylan McDermott’s Sex GarageNetflix’s 1940s-Hollywood drama is brimming with petroleum-based rumpy pumpyFri May 01 2020 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne’s home working guide: Find a chair that’s good for your back. Mine is called a ‘bed’And if you're missing the workplace, re-create the atmosphere with this office-noise simulatorThu Apr 30 2020 - 11:55
The app that puts you in touch with a world in lockdownRandom strangers in quarantine can be surprisingly honest over the phoneSat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00
Gangs of London: They bump off Colm Meaney in minutes. It’s a national disgraceEnjoyably choreographed ultraviolence almost makes up for Colm Meaney’s demiseFri Apr 24 2020 - 11:54
Rush hour on a Dublin bus: ‘They’re all ghost buses now’Taking a bus in what used to be the morning peak is now a trip into an eerie worldSat Apr 18 2020 - 06:00
Painting Michael D, irresistible instructions, and six other things that lifted our spiritsSoothe your soul with art, discover ‘books’, and see why Cork is ‘better’ than DublinFri Apr 17 2020 - 14:42
There’s Simon Cowell, with his Stickle Brick hair and cheeks that deserve their own spin-off showPatrick Freyne: BGT is back, but the UK is too broken for the judge to crush any more dreamsFri Apr 17 2020 - 05:00
A day in the life of a Dublin supermarket during Covid-19Flour sales are up 300%, soap 700%. The warehouse is ‘stuffed’, and alcohol is ‘a priority’Sat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
Home School Hub: Múinteoir Ray teaches kids when to don the gas masksPatrick Freyne: What's ‘creepy’ about a middle-aged man enjoying kids’ educational TV?Fri Apr 10 2020 - 05:00
Don Conroy’s Isolation Diary: ‘Lee Marvin says, ‘Hey, kid, I like you. You’re not full of s***’’The children’s TV veteran on returning to the screen during the coronavirus crisisThu Apr 09 2020 - 06:00
Doing the coronavirus rounds with Joe the postman in Dublin 3In the Covid-19 crisis, postpeople are playing a crucial role checking in on older customersSat Apr 04 2020 - 06:15
Ciara Kelly’s Isolation Diary: ‘The virus is outside the door, but we’re still ripping the p*** out of each other’The broadcaster and GP wants to rejoin her medical colleagues after overcoming Covid-19Fri Apr 03 2020 - 16:00
Tiger King: You wait years for just one animal-collecting weirdo, then half a dozen arrive at oncePatrick Freyne: Netflix’s new exotic cat drama isn’t funny, it’s just sadFri Apr 03 2020 - 07:51
Amy Huberman’s Isolation Diary: ‘We’re finding things for Brian to paint’The actor says she received birthday presents of toilet roll and hand sanitiserThu Apr 02 2020 - 06:00
Irishman on life in India: Police beatings, suspicion of foreigners and loudspeaker warningsDubliner Brian Ingle describes the daily challenges under a strict Covid-19 lockdownMon Mar 30 2020 - 11:00
Mental health: How to mind yourself during the shut-downPart of the stress is that we have lost structure to our days, so try to set up a new routineSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:10
Homeless in the Covid-19 era: ‘We all feel a bit queer, clammy, fluey’Homeless people are a particularly vulnerable group during a pandemicSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:05
Sarah Webb: ‘I’ve set up writing classes on Zoom for kids, but they’re also good for me’Isolation Diaries: Children’s author is running online workshops during Covid-19 crisisFri Mar 27 2020 - 06:15
Freud is sexually obsessed with his mother? She’s one lucky womanNetflix’s dreamy dream analyst invents brain science, hunts killers and avoids wet tunnelsFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
Helen O’Rahilly: ‘I ran BBC One on the day of the bombs. I’m well versed in panic’Isolation Diaries: TV executive is running localsupport.ie to get supplies to older and vulnerable peopleThu Mar 26 2020 - 06:00
David O’Doherty: ‘Achill is my favourite place on earth... a weird place in an apocalypse’Isolation Diaries: Comedian has brought his parents to their family cottage on AchillWed Mar 25 2020 - 06:00
John Boyne reopens Covid-19 story contest after over 4,000 children enterIsolation Diaries: The novelist also tells us about his experience of the coronavirus shutdownTue Mar 24 2020 - 10:11
From 15 years of heroin addiction to becoming a neuroscience lecturerBrian Pennie's memoir tells the story of addiction, recovery and redemptionSat Mar 21 2020 - 06:04
‘We’ll never see a pandemic in our lifetime, or my name isn’t Lord Clarence Imminent-Comeuppance’Patrick Freyne: Downtown Abbey creator Julian Fellowes meets his Waterloo in BelgraviaFri Mar 20 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus: ‘The people involved in this business are so vulnerable’Artists and arts workers have been left in desperate straits by the sudden shutdownTue Mar 17 2020 - 06:00
Young straight people have apparently completely forgotten how to do sexPatrick Freyne: Five Guys a Week shows the crisis in heterosexuality is well under wayFri Mar 13 2020 - 05:00
Bob Geldof: ‘I’ll be going along in the car, and suddenly, bang, out comes the sadness’The Boomtown Rats singer on childhood, grief, rebellion, Brexit and Ireland’s progressSat Mar 07 2020 - 06:00
