Colleges in crisisHow can Ireland’s third-level sector overcome the pressures it faces: an online revolution, a drop in academic standards and a chronic funding shortage?Sat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Where the money will come fromEven in the era of ‘free fees’ Ireland has the second-highest third-level fees in the OECD. And still colleges don’t have enough money. Is there a better way?Sat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Compare collegesWhich has the highest dropout rate, the best job prospects, the liveliest social mix? Find out with our interactive graphicsSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Unthinkable: How much loving are you ethically obliged to do?Why U2 got it right with ‘Love is Blindness’ and the Beatles got it wrong with ‘All You Need Is Love’Fri Feb 14 2014 - 16:41
Unthinkable: Can you cheat in sport and still be said to have won?Making a case for the ‘moral victory’ in sportFri Feb 14 2014 - 16:40
Scholar who has walked Muhammad from early Islam to the present dayEarly experience in Ireland helped shape Islamic scholar Tarif KhalidiWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Workers are losing the war against machinesMarket logic dictates that technological progress rewards ever-fewer peopleMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:01
Unthinkable: Which ‘golden rule’ of ethics is best, the Christian or Confucian?The rule of reciprocity can be found in all major religions, but with a different emphasisFri Jan 31 2014 - 08:27
Hundreds gather to mourn murdered Castleknock manPriest says O’Gorman ‘cared about ideas and issues and concepts because he cared about people’Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Tom O’Gorman’s ‘honesty and passion’ remembered at funeralHundreds attend requiem Mass for murdered Castleknock manFri Jan 24 2014 - 15:39
Unthinkable: Is scepticism a sustainable philosophy?Sceptics have the upper hand these days but are they hiding values of their own?Fri Jan 24 2014 - 14:46
Unthinkable: Can a machine have a mind of its own?A computer replicating the voice of Scarlett Johansson might be able to convince users that it is human – but does that in fact make it human?Fri Jan 24 2014 - 07:33
Garda Commissioner takes legal advice on garda speaking to PACCallinan consults AG as he seeks to prevent whistleblower testifying on alleged wrongdoingFri Jan 24 2014 - 07:32
Commissioner says he would welcome review of Garda confidential reporting systemMartin Callinan says members of the force are obliged to report wrongdoingFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
Commissioner says no evidence of gardaí doing ‘favours’ for family or friendsCallinan defends use of discretionary powersFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
Question of why gardaí had no faith in procedures hangs in airAge-old dilemma of who will police the police remains a vital oneFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
Points inquiry is ‘grossly unfair’, says CallinanCommissioner defends force’s handling of the penalty points controversyThu Jan 23 2014 - 14:30
CSO report shows mixed progress as male long-term jobless rate is highest in EUIreland fifth most expensive member state despite drop in inflationWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Cardinal Brady hails Vatican reopening as triumph for Church-State dialogueArchbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, also welcomed announcementTue Jan 21 2014 - 20:39
Ireland fifth most expensive state in European UnionIreland has highest fertility rate and second highest class size in EU according to CSOTue Jan 21 2014 - 12:28
Teachers reject latest offer on Junior Cert reformsASTI and TUI unions to consider balloting on non-co-operation after Department of Education plan is turned downSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Who decides what it means to be a person?Can either science or philosophy provide a satisfactory definition of personhood?Fri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Centenary commemorations should not distort history, says President HigginsAbbey gathering hears criticism from playwright over control of memory by ‘cultural class’Thu Jan 16 2014 - 22:05
Unthinkable: Who’s running the show, you or your brain?The question of whether the brain is paramount has profound implications for all of usFri Jan 10 2014 - 10:27
Unthinkable: How far should we go to improve ourselves and our morality?Should we welcome new drugs that could artificially enhance human morals?Fri Jan 03 2014 - 07:52
State feared Guinness objections over plan to make harp logo a trademarkAttorney general advised registering emblem facing both directions, 1983 papers showSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Edward de Bono sought ‘unprecedented’ tax concessions for planned Dublin HQGovernment agreed to discuss business guru’s controversial plan despite legal adviceSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Is the passing of time just an illusion?A thought for the new year: how you perceive time has moral implicationsFri Dec 27 2013 - 09:40
Anti-abortion campaigner offered to water down 1983 amendment in secret talksHeated nature of debate evident in submissions to Garret FitzGeraldFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Attorney general asked in 1983 if ‘Magill’ had committed criminal libel of President HilleryState papers also show tensions between presidency and OPW over Áras facelift expensesFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Noonan and Sutherland clashed over wording of 1983 abortion referendumAttorney general suggested more should be done to promote his revised proposalFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Is Christmas a cause for celebration?Yuletide, winterval? Bah! Shouldn’t it just be called salesfest?Fri Dec 20 2013 - 07:44
Unthinkable: Does innovation always mean improvement?What, if any, responsibilities go along with the freedom to research?Fri Dec 13 2013 - 07:29
Mandela family fortunesThe funeral and burial have already been a bone of contention, but the Mandelas have never been strangers to controversyFri Dec 06 2013 - 12:00
‘He no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages’Many past and present heads of state expected to attend state funeralFri Dec 06 2013 - 07:52
Unthinkable: How do you eat with a clear conscience?This week’s philosophical topic: is meat murder, as Morrissey would have it?Fri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
President celebrates ‘freedom’ of the arts but gives nothing away on Áras goings-onMichael D Higgins opens new film school facility in Dún LaoghaireWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:01
War reporters to speak of the hazards of the field – and Twitter – at Dublin eventJournalists highlight struggle to get accurate and balanced reportage in SyriaMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
Unthinkable: Was Socrates right about the unexamined life?A new weekly philosophy column begins with a Greek classicFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Demolitions will not cost 'big money'Banks and local authorities to work together on demolition plansTue Nov 19 2013 - 07:50
Imagine all the children thinking in the classroomA John Lennon song provides the inspiration for fifth-class pupils to think in questionsTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Keep the conversation going: If you hurt someone’s feelings, without getting caught, are you harmed in any way?Tue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Finding philsophy lessons in child-friendly placesThursday is World Philosophy Day, a good time to get children asking the big questionsTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Say no to groupthink: how philosophy can transform learningAround the world, children who learn philosophy also learn how to solve problems and think critically. Why is there such resistance to teaching it in Ireland?Tue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Dublin freeman McVerry still wedded to job of ending homelessnessHis dog Jack and Sudoku – what more could the campaigning priest want?Sat Nov 16 2013 - 01:01
‘Davos for students’: the brightest undergrad brains ponder the big issuesAt the UA Global Summit in Dublin, some of the world’s smartest students have grappled with global issuesSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00
Realists 1 Romantics 0: money talks in Irish soccerBy relying on a billionaire benefactor, the Football Association of Ireland is undermining the bond between fans and teamSat Nov 09 2013 - 09:14
Northern Ireland football association says all-Ireland team ‘not on radar’Curt response by the Irish Football Association to Taoiseach’s proposalSat Nov 09 2013 - 01:01
