Facebook and Instagram have pulled the plug on AI avatars Grandpa Brian and Liv but their successors will soon flood our lives with lies on a hitherto unimaginable scale
Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?
Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits
The streamer’s cut version of It’s a Wonderful Life is an abomination – but perhaps not a woke bowdlerisation of the original
But that hegemony will end, perhaps soon. If you value good journalism and good design, give someone you love a newspaper subscription this Christmas
The outgoing Green Party TD delivered on her predecessors’ promises to address Ireland’s woeful shortfall when it comes to supporting cultural activity
Our system of PR is praised for incentivising consensus and civility. But it can also lead to entropy – a gradual decline into uncertainty and disorder
With a supreme court majority sympathetic both to Republican policies and to a more expansive definition of presidential power, the new administration will have nearly all the tools it needs
Cillian Murphy probably didn’t expect to be taken literally when he compared Ireland in the 1980s to the dark ages, but that is where we are now
Podcasts used to be a marginal force. Now they’ve taken centre stage. But with their baggy informality and authenticity also comes a lack of rigour
More than 20,000 artists, writers, composers and other cultural creatives are objecting to unlicensed scraping of their work in the AI space race
A proposed return by the national broadcaster to its birthplace is apt as it redefines itself, and could benefit a neglected part ot Dublin
Guardian Media Group wants to sell the Observer, now 232 years old, to the news website Tortoise. It has a fight on its hands
The new Trump origin film is not a flattering portrayal either of the former president or of Roy Cohn, the legal attack dog and Mob fixer who was his mentor
What a pleasure to observe the flare-up between the composer and last surviving Dubliner and the drone-folk maestros and bouncy balladeers
You’d be hard pressed to tell latest AI voices from the real thing. It’s bad news for actual human beings who fear being left on scrapheap
Prime Video is investing untold amounts in its Lord of the Rings fantasy. But the fastest-growing new streamer has a very different approach
The main parties’ approaches to Ireland’s cultural life was encapsulated by the opposing outlooks of Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald
The debate needs to move on from the best way to fund a public-service broadcaster to the best way to fund public-service content
Death of oldest living chimpanzee in human care raises issue of recurring human impulse to anthropomorphise other species
What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs
Lisa Nandy, the UK’s new culture secretary, announced this week the ‘end of the era of culture wars’, but an armistice is not actually within her remit
The events that have unfolded over the past five years at the national theatre raise obvious parallels with the RTÉ debacle
We waited an age for A New Direction’s ‘third age’, and it already feels rather out of date
Hugh Linehan: With his Kubrick-derived film AI Artificial Intelligence, the director created a surprisingly convincing version of where technology is leading us
The investment firm has met the ire of literary activists amid accusations of greenwashing
Countless politicians have tried to co-opt pop hits as campaign anthems
Hugh Linehan: Director set up in Galway in the mid-1990s, when he was in his 70s, and churned out his trademark low-budget exploitation movies there
Hugh Linehan: Stanley Kubrick said a film should be more like music than like fiction. The Irish director Pat Collins knows why that matters
Global Disinformation Index, a nonprofit organisation, set out to counter misleading online content. Instead it seems to be stifling legitimate debate
Hugh Linehan: The streamer’s new drama is just another lethargic entry into the often unlovely genre of hero-journalist movies
Hugh Linehan: There are sound practical and ethical reasons for colourblind and colour-conscious casting. Other attempts to rewrite the past are absurd
Boutique festival will feature Rachel Allen, Fintan O’Toole, Blindboy Boatclub and more
Welcome to the Student Hub weekly digest - a selection of stories, reviews and podcasts
Numbers in venues restricted to 50 pending Government decisions on Covid-19 measures
Hugh Linehan: Our conservative approach to pandemic challenges may increasingly cause issues
A site-value tax and co-operative building are among the economist’s housing crisis solutions
Chris O’Dowd, Maureen Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among guests for online series
Grande Dame of DC Dowd to give insight to Biden’s America and the politics-obsessed town
Chris O’Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among those appearing at this year’s event
Mask-wearing podcaster and author is first guest at the Irish Times Winter Nights Festival
Six out of 12 categories claimed by Irish Times at NewsBrands ceremony
Biden’s hope for a blue wave across the sunbelt failed to materialise
Everything you need to know about the US election night in one place
Our writers, led by Suzanne Lynch, will provide insightful reporting and analysis
Obama, Bon Jovi and Cher add some razzmatazz to the Biden campaign
The Irish Times political team discuss the sacking of Barry Cowen, at an Inside Politics event
The writer Masha Gessen sees parallels between the US and Russia under Putin
Issues around race and social justice are increasingly important in Ireland too
Inside Politics: Howlin wants to build ‘progressive alliance’ before coalition talks
Inside Politics: Pension issue comes to fore as parties prepare to publish manifestos
Inside Politics: Varadkar accused of playing political game on homeless man incident
‘Gay found the pulse of his country and kept his finger firmly placed there’
The programme of 200+ acts extends across 13 stages and venues
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
