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The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Goldfinch film is a big letdown but we love Ikea blue cheese and fake fur coats

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 00:00
BusConnects: Culling trees latest attack on Dublin’s quality of life

BusConnects: Culling trees latest attack on Dublin’s quality of life

Una Mullally: Project needs to be balanced against risk to established neighbourhoods

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 07:14
‘Ireland at the present crisis specially needs any ties that will bind her to Great Britain’

‘Ireland at the present crisis specially needs any ties that will bind her to Great Britain’

From the Archive: Proposals to remove Ireland from the National Council of Women of Great Britain and Ireland were met with resistance

Sun Sept 29 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Lilly Singh and Jennifer Lopez are up; Justin Trudeau is down

Sat Sept 28 2019 - 00:00
Jason Byrne: ‘You need a license for a dog but not for a baby’

Jason Byrne: ‘You need a license for a dog but not for a baby’

Life Lessons: No one teaches you how to raise children, but their love is the best drug in the world

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 06:00
Who is accountable when big-tech housing goes wrong?

Who is accountable when big-tech housing goes wrong?

State could provide social housing if likes of Apple, Google and Facebook paid full tax

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 06:00
Pipe smoking dogs, and other memories from past Ballinasloe Horse Fairs

Pipe smoking dogs, and other memories from past Ballinasloe Horse Fairs

The Times We Lived In: Published October 8th, 1924

Sun Sept 22 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

Amanda Palmer and beignets are up, but we’re asking, who needs Avozillas?

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Dublin city in an advanced stage of decay

Una Mullally: Dublin city in an advanced stage of decay

If you thought 2019 was mad, bad and sad for Dublin's development, get ready for 2020

Mon Sept 16 2019 - 06:00
‘Don’t trust anyone who says “It’ll be grand”’

‘Don’t trust anyone who says “It’ll be grand”’

Life Lessons: Mike Ahern, co-director and co-writer of the film Extra Ordinary

Mon Sept 16 2019 - 06:00
Maeve Brennan, a writer who was at home in neither Ireland nor America

Maeve Brennan, a writer who was at home in neither Ireland nor America

From the archive: ‘Irish literature’s best-kept secret ... everyone should be reading her’

Sun Sept 15 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Chris O’Dowd is great in a new BBC comedy series, but we’re feeling the autumn chill in our bones

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Why we should care that the Bernard Shaw pub is closing

Una Mullally: Why we should care that the Bernard Shaw pub is closing

The beauty of the rough-around-the-edges Dublin venue lays in its imperfections

Wed Sept 11 2019 - 14:00
Morgan MacIntyre of Saint Sister: ‘I can’t sing without making shapes and casting spells’

Morgan MacIntyre of Saint Sister: ‘I can’t sing without making shapes and casting spells’

Life Lessons: Morgan MacIntyre, one half of singing duo Saint Sister, her biggest flaw, best advice and her motto for life

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: How YouTube can suck you into an extremist swamp

Una Mullally: How YouTube can suck you into an extremist swamp

Recommendation algorithm can lead online viewers up the radicalisation pathway

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 06:00
Rationing in 1940s Ireland: Drapers protest over clothes restrictions

Rationing in 1940s Ireland: Drapers protest over clothes restrictions

From the archive: Worth remembering wartime rations amid Brexit shortages fears

Sun Sept 08 2019 - 06:00
Joanne McNally: ‘There was always a bang of show pony off me’

Joanne McNally: ‘There was always a bang of show pony off me’

The Dublin comedian, who was adopted, explores what’s in our DNA in her new show

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 06:02
We ’re lamenting the end of summer but cannot wait for Margaret Atwood’s new novel

We ’re lamenting the end of summer but cannot wait for Margaret Atwood’s new novel

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Electric Picnic or Branded Picnic?

Una Mullally: Electric Picnic or Branded Picnic?

Brands and agencies need to realise that less is more as advertising hurts atmosphere

Thu Sept 05 2019 - 17:14
God Knows: I have learned to give to ‘me’ as much as I give to those I love

God Knows: I have learned to give to ‘me’ as much as I give to those I love

Life Lessons: Musician God Knows performs solo and as part of Rusangano Family

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: If you think Johnson is bad, wait for Farage

Una Mullally: If you think Johnson is bad, wait for Farage

Brexit Party is branding, communication and simplicity. Who cares about truth?

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Maeve Higgins: ‘It’s weird when you leave Ireland, right? I felt a bit guilty’

Maeve Higgins: ‘It’s weird when you leave Ireland, right? I felt a bit guilty’

The comedian has come into her own in New York. She talks about her film Extra Ordinary

Sat Aug 31 2019 - 06:03
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Stradbally is up with Electric Picnic in full swing, Dancing with the Stars with Sean Spicer is down

Sat Aug 31 2019 - 00:00
The first Electric Picnic: ‘We’re going for a mini-Glastonbury’

The first Electric Picnic: ‘We’re going for a mini-Glastonbury’

From the Archive: ‘Despite the promises, the beer and toilet queues proved as frustrating as always’

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 09:40
Scootering should be a private affair

Scootering should be a private affair

Last thing Dublin needs is a scooter hire app

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 13:46
Welcome to Insta-Dublin, a city of pop-ups and cheap neon signs

Welcome to Insta-Dublin, a city of pop-ups and cheap neon signs

Much of capital’s contemporary aesthetic appears presided over by a colourblind aristocrat

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Paul Alwright: My mother dying changed my life

Paul Alwright: My mother dying changed my life

Life Lessons: Dublin rapper and actor Paul Alwright aka Lethal Dialect

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Shark-catching off the coast of Ireland

Shark-catching off the coast of Ireland

From the Archive: Angling expert Richard Burrows reported on the sport of shark-angling in his Irish Times column

Sun Aug 25 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

We're liking compostable bags in supermarkets and no-nonsense boots, but finding beige a bit... well, beige

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 00:00
When ‘girl students’ joined the priests-to-be in Maynooth

When ‘girl students’ joined the priests-to-be in Maynooth

When pressed, the priests-to-be admit that one day there could be a scandal

Tue Aug 20 2019 - 06:00
‘I have always been fascinated by everything that crawls, slithers and flies’

‘I have always been fascinated by everything that crawls, slithers and flies’

Life Lessons: Colin Stafford-Johnson is an award-winning nature cameraman

Mon Aug 19 2019 - 06:01
Una Mullally: Tech sector is not being held to account for its nonsense

Una Mullally: Tech sector is not being held to account for its nonsense

WeWork IPO campaign exemplifies sector’s delusionally grandiose nebulousness

Mon Aug 19 2019 - 06:00
Thirty-five girls died in the 1943 fire. All the nuns survived

Thirty-five girls died in the 1943 fire. All the nuns survived

From the Archive: ‘Little girls stood at the windows of the burning building crying to be taken out’

Sun Aug 18 2019 - 06:00
From Dublin to Fifth Avenue: A marriage made in design heaven

From Dublin to Fifth Avenue: A marriage made in design heaven

Bryan O’Sullivan and James O’Neill’s projects include Ballynahinch Castle, where they recently wed

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Phone-box defibrillators are welcome on our streets, but we miss the art that’s removed

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Fine Gael politicians need to own their politics

Una Mullally: Fine Gael politicians need to own their politics

We are existing at a moment where danger of the rise of the right is acute

Mon Aug 12 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Yes to George RR Martin visiting the IFI, but no to the underwhelming third season of Stranger Things

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 00:00
‘For a time I felt Ireland was a narrow, Catholic, little dump. I feel less angry now’

‘For a time I felt Ireland was a narrow, Catholic, little dump. I feel less angry now’

From the archive: What did returning emigrants make of Ireland in 1989?

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 06:04
Can we really expect Fine Gael to care?

Can we really expect Fine Gael to care?

Declaring a victory over denying people healthcare is grotesque

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 06:00
Plan Bea: Aisling Bea on searching for laughter in sad places

Plan Bea: Aisling Bea on searching for laughter in sad places

She’s known for her fizzy wit, but loneliness pervades the comedian’s moving new series

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 06:02
Love Sensation: the Mother of all festivals

Love Sensation: the Mother of all festivals

The two-day bash at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham promises a line-up that is really fun, really queer and really female-led

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Yes to Kevin Barry's novel getting longlisted for the Booker but no to the new ‘diet’ Dairy Milk

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 00:00
Trashy television may cost us more than just our time

Trashy television may cost us more than just our time

Study tracks cognitive and political consequences of exposure to tabloid television

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 06:00
‘Fly in considerable luxury’: Ryanair’s first ads in 1985

‘Fly in considerable luxury’: Ryanair’s first ads in 1985

From the archive : ‘ Point to point, in comfort, for less’, read one

Sun Jul 28 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

We love the Dublin Fringe Festival programme, but are tired of FaceApp pics of people looking old

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Plenty of blame to go around for Johnson’s ascent

Una Mullally: Plenty of blame to go around for Johnson’s ascent

Just like Trump, Johnson's rise to high office is symptomatic of a wider malaise

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 16:13
Una Mullally: Demolition takes Dublin close to point of no return

Una Mullally: Demolition takes Dublin close to point of no return

Capital’s character is being killed by council of enforcement not facilitation

Mon Jul 22 2019 - 11:58
Saoirse Ronan, a self-assured cover star since the age of 13

Saoirse Ronan, a self-assured cover star since the age of 13

The 25-year-old actor preserves all the wit, smarts, and decorum she displayed a decade previously

Sun Jul 21 2019 - 06:00
Annie Mac: ‘DJing with a pregnant belly felt kind of groundbreaking’

Annie Mac: ‘DJing with a pregnant belly felt kind of groundbreaking’

Irish DJ is an architect of popular music, yet she is almost chronically down to earth

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

A chicken-wing festival and Zara’s polka-dot dress are up, plastic on veggies is down

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 00:00
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