Not in my back yard?HOW FAR can you see from your back garden? Over the wall, maybe? Down the road? Look up, and you can see millions of light years…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Viewing the past, and reviewing history, through a different lensThe story of how we gained independence can be best understood when we listen to the voices of the people who were thereSat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Does this look familiar?Belief in cultural distinction was a major spur for the founding of RTÉ in 1962. But where would we be without foreign TV?Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Unanswered questions: Did they find the Higgs? Which is Edward?IT WAS A tumultuous yearSat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Generosity and passion for literature recalledLEADING WRITERS have paid tribute to Irish Times literary editor Caroline Walsh, recalling her generosity, intelligence and passion…Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Miss a crucial email? Mr Murdoch, we feel your painUNTIL NOW, few things have been able to elicit empathy with James MurdochSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Watching the box with only one control is still a remote dreamFOR THE past couple of weeks I’ve been in possession of a 55in TVSat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
The satirical mischief started by the Archimedes of the clipboardA mash-up is often simply about treating popular culture as if it’s a tipped-over bucket of LegoSat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
If I was inventing a protest movement, I wouldn't start hereIF YOU WERE starting a mass protest movement, you’d be unlikely to base it around people who are only passing throughSat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
E-readers spell the end of the line for a nosy peek over a shoulderONE OF THE unforeseen consequences of the rise of the e-reader is the way it robs you of the opportunity to snoop on other people…Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Spar comes to Carrigstown, but the benefits may be imaginaryIT IS PRETTY hard to love Spar. It doesn’t so much infuse a warm feeling in your heart as a strip-light glare in your eyesSat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
You don't have to be a plucky underdog to be Irish, but it helpsFOR reinforced stereotype of the week, look no farther than this: the Irish are happy only when they’re underdogsSat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in . . . two-story journalismWhy do we need to know about this? This week, several online media outlets pressed the wrong button and Amanda Knox (who, with…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Smoke, mirrors and earphones: the rotten things about AppleNOBODY HAS mentioned the earphonesSat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
A Crusoe on the Liffey: a man amid the murk and mireALONG THE city-centre stretch of the River Liffey, there is human life. It is over it, alongside it, but not on itSat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
Dublin Contemporary art festival opensTHE AMBITIOUS and city-wide Dublin Contemporary 2011 art festival was launched yesterday, with its curators hoping the event …Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
It's not just arteries: smoking is also narrowing the gender gapTHIS SOUNDS like the clumsy set-up to a bad joke, so sorry to disappoint, but have you ever wondered why women outlive men? In…Sat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00
Micheál, Gaybo, John: autumn schedule or presidential line-up?ANOTHER broadcaster, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, has dropped out of a presidential race he was never in anywaySat Aug 27 2011 - 01:00
Can 'i' be the saviour that brings newspapers back to life?IN THE NEWSPAPER world everyone waits for a saviour to rise from these streets. Or app storeSat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Far from fantastic start to online football seasonSMALL PRINT: IT HAS been a tumultuous start to the Fantasy Premier League and the managers of its two million teams across the…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Farewell the golden age of Irish TV - it was good while it lastedNo new drama series. Few fresh faces. A bare arts scheduleSat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Why I left my pretty iPhone for an ugly AndroidPRESENT TENSE : GETTING RID of the iPhone and going Android takes gutsSat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Aran jumpers: not the first time we've pulled the wool over our eyesPRESENT TENSE: THE ARAN JUMPER shops of Galway and the islands will have this week cut their prices, cancelled all further orders…Sat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00
Arts Council announces touring grants of €1.2m, up by €200,000The Arts Council has announced special touring grants of more than €1Thu Jul 28 2011 - 01:00
Tóibín to bring play to the stageFOR ONLY the second time in his career, the bestselling author Colm Tóibín is to bring a play to the stageTue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00
It's Cillian Murphy - try not to stareCILLIAN MURPHY has been in Galway for the past few weeksSat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
Artist plans to live on the Liffey for Fringe FestivalIRELAND IS to get a new island in SeptemberWed Jul 20 2011 - 01:00
On the plus side, nothing is happeningFOR THE PAST couple of weeks, Google has been doing its invite-only shtick for Google+, its attempt to shout “In your Facebook…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Kinsale taken over by dancing queensIT IS an event based on art, literature and music, but the most obvious sign that Kinsale Arts Week had kicked off on Saturday…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Hacked off, but for how long?In the story of the News of the World ’s alleged phone-hacking, there has been a lone devil on the shoulder this week, mumbling…Sat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
When clone voting meets peak viewingAT WHAT POINT in his life did Michael Healy-Rae give himself wholly to being his father? The flat cap, the mannerisms, the political…Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Fair play to fair-weather sport fansPUT A LEPRECHAUN hat on my byline picture and order me a prawn sandwich, because I am prepared to admit that there is no sporting…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Arts Council appoints new directorThe Arts Council has appointed Orlaith McBride as its new director.Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Oh, fake lesbian, you broke our heartsIN THE AFTERMATH this week of the Gay Girl in Damascus hoax, when it was realised that a young lesbian blogging from Syria was…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
If we really had to hang up our phonesYOU DON’T see them so much now, but a few years ago you’d notice quite a few people had stuck flashing patches on to their phones…Sat Jun 04 2011 - 01:00
Look at us, world, we're on the tellyThe most famous man in the world was a metre away, but her thrill came from being on screenSat May 28 2011 - 01:00
At last, an apocalypse to call our ownSOME DECADES AGO, Stanley Kubrick obsessed about where the safest place would be in a nuclear disaster.Sat May 21 2011 - 01:00
The survey shows we're big fat fibbersTHE MOST interesting detail to emerge from a couple of big surveys this week was not the information we learned: that over-50s…Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
New anthem could sound a bum notePLEASE STAND for a discussion of the national anthemSat May 07 2011 - 01:00
Poor old rich old 21-year-old Rory McIlroyPICTURE THE MOST humiliating thing you did when you were 21Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Tubridy to host Saturday slot on BBC radio during summerIT WILL only be for a few weeks, and he’ll be sticking with his day job at RTÉ, but Ryan Tubridy is set to spend his Saturday…Fri Apr 15 2011 - 01:00
Jobs in the arts - clowns need applySMALL PRINT: THE JOBS market might not be blooming but a couple of the biggest jobs in Irish arts are now on offer.Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00
Tubridy poised to take BBC slotRyan Tubridy is on the verge of a move to the BBC - but he is not leaving either the Late Late Show nor his daily 2FM radio show…Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00
The solidarity of Skerries is the rule, not the exceptionTHE PEOPLE of Skerries went for a walk on Wednesday eveningSat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Are you lying? And other stuff the census should askNEXT WEEKEND the country will sit down to fill in the census formSat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Shared cultural interest may be why Italians quit the sun to live hereIN SEARCH OF ITALY: Italy’s legacy in Ireland has included fine stucco work and an integrated transport systemFri Apr 01 2011 - 01:00
If it's just made the Oxford dictionary, it's behind the curveTHE COMPILERS of the Oxford English Dictionary finally declaring that the term “muffin top” was worthy of inclusion was a little…Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
It's not to be for Hamlet as sword play cuts performance shortYOU CAN’T have Hamlet without the prince, and a sword-fighting accident cut short a production of the play in Cork yesterday…Tue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Welcome to the world of information glut and gluttonyIN 1621 THE English scholar Robert Burton wrote of the glut of information reaching him dailySat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
