The Irish Times

The Burkes of Castlebar: Who are the high-achieving family from Co Mayo?

Ammi Burke’s Arthur Cox hearing is the latest high-profile case involving a family member

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans massive giving expansion

Annual spending at philanthropic organisation jumps to $6.7bn

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 15:19

It is the workplace, not women’s confidence, that needs to be fixed

Book suggests corporate change is better than asking women to work on their self-belief

Wed Jan 19 2022 - 10:19

The post-pandemic working world is taking shape

‘Working near home’ set to become the biggest global trend as lockdowns ease

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 05:49

State’s private rented sector trebles in size in 21 years

Rental sector accommodates one in five households, housing conference hears

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 12:51

Never mind critics: shared-equity scheme can help affordable housing

Proposal has been subjected to a feeding frenzy of misplaced criticism

Mon May 03 2021 - 05:44

No-deal Brexit’s economic cost for UK ‘could be three times worse than that of Covid’

New report asserts that a no-deal exit will cost Britain £2,400 per person

Wed Sept 23 2020 - 20:27

Dirty money: How the Mafia plundered Italy’s public health system

Profits gained from misery of patients in Calabrian hospitals washed into financial centres of London and Milan

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 11:30

Ethical investors: Do they want to do good or just feel good?

Studies find most of us want to think well of ourselves while simultaneously doing well for ourselves

Tue Jan 14 2020 - 05:00

Ukraine’s central bank accuses Zelenskiy-linked oligarch of attacks

President’s ex-business partner Kolomoisky wants to regain control of nationalised bank

Wed Nov 27 2019 - 19:55

Erdogan’s enemies in the Balkans fear Turkey’s growing reach

Ankara unleashes global dragnet to catch Gulenists it blames for 2016 coup bid

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00

From Rwanda to Brittany, Macron loyalist navigates identities gracefully

Hervé Berville has received threatening, racist messages in toxic atmosphere in France

Wed Feb 20 2019 - 01:00

Social media firms should fund body to advise children on online safety, expert says

Sonia Livingstone says young people’s digital lives raise questions about rights, responsibilities

Tue Feb 19 2019 - 20:32

Little sympathy for UK's Brexit woes among EU's newest members

Eurosceptics bullish but no deep desire in central Europe to leave EU

Sun Jul 29 2018 - 01:00

Policing Authority an 'impediment to accountability' says legal academic

Policing Authority a ‘pale shadow’ of equivalent bodies in other countries

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 01:59

Erdogan dismisses ‘death threat’ and fears over Balkan intentions

Turkish leader holds controversial campaign rally in Bosnian capital

Sun May 20 2018 - 19:40

Aung San Suu Kyi to be stripped of Freedom of the City of Oxford

Council awarded freedom of city when Suu Kyi was held as political prisoner by military junta

Wed Oct 04 2017 - 09:07

Data power could make 1984 ‘look like a Teddy bear’s picnic’

Google and Facebook: How can we assess fairness of decisions algorithms make about us?

Thu Sept 21 2017 - 06:00

Tech mergers may need examination outside normal competition law - LSE professor

Clearing of Facebook’s WhatsApp deal ignored ‘critical’ data issue, says Orla Lynskey

Wed Sept 13 2017 - 19:37

Malala Yousafzai ‘excited’ after securing place at Oxford

20-year-old Nobel peace prize winner says Oxford University interview was ‘the hardest of my life’

Thu Aug 17 2017 - 14:43

Is sugar the new smoking?

Unless we change our diet, Ireland risks becoming the fattest nation in the world

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 07:00

Aggressive drivers see autonomous cars as easy prey

Aggressive drivers are looking forward to sharing the road with autonomous cars as they believe they can cut in front of them easily

Sun Oct 16 2016 - 19:21

Analysis shows UK Brexit bill could reach €20bn

Issue of having to pay for Brexit shaping up as ‘battle royal’, according to economics expert

Thu Oct 13 2016 - 10:42

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2014 – Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, by O’Donnell + Tuomey

Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey have won award after award for their building at the London School of Economics

Sat Oct 08 2016 - 04:30

Non-British academics told by foreign office Brexit advice not wanted

Amber Rudd proposes businesses should declare proportion of non-UK workers

Fri Oct 07 2016 - 15:43

‘Irish Schindler’ to be honoured in Cork

Mary Elmes risked her life to save Jewish children during the second World War

Mon Sept 19 2016 - 18:24

Lisa Godson: Initiatives behind a fresh energy in Irish architecture

For those interested in thinking and learning about architecture and its history, the next few weeks promise to be exciting

Sat May 07 2016 - 05:00

Breaking the ‘curse of benchmarks’

Is short-termism and a slavish preoccupation with benchmarks by institutional investors hurting markets?

Tue Apr 05 2016 - 06:00

Irish food industry knows how to survive a Brexit

Sector highly dependent on UK market but we have the skills to respond appropriately

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 01:00

Corrib gas a ‘template’ for ‘how not to undertake a development’

British engineers’ group say more democratic approach could have avoided cost overruns

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 09:58

Trinity College tops in Europe for producing entrepreneurs

UCD also included in list of top universities with graduates that go on to lead start-ups

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 14:34

Wishful thinking guiding privacy policies after Schrems ruling

Many of the 4,500 companies that relied on Safe Harbour are left a in a legal quandary

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 01:00

China’s emissions may be 14% lower than feared, research finds

Despite good news China overtook US to be biggest producer of greenhouse gases

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 21:13

Berlin 25: The new German division

Germans have to reconcile how they view themselves with how their neighbours in Europe see them

Thu Nov 06 2014 - 06:00