Cheap clothes can come at a high priceColumn: Trade unions are the single biggest factor missing in the sweatshops of AsiaTue Apr 30 2013 - 12:00
Boston lockdown was a triumph for the demented rationale of terrorismIn the US, an improvised bomb provokes hysteria but gun murders of children lead to shameful indifferenceTue Apr 23 2013 - 12:00
In this golden age, let’s not throw away our historyThe new Junior Cert syllabus, mistakenly, is set to downgrade the study of our pastSat Apr 20 2013 - 08:00
Sayonara baby, our marriage is a shamThe arguments against gay marriage are so flimsy because they are mere expressions of bigotryTue Apr 16 2013 - 12:00
Cultural hubs: attracting intelligent tourism to Dublin requires a holistic approachCreating a cultural quarter is a good idea, but why corral culture into a corner of the city?Sat Apr 13 2013 - 08:00
Betting all on a horse called GrowthEverything we’re suffering is predicated on the hope that we’ll get luckyTue Apr 09 2013 - 12:00
Labour leaders keep the party on the road to its own doomNothing will change after mock shock at Meath East byelection resultTue Apr 02 2013 - 11:59
‘Strumpet City’: the impossible Irish novelIn his introduction to a new edition of James Plunkett’s classic story of Dublin during the Lockout, Fintan O’Toole celebrates this year’s One City One Book titleSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
Cypriot bailout shows troika to be hapless incompetentsUnaccountable elites will always do stupid things, writes Fintan O’TooleMon Mar 25 2013 - 16:00
Francis can make a difference if he acts on vow to make church a voice for poorAwareness of moral failings in not speaking out against junta in Argentina could be new pope’s biggest strengthTue Mar 19 2013 - 11:45
Something old, something new – and now a book and app tooThe Irish Times series A History of Ireland in 100 Objects began life as a reimagined version of a British Museum project. Now it’s a St Patrick’s Day offering to everyone who is interested in our pastSat Mar 16 2013 - 06:00
A stylish bunch: why the impressionists loved fashionA terrific show at the Met in New York shows us that when it came to their painting, Renoir, Manet and Monet often started with the clothesSat Mar 16 2013 - 03:00
Time for State to acknowledge great wrong of Irish mental hospital systemState needs to establish why so many of its citizens were wrongly locked awayTue Mar 12 2013 - 12:00
Teresa who? It’s finally time to recognise one of Irish theatre’s seminal worksSat Mar 09 2013 - 06:00
Church's two-faced attitude to gays cruelA few years ago, I was on a studio-based television showTue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Abstraction be damned: how art loses its shock valueCULTURE SHOCK: In 1896, the young Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, who had just settled in Munich, happened to see one of…Sat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Repression shaped our passive societyA temptation newspaper columnists should avoid is the urge to make links between different stories simply because they happen…Tue Feb 26 2013 - 00:00
I scream, you scream . . . but Munch's man doesn't‘Iconic” is the most overused word in contemporary criticism, but it really does apply to Edvard Munch’s image – or, rather, …Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
Kenny is learning slowly on educationA long time ago, when Ireland was a Catholic country, most people would have been familiar with the concept of an epiphanyTue Feb 19 2013 - 00:00
Portents of doom from the outsider at the tableEdward Albee is 85 next month, which makes him the grand old man of English-language dramaSat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Debt deal is normalising the Irish freak showThere is the old story of the 18th century French lothario sitting at dinner beside a famously virtuous ladyTue Feb 12 2013 - 00:00
The woman who opened our eyesMary Raftery was the most important journalist of the past 30 yearsSat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Streaming, stealing: what's the difference?On February 1st last year, a Spotify user streamed a track, Tetrishead, by the California-based cellist and composer Zoë Keating…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
We need a citizens' petition on debt dealSomething crucial is missing from the most important negotiations this State has engaged in since the Belfast AgreementTue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Don't be misled by our nation's pervasive disappointmentThere used to be a near-fatal game called drink-along-a-Dallas, where you had to knock back a glass of something strong every…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Eileen Gray: the third great Irish genius of modernismFrom the narrow path around Cap St Martin on the French Rivera, you can barely see the most important work of Irish architecture…Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Poor pay a high price when it comes to cheap meatThe whole meat burger saga reveals something extremely serious – the existence of a two-tier regulatory systemTue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
This time it really is a war to save civilisationIn the developed world we rather causally use the term “culture wars” to mean the clash of styles or modes of expressionSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
Rory nails his colours firmly to Nike's mastRory McIlroy won’t play for Ireland in the 2016 Olympics – and he won’t play for BritainTue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Irish history in 100 objects: lessons we have learnedThe choice of the final item for our series divided opinion. Here's the solutionSat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
A History of Ireland in 100 Objects: Decommissioned AK-47 assault rifle, 2005It is a mass-manufactured commodity, as iconic in its own dark way as a Coca-Cola bottle or an iPhoneSat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Politicians should stay silent about art until they understand itThe Nazi analogies came thick and fast on Monday night in AthloneSat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Democratic scrutiny is dead in the DáilThe best way to bring Irish politics into disrepute is simply to describe itTue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
My lifelong love affair with 'Oliver!'I can, I hope, maintain a cool, critical detachment about most pieces of theatreSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
The Anglo Irish Bank sign, 2000-2011A History of Ireland in 100 Objects On April 20th, 2011, a small crowd gathered at St Stephen’s Green in Dublin to watch this…Sat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
What's another (terrible) year?As the great philosopher Johnny Logan once asked, What’s another year? What’s another year, he sobbed, for someone who’s lost…Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
Ten things that helped make life worth living in 2012CULTURE SHOCK: Here, not exclusive and in no particular order, are 10 things that helped to make life worth living in 2012.Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
Bloody Sunday handkerchief, 1972A History of Ireland in 100 Objects The plain white handkerchief is distinguished only by the small letters spelling out “Fr…Sat Dec 22 2012 - 00:00
An Abbey production haunted by two ghostsEvery adaptation has to face the ghost of the originalSat Dec 22 2012 - 00:00
A civilised society takes care of citizensThe difference between decency and indecency is luck. In a decent society, you don’t have to be luckyTue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Washing machine, 1950sA History of Ireland in 100 Objects The wringer on top of this washing machine makes it look laborious, but in the 1950s its…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Kenny's dead words fail to convinceAt 9.16 pm on the night of the budget, the Dear Leader appeared on televisionTue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
Emigrant's suitcase, 1950sA History of Ireland in 100 Objects In the 1950s one of the most popular Irish songs was Sigerson Clifford’s gently nostalgic…Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
Fundraising frustration? The Minister has a wizard schemeCULTURE SHOCK: The Budget confirmed what we already know: that we have the most philistine Government in the history of the …Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
Key errors of crusade against abortionHere are five key statements repeatedly made by anti-abortion campaigners. Every one of them is factually wrong:Tue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
