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Kilkenny woodturner handcrafts beautiful everyday items

Kilkenny woodturner handcrafts beautiful everyday items

Eoghan Leadbetter is a woodturner and furniture maker based in Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny, talks about his craft. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Fri May 23 2025 - 16:36
Dublin's largest illegal landfill dump is cleared

Dublin's largest illegal landfill dump is cleared

Dublin City Council has started to clear a large illegal landfill site in Darndale on the north of the city. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Thu May 22 2025 - 07:09
'It's all about choice': Dublin camogie players hope for change

'It's all about choice': Dublin camogie players hope for change

Gordon Manning speaks to members of the Dublin Senior Camogie squad ahead of this week's Camogie Association vote on the wearing of shorts. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Wed May 21 2025 - 06:26
In pictures: When the showband era ended, Jas Fagan adapted and began making First Communion suits

In pictures: When the showband era ended, Jas Fagan adapted and began making First Communion suits

Jas Fagan, a trombone player with showband The Cadets, started his tailoring business over 56 years ago. Joe Dolan was a client

Sat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Family of Dublin tailors making Holy Communion suits for decades

Family of Dublin tailors making Holy Communion suits for decades

Jas Fagan Tailor shop on Dublin's Thomas St has been making Holy Communion suits for many years. Jas's son Leonard now runs the business. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Fri May 09 2025 - 17:14
New 'mobility school' for cyclists opens in Crumlin, Dublin

New 'mobility school' for cyclists opens in Crumlin, Dublin

Dublin City Council have opened a Mobility School in Eamonn Ceannt Park, Crumlin, a fun and safe environment to learn and practise cycling. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Tue May 06 2025 - 16:20
Artist Michael Kane at 90: 'I find myself living in the moment'

Artist Michael Kane at 90: 'I find myself living in the moment'

Still producing work in his Dublin studio, the artist Michael Kane celebrates his 90th birthday this year. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Sat May 03 2025 - 06:00
Royal Portrush Golf Club prepares for its third British Open

Royal Portrush Golf Club prepares for its third British Open

Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim will play host to the 153rd British Open in July. It will be its third time to do so. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Fri Apr 18 2025 - 16:10
'It is with us everyday' - mother of Creeslough victim on the tragedy two and half years later

'It is with us everyday' - mother of Creeslough victim on the tragedy two and half years later

Survivors and families of victims of the 2022 Creeslough explosion are still seeking answers. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Fri Apr 11 2025 - 23:13
Roy Hopkins case: family 'happy to get justice'

Roy Hopkins case: family 'happy to get justice'

The family of Roy Hopkins say they are "happy to get justice" after Robert Broughan was sentenced to life in prison for his murder. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Mon Apr 07 2025 - 13:40
Marching practice in a car park with Ireland’s only remaining trade union band

Marching practice in a car park with Ireland’s only remaining trade union band

Communications Workers’ Union Band can trace its roots to before 1916 – its instruments were destroyed in the GPO during the Easter Rising

Sat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
Ian Curran: Paddy Cosgrave calls 'victory' for himself in Web Summit case

Ian Curran: Paddy Cosgrave calls 'victory' for himself in Web Summit case

Ian Curran reports on the settlement reached at the High Court in relation to a legal dispute between Web Summit shareholders. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Thu Mar 27 2025 - 12:39
Web Summit case: Cosgrave claims 'vindication' over settlement

Web Summit case: Cosgrave claims 'vindication' over settlement

Paddy Cosgrave spoke to the media outside court. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Thu Mar 27 2025 - 11:55
Over two thousand people celebrate Holi festival of colour in West Dublin

Over two thousand people celebrate Holi festival of colour in West Dublin

Members of Dublin's Hindu community and others of all religions have celebrated the Holi festival of colour, in Adamstown, west Dublin. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Sat Mar 15 2025 - 16:01
‘Longing for the old sod’: The New York St Patrick’s Day parade, 1995, in pictures

‘Longing for the old sod’: The New York St Patrick’s Day parade, 1995, in pictures

The older people looked serious and earnest, or maybe they were sad

Sat Mar 15 2025 - 06:00
From silage wrap to catwalk fodder: Meet the students turning rubbish into high fashion

From silage wrap to catwalk fodder: Meet the students turning rubbish into high fashion

The Junk Kouture World Final takes place in Dublin next week, celebrating sustainable fashion and creativity

Mon Mar 03 2025 - 05:45
War in Ukraine inspires students’ design entry for Junk Kouture

War in Ukraine inspires students’ design entry for Junk Kouture

John Coughlan and Lucy Murphy of Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí (Bantry Community College) have reached the world finals of Junk Kouture. Video: Bryan O’Brien

Fri Feb 28 2025 - 17:37
War in Ukraine inspires students’ design entry for Junk Kouture

War in Ukraine inspires students’ design entry for Junk Kouture

John Coughlan and Lucy Murphy of Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai (Bantry Community College) have reached the World Finals of Junk Kouture. Video: Bryan O’Brien

Fri Feb 28 2025 - 17:16
Junk Kouture dress made of car seatbelts inspired by road safety campaign

Junk Kouture dress made of car seatbelts inspired by road safety campaign

Three students from the Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles have reached the world finals of Junk Kouture with their design ‘Vision Zero’. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Fri Feb 28 2025 - 08:51
Junk Kouture dress made of car seat belts inspired by road-safety campaign

Junk Kouture dress made of car seat belts inspired by road-safety campaign

Three students from the Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles, have reached the world finals of Junk Kouture with their design Vision Zero. Video: Bryan O’Brien

Fri Feb 28 2025 - 08:51
Meet the new Gardaí: 'It's going to be a rewarding career'

Meet the new Gardaí: 'It's going to be a rewarding career'

Three mature applicants speak about what attracted them to a career with An Garda Síochána as they complete their training in Templemore. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Tue Feb 18 2025 - 16:38
County Kilkenny family making glassware by hand for over 40 years

County Kilkenny family making glassware by hand for over 40 years

Jerpoint Glass is a family business that has been making mouth-blown, handmade and hand-finished glassware in Co Kilkenny since 1979. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Sun Feb 16 2025 - 09:59
A Glass Act in pictures: ‘It’s a craft. It’s been around for thousands of years’

A Glass Act in pictures: ‘It’s a craft. It’s been around for thousands of years’

At Jerpoint Glass Studios in Co Kilkenny, craftsmen use tools and techniques that have been around for thousands of years

Sun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
What to expect from this year's St Patrick's festival in Dublin

What to expect from this year's St Patrick's festival in Dublin

Seven stages, a treasure hunt and the parade, Richard Tierney outlines what to expect from the 2025 St Patrick's festival in Dublin. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Wed Feb 12 2025 - 16:33
Mother of hit and run victim: 'We’ll never get over the loss of Joe'

Mother of hit and run victim: 'We’ll never get over the loss of Joe'

Marguerite Drennan from Mountrath, Co Laois speaks about her son Joe, who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Limerick in 2023. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Fri Feb 07 2025 - 08:18
The numbers behind the Seanad election's small electorate

The numbers behind the Seanad election's small electorate

Reforms will see around one million people eligible to vote in future Seanad elections, but for now the electorate is less than 200,000. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Wed Jan 29 2025 - 14:08
Time is money: ‘Every single clock’ sells at auction in Waterford

Time is money: ‘Every single clock’ sells at auction in Waterford

A Patek Philippe ladies’ 18k gold pocket watch fetched the highest price – €6,000 – at RJ Keighery’s auction

Sat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Michael Lowry: 'We're in this for five years'

Michael Lowry: 'We're in this for five years'

Michael Lowry TD has expressed his delight at the Regional Independent Group securing junior ministerial roles in Government formation talks.

Wed Jan 15 2025 - 16:25
Sanctuary Runners urge Government to adopt 'community integration strategy'

Sanctuary Runners urge Government to adopt 'community integration strategy'

Sanctuary Runners have gathered at Leinster House to call on the new Government to adopt a 'community’, rather than a 'migrant’ integration strategy.

Wed Jan 15 2025 - 13:00
Ireland’s first-ever clock auction takes place in Waterford

Ireland’s first-ever clock auction takes place in Waterford

Ireland’s first-ever clock auction featuring 380 timepieces has taken place at RJ Keighery Antiques in Waterford city. Thomas Keighery explains the background.

Mon Jan 13 2025 - 12:30
Olivia Kelly on Met Éireann weather warnings

Olivia Kelly on Met Éireann weather warnings

The Irish Times Dublin Editor Olivia Kelly discussing the differences between Met Éireann weather warnings.

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 17:23
'Our home is basically condemned': Inchicore house partly collapses into Camac river

'Our home is basically condemned': Inchicore house partly collapses into Camac river

Ellen Blehein, a homeowner in Inchicore, Dublin, says a failure by DCC to maintain a wall on the river Camac has caused her house to partly collapse.

Mon Jan 06 2025 - 17:38
Killarney then and now: Aspects recognisable from when Harry Kernoff painted them in 1943

Killarney then and now: Aspects recognisable from when Harry Kernoff painted them in 1943

Some of the views Irish artist Harry Aaron Kernoff painted of Killarney while on a cycling trip with Patrick Kavanagh haven’t changed much in more than 70 years

Sun Jan 05 2025 - 05:30
From the joy of the panto to the heartbreak of Gaza: Bryan O’Brien’s Photographs of the Year

From the joy of the panto to the heartbreak of Gaza: Bryan O’Brien’s Photographs of the Year

A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Bryan O’Brien’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them

Mon Dec 30 2024 - 06:00
Emotional scenes at Dublin Airport as friends and families reunite

Emotional scenes at Dublin Airport as friends and families reunite

Dublin Airport was busy all weekend with thousands of Irish people abroad returning home for Christmas. Conor Pope spoke to some of them.

Mon Dec 23 2024 - 13:25
Emotional scenes at Dublin Airport as friends and families reunite

Emotional scenes at Dublin Airport as friends and families reunite

Dublin Airport was busy all weekend with thousands of Irish people abroad returning home for Christmas. Conor Pope spoke to some of them.

Sat Dec 21 2024 - 12:54
Christmas in Dublin: BT's singing doorman brings festive cheer

Christmas in Dublin: BT's singing doorman brings festive cheer

Sean Boland, known as Brown Thomas' singing doorman, has delivered a festive singalong on Dublin's Grafton Street. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Thu Dec 19 2024 - 15:38
'It's emotional' - New TDs arrive for first day of new Dáil

'It's emotional' - New TDs arrive for first day of new Dáil

Newly elected TDs speak about the excitement and emotion of attending their first day of the 34th Dáil at Leinster House.

Wed Dec 18 2024 - 14:08
Seamus Etherson, craft butcher - 'The working day starts at 6am'

Seamus Etherson, craft butcher - 'The working day starts at 6am'

Seamus Etherson runs Etherson's Butchers in Cabra, Dublin with his son James and a team of butchers supplying meat to the local community.

Thu Dec 12 2024 - 15:58
Ho-Ho-Bohs: footballers pack presents for children in Direct Provision

Ho-Ho-Bohs: footballers pack presents for children in Direct Provision

Footballers from the Bohemian FC men's and women's teams were among volunteers at RDS Simmonscourt packing presents for children living in Direct Provision.

Wed Dec 11 2024 - 15:54
Mother of returning Irish soldier - 'I cry when they go and cry when they come home'

Mother of returning Irish soldier - 'I cry when they go and cry when they come home'

Emotional scenes at Dublin Airport as families and friends welcomed back members of the Defence Forces from UNIFIL deployment in Lebanon.

Mon Nov 25 2024 - 16:04
Haunted hall in North inner city terrifying the locals

Haunted hall in North inner city terrifying the locals

The Haunted Hall of Horrors in St Agatha’s Hall Dunne Street in North inner city Dublin is terrifying both local adults and kids.

Wed Oct 30 2024 - 16:18
The Derek Quinlan Files in 90 seconds, by London Correspondent Mark Paul

The Derek Quinlan Files in 90 seconds, by London Correspondent Mark Paul

Mark Paul reports on Irish man Derek Quinlan (76) who amassed more than €3.5 billion of debts in the Celtic Tiger era and went bankrupt in London in 2022.

Wed Oct 30 2024 - 08:22
‘I'll be dead before the Luas comes to Finglas‘

‘I'll be dead before the Luas comes to Finglas‘

Veterinary nurse Ciara Brady works in Finglas village: The new tram line is 'a great idea'. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 15:03
Irish citizen appeals for help to evacuate her elderly mother from Gaza

Irish citizen appeals for help to evacuate her elderly mother from Gaza

Sherin Alsabbagh, an Irish citizen living in Ballaghaderreen, is desperate to get her mother out of Gaza where despite having visa and papers, she can't leave.

Wed Oct 16 2024 - 06:23
Are you fit enough to join the Defence Forces?

Are you fit enough to join the Defence Forces?

Conor Capplis and Katie Mellett take the Defence Forces Induction Fitness Test consisting of push-ups, sit-ups and a 2.4 kilometre run. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Sun Oct 06 2024 - 07:53
Bryan O’Brien: This will be the year I put order on the chaos of my photo archive

Bryan O’Brien: This will be the year I put order on the chaos of my photo archive

A single image might capture the essence of a story, but a contact sheet shows the context and sequence of events before and after the chosen image

Sat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Community Archaeology Project excavates in St Anne's Park Raheny

Community Archaeology Project excavates in St Anne's Park Raheny

A group of archaeologists have been busy excavating the site of the old St Anne's House in Raheny, north Dublin as part of a community archaeology initiative.

Sat Sept 28 2024 - 08:00
Helipad sits unused on top of west wing of Government buildings

Helipad sits unused on top of west wing of Government buildings

A helipad installed on the roof of Government Buildings in 1990, when CJ Haughey was taoiseach, hasn't been used in a number of years. Video: Google Earth

Sat Sept 28 2024 - 07:57
New greenway opens up Dublin Port to cyclists and pedestrians

New greenway opens up Dublin Port to cyclists and pedestrians

Dublin Editor Olivia Kelly cycles along the new two-kilometre-long Tolka Estuary Greenway in Dublin Port, which has just opened to the public.

Wed Sept 25 2024 - 17:45
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