Selfless qualities mark winners apartSPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS, contributions to society, rigorous campaigning and, above all, personal selflessness were the qualities…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Want to buy a book for €20,000?SMALL PRINT: YOU PROBABLY won’t see too many Kindles and e-readers in the Freemason Hall in Dublin the weekend after next and…Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Two rabbits down - next, the pigs and non-laying geeseMISSIVES FROM MEDIEVAL IRELAND: Time changes everything – and, with a few days’ perspective, what appeared rustic and photogenic…Wed Aug 25 2010 - 01:00
The life of a cycleThe convenience and security of the Dublin Bikes scheme are the main reasons why it’s hit the ground runningWed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Omey, oh my, we watched them flyThey may not have the glitz and glamour of the big-name race meeting in nearby Ballybrit, but the Omey Races at Claddaghduff …Mon Aug 02 2010 - 01:00
Dublin wins title as city of literatureDUBLIN HAD been designated a Unesco City of Literature – a title which is for perpetuity – Lord Mayor Gerry Breen announced yesterday…Tue Jul 27 2010 - 01:00
Derek Mahon: 'It's a way of celebrating life'The poet Derek Mahon is a superb recorder of loss and master of the elegyMon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
What does Joyce mean to you?Dublin is world famous as the backdrop to ‘Ulysses’ but what exactly does the book mean to the people who walk its streets? And…Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
Anjelica's heavenly voiceAnjelica Huston is taking part in the opening of the WB Yeats celebration in Dublin – the poet meant so much to her during her…Wed Jun 02 2010 - 01:00
Why our empty buildings can't be turned into schools, hospitals or jailsFocus Ireland has suggested using some of the Republic’s 250,000 empty buildings to house the homelessSat May 29 2010 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryYOU MAY NOT get free cocktails on most US air carriers these days, but you do get to take away your very own copy of the Sky …Tue May 18 2010 - 01:00
Dorian Gray taken to heart as city celebrates Wilde's only novelONE CITY, one book – and one grandsonThu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
The return of waxo JackoWhen Michael Jackson lived in Ireland for five months, it was in Paddy Dunning’s lodge in WestmeathWed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
The man with the key to Ireland's international cultural relationsThis week in the US, the Taoiseach appointed actor Gabriel Byrne as Ireland’s Cultural AmbassadorSat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryMANY YEARS AGO, I lived in London. Then, as now, I accumulated books. Lots of themMon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
The Louvre of leprechaunsA museum dedicated to Ireland’s mythical little people opens today in a former Fás office on Jervis StreetWed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Welcome to our online book clubIF YOU’RE READING this article, you’re interested in books and, specifically, you’re interested in The Irish Times books pages…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Welcome to our online book clubIF YOU’RE READING this article, you’re interested in books and, specifically, you’re interested in The Irish Times books pages…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
The rocky roads to LissadellThe dispute between Sligo County Council and the owners of Lissadell House, who refute the council’s case for public rights of…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
The rocky roads to LissadellThe dispute between Sligo County Council and the owners of Lissadell House, who refute the council’s case for public rights of…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Celestial reunion of Clancys celebrated In Dungarvan“THE GREAT band is together again: the music is fierce, and the craic is mightyTue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Shoppers out to haggle and hunt for value at RDS craft and design fairWHETHER YOU call it negotiating, haggling or bargaining, most of the visitors yesterday at the opening day of the National Crafts…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Painters on the insideOUT IS THE simple title of an art exhibition currently running at Kilmainham GaolThu Nov 19 2009 - 00:00
Hundreds turn out to support JedwardTHERE WERE about 924 television screens in the Lord Lucan bar in Lucan last night, and they were all tuned to the X Factor to…Mon Nov 16 2009 - 00:00
Mordant and fresh writing on the Windy CityBOOK OF THE DAY: Granta 108: Chicago. Granta Publications. pp288 £10.99Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Voyeurs and art deco aficionados have their dayIT’S SATURDAY on Open House Dublin weekend, when over 160 properties of architectural merit or public interest open their doors…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Crunch time for a brand gone stalePROFILE BRODY SWEENEY : The founder of O’Briens sandwich bars profited hugely from the boom, but it seems people have had their…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
What next for Moore Street?Walk down Dublin’s Moore Street today and you’ll find a snapshot of Ireland in all its ethnic diversity, but what do those who…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Snake charmer and touch of Dallas in the DomeTHE FLORAL juggernaut that is the Rose of Tralee powered into its 50th year last night, with the first appearances of this year…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Keeping nothing under his hatPoet Cathal Ó Searcaigh has kept a low public profile since a controversial documentary in 2007 about his relationships with …Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
One Ring to rule them allThe Iveragh peninsula is one of our most glorious and beloved landscapes, and a new book puts the whole area into a geological…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Dispensing with the nicetiesThe pharmacy dispute over the State drugs scheme is already leaving many people with chronic conditions stranded, but its potential…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Master of flash in the panPROFILE - CONRAD GALLAGHER: From the age of nine, when he pretended to be 14 to work in a kitchen, Conrad Gallagher’s flair …Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Keeper of our literary treasuresTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: MURIEL McCARTHY: IN MARSH’S Library, there are literally thousands of books that all predate 1700, …Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Out with the old goldA new business will buy your unwanted gold at specially organised parties – but is such an enterprise sustainable in a country…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Could these summer pests please buzz off?Being dive bombed in the garden by frantic bluebottles is no way to start a summer’s morningSat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Unravelling repossessionStatistics can only hint at what is happening with house possessions in the RepublicSat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Travel tipsters in line for web paymentsONLINE ADVICE: MANY PEOPLE WHO are fond of travelling entertain a recurrent fantasy of being paid to write about their travels…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Writer Claire Keegan wins €25,000 Davy Byrnes awardCLAIRE KEEGAN was last night announced the winner of the €25,000 Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award 2009, at a presentation in the…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
A poet clears his shelvesNEWSFEATURES: The Irish poet Richard Murphy is selling his library through a London dealer, with one of the rarest items a copy…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Poet was 'determined to grasp once again love' before his deathTHE NATIONAL Library is not a venue where you expect to hear sex discussed, but WB Yeats’s sex life and the poems it inspired…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Steal a deal at Aer Lingus - but only in the USPACKAGE PRICES: YES, IRELAND is beautiful, but we do not usually consider our country to be a cheap destinationSat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Through a door to the pastNo matter what part of the country they're from, visitors to a lovingly restored family cottage in Co Mayo recognise something…Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Perpetual invalid that will not bring down curtain"IRISH THEATRE is a perpetual invalid but it never dies," observed Joe Dowling yesterday at the MacGill summer school.Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
Exhibition of startling portraits of the writer at home in his beloved InishowenTHE FORMER sweater shop on Main Street, Glenties, currently in use as the headquarters and information office for this year's…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Taking direction at the Battle of the Boyne centreToday is July 12th, a great day to visit the Battle of the Boyne visitor centre in Co MeathSat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Soaring in sequenceAerial dance looks easy, but can be a painful process for the dancersThu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Brakes on for learner drivers as new deadline loomsLast October, the Minister for Transport postponed his decision to change the law on learner drivers driving unaccompanied - …Sat May 31 2008 - 01:00
Posthumous prize for children's authorTHE €10,000 Bisto Book of the Year prize was yesterday awarded posthumously to Siobhan Dowd for her second children's book, The…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Sex, drugs and deathAs the treatment of HIV and Aids becomes a multi-million dollar industry, questions must be asked about how the money is being…Fri May 16 2008 - 01:00
