The Irish Times

Why banning alcohol advertising for young people is the right move

Frank Murray: It is shocking that children see more alcohol adverts than adults

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 05:58

Roadside drug tests may tackle prescription painkiller ‘epidemic’

Emergency medicine consultant berates ‘intellectual snobbery’ around cocaine use

Sat May 27 2017 - 15:33

One in three doctors have suffered burnout, study finds

Survey on hospital doctors finds 80% of respondents have worked when ill or injured

Tue May 02 2017 - 08:21

New search begins in northern France for one of Disappeared

INLA said it murdered Séamus Ruddy and buried him in a forest near Rouen

Tue May 02 2017 - 00:01

Count Vaseline: ‘I’m following the music I hear in my head’

Irish musician Stefan Murphy is on a creative roll with his new one-man operation, Count Vaseline. He talks about ‘the endurance side of art’, his new album ‘Cascade’, and why his new home of Atlanta offers him more than Dublin

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 05:00

Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’

‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 17:45

President refused to accept refund for daughter’s air fare

State papers 1986: Patrick Hillery declined rebate of £4,200 after State visit with family to Australia

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:01

Man who got MacGowan to write ‘Fairytale of New York’ has died

Frank Murray managed The Pogues, Thin Lizzy, The Frames, Elton John and The Specials

Fri Dec 23 2016 - 13:00

Miriam Lord: Shane Ross’s rules a red rag to angry Cabinet

‘Obstinate, disruptive’ Winston Churchtown managing to rub everyone up wrong way

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 01:00

Important alcohol legislation risks running into the ground

Politicians in thrall to local shopkeepers should raise their sights and consider the welfare of their communities

Fri Nov 25 2016 - 00:01

Consultant calls for Alcohol Bill to go through ‘as quickly as possible’

Government defers Bill to curb alcohol abuse until after Christmas due to FG divisions

Thu Nov 24 2016 - 08:55

US vice president Joe Biden takes in golf and some apple pie in west of Ireland

Taoiseach Enda Kenny basks in glory as he shows VP around his Mayo

Thu Jun 23 2016 - 17:13

‘Often by the time the patient reaches us, the alcohol damage is irreversible’

Gastroenterologist Aoibhlinn O’Toole’s work ranges from cancer to inflammatory bowel disease

Tue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00

Call for cut in Irish alcohol limits to reflect UK change

Men in Republic can drink three pints a week more than men in North and be at ‘low risk’

Fri Jan 08 2016 - 17:43

Phil Lynott, 30 years after his death

The Thin Lizzy founder – Ireland’s first bona-fide rock star – died on January 4, 1986. Friends recall the man they knew

Sat Jan 02 2016 - 08:00

Radio review: Storm over high water levels and low drink prices

‘Breakfast’, Today with Sean O’Rourke, ‘The Last Word’, ‘Marian Finucane’

Fri Dec 11 2015 - 14:00

Family of Disappeared man Columba McVeigh continue search

Body of teenager murdered by the IRA 40 years ago has never been found

Sat Oct 31 2015 - 01:00

New appeal over Columba McVeigh, killed by IRA 40 years ago

Body of teenager from Dungannon kidnapped and killed by IRA has not been found

Fri Oct 30 2015 - 08:23

Bodies found in Meath confirmed as two of ‘Disappeared’

Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee were abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972

Tue Sept 08 2015 - 15:11

One drink a day raises breast cancer risk, study finds

Medical review says those with family history of disease should consider giving up alcohol

Wed Aug 19 2015 - 10:12