Random Acts of Kindness Day, which falls today, offers a salutary reminder that even a small gesture can elevate someone else’s mood. Here, several well-known names share their stories
Rite & Reason: James Joyce was our Cole Porter, our Bob Dylan, our Bessie Smith, and every story in Dubliners is a song
Prophet Song pips Liz Nugent’s Strange Sally Diamond and Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting
If Christmas has a seam of holiness in a broken world, it is in gazing out on midwinter and telling the darkness to be gone
After a royal start to 2023, retailers are now poised for the Christmas gift-buying rush. If only everything that happened in between had gone so well
Stacks match record set by Dr Crokes in first O’Rahilly’s Kerry SFC meeting in 85 years
The Government has pledged to establish a citizens’ assembly to reform the education system – but what issues should we address? We asked a dozen public figures in the arts, media, business and education for their views
Susannah Dickey’s powerful writing brings a girl’s coming of age into sharp focus
Review: Billy McGrath’s Boomtown Rats rockumentary rattles along furiously and with a dangerous gleam in its eyes
Irish authors assess the outgoing government’s legacy and what the next one needs to do
Seven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this Christmas
A house move is prompting Patrick and Antoinette Murphy to sell a trove of Irish art
Stillorgan institution calls it a day: ‘We wanted to finish on a high ... this is the best way to go’
Redemption Falls in An Taibhdhearc in Galway, The Same at Galway Airport
An unpredictable, captivating tale of redemption and revenge
The great English actor Ellen Terry's harshest thoughts were directed at husbands
The author Colm Tóibín discusses female Irish novelists, families, and when he wishes he had a TV
The fun-loving, carefree image I present to the world hides the relentless thumping pain and crippling exhaustion
With tricky commemorations ahead, Nuala O’Connor’s documentary is nicely measured
Joseph O’Connor (58) claimed man who came to his home for sex ‘corrupted’ laptop
Joseph O’Connor, a garda, denies five counts of possessing child pornography at his home
The 58-year-old man pleaded not guilty in court to possession of child pornography at his home
Westland Row campus redevelopment involves €9m public funding and significant philanthropy
Bernard Loughlin ran artists’ retreat at Annaghmakerrig in Co Monaghan for 18 years
Paddy Breathnach on making a film about a homeless family with Roddy Doyle
The astute, captivating story of expat life of an American woman in Brazil
Self-confessed shelf addict John Boyne checks out how fellow authors like to stack
DVD of Bob Geldof’s documentary on poet has been released
Conall Jones and Aidan Breen strike at Brewster Park
Vampires, voyages and new beginnings on the Irish stage
Joseph O’Connor (38) pleads guilty to three offences of breaching data protection legislation
The meeting of Galway and Mayo tops the bill on Sunday with one other semi-final
Radio Review: The RTÉ presenter gets fully into character for an Easter special, before showing his strengths on more familiar ground
Joseph O’Connor’s ‘Star of the Sea’ is the first Irish novel since ‘Ulysses’ published in Cuba
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
