The Irish Times

Johnny Watterson: Fearless Andrew Jennings met powerful sports corporations head on

He was one of the last big-game hunters of investigative sports journalism

Fri Jan 14 2022 - 06:28

Basque County – Frank McNally on an era when Meath was a cultural melting pot

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 18:50

The Irish Times view on Spain’s new government: a difficult task for Pedro Sánchez

Despite the right’s inflated rhetoric, the PSOE-Podemos programme offers reforms in the classic EU social democratic tradition: raising pensions, public service incomes and the minimum wage

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 19:45

A Twentieth-Century Crusade review: Eye-opening look at the Catholic Church and fascism

Giuliana Chamedes’s new book is revelatory but leaves some key questions unanswered

Fri Aug 16 2019 - 06:00

How the British faked ‘battles’ during the War of Independence

A ‘battle’ in Tralee was restaged in Killiney, Dublin, and the photographs and Pathé news film were spread widely

Thu Jun 20 2019 - 06:01

10 things I’ve learned in 12 years living in Spain

Dress code is important, lunches are long, and everyone is very, very late

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 11:47

Costa living: ‘Move home to Ireland? I’d hate it’

Thousands of Irish people live on the Costa del Sol – and they're ‘more Irish than anyone at home’

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:50

Fintan O’Toole: Gibraltar's experience exposes British Brexit lies

The Spain-Gibraltar border shows what a customs-union divide looks like

Sat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00

The Irish Times view on Spain and General Franco: a divisive legacy

The challenge for Spanish conservatives is to demonstrate they harbour no sneaking regard for an anti-democratic dictator

Tue Aug 07 2018 - 00:02

Visionary Pep Guardiola still has something new to say

Style and substance the mark of a coach who has guided Man City to the cusp of the title

Sat Apr 07 2018 - 06:00

‘A tough nut to crack’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Catalonia and Ireland in the 1930s

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 00:01

Catalan officials warn of rebellion against Spain’s direct rule plan

Region’s parliament to debate response to Spanish government’s move on Thursday

Mon Oct 23 2017 - 19:57

Paddy Woodworth: Rajoy has played into the hands of Catalan nationalism

Perception of authoritarian government denying gallant small nation right to express itself is widespread

Mon Oct 02 2017 - 12:01

Ken Early: Barca shut Camp Nou in solidarity with Catalan vote

Many on the board believed it was wrong to play on the day of the Catalan referendum

Mon Oct 02 2017 - 07:00

Patrick Freyne picks the best TV shows on the way for Autumn

Alison Spittle’s new show; David Simon in NYC; and a doc on the most famous Irish person ever: Shergar

Wed Sept 20 2017 - 13:46

Brian Boyd: Tourists seen as terrorists by some in Barcelona

The youth wing of the CUP party is on a mission to drive out visitors

Fri Aug 11 2017 - 01:00

Eurovision’s political scandals – From Franco to Syrian flags

Russia and Ukraine are not the only countries with form when it comes to Eurovision controvery

Wed Apr 05 2017 - 14:35

‘We shop locally. . . Face to face is a social elixir’

Me and My Money: Finbar Wright, tenor

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 06:15

Nostalgia at M&S, timeshare in Tuscany and a skilled joiner who won’t retire

Home Front: interiors, design, people, property

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:00

Eta’s ceasefire – five years on

It is regrettable that neither the current caretaker administration in Madrid, nor any likely successor, appears willing to consider a new approach

Thu Oct 20 2016 - 00:00

Euro Moments: General Franco pulls Spain from 1960 tournament

Original championships was a political minefield for the nations who entered

Thu Apr 21 2016 - 13:30

Javier Marías: ‘General Franco always seemed ridiculous: a short, ugly man with a shrill voice’

Growing up in Madrid under Franco, novelist Javier Marías secretly mocked the fascist leader. The period after Spain’s transition to democracy is the setting for his latest book

Tue Mar 15 2016 - 06:00