Toby Joyce, 62: ‘You can be a moral person and live an upright life without religious belief’Fri Aug 22 2014 - 11:30
Cathal Cullen, 65: ‘Two guards drove in the gate to tell us our son, Cormac, was dead’Fri Aug 22 2014 - 11:30
Fred Crowe, 64: ‘I was one of the first people in Ireland with an email address’The Generations series, charting the experience of Irish people through the decades, by Rosita Boland, reaches over 60-year-olds in Saturday's Irish Times. Here we preview the voices from that decade with Fred Crowe from ClontarfFri Aug 22 2014 - 11:30
An app that shows people with disabilities the wayWay Buddy helps people with learning difficulties to follow routes by showing them pictures of landmarks along the wayFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Matters of life, death and Dublin undertakingA book marking 200 years of the Nichols family and their undertaking business isn’t all seriousThu Aug 07 2014 - 01:00
Time travel: communists, cold wars and cancerVintage Summer: In the final part of the series, we compare a 1954 issue of Time magazine with one from todayWed Aug 06 2014 - 01:00
The joys, jolts and jingoism of old children’s booksVintage Summer: Looking back on comics and books from the 1970s and earlier, the prejudice and sexism jump out at you, although annuals were not as gender-specific as they are nowWed Jul 30 2014 - 01:00
A different world: advice from a 1960s agony auntVintage Summer: Mary Marryat’s column in Woman’s Weekly shows just how much attitudes to sex, death and abuse have shiftedWed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00
Servitude, sex and slavery: decoding old magazine adsA Vintage Summer: A trawl through old ads is funny, but also a jarring reminder of past social truthsWed Jul 16 2014 - 01:00
Pretty speeches and quiet agreeableness: man, I feel like a 1960s womanVintage Summer: A book of advice for women from a bygone era has sections on ‘your husband, your money and you’ and ‘imagination in marriage’. What will a group of modern women make of it?Wed Jul 09 2014 - 01:00
Five Go on a Treasure hunt: the car-boot sale dilemmaI’m a seasoned searcher for second-hand treasure, but as I trawl a car-boot sale in Fethard, Co Tipperary, in search of a bargain to make money for charity, my panic levels start to riseTue Jul 08 2014 - 01:00
Cabbage flan, anyone? Dishing it up 1970s styleVintage Summer: In a new series, I’m using old books and magazines to compare bygone times with the present. This week I cook a disgusting-sounding recipe for a dinner party. How will it go down?Wed Jul 02 2014 - 01:00
Eastern promise: inside the secret vaults of the Chester BeattyThe Chester Beatty library has combed through its secret vaults to put together a new exhibition with eclectic pieces, some of which have never been on view beforeSat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
Automatic right to assessment for adoption a ‘waste of resources’Committee told 14 times the number of people seeking to adopt ‘intercountry’ than children being adoptedFri Jun 27 2014 - 09:48
Jacqueline Kilcullen, 71: ‘There was no question of having sex before marriage’Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Eilish Cullen, 75: ‘Ageism in society is very destructive. Don’t teach us how to knit. Make us more self-reliant’Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Nuala McCarthy, 72: ‘Even though Irish people talk a lot, it is very superficial. It’s hard for people coming here’Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Noel O’Sullivan, 73: ‘I learned more about people through sport than I ever did through management courses’Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Istria? It’s top of my listEnjoy the clear waters, relaxed atmosphere and wonderful food of this northern peninsula in CroatiaSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Brendan Parsons, 78: ‘How many rooms are there in the castle? It depends on what you call a room’The Generations series, charting the experience of Irish people through the decades, by Rosita Boland, reaches 70-year-olds in Saturday's Irish Times. Here we preview the voices from that decade with the seventh Earl of RosseFri Jun 20 2014 - 14:45
Tuam mother and baby home: the trouble with the septic tank storyCatherine Corless’s research revealed that 796 children died at St Mary’s. She now says the nature of their burial has been widely misrepresentedSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
The art of the high flyerBring your attractive secretary and start every trip with Champagne . . . Rosita Boland unearths a book devoted to the art of travelling on expensesSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Francesca Martinez: at ease with her ‘wobbliness’Don’t call it cerebral palsy, says the comedian, who is hell-bent on shaking things upMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
‘It’s not how long you live. It’s how you live’The film-maker Simon Fitzmaurice has motor neuron disease. Now able to move only his eyes, and unable to take an active part in the lives of his five young children, he has written them a powerful memoirSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Rabbitte calls for more women in decision-making roles in the mediaWomen on Air conference told ‘diversity of voices and opinions is essential’Tue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Big recognition for a little newsroom in FermanaghEnniskillen-based newspaper the ‘Impartial Reporter’ has been around since 1825, and was in one family’s hands for 181 years. It was recently named the UK’s best weekly paper. What sets it apart?Tue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Dan Gallagher, 87: ‘I go to Mass every morning, partly to see who’s still alive’Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Sheila Pratschke: ‘I am personally asking the arts community to put their trust in me’She has been chairwoman of the Arts Council for six months and change is in the air. Minutes from meetings are now online, funding is coming under closer scrutiny, and the organisation’s role is under review. She explains her plansSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
An app that knows its curlew call from its blackbird songIn city or in forest, an ingenious app gives you the lowdown on warblers known and unknownMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Bewildered and frustrated: the couple faced with unexpected adoption billsA Donegal couple are dismayed by the bill they’ve received for a process they have withdrawn fromSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Defiance and contempt at Aosdána’s annual meetingThe mood was combative, with some members appearing to claim that the nature of the organisation’s work puts it beyond accountabilityThu May 01 2014 - 17:00
Call for support for traditional Irish music at Aosdána meetingAosdána received €2.7 million from Arts Council this yearWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Questions for Cúirt after middling performanceCompetition is fierce on the literary festival circuit and on the evidence of last weekend Cúirt needs to do more to set itself apartTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Chrysanthemum’s the word: a flower in need of nurtureJools Gilson’s very personal radio documentary rehabilitates the reputation of the ‘forecourt flower’Mon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
On song at CuirtA panel of musicians discuss their favourite books, in and out of tune, at the weekend literary festivalSun Apr 13 2014 - 16:00
Cuirt goes back to schoolA panel on how to promote reading and writing in schools gets a warm reception at the literature festival in GalwaySat Apr 12 2014 - 16:00
Rights and wrongs of the Lissadell caseAfter the Supreme Court’s awarding of more than €5 million in legal costs against Sligo County Council – already tens of millions in debt – local councillors disagree about who is to blame for the fiascoSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
‘Where do people go when they die? Jesus, Mary and Joseph, that’s a queer question’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
‘I don’t understand all the moaning about Seamus Heaney. His poetry didn’t rhyme’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
TK Whitaker, 97: ‘I feel I made a contribution. I must try to refrain from making a kind of idol of myself’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
From Celtic to Celtic Tiger, themes as bewildering as everMarching bands had woollies, but, thankfully, much is as you were, writes Rosita Boland.Tue Mar 18 2014 - 13:44
