Weekend

The remains of Hurricane Charley in 1986 brought exceptional levels of rainfall to Ireland

Sometimes I want August to be over. It begins to feel like a waiting time, too much anticipation and not enough result

The Irish actor on her breakout role on the hit Apple TV series, being an older sister and ‘living the dream’

Five Irish people on that niggling holiday question: What would it be it like to live here?

As a child in Dublin the the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly author was ‘heavily incentivised’ to lose his English accent

Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to your notes and queries on dragonflies, ladybirds and more

US forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 30th, 2021, marking the end of a 20-year war and the beginning of an exodus of Afghans

His supporters blame the media but others say public scrutiny of the tragic academic was justified

August 24th marks anniversary of massacre of Huguenots in France

People in affected regions in Dublin and Tipperary reflect on the damage caused by the summer wildfires, and their fear of future such events

Overharvesting, pollution and harsh winters all contributed to the decline of oysters in Ireland

Reach for the Stars competition received more than 140 entries from amateur and experienced photographers

Lawsuit against social media giant was filed jointly by 29 US state attorneys

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

I’m not in favour of state surveillance, but more cameras on our roads would save lives

Growing up in Waterford, I naively believed Ireland might sidestep the entrenched divisions of its near neighbours

The Irish actor on the upcoming TV series Blade Runner 2099, working on an adaptation of Marian Keyes’s Grown Ups, and staying grounded

‘It’s great to get away from your mobile phone,’ says one pilgrim of this place of penance since the fifth century

French economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100

The Irish banking system is not functioning because there is not enough lending

Extradited Dubliner’s case will be heard in a three-judge court created to hear charges related to terrorism and organised crime

Lore suggests Athenry’s North Gate will collapse when the most handsome man in Ireland walks under it, so steer clear Michael Fassbender, Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell

Views could be best in the southwest– but proper eye protection is essential

I am not advocating giving up as a general principle, in relation to books or anything else

RTÉ Concert Orchestra general manager Alex Walden on connecting with an audience, receiving his first guitar and living on in your descendants

Ictu general secretary Owen Reidy on his long trade union family pedigree, the time his family fell victim to an IRA bank raid and the problems organised labour faces in Ireland

There is a visceral sense of betrayal when it becomes clear we are being convinced to accept slop and be okay with it

Agriculture takes up 74 per cent of the country’s land

Low-budget, highly ambitious project to restore populations of critical insects fast became a top nature-positive initiative

Your wildlife notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

In the second of a four-part series on Ireland’s walled towns, we visit Derry which boasts the only complete set of walls remaining on the island

In the biggest housing crisis in peacetime Europe, residents are intent on obstructing a solution to the housing shortage

Fingal’s biodiversity officer says planting blackberry brambles starts a chain reaction that benefits wildlife and the entire community

Belfast is hosting Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann – and it’s playing a blinder

For MMA, Maga’s sports arm, not even a court finding of liability for rape prevented McGregor from topping the bill. Might his ‘dud’ comeback change attitudes?

From the 1970s to the end of the 1990s Dunsink was the location of Dublin’s largest rubbish dump

Although I learned metric in school in 1980s Britain, the architecture of shame and ambition around body weight was expressed in stone

Politicians love them, but the 19th century solution to the problem of monotonous, draining work is surely not the answer today

To mark International Twins Day we spoke to twins and parents of twins, including a woman who has given birth to three sets

The US writer and humorist talks about the serious business of being funny on the page and at his live readings