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I’ve eaten roadkill, kangaroo and cormorant, but there’s one meat I won’t  touch

I’ve eaten roadkill, kangaroo and cormorant, but there’s one meat I won’t touch

Rosita Boland: I went feral while hitching across Australia, but still couldn’t stomach some foods

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 13:00
Rosita Boland: The road trip that turned me into a born-again forager

Rosita Boland: The road trip that turned me into a born-again forager

How shamefully ignorant we are about the free, wild larder around us in Ireland

Thu Nov 18 2021 - 06:00
Roast camel hump and calf brains in jelly: Gastronomic cooking, 1960s-style

Roast camel hump and calf brains in jelly: Gastronomic cooking, 1960s-style

Rosita Boland: Songbirds were eaten in vast quantities and turtle soup was an ‘aristocratic’ dish

Thu Nov 11 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: There is no rule that our greatest friendships must be with people our age

Rosita Boland: There is no rule that our greatest friendships must be with people our age

The strange magician of time has brought me friends from different decades

Thu Nov 04 2021 - 06:00
The president’s pen: Letters to and from Ireland’s nine heads of state

The president’s pen: Letters to and from Ireland’s nine heads of state

New book compiles correspondence sent and received by Ireland’s presidents

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 06:00
‘Perfect’, the two-syllable word that has become a default response

‘Perfect’, the two-syllable word that has become a default response

Rosita Boland: I used to like the word ‘perfect’. It’s cancelled for me now

Thu Oct 28 2021 - 09:56
Rosita Boland: An Indian gallery crammed full of English crystal

Rosita Boland: An Indian gallery crammed full of English crystal

A monumental collection of Birmingham craftsmanship on display half a world away

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: The very Irish term ‘blow-in’ stigmatises newcomers

Rosita Boland: The very Irish term ‘blow-in’ stigmatises newcomers

A particularly Irish way to put people down, it says they’ll never belong, no matter how hard they try

Thu Oct 14 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: ‘What would you do?’ She stared at me. I was completely taken aback

Rosita Boland: ‘What would you do?’ She stared at me. I was completely taken aback

I wondered if the woman in the charity shop told this terrible story to many of her customers

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 06:00
Shannon Town: the ‘planned’ town that got left behind

Shannon Town: the ‘planned’ town that got left behind

Four decades and several masterplans later, Shannon Town is having an identity crisis

Sun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00
A life in stone: Sculptor Imogen Stuart reflects on her life and her work

A life in stone: Sculptor Imogen Stuart reflects on her life and her work

‘I never know how things are going to turn out until they are finished’, says 94-year-old artist

Sat Oct 02 2021 - 06:00
Dial-a-Seanchaí: Irish folklore on your phone

Dial-a-Seanchaí: Irish folklore on your phone

Seanchaí were geographers, historians and psychologists with deep connections to the landscape

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00
‘Someone has been stealing the priest’s breakfast milk. Theft is unacceptable in this school’

‘Someone has been stealing the priest’s breakfast milk. Theft is unacceptable in this school’

The reverend mother called us to a special assembly. What crime had been committed?

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 06:00
The September issues: I want Burberry’s gold lamé trench coat, Prada’s green knitted dress

The September issues: I want Burberry’s gold lamé trench coat, Prada’s green knitted dress

Rosita Boland reads the September editions of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and Tatler

Fri Aug 27 2021 - 06:00
36 hours in Clifden: ‘Golfgate certainly raised awareness of the town’

36 hours in Clifden: ‘Golfgate certainly raised awareness of the town’

‘Fully booked’ is a common refrain in the Galway town. Our series on Irish tourism continues

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
The more beautiful the part of Ireland, the filthier it is

The more beautiful the part of Ireland, the filthier it is

Rosita Boland: What is it about us as a people that we seem incapable of putting rubbish in bins?

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 06:00
Sarah Ferguson’s bonkless bonkbuster: insufferably long and unforgivably dull

Sarah Ferguson’s bonkless bonkbuster: insufferably long and unforgivably dull

Queen’s former daughter-in-law has written her 77th book, a strangely chaste Mills & Boon novel

Fri Aug 06 2021 - 06:00
36 hours in Ballybunion: ‘Main Street has become a bit of a disaster’

36 hours in Ballybunion: ‘Main Street has become a bit of a disaster’

Our series on Irish tourist spots continues with a visit to the Kerry town, where little has changed

Sat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
My escape and recovery from life as ‘sex cult girl’

My escape and recovery from life as ‘sex cult girl’

Bexy Cameron spent her childhood in the Children of God cult, expecting to die as a teenager

Sat Jul 24 2021 - 14:00
36 hours in Clonakilty: ‘Airbnb has a lot to answer for’

36 hours in Clonakilty: ‘Airbnb has a lot to answer for’

Property prices rise in west Cork town which is becoming a ‘very sought-after place to live’

Sat Jul 24 2021 - 06:00
Tramore: ‘There is a perception it attracts the wrong kind. Things have changed’

Tramore: ‘There is a perception it attracts the wrong kind. Things have changed’

‘It used to be pints of Guinness all day long. Now we sell more coffee than all other drinks’

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 06:00
Ireland, 1966: ‘A visitor realises after a few days that he has seen few fat people’

Ireland, 1966: ‘A visitor realises after a few days that he has seen few fat people’

A US book portrayed Ireland as a land of subservient housewives and men in pubs

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 06:00
36 hours in Carrick-on-Shannon: A tourist town with no one around

36 hours in Carrick-on-Shannon: A tourist town with no one around

Covid-19 has had enormous impact on Co Leitrim town that depends on visitors

Sun Jul 11 2021 - 00:00
Lake people of Lough Derg: ‘I love looking at the water. It makes me calm’

Lake people of Lough Derg: ‘I love looking at the water. It makes me calm’

Ireland’s third-biggest lake casts a unique spell over the locals living on or close to it

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00
Jo Spain: ‘It wasn’t a peaceful childhood. I saw a lot of drugs and crime’

Jo Spain: ‘It wasn’t a peaceful childhood. I saw a lot of drugs and crime’

The crime novelist talked to Bernice Harrison at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 22:00
Ethel Rosenberg: a gruesome death by execution that shocked the world

Ethel Rosenberg: a gruesome death by execution that shocked the world

‘I think it is the most horrific story. Her death was so barbaric’ – biographer Anne Sebba

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
Pesto eggs are the new smashed avocado. But are they as nice?

Pesto eggs are the new smashed avocado. But are they as nice?

Substituting pesto for oil, this photogenic dish looks healthy, fresh and appetising

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 10:00
Assistance dogs in schools: ‘I have learned to talk things out, and it has really helped a lot’

Assistance dogs in schools: ‘I have learned to talk things out, and it has really helped a lot’

Schools cover the cost of food for the dog, any veterinary treatment and general upkeep

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
A lonely Sligo death still shrouded in mystery

A lonely Sligo death still shrouded in mystery

In 2009 the body of Peter Bergmann was washed up at Rosses Point, but who was he?

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
What the Best Place to Live in Ireland award did for Westport

What the Best Place to Live in Ireland award did for Westport

Westport won the 2012 competition. Residents have some advice for this year’s entrants

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
Meghan Markle has written a children’s book. It’s awful

Meghan Markle has written a children’s book. It’s awful

The Bench apparently began as a message to Harry. It should have stayed between them

Wed Jun 09 2021 - 13:24
Sarah Winman: ‘Governments fear people having empathy’

Sarah Winman: ‘Governments fear people having empathy’

Actor turned novelist on Florence flood novel and how pandemic may stifle memory

Tue Jun 08 2021 - 05:00
Wicklow bookstore owner appeals for successor to village business

Wicklow bookstore owner appeals for successor to village business

Janet Hawkins of Blessington Book Store will be on hand to advise whoever takes over

Tue May 18 2021 - 10:15
A year living alone: ‘I have found the lockdowns soul-destroying’

A year living alone: ‘I have found the lockdowns soul-destroying’

‘A fourth lockdown would destroy me’: Five people share their experience of living alone through every lockdown

Sat May 08 2021 - 00:00
Living legends and celebrity stallion welcome visitors again

Living legends and celebrity stallion welcome visitors again

The National Stud and a number of heritage sites reopened this week, providing a change of scene for locked-down locals

Sat May 01 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: I have a confession to make – music does nothing for me

Rosita Boland: I have a confession to make – music does nothing for me

Music passes through my consciousness like water flowing downhill. I can never retain it

Wed Apr 28 2021 - 06:00
Annie McCarrick, Deirdre Jacob, Fiona Pender... ‘There must be witnesses out there’

Annie McCarrick, Deirdre Jacob, Fiona Pender... ‘There must be witnesses out there’

Eight women who disappeared in Ireland are the subject of a new audiobook from Audible

Sun Apr 25 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: By admitting to feeling lonely, I feel I’m failing in some way

Rosita Boland: By admitting to feeling lonely, I feel I’m failing in some way

I wake up wondering how long it would take for someone to find me if I died in my sleep

Wed Apr 21 2021 - 06:00
The landmark paternity suit that ruined an entire family

The landmark paternity suit that ruined an entire family

Boy 11963 is an incredible story of a life changed forever by a Longford scandal

Sun Apr 18 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: I stood under a tree in case Goldilocks showed up

Rosita Boland: I stood under a tree in case Goldilocks showed up

A pot of steaming porridge in a Dublin park and other mysteries found while walking

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 06:00
Rosita Boland: When this is all over I’m going non-essential shopping

Rosita Boland: When this is all over I’m going non-essential shopping

Call me a barbarian, but when lockdown ends, the theatre is not the first place I want to go

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 06:00
‘From the minute I started to write, I didn’t care if the house fell down around me’

‘From the minute I started to write, I didn’t care if the house fell down around me’

Chef-turned-writer Louise Kennedy creates a stir with her debut book of short stories

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 00:00
My dinner guests will need reminding of how to behave in Good Society

My dinner guests will need reminding of how to behave in Good Society

Rosita Boland: My servants are all on the pandemic unemployment payment

Wed Mar 31 2021 - 06:00
Return of the penpal: ‘It feels nice to spread some joy around the place’

Return of the penpal: ‘It feels nice to spread some joy around the place’

American in Dublin Liz Maguire has accrued an astonishing 80-plus penpals in the last year alone

Tue Mar 30 2021 - 17:00
Rosita Boland: A tiny cardboard Galway is not the one I want

Rosita Boland: A tiny cardboard Galway is not the one I want

In the late 1990s I built my own Galway, roaming the city day and night

Wed Mar 24 2021 - 06:00
Three lockdowns in, what has a meal-kit restaurant learned?

Three lockdowns in, what has a meal-kit restaurant learned?

Restaurants all over Ireland have reinvented themselves. Host in Ranelagh tells how it works

Sun Mar 14 2021 - 06:00
Naoise Dolan: ‘I feel pressure to tell people I am autistic, in case I am too blunt’

Naoise Dolan: ‘I feel pressure to tell people I am autistic, in case I am too blunt’

It has been a truly extraordinary year for the Dublin writer

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 06:00
I’d so wanted a Simone Rocha x H&M capsule piece. They weren’t just clothes. They were hope

I’d so wanted a Simone Rocha x H&M capsule piece. They weren’t just clothes. They were hope

I was up before sunrise today to queue online. The website taunted me to keep trying

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 13:34
Piers Morgan’s diabolical behaviour: How much of a tantrum can a man throw?

Piers Morgan’s diabolical behaviour: How much of a tantrum can a man throw?

Rosita Boland: The TV presenter’s mystifying obsession with Meghan Markle has hit a new low

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 13:45
Murmuration of starlings: How our stunning front-page photograph was taken

Murmuration of starlings: How our stunning front-page photograph was taken

James Crombie, press photographer of the year, spent months chasing the perfect shot

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 09:47
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