Change the time on Saturday night or risk untold clock-upsTime-adjustment errors have affected electoral turnout and even started riotsSat Mar 26 2016 - 01:00
Mission to Mars: the enduring appeal of the Red PlanetNasa’s latest call for astronaut class saw a record-breaking 18,300 applications, which might be down to the agency’s designs on MarsThu Mar 24 2016 - 06:00
Cluster headaches: the worst pain imaginable?‘Suicide’ headaches cause people to bang the walls, try to pull their teeth out and generally self-harmTue Mar 22 2016 - 06:00
TV preview: Six things to watch on television this weekThe women of the Easter Rising; the Rising told through the eyes of British politicians and soldiers; Bob Geldof on William Butler Yeats; Ireland’s greatest hat-makersSun Mar 20 2016 - 13:00
Television: Six shows to watch this weekBrendan O’Carroll’s family goes to war while there is Insurrection in the streets againSun Mar 13 2016 - 10:07
TV preview: Seven things to watch on television this weekTV gets serious this week, with harrowing docs on the murder of three Irish people in Australia, on the migrant crisis and on the Dunblane massacreSun Mar 06 2016 - 16:08
TV preview: Six things to watch on television this weekThe Irish are out in force for this year’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles; closer to home, the race is on for the much-coveted Home of the Year prizeSun Feb 28 2016 - 17:03
Irish female musicians on the Kesha case: ‘We’ve met our fair share of sleazes’Women in pop have to be constantly on guard with everyone they meet, says one Irish musician. ‘Don’t ever do anything you don’t feel right about. Never,’ advises anotherFri Feb 26 2016 - 11:00
Community work is a win-win-win situationAs well as donating to local charities, some businesses roll up their sleeves and get directly involvedThu Feb 25 2016 - 00:00
Television: six shows to watch this weekOJ is back on our screens and Stephen Fry revisits the topic of manic depressionSun Feb 14 2016 - 12:20
Saoirse Ronan stars in Hozier's new anti-domestic violence videoCherry Wine promo depicting abusive relationship is to be released on Valentine’s DayThu Feb 11 2016 - 18:00
Five TV show to watch this week1916 gets the heavyweight documentary treatment, and happy valley makes a welcome, gritty returnMon Feb 08 2016 - 07:42
TV preview: Six things to watch on television this weekBridget & Eamon strike out on their own, a British family goes back in time and a group of Irish teens stage their own musical revolutionMon Feb 01 2016 - 10:48
TV preview: Eight things to watch on television this weekFrom the return of Other Voices and The X-Files to the continuing adventures of Neven Maguire and Donald Trump, it's a busy week both on and off the boxSun Jan 24 2016 - 17:30
TV preview: Seven things to watch on television this weekFrom the stories of the unsung heroes of 1916 to the new wave of extremists radicalising young British Muslims, here are seven programmes worth catching this weekSun Jan 17 2016 - 18:51
Seven TV shows to watch this weekFrom Gaybo and the Golden Globes, to a new TV thriller from Jo Nesbo, here are seven programmes worth catching this weekSun Jan 10 2016 - 16:37
Phil Lynott’s influence on me: Kevin CourtneyThe ‘Irish Times’ writer on an accidental home movie of Thin Lizzy in concertSat Jan 02 2016 - 04:00
Born on December 25th, and upstaged by ‘that twerp in the crib’When your birthday falls on Christmas Day, you may be shortchanged on presents or denied a party, and you definitely won’t be the centre of attentionFri Dec 25 2015 - 05:45
Christmas TV preview: a host of great shows to watch over the holidaysThe best of what’s on television from now till New Year's DaySun Dec 20 2015 - 18:00
TV preview: eight shows to watch this weekLuther returns, Baz goes in search of his Muslim heritage and there’s a whole lot of Christmas-dinner prepping going onSun Dec 13 2015 - 17:16
Christmas gifts for the space cadet in your lifeDo you know someone whose dream present is a meteorite fragment or a Russian space rover? You better start savingThu Dec 10 2015 - 06:00
What’s on TV: six shows to watch this weekGerry Adams, Conor McGregor, Hozier, One Direction ... and some sad dadsSun Dec 06 2015 - 18:00
It’s Christmas: Here’s the alternative Queen’s speechIt’s Christmas day, and the queen is not feeling very well. Alas, she will not be able to give here traditional Christmas speech on the telly, and it’s too late to get a replacement. Hold on – here are three people ready to step in at the last minute and fill the slotWed Dec 02 2015 - 11:00
TV preview: Five shows to watch this weekBill Murray’s Christmas special, political hot spots under the spotlight and a German spy dramaMon Nov 30 2015 - 18:00
Christmas reads for music loversKevin Courtney reviews new rock and pop books by or about Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Grace Jones, Bernard Sumner, Allen Klein and Bob StanleyThu Nov 26 2015 - 14:32
What’s on TV: seven shows to watch this weekIt’s all about the toys on RTE this week, with a series of looks back at 30 years of the ‘Late Late Toy Show’ leading up to Friday’s main eventSun Nov 22 2015 - 18:00
What's on TV: eight shows to watch this weekIt’s a feast for music fans, with the Mercury Prize this week and Adele taking over the Graham Norton Show, while TV3 is throwing its toys out of the pramSun Nov 15 2015 - 18:00
This week’s TV: seven shows to watchPeep Show’s creepy charm returns while Sky has crime thrills in store and RTÉ puts on its lab coatSun Nov 08 2015 - 15:35
Spiders in your house? Relax, they’re just looking for loveThe arachnids invading your home at this time of year are fully grown males crawling towards the women of their dreamsThu Nov 05 2015 - 06:00
This week’s TV: seven shows to watchArdal O’Hanlon’s latest outing, country and Irish in full (crystal) swing, and nursing under the microscopeSun Nov 01 2015 - 18:04
TV preview: nine shows to watch this weekJeckyll and Hyde gets remastered, while Wee Daniel visits the B&Bs of IrelandSun Oct 25 2015 - 18:00
Eight television shows to watch this weekModern Family is back for a seventh series, Republic of Telly makes a return and Ricky Wilson gets ready to Bring the NoiseMon Oct 19 2015 - 16:03
Six television shows to watch this weekAbi Morgan has a classy new drama on the BBC; Michael Dwyer’s killing gets the forensic treatment; and Brent Pope is shaking up the art worldMon Oct 12 2015 - 10:00
TV preview: Six shows to watch this weekHomeland is back, a look at the physical toll rugby takes, and Maia Dunphy on childbirth are this week’s television highlightsMon Oct 05 2015 - 11:17
Seven TV shows to watch this weekRTÉ’s got a gritty new drama in Clean Break, while Hozier will be talking songs of praise with Gay ByrneMon Sept 28 2015 - 06:57
Watch this: the best television of the weekFrom death-wish mammies to Garda Down Under, here are some of the best shows on TV this weekMon Aug 31 2015 - 07:36
Watch this: the best television of the weekFrom Pop Art icons to blubbing billionaires, here are some of the best shows on TV this weekMon Aug 24 2015 - 07:33
Roses, heroes and scandalous ladies: Six to watch this week on TVScandalous period drama, the annual lovely girls competition, David Simon is back, and a cold eye on Revenge Porn all feature in this week’s TV selectionMon Aug 17 2015 - 06:00
Dead Poets Society, Grease and Harry Potter: Top class films set in schoolMusic, poetry and magic are the main lessons to come out of these classicsThu Aug 13 2015 - 05:01
Rock round-up: musical memoirs with original anglesNew books by Steve Conway, on Radio Caroline, Stuart David, on Belle and Sebastian, Wyndham Wallace, on Lee Hazlewood, and Philip Glass, on his life in the musical avant-gardeSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:23
Reset your watch for the Anthropocene epochOfficially we are in the Holocene epoch, although one school of thought argues that human activity has brought about a new epoch, which could be our undoingThu Jun 18 2015 - 06:00
Would you climb a mountain to hear your favourite band?Yucatan are launching their new album on a mountain top. Here’s a few acts that could follow their leadFri Jun 12 2015 - 07:35
Scents and sensibility: how humans sniff each other outResearch showing people were more likely to sniff their hands after shaking another’s points to an unexpected role for smellThu May 28 2015 - 01:00
If you listen to one thing this week: The Magic Whip by BlurBlur's long awaited release is the Ticket's Album of the WeekThu Apr 23 2015 - 14:00
