Declan O’Rourke

The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Sat Jun 01 2024 - 04:45

Declan O’Rourke on his new novel: ‘You have to put yourself in a position, literally, to write prose’

With arrival of A Whisper from Oblivion, the singer joins select club of Irish songwriters to have published two novels

Thu Oct 12 2023 - 05:00

Aviva’s Irish general insurance and life units see profits double

Combined profit from businesses climbs to €57m

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 11:13

The 10 best Irish albums of 2021 so far, including...

From compulsive debuts to assured collections from old hands, it’s been an impressive six months

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 05:00

Aviva returns to writing general Irish insurance at profit

Insurer reports sharp rise in commercial premium income

Thu May 27 2021 - 10:57

Aviva Insurance Ireland management pay doubles amid exits

Remuneration for senior executives rises to €4m in 2020 at UK-owned general insurer

Thu May 27 2021 - 05:42

Georgian proportions and modern finesse on an acre by the Shannon estuary for €445,000

The couple who built this house to their own design invested heavily in time and materials to create an authentic feel in a modern home

Thu May 06 2021 - 06:00

Drawn to music: The eye and ear of illustrator David Rooney

What are the lines that connect a visual artist with the medium of sound?

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 05:00

Declan O’Rourke: Arrivals – Impressive record that spotlights the journeys taken

Songwriter’s eighth album is a low-key affair that does not need to shout to be heard

Fri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00

Aviva’s Irish general insurance operating profit falls 35%

Net written premiums at Irish unit declined 7% in 2020, UK insurer says

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 13:02

Aviva Ireland confirms exit of John Quinlan as legal case dropped

Former CEO went on leave a year ago and launched proceedings against insurer in July

Fri Dec 11 2020 - 07:23

AIG names Aidan Connaughton as new Irish head

Incoming general manger with insurer for over 30 years

Fri Oct 02 2020 - 17:11

Irish in Australia: ‘We are in for a few hard years’

Many Irish down under aren’t running for the exit, despite a looming recession

Sat Aug 08 2020 - 06:00

Aviva confirms former AIG head Declan O’Rourke as new CEO

Mr O’Rourke to take up appointment in September in place of Nick Amin

Wed Jul 15 2020 - 16:33

Aviva Irish general insurance chief executive sues employer

John Quinlan has been on leave for almost eight months, successor has been lined up

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 06:00

AIG Ireland boss quits for top Aviva role

Declan O’Rourke to leave Irish arm of US insurance giant after 27 years with group

Sat Jun 20 2020 - 05:41

President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to Grammy-winning singer John Prine

‘He always used local musicians as support acts for his concerts in Ireland’

Fri Apr 10 2020 - 22:47

Insurers deny earning ‘super profits’ despite doubling targets

Executives from AIG, Aviva, and Zurich were before the Oireachtas finance committee

Thu Oct 03 2019 - 15:30

Life of a stuntwoman: ‘When I had the baby, I knew it was the end of me jumping off things’

Despite being set on fire and buried, Co Wicklow woman Eimear O’Grady says she is not a thrillseeker

Fri Jun 07 2019 - 06:00

Áine Tyrrell: Return to the Sea review – A psych-folk force

A move to Australia has opened Tyrrell up to rule-breaking exploration

Fri Mar 29 2019 - 05:00

Take me to Hozier: it’s the full Irish for this week’s best rock and pop gigs

Also: The Academic, Blades, Glen Hansard, Síomha, Ash, Fontaines DC and I Draw Slow

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 05:00

Dublin GAA announce five-year extension to AIG sponsorship

New deal with insurance firm believed to be worth in the region of €1 million per year

Tue May 08 2018 - 14:48

AIG renews sponsorship with Dublin GAA in €4m deal

American insurer will sponsor Dublin teams in football, hurling and camogie to 2023

Tue May 08 2018 - 14:10

Child shot dead during Easter Rising given headstone 102 years on

Inchicore eight-year-old Eugene Lynch among 40 children killed during rebellion

Fri Mar 23 2018 - 14:55

Last convict ship of Irish prisoners arrived in Perth 150 years ago

Ten-day 'Fenians, Fremantle and Freedom Festival' celebrates connection between Ireland and Perth

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 11:45

‘There are very few songs about the famine. It was skipped over’

Singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke mines the darkest corners of Irish history on his latest album

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 05:00

Rescue 116: Britain’s Prince William pays special tribute to the four crew

Memorial for the Irish Coast Guard air crew takes place in Co Cavan on Friday

Tue Aug 22 2017 - 19:25

Couple seek ‘miracle’ drug for child’s life-threatening condition

Drug approved by US authorities but not yet by EU a ‘major breakthrough’, says specialist

Thu Jan 12 2017 - 08:28

South Galway harbour campaigns to save its green space

Public meeting to be held on eve of annual Cruinniu na mBad regatta

Wed Aug 17 2016 - 01:00

Service at Glasnevin Cemetery remembers child victims of 1916

Forty children lost their lives through being caught in crossfire during the Easter Rising

Mon May 02 2016 - 01:00

Cultural greats honour Edna O’Brien’s life and writing

Gathering in Dublin includes Paddy Moloney, Michael Longley and Olivia O’Leary

Mon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00

The 1916 Rising as you have never seen it before

Artist David Rooney explains the poster published with this weekend’s ‘Irish Times’

Sat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00

Thousands of schoolchildren to participate in Proclamation Day

Schools to raise flag and read seminal document in events months in preparation

Tue Mar 15 2016 - 01:00

AIG urges ban on whiplash claims to cut premiums

Average cost of neck claims in Ireland far exceeds those elsewhere, says insurer

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 06:00