George Martin: the man who helped make the Beatles truly greatAll the evidence shows the ‘fifth Beatle’ title was well-deservedThu Mar 10 2016 - 01:00
The night Nelson’s Pillar fell and changed DublinRepublicans blew up the city’s most famous landmark 50 years ago this weekSat Mar 05 2016 - 13:13
Election outcome was political earthquake that never happenedCharacterisations of the election result as groundbreaking do not reflect realityTue Mar 01 2016 - 01:00
Will burning millions of Snickers and Mars bars save the brand?Someone in Germany finds plastic in a Snickers bar, and Mars incinerates mountains of blameless confectionary. Overreaction or sensible response?Sat Feb 27 2016 - 05:00
Ballot Capers: Gerry Adams gives us the creaksHugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the election escapades of Joan, Enda and palsThu Feb 25 2016 - 07:42
Ballot Capers: Turning campaign posters on their headHugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the electionWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
‘Commitments’ star Johnny Murphy dies at 72Actor played Estragon in the long-running Gate Theatre production of ‘Waiting for Godot’Tue Feb 23 2016 - 18:21
Ballot Capers: Vote Healy-Rae No 1 and No 2. That ok?Hugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the electionTue Feb 23 2016 - 01:00
How the Irish, like, speak now?The Irish accent is changing fast: the ‘Dort accent’ has been replaced by upspeak and ‘globish’ inflections. At the forefront of the linguistic evolution are Dubliners, the middle classes and young womenFri Feb 19 2016 - 12:30
Ballot capers: Battle of the bands as ‘No Direction’ takes on Status QuoStill a week to go, but some people’s thoughts are turning already to the Seanad electionsThu Feb 18 2016 - 21:43
Ballot Capers: Animal kingdom asserts itself on the campaign trailHugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the electionThu Feb 18 2016 - 01:51
Election 2016 videos: Candidates make song and dance of itNo expense has been spared in videos; some budgets may even have run into two figuresWed Feb 17 2016 - 12:42
Ballot capers: Hugh Linehan takes sideways look at electionWhile Stephen Donnelly motors nicely along, the Social Democrats website crashes, twiceWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Ballot Capers: Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of warHugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the electionTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Ballot Capers: Facebook silent on Fine Gael smiley-face tallyHugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the electionSat Feb 13 2016 - 01:00
London ‘Independent’ to cease print editions next monthWebsite will continue but it is unclear how many of the 150 journalists will keep jobsFri Feb 12 2016 - 23:08
Ballot Capers: Hugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the electionSpoof websites keep the electorate guessingThu Feb 11 2016 - 21:23
Ballot Capers with Hugh Linehan: Fresh-faced HarrisA sideways look at the electionThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
Ballot Capers with Hugh Linehan: Runners and ridersA sideways look at the electionTue Feb 09 2016 - 01:00
‘Serial’ underlines public’s fascination with murderThe podcast phenomenon raises questions about both the case and the mediumSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
The politics of Twitter: Drama as Kenny unleashes #ge16When Enda Kenny uses Twitter video to tell us election date, he is controlling his own messageWed Feb 03 2016 - 15:52
Terry Wogan laced intimacy with a sense of the absurdRelaxed rapport combined with mischievous sense of irony defined broadcasterMon Feb 01 2016 - 09:07
Wogan on Wogan: ‘I never saw any reason not to be Irish’A uniquely appealing star best remembered for jocular Eurovision commentarySun Jan 31 2016 - 22:53
Digital killed the video store: Xtra-vision’s inevitable deathDeep changes under way in how we watch TV, and impact goes beyond rental marketSat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
Moore Street mural ‘is NOT by the artist Banksy’Graffiti artist says he did not make artwork depicting building workers at 1916 siteFri Jan 29 2016 - 11:44
Black and white issue colouring Academy AwardsDoes Hollywood have a problem with racism? An array of Tinesltown’s finest think soSat Jan 23 2016 - 01:00
Straight Outta Commons: Ice Cube waxes philosophical at TrinityGangsta rapper Ice Cube and comedian Kevin Hart honoured for outstanding contribution to actingFri Jan 22 2016 - 16:29
Minister launches first improvement phases at National Archives buildingHeather Humphreys says further investment in archives needed if 20-year rule is to be achievedTue Jan 19 2016 - 19:38
What’s wrong with going negative?Weekend Read: Political parties are defining the narrative of the upcoming election, and the first signs of ‘negative campaigning’ have met with outrage. But highlighting your opponent’s shortcomings is part of politicsSat Jan 16 2016 - 04:30
Oscars success has been a long time coming for the Irish film industryNominations represent a return on long-term investment in a generation of local talentFri Jan 15 2016 - 10:00
Irish Film Board urges reverse in recession cuts to sectorBoard ‘ambitious’ to build on success but funding down 40% to €11.2m from €20m in 2008Wed Jan 13 2016 - 16:26
Bowie: Shape-shifter whose genius defined spirit of the ageMillions dreamed they could be like him, but rock star was without equalTue Jan 12 2016 - 08:25
David Bowie, 1947-2016: an extraordinary life at the cutting edgeA restless re-creation of his artistic persona helped David Bowie to makea cultural impact across six decadesMon Jan 11 2016 - 14:19
Saoirse Ronan’s accent should not be a talking point‘Debate’ over Irish actor’s voice is an excuse to lord it over a rich, famous young womanSun Jan 10 2016 - 11:59
Hugh Linehan: Burrowes gave rural Ireland a voiceNothing is more powerful than seeing your own life experience and stories on screenSat Jan 02 2016 - 01:00
Taming the trolls: Can abusive online commenters be held to account?Opinion: Reaction to racial abuse of six-year-old after Toy Show poses conundrumWed Dec 02 2015 - 20:44
Lisbon’s Web Summit won’t be the sameIreland’s high-profile tech event packed its bags on Thursday and set sail for Portugal. But will it succeed there, and will Dublin rue its departure?Sat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Bon Appetit retains its star quality in MalahideOliver Dunne may have changed the set-up in his restaurant but the food is still excellentSat Aug 29 2015 - 09:20
Review: Meat that’s a cut above at BeeftroThis eaterie off Grafton Street is all about the meat, but have your starter and dessert elsewhereSat Aug 22 2015 - 03:00
Going native: How advertisers try to click with usersNative advertising offers hope for publishers, but they need to keep readers’ trustThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:45
Head to head: Should the age for presidential candidates be 21?Yes, says Hugh Linehan. No, argues Arthur Beesley, in an Irish Times online debate on the referendumTue May 19 2015 - 13:56
Numb: war journalist ‘memoir’ originally written as novelAuthor Colin Carroll promoted his book as a work of non-fictionSun Apr 19 2015 - 14:52
Dishing it up: why Dylan McGrath is one of Dublin’s busiest chefsThe yah-boo-sucks chippiness evident in his ongoing rows with Richard Corrigan recalls Roy Keane in his Saipan heyday, but these days Dylan McGrath says he is all about business, and bringing on the next generationSat Apr 04 2015 - 07:00
Data journalism: reinventing news for 21st-century digital societyIrish media have been slow to engage with data-driven projects. But that is changingFri Feb 27 2015 - 00:01