The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Why Irish film-makers and actors can’t do proper sex scenes
Film sex is fine. But sex featuring Irish actors, in films set in Ireland? That never really works
Is there such a thing as an Irish film anymore? Does it matter?
At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home
We need more than a plaque to mark Ireland’s history of cruelty
Institutional history: We need to reflect, not just remember
Call for smartphone use to be banned for primary students
Concern over safety sparks age restriction request for primary school smartphone use
Hostiles review: A fiercely satisfying western of the old school
There is something of ‘The Searchers’ in director Scott Cooper’s elegiac tale
‘Gunpowder’: It’s got Kit Harington but no plot
TV review: The Guy Fawkes story is simplified and stretched. Sparks do not fly
Your guide to going out – and staying in – this weekend
St Vincent plays Olympia while Josephine K and the Algorithms comes to Abbey Theatre
School holidays ‘unlikely’ to be cut to make up for Storm Ophelia closures
Official guidance indicates tuition may be prioritised over extra-curricular activities
Department defends decision to close schools for second day
Some parents criticised move as an ‘overreaction’ on social media
Google offered to provide cyber training for Irish judges
Records show sustained lobbying by tech giants ahead of new digital interception laws
Where have all of Ireland’s teachers gone?
Children may have to be sent home from school or taught by unqualified staff
Why you shouldn’t take the kids out of school to go on holidays
Irish schools unlikely to object too forcefully over kids missing week or two
How teacher unions have been divided and conquered
Staffroom tensions simmer as different tactics drive a wedge between representatives
No plan to cut religion teaching time at denominational schools
State advisory body says new curriculum will be separate to existing religion classes
Deep inequality in special-needs supports laid bare
Shortfall in state assessments, which unlock help, causes unfair distribution of resources
Change in ‘archaic’ rule on religious teaching sought
Rule 68 decrees ‘religious spirit should inform and vivify whole work of school’
Department admits circular on SNAs was ‘badly phrased’
Concern raised by schools about added ‘bureaucracy’ in applying for supports
Praise for ‘outstanding service’ of State solicitor for Cork
Warm tributes from lawyers, gardaí and judges as Barry Galvin steps down from public service
Donald Clarke's great big autumn movie preview
What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year
Large class sizes a ‘black mark’ on Ireland’s education record - INTO
Statistics show increase of 8,500 primary pupils in classes of 30-plus pupils in 2012/13
Proportion of public expenditure on education fell by 40% in a decade
OECD report finds educational attainment levels in Ireland have increased significantly since 2000
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