The Irish Times

Going Loco – Frank McNally on Flann O’Brien and the Inchicore Railway Works

An Irishman’s Diary

Wed May 11 2022 - 20:05

Lavery, Yeats and le Brocquy beat estimates in first sales of the year

Irish banknotes also beat expectations in strong sale

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00

Basil Blackshaw’s angels appear in De Vere’s Irish Art Auction

Works by Nathaniel Hone and Daniel O’Neill also among selection from 20th century

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00

Dispute over €40m sale of Dublin property before Commercial Court

Receiver and liquidator disagree over how net proceeds of sale should be distributed

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 18:47

Regency Blackrock villa with echoes of McCormack and Shaw for €3.25m

Distinctive Waltham Terrace house is rich with history and on a large corner site

Thu Mar 03 2022 - 00:00

Patrick Freyne: Lipsynching with your shirt off. That’s a job now

Netflix reality show Hype House reveals that jobs now include being sexy in 15-second chunks

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00

Two Irishmen receive Catholic Church’s highest honour for services to music

Previous Irish recipients include John Hume and tenor John McCormack

Sun Nov 28 2021 - 16:49

Bill Cullen and Jackie Lavin’s former holiday home in Killarney for €950k

Built in 1995 and empty for some years, the house and guest lodge are on 34 acres

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 06:00

Oireachtas committee urges American Irish Society to stop building sale

Charlie Flanagan says society building on Fifth Avenue is source of diaspora pride

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 14:43

Irish authors, actors call for American Irish Historical Society building to be kept

Liam Neeson, Colm Tóibín sign letter asking that Fifth Avenue building not be sold

Wed Feb 17 2021 - 15:05

Proposed sale of American Irish landmark in Manhattan 'deeply disappointing'

Historical society put Fifth Avenue property on market for $52m last month

Mon Feb 08 2021 - 01:05

Under the hammer: Castlehyde’s €1.2m vase, plus other top auction sales of 2020

Covid-19 turned most auctioneers towards online sales, with some outstanding results

Wed Dec 23 2020 - 06:00

Simon Schama: A fight to the death between two visions of America

A bitterly polarised nation could do with a little of the spirit Lyndon Johnson showed in 1965

Sun Nov 01 2020 - 19:30

Count John McCormack’s bed, pub ephemera and 1911 specimen coins for sale

Results and forthcoming auctions

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 00:00

John F Larchet’s Complete Songs and Airs: Musical comfort food

Review: Irish composer’s soft-edged songs are perfect for nostalgic reconnection

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 05:00

Andy Warhol’s ‘Cow’, Lord Byron’s garnet gifts sell well in July auctions

Fine Art & Antiques auction results

Sat Aug 01 2020 - 06:00

Feis Ceoil the biggest loss to Irish classical calendar

Coronavirus ravages cultural schedule but online musical archives will reward raiding

Wed Mar 25 2020 - 05:00

The Rising of the Moon – An Irishman’s Diary on poet John Keegan Casey

Mon Jan 27 2020 - 00:01

In search of the banshee and the elusive lennanshee

An Irishman’s Diary: ‘Leanhaun Shee’ is the Gaelic muse, giving inspiration to those she persecutes

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 18:00

Christy Dignam: ‘Nearly all the people I started with are dead’

Interview: The Aslan singer pulls no punches about drug addiction, sex abuse and cancer

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 05:00

The Mayo woman who became Italy’s favourite operatic diva

The opera singer refused the title of Papal Countess from Pope Pius XI anxious not to forget her humble roots as ‘Peggy of Mayo’

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 07:10

Compensation culture claims Shelbourne’s famous front door

Five-star Dublin hotel to remove revolving door after string of personal-injury claims

Thu Aug 15 2019 - 15:51

Patrick Freyne: From Kylie to Declan Nerney, a history of taoiseach rock

Leo Varadkar has been accused of trying to ‘get down with the kids’ via 1980s pop icon Kylie Minogue. Here’s how our former leaders rocked us in the Oireachtas

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00

A Portrait of the Artist as a PR Man – James Joyce’s controversial campaign to promote an operatic friend, John O’Sullivan

An Irishman’s Diary

Thu Dec 06 2018 - 18:10

Laois woman leaves €30m windfall to five charities in her will

Property and newspaper owner Elizabeth O’Kelly(92) gives Irish Cancer Society €6m

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 11:27

Special €15 coin honours late guitar great Rory Gallagher

Legal tender coin with €15 face value to be sold at €60 each as only 3,000 copies being minted

Sun Sept 16 2018 - 22:16

Dublin's southside: The dark secrets of Merrion and Booterstown

A new book by Hugh Oram shines a light on these southside Dublin suburbs

Fri Aug 17 2018 - 06:00

John McCormack home on Rock Road goes for more than a song

Two landmark homes on the busy Rock Road find buyers after price corrections and a long wait

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 09:53

The Belfast man who became president of Israel

Schooled in Dublin, Chaim Herzog served two terms as president

Tue Mar 20 2018 - 12:54

Galway recreation centre for children and parents faces closure

Future of Time4Us, which provides play and cooking facilities, in doubt due to regulatory requirements

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 20:55

Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’

‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 06:00

Secrets and pints: 60 years of the Shelbourne’s Horseshoe Bar

The Shelbourne hotel’s ‘institution within an institution’ gets ready to party – discreetly

Fri Nov 24 2017 - 15:25

Ex-senator Averil Power appointed Irish Cancer Society chief

Power ran unsuccessfully as an independent for a Dáil seat in last election

Tue Oct 03 2017 - 12:54

Electric Picnic day one: ‘Will we get an auld tattoo?’

The young people of Ireland and their grandparents have gathered to see the acts of the moment

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 14:50