The Irish 100 years ago: Sport-loving, price-conscious and half were under 25
Censorship, conservative morality and high cost of living made for an oppressive mix
The best books of 2021 so far: Novels, memoirs, short stories and more
Authors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this year
The barracks: John McGahern Garda station to reopen as museum
The Cootehall barracks where he slept as a boy is now a vibrant community facility
Pregnant pause: why more people – including politicians – are choosing not to have children
The number of childless European leaders is reflective of a wider society where fertility rates have fallen dramatically
Mary McAleese: ‘As a family, we were just devastated’
TV Review: Ex-president reveals what World Meeting of Families means to her ‘modern family’
Fintan O’Toole: Catholic Ireland is now a religious rust belt of half-empty churches
The authoritarian version of Catholicism is over. In other forms it is alive and well
Home Front: Design, people and events
Author and ceramic artist Edmund de Waal and furniture designer Joseph Walsh will be the headline speakers at a two-day design conference at Collins Barracks
Unthinkable: Do you need faith to give your life meaning?
There are ‘few indications’ that God matters to the Irish, says sociologist Tom Inglis
Literary listings: Merriman Summer School, Yeats in Dublin, and Rebellion at Stinging Fly
A round-up of upcoming events in the books world
Fintan O’Toole: Stability can only come from radical change
For how many of its 93 years of existence has the State been economically successful?
Making Love: A Memoir, by Tom Inglis
An intensely personal book about marriage and grief locates a moving love story within the context of a changing Ireland
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