Blood, sweat and fears on the set of Penny DreadfulBehind the scenes of this ‘big, gaudy, lurid sort of show’, the prosthetics, wardrobe and props departments are the real stars. The squeamish need not applyMon Apr 20 2015 - 05:45
Shoptalk: Ennis, Co ClareAre you being served? The column that looks at stock, style and service in Irish shopsSat Apr 04 2015 - 06:05
Old Moore was right about Sacha Barkin’ CohenOld Moore’s Almanac showed the instincts of a news hound when it came to predicting what lay ahead for Sacha Baron Cohen (sort of), but was wrong about Zsa Zsa GáborFri Apr 03 2015 - 03:00
Killian Woods, 24: ‘I'll go out and vote for the marriage equality referendum'‘I can’t imagine ever having enough money to own a house’Sat Mar 14 2015 - 05:45
Porn and triple murder? This ain’t the Oklahoma I recallAfter reading the script of the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical classic, which is coming to Dublin soon, it becomes apparent that my school’s version left out a few bitsTue Mar 10 2015 - 08:00
Shoptalk: RoscommonAre you being served? The column that looks at stock, style and service in shops around IrelandSun Mar 08 2015 - 06:30
Gerry Adams and Gauguin give Old Moore’s predictions for February a bounceOld Moore’s Almanac predicted that a famous work of art would make headlines and a politician would have a Twitter event in February. And then there were the misses . . .Fri Mar 06 2015 - 06:00
In praise of Nuala O’Faolain, by Rosita BolandCelebrating Irish women writers: ‘Are You Somebody made a feminist of me, although I don’t think I knew that until now’Wed Mar 04 2015 - 21:00
The disappearance of Trevor Deely, part 3: living with lossThe final part of this series explores the effect on the Deely family of losing their son and brother. ‘Family life will never be the same again,’ they sayTue Mar 03 2015 - 06:00
The disappearance of Trevor Deely, part 2: the searchPart 2 of our continuing series chronicles the frantic days and weeks after Trevor Deely went missing 14 years agoMon Mar 02 2015 - 06:05
The disappearance of Trevor Deely, part 1Trevor Deely vanished from the streets of Dublin early on December 8th, 2000, at the age of 22. No trace has ever been found of himSat Feb 28 2015 - 06:00
Anton Savage: ‘I’ve never been good at saying no’As he takes over Ray D’Arcy’s Today FM slot, Savage talks of growing up with Terry Prone and Tom Savage, what drives him, and the KardashiansMon Feb 16 2015 - 06:00
Old Moore’s Almanac: how many of its January predictions came to pass?On the first Friday of each month, we look back at the predictions in Old Moore’s Almanac to see which, if any, came true. Gay Byrne will be in the news? BingoFri Feb 06 2015 - 06:00
Plastic fantastic or flexible foe? The credit card turns 65It has been a long and, for many, rocky road since the first credit card transaction was made in 1950Tue Feb 03 2015 - 06:00
Shoptalk: Redmonds of RanelaghAre we being served? A new column looks at stock, style and service in shops around IrelandSat Jan 31 2015 - 06:00
Hennessy New Irish Writing moves to ‘Irish Times’ WeekendThe pages of new stories and poems will appear on the last Saturday of every monthTue Jan 27 2015 - 09:34
Rosita Boland recalls impact of winning a Hennessy New Irish Writing award‘I am very grateful to have won a Hennessy Award, even if I feel a bit of a fraud in that I didn’t go on to have a career as a fiction writer, which many people do’Sat Jan 24 2015 - 06:00
Rick O’Shea: an unversed choice for RTÉ’s new poetry showThe presenter of RTÉ’s new Poetry Programme can’t name a poem by Seamus Heaney. So can his popularity win over younger audiences?Thu Jan 22 2015 - 01:00
Need an aspirin, Joan Burton? The future according to Old MooreThe 251-year-old Irish publication Old Moore’s Almanac is a heady mix of household tips, Irish traditions and – best of all – predictions, including one for this year about the Tánaiste (click through images below for more predictions)Fri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Clara Malone, 36: ‘I bought a two-bed apartment for €450,000. I never thought I wouldn’t be able to sell it’Sat Jan 10 2015 - 01:00
Liam O’Ruairc, 39: ‘This generation will have a worse life than the one before them’Sat Jan 10 2015 - 01:00
Colm Doyle, 31: ‘Technology is my life. I can’t fathom a world without computers’'I left [Facebook] with a grand plan to take a long time off. I lasted two months.'Sat Jan 10 2015 - 01:00
Life coach Jack Black: ‘Happiness is not an unrealistic goal’A full-price ticket to the Pendulum Summit costs €425. Here we give you the Glaswegian motivational speaker’s advice for improving yourself and your life for freeFri Jan 09 2015 - 06:00
2014 newsmaker: flood victim Brian Keogh‘As soon as the water went down, I gave the boat back’Sat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
2014 newsmaker: 80-year-old Shannon Airport protesterMargaretta D’Arcy: ‘Why shouldn’t I go online and find myself a Thai man?’Sat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
Is a school sleepout best way to raise awareness of homelessness?‘These students give up their time to support a cause they believe in, which is admirable’Tue Dec 23 2014 - 15:27
What, no turkey? Strange Christmases in classic children’s booksChristmas in children’s books could be a strange affair, from The Long Winter’s meal of oyster soup to the austere no-gift policy in Little WomenTue Dec 23 2014 - 01:00
Hard truths behind Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the PrairieFans of Wilder’s Little House books will treasure her autobiography, which illuminates the stories and spares no details of the pioneers’ sometimes difficult livesMon Dec 15 2014 - 10:00
Micheline Sheehy Skeffington: ‘I’m from a family of feminists. I took this case to honour them’The academic has won a landmark Equality Tribunal case against her former employer, NUI Galway, for discrimination in not promoting her. Women know why she took the case. ‘Men don’t get it,’ she saysSat Dec 06 2014 - 06:00
The all-night hooley in MacCarthy’s Bar revisitedTen years after the death of English writer Pete McCarthy, tourists continue to pour in to the Castletownbere pub made famous by his best-selling book and its vivid depiction of Irish lifeFri Dec 05 2014 - 10:00
The Kerry workhouse girls who became Australian pioneers‘They lived in the bush or went to the goldmines’: the Earl Grey scheme saw 4,000 destitute Irish girls, including 117 from Kerry, transported to AustraliaMon Dec 01 2014 - 01:00
Unsung heroes of the Irish Red CrossThe Irish Red Cross is marking its 75th anniversary this year. It is part of a huge international organisation that provides humanitarian aid all over the world.Sat Nov 29 2014 - 06:00
Lisa Holt, 45: ‘I liked making money. I became very successful, and now I’m an MD’Sat Nov 29 2014 - 06:00
Finola Reilly, 43: ‘I tried internet dating for a while. The solid men all lived about two hours away’Sat Nov 29 2014 - 06:00
Siobhán Jutika Healy, 48: ‘My mother said, “I won’t be here when you get back,” then drove off . . . to New Zealand’‘For me Buddhism has a richness I didn’t know how to get before. It’s not telling you what to do’Sat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
‘Twice this week, lunch was water – feeding the reporter isn’t in the contract’Rosita Boland, journalistFri Nov 14 2014 - 12:36
Main Street, Belmullet: ‘Our remoteness has saved us’In the concluding part of The Street, we visit an area that is too far out for the multiples to reach, meaning that long-standing local shops remain at the heart of the communityMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
The Street: ‘If Obama hadn’t come, the place would be derelict’Moneygall, Co Offaly, which comprises just one street, has changed utterly since the First Couple visited in 2011Mon Oct 13 2014 - 01:00
Regina Glynn, 56: ‘Salads were part of our daily meals. That was very unusual’Sat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
