The Irish Times

‘You’re not begging for money – you’re offering a service’: can Patreon help creatives survive?

Covid-19 has changed everything and makes an audience subscription model attractive

Thu Dec 17 2020 - 05:00

Olive: Olive branches for women in their 30s

Book review: Emma Gannon’s smart debut novel looks at the decision to be childfree

Fri Jul 24 2020 - 06:00

Imagine Gal Gadot hadn’t roped her friends into making this cringy video

Look, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warbling

Thu Mar 19 2020 - 13:32

Filter This: Timely, terrifying look at the dangers of an Instagram life

Book review: Sophie White has written a clever, entertaining debut

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 06:00

Chris O’Dowd: From big Irish teddy bear to American hard man

The Boyle star on his tough-guy role in ‘Get Shorty’ and his county’s referendum journey

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:10

Amy Huberman and Dawn O’Porter on writing, motherhood and the joys of just saying no

The Women’s Podcast: This episode was recorded live at an Irish Times Magazine event at The Sugar Club

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 16:00

In Praise of: the #icebucketchallenge

Donald Clarke may yet warm to the idea of a chilly dip for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association

Sat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00

Television: In a flap about flippers? Take a leaf from Maureen Gaffney’s book

The psychologist’s self-help series is as sincere as teaching extras from ‘Flipper’ to talk is barmy

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00

Radio: Good grief, Moncrieff – surely you aren’t waffling?

The Newstalk presenter marries the trivial and the serious to bracing effect, but Miriam O’Callaghan’s witty remarks fall flat

Sat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00

Dawn O’Porter: ‘I feel like I threw away a couple of years’

O’Porter talks about her confidence crisis, her writing career, and her marriage to ‘big hairy Celt in a lumberjack shirt’ Chris O’Dowd

Tue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00

Radio: George Hook un-Laoises his comedic side while Ray D’Arcy does a bad boob job

In an on-air battle of the belly laughs, the Newstalk presenter’s loud, from-the-hip patter was the clear winner

Sat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00

A night on the tiles

What more natural challenge to set during Dublin Writers Festival than to play Scrabble against The Irish Times?

Sat Jun 01 2013 - 01:00