We need to pay very close attention to what is happening in Britain nowA nation that does not confront its national identity will not be able to move forwardThu May 28 2020 - 01:19
Una Mullally: Young people will rebuild Ireland from ashesGeneration to be worst-hit by post-epidemic recession will act to effect real social changeMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
Una Mullally: Reverse return of the car to Phoenix Park as a matter of urgencyThe OPW must not throw away the opportunity for the park â the lungs of Dublin â to become car-freeMon May 18 2020 - 01:00
Normal People filming locations: Tamangos, Tubbercurry and Shane Rossâs houseThe Sligo school was in Dublin. Many of the Trinity scenes were shot in DrumcondraSat May 16 2020 - 06:00
LGBT families in Ireland still caught in legal loopholeKey piece of legislation on parenting issues yet to be fully enacted five years after referendumSat May 16 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Students fear failure, but the Department of Education has openly embraced itWith Covid-19, McHugh left it to last minute to cram for final exams and created a messMon May 11 2020 - 01:00
Una Mullally: The idea of physical distancing in pubs is an absolute nonsenseNighttime economy can be reset to boost big ideas beyond clutch of usual lobbyistsMon May 04 2020 - 01:00
When Maser wrote his graffiti love letter to everybodyOctober 11th, 2008: Irelandâs street artists come out from the undergroundSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: The rhymes between HIV/Aids and Covid-19 are multipleThe metaphors used to give meaning in both pandemics are strangely similarMon Apr 27 2020 - 01:00
Normal People: Putting Sally Rooneyâs novel on the small screenThe project marries two of Irelandâs most talented artists â Rooney and director Lenny AbrahamsonSat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00
Self Aid: When Irish rockers banded together against unemploymentIn 1986, U2, Van Morrison and Clannad sang for jobs, but not everyone was in tune with itSat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Fianna FĂĄil and Fine Gael exposed as intellectually deadA positive legacy of coronavirus crisis should be a decisive throwing-out of old politicsMon Apr 20 2020 - 01:00
When Irish tastes turned from stout to champagneArchive: A 1989 shortage of French bubbly was attributed to demand from IrelandSun Apr 19 2020 - 07:00
Sharing wisdom in a time of crisis: 25 ways to live your life to the fullBrendan Gleeson, Eavan Boland, John Creedon and others pass on advice during this uncertain timeSat Apr 18 2020 - 06:00
âI admire Brian Kerr. Heâs suave, intelligent, witty, unapologetically himselfâLife Lessons: Irish rapper FynchMon Apr 13 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Politeness has got the arts community nowherePaltry, insulting coronavirus âsupportsâ compound a sense of helplessnessMon Apr 13 2020 - 01:00
Ireland and alcohol: Have we always seen ourselves as a nation of drinkers?An Irish Times article from 1981 stated âdrink and the Irish go together like gin and tonicâSun Apr 12 2020 - 07:00
Helen Steele: âI left school with crippling shame about my intellectual capabilitiesâLife Lessons: Helen Steele, fashion designerMon Apr 06 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Leo Varadkarâs mask drops againHis callous off-the-cuff remark reminds us that he is not beyond scrutinyMon Apr 06 2020 - 01:00
An âAsian fluâ pandemic closed 17 Dublin schools in 1957From the archive: The southside of the city was hit harder than less populous northsideSun Apr 05 2020 - 07:00
âLearning languages makes my brain work in a different wayâLife Lessons: Brazilian artist Marina EsmeraldoMon Mar 30 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Coronavirus response is like providing fire exits only during a blazeThe equitable social model we are using to guide us through Covid-19 can be a guiding light to how we rebuild societyMon Mar 30 2020 - 01:00
âIrish Mansions Mined and Burnedâ: 275 houses destroyed in four yearsFrom the archive: The destruction of Irish country houses, or Big Houses, between 1919 and 1923 saw about 275 houses destroyedSun Mar 29 2020 - 07:00
âIâm a black person in the western world. I have a lot of moments where Iâm a victim of racial prejudiceâRapper and artist JYellowL says he is firm believer in sharing your blessings and empowering othersMon Mar 23 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: 'Corona Correction' cannot be unseen or unfeltCapitalism is burning out and the pandemic is nothing if not a great, discombobulating levellerMon Mar 23 2020 - 01:00
Intelligence, will power and skill: Depicting homemaking in 1944How Motherâs Day become mainstream âas appreciation of all the unselfish serviceâSun Mar 22 2020 - 07:00
âPeople tell me my anger will consume or kill me. It is the fuel that keeps me goingâLife Lessons: An insight into Rosaleen McDonaghâs life and times â the good, bad and uglyMon Mar 16 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Collective effort is the only way through this crisisWe must let go of individualism; slowing the spread of Covid-19 is every personâs workMon Mar 16 2020 - 01:00
The struggle for LGBT inclusion in US St Patrickâs Day paradesFrom the Archive: Gay rights groups went to court and held protests over exclusionSun Mar 15 2020 - 07:00
Una Mullally: Fragile Dublin is uniquely vulnerable to Covid-19The city was already coughing and spluttering, and itâs about to become very sick indeedWed Mar 11 2020 - 17:05
Patricia Scanlan: âUndiagnosed endometriosis led to years of miseryâLife Lessons: The popular author on inspirations and moments that changed her lifeMon Mar 09 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Bidenâs rise shows Democrats have learned nothingParty is repeating its Hillary Clinton mistake by pinning hopes on status quo candidateMon Mar 09 2020 - 01:00
Out of 697 Dublin mayors, why have only eight been women?From the archive: Kathleen Clarke became the first female Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1939Sun Mar 08 2020 - 07:00
Una Mullally: How companies can effect actual change this International Womenâs DayThe empty rhetoric of female empowerment within corporate culture makes me queasyTue Mar 03 2020 - 13:40
Thommas Kane Byrne: âAnxiety can be quite isolating and stressfulâLife Lessons: Thommas Kane Byrne, actor and playwrightMon Mar 02 2020 - 06:00
How did Yeats interpret his own poetry? A clue lies in an Irish Times article from 1923From the archive: âMr Yeats was enjoying the satisfaction of recognition in his own lifetimeâSun Mar 01 2020 - 07:00
Dublin nightclub drops entry fee and asks for charity donation insteadPygmalion booker says link up with Peter McVerry Trust will run throughout yearWed Feb 26 2020 - 18:16
Vicky Phelan: âMy motto for life is to live for the momentâLife Lessons: Vicky Phelan, cervical cancer advocate and author, on overcoming life's big challengesMon Feb 24 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Fine Gael and Fianna FĂĄil must ask âwhat do we stand for?âSinn FĂ©in has benefitted from Fine Gaelâs vapid neoliberalism and lack of engagement on issues that matter to peopleMon Feb 24 2020 - 01:00
How Maura OâConnell won over more than just womenâs heartsFrom the archive: In 1981, Maura OâConnell was voted the number one female singer by Hot PressSun Feb 23 2020 - 07:00
Do you have a Caroline Flack relationship with social media?Many of us engage with social media without considering why. Our usage patterns need a rethinkSat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
Kate Dolan: âWorking in film can be a struggle. You get a lot of rejectionâLife Lessons: Kate Dolan, writer and director of films, music videos and commercialsMon Feb 17 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: Ireland's social revolution sparked change electionThe recent referendums showed the Irish electorate that radical change is possibleMon Feb 17 2020 - 01:00
When the Church blamed dances for the spread of tuberculosis in IrelandFrom the Archive: âThe remedy will come, not from legislation, but from the common sense of the people themselvesâSun Feb 16 2020 - 07:00
âCulturally, weâre so afraid of emotion. We repress them but they pop up elsewhere and cause havocâLife Lessons: Oonagh Murphy, theatre directorMon Feb 10 2020 - 06:00
Una Mullally: SF is tapping into young people imagining something differentThis election is rooted in the recession, housing crisis, and the politicisation of young peopleMon Feb 10 2020 - 01:00
A guide to Dublinâs old âjunkâ marketsFrom the archive: âThe true junk lover knows that time is even more essential than money to successful junk huntsâSun Feb 09 2020 - 07:00
Una Mullally: Perhaps we are all a bunch of socialists after allThe election campaign suggests people value a booming society over a booming economyMon Feb 03 2020 - 09:47
âMoving to Canada in the dead of winter was the biggest challenge Iâve ever facedâLife Lessons: Nealo, rap artistMon Feb 03 2020 - 06:00
The evolution â and disappearance â of Brigidâs cross in RTĂâs logoFrom the archive: The distinctive and iconic design was removed by the station in 1995Sat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
