Covid-19 shows kindness can be enough to get us through
Acts of neighbourliness, solidarity and self-sacrifice portray people to be mainly good
What to do about George Berkeley, Trinity figurehead and slave owner?
Unthinkable: Ireland’s most celebrated philosopher was ‘also extremely morally fallible’
Northside People and Southside People close down with loss of 17 jobs
Publisher North Dublin Publications Ltd has announced it is shutting down operations
Political deadlock: NI system is same as that which agreed 1994 ceasefire
When Troubles started in 1969, only Unionist Party had power in Northern Ireland
Fifty years on, Northern Ireland is unsettled once more
There are troubling parallels between conditions 50 years ago and the situation now
The Irish woman who exposed abuse of nuns by priests 25 years ago
Report by Clare sister claimed such abuse took place in 22 countries, including Ireland
‘It feels like being exiled at your own institution’
Opinion: Plans to close UCD’s member-run common room are drawing sharp opposition from academics
Enda Kenny’s ‘mea culpa’: the science of false memory
Research shows faulty recall is more likely to happen when you are stressed or overloaded
Can the education system heal our ‘post-truth’ society?
Media studies and philosophy could be crucial in tackling extremism and fake news
Joe Humphreys: Stop kidding yourself, you have no human rights
Next time you bleat about your right to something think about what’s being done in your name in the Mediterranean
Joe Humphreys: Church has no reason to fear secularism
Penny slow to drop among Catholic Church in Ireland on issue of school patronage
A testing system for Leaving Cert students with difficulties
Almost 9,000 students with disabilities need accommodations in State exams, but there are growing concerns about a lack of transparency and how the process is managed
Cork newspapers under fire during revolutionary period
Nationalist newspapers targeted by British while loyalist publications suppressed by IRA
Twenty years on – could the ‘Irish Press’ have been saved?
Journalist’s sacking in May 1995 led to a lock-in; the newspapers never returned
The ASTI to consider discussions on TUI merger
Secondary teachers group to face motion on opening talks on joining with broader union
Religious orders blame property crash for redress shortfall
Only €81m in cash from church bodies towards abuse compensation
Discussion: How good are Irish teachers?
Irish abroad: How does the education system where you live compare to Ireland?
TCD plans to demolish Pearse Street building for new student accommodation
Pearse Street ‘is becoming Trinity’s street in the city’, says provost
Over €80 million to be spent on recruiting 1,700 school staff
Department secures an extra €60m to meet demographic demands
Three Irish Times journalists win Justice Media Awards
Series “Inside Ireland’s Supreme Court” wins daily newspapers category
Irish presence felt at Cheltenham fashion
The winner Camilla Henderson is a Londoner whose parents are Irish
Workers are losing the war against machines
Market logic dictates that technological progress rewards ever-fewer people
‘Davos for students’: the brightest undergrad brains ponder the big issues
At the UA Global Summit in Dublin, some of the world’s smartest students have grappled with global issues
Realists 1 Romantics 0: money talks in Irish soccer
By relying on a billionaire benefactor, the Football Association of Ireland is undermining the bond between fans and team
Sunny spells. Scattered showers. Changing climate
Met Éireann made a rare prounouncement on climate change this week. As the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes its Fifth Assessment Report, can Ireland’s living-room scientists rekindle interest in a major global issue?
The prison trap
Mental illness is not a crime. So why are so many people with psychiatric problems in our jails?
Does science really say everything that can be said about life?
Opinion: ‘scientism’ wants to keep morality and philosopy out of the public domain
Mandela family feud upsetting society and African tradition
The family of Nelson Mandela is being urged to stop their infighting and let him die in peace
Obama plans US summit of African leaders in 2014
US president pays homage to ailing ‘personal inspiration’ Mandela at former jail site
Men less satisfied with work-life balance than women
Workplace set-up makes it hard for men to play bigger role in family life
Stuck in the middle
With nursing homes an unsuitable or unavailable option for many older people, some Irish adults are torn between caring for their children and caring for their ageing relatives
Musical prodigy takes on biggest challenge yet
Novice and professional singers to perform Bach masterpiece
Irish and British share the glory on a day of lookers
Father and son Mullins win lifts Irish tally to seven
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