Galway’s Lonely Planet award: ‘I don’t see how we will cope’Galway is struggling with capacity problems and homelessness. A new travel award will not helpSun Oct 27 2019 - 06:00
Six months on the Blasket: ‘People accused us of ruining it’‘People are protective of island life. They said we would attract more tourists’Fri Oct 18 2019 - 12:00
‘Ask your husband to buy you one’: the mad world of 1960s kitchen adsThe kitchen was sold as the domain of the woman – with the man paying for everythingSat Oct 12 2019 - 00:00
Hidden for 40 years: Renia Spiegel’s second World War diaryFor decades, Elizabeth could not bring herself to read the diary of her late sisterSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Samantha Power: I called Hillary Clinton a monster, but I didn’t mean itObama’s UN ambassador on her traumatic Irish childhood, Trump and ‘that’ interviewFri Sept 13 2019 - 14:54
New Liffey Street plaza: ‘Madness, What’s the point of all the multi-storey car parks now?’Pedestrians and business owners give their views on plans for the new Dublin plazaFri Sept 06 2019 - 12:00
Why do Irish nursing homes have such bad press?Partly, it’s fear of the unknown. We visit a Galway home to see what life inside is likeSun Aug 25 2019 - 06:00
First Look: Inside the Marlin, Dublin’s new €55m hotelEverything is Insta-ready, from a giant stylised tree to a Vespa and retro phone boothWed Aug 21 2019 - 06:00
The nuns of Leap: ‘We refuse to go along with modernism’Most days, Mother Irene and Sr Anne Marie barely break silence. Today is differentSat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Ground rules for car-free College Green: patronising and bizarreDublin City Council turns traffic-free Sunday into an ‘event’ requiring stern warningsSat Jul 27 2019 - 06:00
Married to Gene Kelly: 'He didn't seem that old to me'Film star's widow on curating her husband's archive, and the 47-year age gapSun Jul 21 2019 - 06:00
Cabinet of Curiosities: what new wonders await at the Dead Zoo?Natural History Museum displays new exhibition on theme of ‘predator and prey’Fri Jul 12 2019 - 06:00
Ireland, 1984: A year of fierce debates and ‘mounting evils’From the Archives: Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, Majella Moynihan – all victims of the highly conservative society of 1984Sat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
The town that got over a flood, a recession and a bypassIn 2014, Gort was identified as the place in Ireland hit hardest by the recessionSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Atlantic Podcast: The Unsolved Mystery of Peter Bergmann, Episode 3: The Black NoticeIn Episode 3 of the new Irish Times original podcast, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland wonders whether a decade-long mystery will ever be solvedMon Jun 17 2019 - 12:30
Atlantic Podcast: The Unsolved Mystery of Peter Bergmann, Episode 2: The Golden ManIn Part 2 of an Irish Times original podcast, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland reveals more hidden secrets about the man who came to Sligo to disappearSun Jun 16 2019 - 06:30
Atlantic Podcast: Peter Bergmann’s final four daysTimeline of Peter Bergmann's last four daysSat Jun 15 2019 - 14:58
Atlantic Podcast: Who are the people involved? The gardaí, eye-witnesses and film-maker featured in the Atlantic podcastSat Jun 15 2019 - 12:07
Atlantic Podcast trailer and background: The unsolved mystery of Peter BergmannTen years ago a man was found dead on Rosses Point beach. Who was he?Sat Jun 15 2019 - 06:35
Atlantic Podcast: The Unsolved Mystery of Peter Bergmann, Episode 1: Land of Heart’s DesireIn a new Irish Times original podcast, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland explores in detail the decade-long mystery of a man who came to Sligo to disappearSat Jun 15 2019 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: What I’ve learned from 30 years travelling the worldExclusive extract from Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of TravelSat May 25 2019 - 06:00
Saoirse Ronan: ‘I bet you’re all feminists now,’ actor tells Dublin secondary school studentsActor talks feminism, being talked over and saying no with fifth and sixth year studentsThu May 09 2019 - 18:11
Authors pay tribute to beloved book publicist Margaret DalyPen portraits of a wise, no-nonsense PR gem, always with a cigarette and a bag full of booksFri Apr 26 2019 - 12:30
High-brow Yale tours and low-brow fun in beautiful ConnecticutEven my American friends were baffled. ‘What’s there?’ they all asked. A lot, it turns outSat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00
The hair collectors: Where wigs and hair extensions come fromIn the slums of India, people gather raw materials for a multibillion-euro industrySat Apr 06 2019 - 06:00
‘I think it’s important to retrieve people, especially women, from history’Niamh Boyce on her new novel, historic Irish fiction and modern day witch trialsThu Apr 04 2019 - 06:15
A week in India: Soulmate day, the gender pay gap and gold smugglingBangalore Letter: The stories informing national debate in The Times of IndiaTue Mar 26 2019 - 01:00
100 properties face the wrecking ball to make way for MetroLinkWith Dublin's MetroLink threatening their homes, College Gate residents say they are trappedSat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00
Monica Lewinsky: ‘In 1998, I lost my reputation, my dignity and almost my life’The social activist and veteran of political scandal addressed the Talent Summit in DublinThu Feb 28 2019 - 04:00
Seán McGinley: ‘I just wonder why more actors don’t marry each other’‘The Children’ brings Marie Mullen and her husband on stage together for first time in 27 yearsSat Feb 16 2019 - 05:00
Secrets of an intensive care doctor: 'I've been called a murderer'How do you tell someone they’ve less than a 6% chance of survival?Sat Feb 02 2019 - 06:00
‘Jews were not welcome in Austria’: How one family survived the Holocaust and came to IrelandWalter Sekules and his family resettled in Northern Ireland after second World WarSun Jan 27 2019 - 20:10
The returned missionaries: ‘I’m more African than I am Irish’‘I was in Africa for 54 years and not one person in Ireland has asked about it’Sat Jan 12 2019 - 06:00
Elizabeth O’Kelly: The Irish orphan who gave away €30mThe little-known Irish woman who left millions to charity had a life of privilege and tragedySat Dec 22 2018 - 06:00
Josepha Madigan on culture and her racy self-published novelThe Minister for Culture discusses arts funding, Galway 2020 and her own writing ambitionsThu Nov 29 2018 - 05:00
The ‘Supervet’: ‘The last time I nearly ran into Bono I peed on my own hand’Noel Fitzpatrick on his heroes, getting on with animals, and Pringles’ part in his successSat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
Inside Dublin’s private clubs: ‘We decided not to hide behind a veil of secrecy’The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club could be a boutique hotel. The Kildare Street and University Club, a few doors down, is more secretiveSat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
Abusing Travellers is ‘racism for liberals’Casey’s comments verbalised what people think, say those close to the communitySat Nov 03 2018 - 06:00
Bernard Loughlin made Annaghmakerrig ‘an inclusive, non-judgmental, thrilling place’Rosita Boland recalls the thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious director of the Tyrone Guthrie CentreMon Oct 22 2018 - 14:09
Eoin McNamee: ‘The ghosts of airmen have always been with me’The author on the Co Down second World War airbase that haunts his novel The VogueTue Oct 16 2018 - 06:00
The women keeping Chester Beatty’s bequest to IrelandIt’s 50 years since the philanthropist’s extraordinary donation. Now his library is showcasing its treasuresSat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
Alice Leahy: ‘Big protests are not the way to solve the homeless crisis’Campaigner for the homeless on her memoir, poverty and books with a happy endingSat Oct 06 2018 - 06:00
Newbridge museum to display clothes worn by murdered actorExhibition of Manson murder victim Sharon Tate's clothes is ‘honouring her memory’, says museumThu Sept 13 2018 - 18:32
Active cultural sector can enrich ‘every aspect of society’, Taoiseach saysCultural strategies for local authority include skills exchange involving Syrian refugeesWed Sept 12 2018 - 22:40
The long, cold shadow of slaveryEsi Edugyan talks about her novel, 'Washington Black', set around a 19th-century plantationWed Sept 05 2018 - 06:00
Death of a post office: ‘Another door shuts in rural Ireland’Rosita Boland witnesses the final day of the local post office in Ballindine, Co Mayo - pop. 349Sat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival: Tribalism will make people believe fake stuffEvan Davis gave the annual Hubert Butler lecture at Kilkenny Arts Festival. Other highlights included a gaze-activated dressWed Aug 15 2018 - 05:00
‘If Joyce and Beckett were around now they’d be priced out of their gaffs by an Airbnb’What happens when a city becomes too expensive to sustain its creative community? David Kitt’s remarks about Dublin’s high rents have struck a chord with fellow creativesSat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
Fishing port of Killybegs is now landing several cruise ships every yearThe buses are waiting and local craftspeople have set out their wares when the big liners come callingSat Aug 04 2018 - 06:00
Throwing light on difficult topics while fun is found everywhere in GalwayGalway International Arts Festival review: President’s address, and hit show ‘Flight’Mon Jul 23 2018 - 13:22
