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€72bn Nama 'investment' just none of our business

BRENDAN HOWLIN’S attempt to blame the Referendum Commission for the failure of the referendum on Oireachtas powers of investigation…

Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Decorated lead weights, circa 900

Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00

We should be recovering our Magdalen history, not burying it

CULTURE SHOCK: The striking thing about the Magdalen story is that its resurrection owes more to art than to politics or journalism…

Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00

Nothing ordinary about glimpses of people power that defined race

IT SURELY tells us something about the bizarre nature of the campaign that, in the end, Michael D Higgins – colourful, passionate…

Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00

Time to show we are no longer suckers

We have to decide that if you’re part of a toxic past, you’re not well placed to represent a decent future

Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Ballinderry Sword, mid ninth century

Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00

The Irish play rises again. Only this time it's in England

CULTURE SHOCK: I WROTE LAST WEEK about the way Dublin Theatre Festival had highlighted a crisis in the old notion of the literary…

Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00

We should never hold election like this again

AT BEST, the presidential election campaign should have given us some hope by becoming a real discussion about what kind of country…

Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00

The new theatre: magical, visible, hidden

CULTURE SHOCK: THE 2011 DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL is, I believe, the most significant in 30 years

Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00

Presidential blather a mix of sweet nothings

IGNORANT OF our past, despairs of our future. Shame at home, contempt abroad. The president who will disgrace us

Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00

Tall cross at Monasterboice, ninth century

A HISTORY OF IRELAND IN 100 OBJECTS: When hurlers and Gaelic footballers describe their ultimate ambition, they often use a …

Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00

Course of true theatre never should run smooth

CULTURE SHOCK: THERE ARE TWO Dublin Theatre Festivals, the rough one and the smooth one

Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00

Show me the money: it's dollars that drive the best US drama

CULTURE SHOCK: IN THIS, THE GOLDEN AGE of American TV drama, there is one infallible way of separating the wheat from the chaff…

Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00

The fantastic Flann O'Brien

Brian O’Nolan was born 100 years ago on Wednesday

Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Crucifixion plaque, eighth century

Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Moylough Belt Shrine, eighth century

Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00

Now the bubble has burst, we're left with our real treasures

CULTURE SHOCK: IN A BRILLIANT poem, Aerialist , in his recent collection Of All Places , John McAuliffe captures the sense of…

Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00

McGuinness push for park is a step too far

Should we appoint a head of State who could be liable to arrest for war crimes under international law?

Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Derrynaflan Paten, late eighth century

Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00

Rules of engagement for a decade of centenaries

CULTURE SHOCK: IN THE Jesting of Arlington Stringham , by the strange and wonderful English writer Saki (HH Munro), the eponymous…

Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00

Reckless, feckless and feral employer is all talk, talk

The British broadband company’s ‘Brighter Basics’ values is in stark contrast with its treatment of workers

Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects Ardagh Chalice, eighth century

It was found in 1868, under a stone slab in Reerasta, near Ardagh, Co Limerick, with a second, much plainer bronze chalice and…

Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00

Still no end in sight to harm triggered by 9/11 backlash

OPINION: ONE OF the instant clichés spawned by 9/11 was that “the world will never be the same again”

Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00

In a memorable decade, why throw history out of the window?

CULTURE SHOCK: HISTORY MATTERS IN IRELAND, not least because the past is so unsettled.

Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Tara Brooch, eighth century

Sat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00

The truth of Sam Shepard's curse on the American dream

CULTURE SHOCK: ASIDE ALTOGETHER from its well-established relationship with the leading living playwright of the US, it is easy…

Sat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00

Beckett remade as a radio star

CULTURE SHOCK: ‘ALL THE DEAD voices,” say Didi and Gogo in the most beautiful passage of Waiting for Godot

Sat Aug 27 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

The Book of Kells, circa 800

Sat Aug 27 2011 - 01:00

Bad politics behind great oil and gas giveaway

OUR CHILDREN and grandchildren will see us as a weak and inept generation.

Tue Aug 23 2011 - 01:00

Life for Irish children has finally improved after decades of neglect. But are we about to let them down again?

THE LIFE OF THE IRISH CHILD: This week Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald acknowledged the State’s role…

Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00

Break a leg or two: the stage was always set for running riot

CULTURE SHOCK: Mass disorder and the theatre share a deep connection that harks back to a time before luvvies, when theatres…

Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Church door handle, circa 700-720

Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00

Let's make Norway joint owner of our oil and gas

The State is about to sign away almost all our resources on terms by far the worst in the developed world

Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00

Real austerity brings inclusivity, inspiration and invention

CULTURE SHOCK: The Cultúrlann in Derry has been shortlisted for the architectural Oscars, the Stirling Prize

Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00

Gaybo's crafted persona and the man named Byrne

ANALYSIS: IN THE heat of the presidential election campaign of 1990, Mary Robinson appeared on The Late Late Show

Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00

The West is always in decline, even when it isn't

CULTURE SHOCK: Even when western domination was at its height, books predicting the collapse of western civilisation were bestsellers…

Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

St Patrick's Bell, c.500 AD

Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00

Norris acted wrongly but should not be scapegoat

THERE IS a simple principle to be applied to the case of David Norris’s pleas on behalf of a man convicted of having sex with…

Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Mullamast Stone, 500 - 600 AD

Sat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00

Norway has shown us best answer to terrorism

THERE IS a deep connection between the two horror stories of the last week – the massacre in Norway and the famine in Somalia…

Tue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

St Patrick's Confession, circa 460-490

Sat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Cunorix Stone, Wroxeter, England, 460-475

Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Ballinderry brooch, circa 600 AD

Sat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00

Crisis goes far beyond 'bad apple' economies

If the ‘titan’ US economy is still its testing ground, capitalism is in long-term trouble

Tue Jul 05 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Petrie Crown, second century: The Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets. The Iron Age Irish did

Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00

'Molly Sweeney' lives in the four corners of Friel

CULTURE SHOCK: ONE OF Brian Friel’s best short stories is called The Diviner

Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00

The decisive and brilliant influence of Kader Asmal

During his time in Ireland as an anti-apartheid activist, Kader showed us what a politician should be

Tue Jun 28 2011 - 01:00

A history of Ireland in 100 objects

Corleck Head , first or second century

Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00

Removal of signs shows we are going wrong way

The removal of the iconic Ballyvaughan signposts points to three different kinds of official stupidity

Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00

First impressions last, and Ireland's used to be bad

CULTURE SHOCK: Stamps are the first Irish-manufactured product that many people see and are capable of conveying a good or bad…

Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
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