The Irish Times

Don’t reopen Georgian museum, says former head of national collection

Fitzwilliam Street museum must not be used to ‘respectabilise’ ESB development

Mon Feb 15 2021 - 04:58

In a Word . . .

. . .Gogglebox

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 00:01

Taking voter temperature in Longford and Sligo: lukewarm for Varadkar

Fine Gael needs rural Ireland but its seen to be weak on country concerns from post office closures to driving laws

Sat Mar 23 2019 - 01:00

Seanad meets in its temporary new home for the first time

Senators were forced to relocate to the National Museum due to repair works

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 14:56

OPW gets permission for Leinster House refurbishment

Permission also granted for relocation of Seanad to national museum during works

Fri May 19 2017 - 21:08

OPW seeks permission for €8m Leinster House refurb

Permission also sought for Seanad relocation during works set to continue until late 2018

Tue Apr 04 2017 - 01:01

‘Guarantees’ offered to National Museum over Seanad relocation

Ceann Comhairle and Oireachtas delegation try to ease concerns of museum staff

Mon Nov 14 2016 - 17:38

Seanad move to National Museum an atrocious decision

Deeply misguided plan must be reversed

Tue Nov 01 2016 - 00:02

National Museum curators ‘weeping’ over Seanad relocation

Department defends move as former director says education programme will be curtailed

Tue Oct 18 2016 - 10:36

Chaotic scenes as anti-eviction protest takes over Limerick court

Armed Garda units called to scene as 150 protesters stage mock trial to throw cases out

Sat May 07 2016 - 01:00

Surprise Moore Street judgment leaves Government in a quandary

As the final battlefield of the 1916 Rising, it deserves its national monument designation

Tue Mar 22 2016 - 01:01

Humphreys claiming 1916 Moore St ‘battle site’ does not exist

Court told a national monument can include the remains and ruins of buildings

Fri Feb 19 2016 - 13:57

From the Archives: May 23rd, 1980

Elgy Gillespie visited the archaeological dig at Wood Quay, next to the Liffey in Dublin, as time was running out for the Viking site below the city’s controversial new civic offices

Sun May 24 2015 - 04:00

Cancer patient risks losing home over mortgage debt

Limerick County Registrar hears 219 repossession cases

Fri Mar 06 2015 - 21:43

Government willing to ‘tweak’ insolvency legislation

Minister insisted Government was watching situation in the courts ‘very carefully’

Fri Mar 06 2015 - 13:33

Radio: Astute questioning brings Irish Water debate to boiling point

Review: Brian Dowling brings a tetchy ministerial response on RTÉ Radio 1. Over on Newstalk, George Hook finds a panto partner in Vincent Browne

Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00

National Library warns it will have to cut services

Library predicts ‘very unpalatable and unavoidable decisions’ without funding increase

Sun Nov 02 2014 - 22:09

Secular headstone placed on plot for remains donated to science

Atheist Ireland chair requested change ahead of burial of his late wife in Glasnevin

Thu Sept 04 2014 - 17:42

Television: Crime and punishment, wrapped up in tweed or hidden behind bars

It’s all very well being tweedy, but elements of ‘Endeavour’ jar with the likeable aspects of ‘Morse’

Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00

Something old, something new – and now a book and app too

The Irish Times series A History of Ireland in 100 Objects began life as a reimagined version of a British Museum project. Now it’s a St Patrick’s Day offering to everyone who is interested in our past

Sat Mar 16 2013 - 06:00