Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World, by Jeremy HardingPaperback reviewSat Mar 16 2013 - 06:00
Trolls, bullies and fake namesThe internet has changed how we treat our fellow beings, sometimes with negative consequences. But making it a more pleasant environment may be impossibleSat Mar 09 2013 - 06:00
Choosing my religionIreland is made up of many faiths, of ever-fluctuating numbers. We meet some people who have recently switched religious allegienceSat Mar 09 2013 - 06:00
In the heart of Dublin glows an unlikely shrine to the Divine Will and God's workCrammed full of religious curios, Eamonn Murphy’s little shop is one of the most distinctive on O’Connell StreetSat Mar 09 2013 - 00:00
Tribute to one of the unsung heroes of Irish rock musicGuitar virtuoso Henry McCullough played with the greats, and was not found wantingSat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
At home, every day is casual FridayYahoo! is cutting down on telecommuting. So it’ll be goodbye to naked working and hello to sociabilitySat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Bieberology: understanding Justin BieberTo understand what makes Beliebers believe in Bieber, you need to examine his hair, fans and even musicSat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Robert Sheehan: Boy in the hoodyHe has retired the blue top he wore in ‘Love/Hate’. He’s coming home for the Iftas tonight. And he’s still in bedSat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Scary scenarios when politicians are worlds apartAs Ahmadinejad is willing to be Iran’s first man in space, I am throwing down the gauntlet to our own politiciansSat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
How to play a blinder at the hunger games‘The only thing you need to play a vampire is to be hungry,” says Damien Molony, who plays a 500-year-old recovering blood addict…Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
One thing I've learned from David Attenborough: nature is bloody horribleThis week, after 60 years of broadcasting, David “animals” Attenborough unofficially anointed Prof Brian “space” Cox as his successor…Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Hot whiskey? Brandy? They're not really drinks, are they?Clare Daly, the Independent TD, has confessed to having had a hot whiskey before drivingSat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Workplace etiquette, step one: don't call your boss a moronIs your boss a moron? And can you tell them so to their face? Workplace deference seems to be dyingSat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
What's a little fear and loathing between delegates?Watch your back when swanning around the party scene at the World Economic ForumSat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Close encounter of the equine kind raises issues about our place in the food chainA hungry horse is enough to make you reassess humans’ relationship with the animal kingdomSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
Food taboos: Why won't Irish people eat horse meat?When it comes to food there are some things people in Ireland will not put up withSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
A guide to surviving the modern workplaceI never worked in an office with humans before last June, so here are a few tips I’ve picked upWed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
What separates casual labourers and entrepreneurs? Bank balanceTHE WAY WE WORK NOW: Business speak is being used to obscure harsh truths, but the increasing casualisation of labour should…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
What divides casuals and entrepreneurs?THE WAY WE WORK NOW: Business speak is being used to obscure harsh truths, but the increasing casualisation of labour should…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Phantom 105.2: the pirate that went straightBefore it existed, the alternative music station Phantom had an audienceTue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Believe in Monopoly or take a ChanceMonopoly player tokens underpin our financial system and should not be toyed withSat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Broadcasting, banter and bromanceWe’ll Leave It There So, By Bill O’Herlihy, with Ewan MacKenna, Paperweight, 205pp, €19.99Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
A backward glance at the coming yearRobot rebellion, twits, tweets and war... it’s all behind us nowSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
Ireland correspondents: 'In ways, Syria is easier'Four Irish-based foreign correspondents describe how Ireland is viewed abroad: we’re placid, friendly, in control of…Sat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
No, really, you shouldn't haveChristmas brings out the odd in artists – and these few seasonal byproducts are perhaps better left unwrappedMon Dec 24 2012 - 00:00
Dastardly and motley crew is a wacky CoalitionNeed a foolproof guide to figuring out the Government’s actions? Read onSat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
How great expectations ended up in a bleak HouseIf finance ministers were all action men like Collins, we’d stay awake during the budget speechSat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
More facts laid bare as pope updates nativityHow Johnny Ronan changed a statue’s sex and the pope ruined ChristmasSat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
'Picture books fill holes. They calm people down'At the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards last week a steady stream of supplicants walked past famous novelists in order to bend the…Sat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
The modern mapmakersMaps produced by the All Island Research Observatory help us see Ireland through new eyesSat Nov 24 2012 - 00:00
Looking different. Feeling IrishThe grown-up children of immigrants talk skin-colour, college fees, sport and national identity in multiethnic IrelandSat Nov 24 2012 - 00:00
Christmas tree may have roots in pagan add-on to festivitiesThere are very few references in the Bible to Christmas treesSat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
'A new community like Ongar is a blank canvas'In the HBO drama Deadwood, ambitious frontiersmen erect new towns in record timeWed Nov 14 2012 - 00:00
Homeless people want greater recognition of their humanityIn a Sherrard Street drop-in centre Fr Peter McVerry talks about the difficulties of homelessness in DublinTue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
ATMs are a dark reminder of our crushed dreamsThe reintroduction of tenners in Bank of Ireland ATMs is a sign of the timesSat Nov 10 2012 - 00:00
Gun play: how 'Love/Hate' became RTÉ's best dramaThose of you who haven’t watched the first two series of the RTÉ crime drama Love/Hate might be confused about what it’s actually…Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
TV coverage for political junkies and insomniacsEvery four years, Irish and UK media succumb to the pomp, ceremony, extremism and optimism of US politicsTue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
A talking head who is making senseDavid Byrne makes a fluid, intelligent analysis of what shapes music in his new book – from the sweaty confines of …Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Aching, blistered, bleeding, vomiting - and beaming with joyFor most this isn’t about competition but personal achievement, community family, friendship, and the memory of lost loved ones…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Still searching for the real Gerry RyanThe Gerry Ryan described in Melanie Verwoerd’s memoir – now back on sale after an injunction – is quite different from the man…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
In the outer space of science and fictionIN SIMON Pegg’s spoof buddy movie Hot Fuzz, Bill Bailey plays twin police officersMon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
It's good to know we can rely on RossFICTION: The Shelbourne Ultimatum, By Ross O’Carroll-Kelly Penguin, 414pp. £13.99Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Famine! Plague! Tsunami! The one thing Ireland won't do is . . .What would the State do in an emergency, and what are the most likely threats to national security? We meet Ireland’s masters…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
The wrong, but right, way to runWe realise a large hairy man and a short balding man, in women’s gear, jogging together doesn’t look great, but we do it anyway…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
The generation gameGENERATION NEXT: The need to categorise people has re-emerged with a much-hyped generation war between pension-heavy elder lemons…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Whole parish turns up to be enlightened at 'Father Ted' quiz for charityA MOUSTACHIOED priest is told he can’t bring golf clubs into the venue. A velvet robed bishop purchases a round of drinksThu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Welcome to Abbeyshrule: a tidy little townOnly 200 people live in the Co Longford village that won the Tidy Towns contest this weekSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Are you smarter than a 10-year-old?James Flynn, the man who discovered that IQs were rising, talks about race, gender, age and the ‘sociological imagination…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Poor people on US telly? Too implausibleSMALL PRINT: WHEN THE Irish watched Dallas in the 1980s, we thought this was what average Americans were like: fabulous, oil…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
