Tuam mother and baby home: the trouble with the septic tank storyCatherine Corless’s research revealed that 796 children died at St Mary’s. She now says the nature of their burial has been widely misrepresentedSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
The art of the high flyerBring your attractive secretary and start every trip with Champagne . . . Rosita Boland unearths a book devoted to the art of travelling on expensesSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Francesca Martinez: at ease with her ‘wobbliness’Don’t call it cerebral palsy, says the comedian, who is hell-bent on shaking things upMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
‘It’s not how long you live. It’s how you live’The film-maker Simon Fitzmaurice has motor neuron disease. Now able to move only his eyes, and unable to take an active part in the lives of his five young children, he has written them a powerful memoirSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Rabbitte calls for more women in decision-making roles in the mediaWomen on Air conference told ‘diversity of voices and opinions is essential’Tue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Big recognition for a little newsroom in FermanaghEnniskillen-based newspaper the ‘Impartial Reporter’ has been around since 1825, and was in one family’s hands for 181 years. It was recently named the UK’s best weekly paper. What sets it apart?Tue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Sheila Pratschke: ‘I am personally asking the arts community to put their trust in me’She has been chairwoman of the Arts Council for six months and change is in the air. Minutes from meetings are now online, funding is coming under closer scrutiny, and the organisation’s role is under review. She explains her plansSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Dan Gallagher, 87: ‘I go to Mass every morning, partly to see who’s still alive’Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00
An app that knows its curlew call from its blackbird songIn city or in forest, an ingenious app gives you the lowdown on warblers known and unknownMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Bewildered and frustrated: the couple faced with unexpected adoption billsA Donegal couple are dismayed by the bill they’ve received for a process they have withdrawn fromSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Defiance and contempt at Aosdána’s annual meetingThe mood was combative, with some members appearing to claim that the nature of the organisation’s work puts it beyond accountabilityThu May 01 2014 - 17:00
Call for support for traditional Irish music at Aosdána meetingAosdána received €2.7 million from Arts Council this yearWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Questions for Cúirt after middling performanceCompetition is fierce on the literary festival circuit and on the evidence of last weekend Cúirt needs to do more to set itself apartTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Chrysanthemum’s the word: a flower in need of nurtureJools Gilson’s very personal radio documentary rehabilitates the reputation of the ‘forecourt flower’Mon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
On song at CuirtA panel of musicians discuss their favourite books, in and out of tune, at the weekend literary festivalSun Apr 13 2014 - 16:00
Cuirt goes back to schoolA panel on how to promote reading and writing in schools gets a warm reception at the literature festival in GalwaySat Apr 12 2014 - 16:00
Rights and wrongs of the Lissadell caseAfter the Supreme Court’s awarding of more than €5 million in legal costs against Sligo County Council – already tens of millions in debt – local councillors disagree about who is to blame for the fiascoSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
‘Where do people go when they die? Jesus, Mary and Joseph, that’s a queer question’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
‘I don’t understand all the moaning about Seamus Heaney. His poetry didn’t rhyme’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
TK Whitaker, 97: ‘I feel I made a contribution. I must try to refrain from making a kind of idol of myself’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
From Celtic to Celtic Tiger, themes as bewildering as everMarching bands had woollies, but, thankfully, much is as you were, writes Rosita Boland.Tue Mar 18 2014 - 13:44
Crowds a little down on last year but still enthusiastic‘I come because it’s a day we’re proud to be Irish’Tue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
Enthusiastic crowd lines Dublin streets for St Patrick’s DayPresident attends parade and urges people to think of emigrants across globeMon Mar 17 2014 - 18:12
Dublin parade serves up bands and bewilderment aplentyGarda dogs and horses, and council worker with poop-scoop earn loudest cheers of dayMon Mar 17 2014 - 17:24
Number of overseas adoptions down to 11, new figures revealHague Adoption Convention ratified in 2010 changed rules affecting adoptionSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
‘Changes to adoption law have shattered my hopes of becoming a parent’In 2010 the Republic finally enacted the Hague convention on adoption, which regulates adoptions from abroad. But the law seems almost to have halted them here. Read our reporter’s personal accountSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Burton describes Dáil as ‘a men’s club’Women’s Council calls for respectful behaviour among members of OireachtasWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
A thriller about men being trapped in their own headsFirst-time playwright Christine Dwyer Hickey feels ‘very exposed’ as opening night loomsMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
No nuts, just drinks: partying with Ireland’s powerfulHaughey? Always interesting. Enda Kenny? A great mimic. Thirty years on, Maureen Cairnduff remembers the soirees she held at her home and the influential directory that sprang from themMon Feb 24 2014 - 01:00
Tramore hopes to develop its coastal attractions, with less of the hurdy-gurdyElectoral changes are causing concern over a weakening of the town’s political influenceMon Feb 17 2014 - 01:00
A deaf-defying performance: ‘I sing with my hands’Deaf performer Caroline Parker signs to popular songs in her one-woman showMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Aosdána. What is it, and what does it do for its €2.7m?The affiliation of artists has a low profile for such a highly funded cultural organisation.Sat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Winter flood. Money droughtRoads, car parks, sea walls and beaches have been destroyed in Co Clare, where locals are wondering when the next deluge will come, and who will fund the repairsSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
No guns in 3D printing land but almost anything else goesA workshop in Rathmines gives a glimpse of the future, as printers turn out everything from miniature Wellington Monuments to . . . well, anything, so long as it’s non-lethalTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
Culture strategy: civic spaces, a funded theatre group and arthouse cinemaDesire to create a meaningful ‘legacy’ of arts-related work one of the key objectives of Limerick City of CultureMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Darren Shan: My favourite place in Limerick is Donkey Ford’s fish and chip shopThe fantasy writer on how his city has come a long wayMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Arts Council appoints new chair and board membersSheila Pratschke succeeds Pat Moylan as chair of councilWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
50 ways to make it to paydayFeeling the effects of the yawning gap between the pre-Christmas and end-of-January salary cheque? Cheer up! We have some tips to stretch your last few lonely euroSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Will our Nobel laureates scare us off a new Irish ‘literary experience’?The Irish Literary Trust wants to set up a ‘definitive’ attraction. But its research suggests we’re not keen on parts of our cultural heritageSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Arts Council cuts annual grant by Abbey by €600,000Council has a budget €56.9 million for 2014Thu Jan 23 2014 - 10:37
Branding, riots and archives centre stage at AbbeyLimerick City of Culture controversy among issues tackled at ‘Theatre of Memory’ symposiumSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:01
Meteorites and other Offaly odditiesFrom pyramids to partridges, a new book shows off the county’s quirky sideWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Director of Poetry Ireland eyes up new abode for bardsA national centre in Dublin that ‘poets would see as their home’ is top of the agenda for Maureen KennellyMon Jan 13 2014 - 01:00
A new script for the Irish Writers’ CentreThe organisation has had a tough few years since losing Arts Council funding in 2009. New director Valerie Bistany is hoping to draw a line under its past and to establish a fresh identityWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
