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Rationing in 1940s Ireland: Drapers protest over clothes restrictions

Rationing in 1940s Ireland: Drapers protest over clothes restrictions

From the archive: Worth remembering wartime rations amid Brexit shortages fears

Sun Sept 08 2019 - 06:00
Joanne McNally: ‘There was always a bang of show pony off me’

Joanne McNally: ‘There was always a bang of show pony off me’

The Dublin comedian, who was adopted, explores what’s in our DNA in her new show

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 06:02
We ’re lamenting the end of summer but cannot wait for Margaret Atwood’s new novel

We ’re lamenting the end of summer but cannot wait for Margaret Atwood’s new novel

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Electric Picnic or Branded Picnic?

Una Mullally: Electric Picnic or Branded Picnic?

Brands and agencies need to realise that less is more as advertising hurts atmosphere

Thu Sept 05 2019 - 17:14
God Knows: I have learned to give to ‘me’ as much as I give to those I love

God Knows: I have learned to give to ‘me’ as much as I give to those I love

Life Lessons: Musician God Knows performs solo and as part of Rusangano Family

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Una Mullally: If you think Johnson is bad, wait for Farage

Una Mullally: If you think Johnson is bad, wait for Farage

Brexit Party is branding, communication and simplicity. Who cares about truth?

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Maeve Higgins: ‘It’s weird when you leave Ireland, right? I felt a bit guilty’

Maeve Higgins: ‘It’s weird when you leave Ireland, right? I felt a bit guilty’

The comedian has come into her own in New York. She talks about her film Extra Ordinary

Sat Aug 31 2019 - 06:03
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Stradbally is up with Electric Picnic in full swing, Dancing with the Stars with Sean Spicer is down

Sat Aug 31 2019 - 00:00
The first Electric Picnic: ‘We’re going for a mini-Glastonbury’

The first Electric Picnic: ‘We’re going for a mini-Glastonbury’

From the Archive: ‘Despite the promises, the beer and toilet queues proved as frustrating as always’

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 09:40
Scootering should be a private affair

Scootering should be a private affair

Last thing Dublin needs is a scooter hire app

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 13:46
Welcome to Insta-Dublin, a city of pop-ups and cheap neon signs

Welcome to Insta-Dublin, a city of pop-ups and cheap neon signs

Much of capital’s contemporary aesthetic appears presided over by a colourblind aristocrat

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Paul Alwright: My mother dying changed my life

Paul Alwright: My mother dying changed my life

Life Lessons: Dublin rapper and actor Paul Alwright aka Lethal Dialect

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Shark-catching off the coast of Ireland

Shark-catching off the coast of Ireland

From the Archive: Angling expert Richard Burrows reported on the sport of shark-angling in his Irish Times column

Sun Aug 25 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

We're liking compostable bags in supermarkets and no-nonsense boots, but finding beige a bit... well, beige

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 00:00
When ‘girl students’ joined the priests-to-be in Maynooth

When ‘girl students’ joined the priests-to-be in Maynooth

When pressed, the priests-to-be admit that one day there could be a scandal

Tue Aug 20 2019 - 06:00
‘I have always been fascinated by everything that crawls, slithers and flies’

‘I have always been fascinated by everything that crawls, slithers and flies’

Life Lessons: Colin Stafford-Johnson is an award-winning nature cameraman

Mon Aug 19 2019 - 06:01
Una Mullally: Tech sector is not being held to account for its nonsense

Una Mullally: Tech sector is not being held to account for its nonsense

WeWork IPO campaign exemplifies sector’s delusionally grandiose nebulousness

Mon Aug 19 2019 - 06:00
Thirty-five girls died in the 1943 fire. All the nuns survived

Thirty-five girls died in the 1943 fire. All the nuns survived

From the Archive: ‘Little girls stood at the windows of the burning building crying to be taken out’

Sun Aug 18 2019 - 06:00
From Dublin to Fifth Avenue: A marriage made in design heaven

From Dublin to Fifth Avenue: A marriage made in design heaven

Bryan O’Sullivan and James O’Neill’s projects include Ballynahinch Castle, where they recently wed

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Phone-box defibrillators are welcome on our streets, but we miss the art that’s removed

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Fine Gael politicians need to own their politics

Una Mullally: Fine Gael politicians need to own their politics

We are existing at a moment where danger of the rise of the right is acute

Mon Aug 12 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Yes to George RR Martin visiting the IFI, but no to the underwhelming third season of Stranger Things

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 00:00
‘For a time I felt Ireland was a narrow, Catholic, little dump. I feel less angry now’

‘For a time I felt Ireland was a narrow, Catholic, little dump. I feel less angry now’

From the archive: What did returning emigrants make of Ireland in 1989?

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 06:04
Can we really expect Fine Gael to care?

Can we really expect Fine Gael to care?

Declaring a victory over denying people healthcare is grotesque

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 06:00
Plan Bea: Aisling Bea on searching for laughter in sad places

Plan Bea: Aisling Bea on searching for laughter in sad places

She’s known for her fizzy wit, but loneliness pervades the comedian’s moving new series

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 06:02
Love Sensation: the Mother of all festivals

Love Sensation: the Mother of all festivals

The two-day bash at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham promises a line-up that is really fun, really queer and really female-led

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Yes to Kevin Barry's novel getting longlisted for the Booker but no to the new ‘diet’ Dairy Milk

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 00:00
Trashy television may cost us more than just our time

Trashy television may cost us more than just our time

Study tracks cognitive and political consequences of exposure to tabloid television

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 06:00
‘Fly in considerable luxury’: Ryanair’s first ads in 1985

‘Fly in considerable luxury’: Ryanair’s first ads in 1985

From the archive : ‘ Point to point, in comfort, for less’, read one

Sun Jul 28 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

We love the Dublin Fringe Festival programme, but are tired of FaceApp pics of people looking old

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Plenty of blame to go around for Johnson’s ascent

Una Mullally: Plenty of blame to go around for Johnson’s ascent

Just like Trump, Johnson's rise to high office is symptomatic of a wider malaise

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 16:13
Una Mullally: Demolition takes Dublin close to point of no return

Una Mullally: Demolition takes Dublin close to point of no return

Capital’s character is being killed by council of enforcement not facilitation

Mon Jul 22 2019 - 11:58
Saoirse Ronan, a self-assured cover star since the age of 13

Saoirse Ronan, a self-assured cover star since the age of 13

The 25-year-old actor preserves all the wit, smarts, and decorum she displayed a decade previously

Sun Jul 21 2019 - 06:00
Annie Mac: ‘DJing with a pregnant belly felt kind of groundbreaking’

Annie Mac: ‘DJing with a pregnant belly felt kind of groundbreaking’

Irish DJ is an architect of popular music, yet she is almost chronically down to earth

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

A chicken-wing festival and Zara’s polka-dot dress are up, plastic on veggies is down

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 00:00
Garbage in Dublin: Manson emerges on stage, an absolute badass

Garbage in Dublin: Manson emerges on stage, an absolute badass

Review: 24 years after the multi-million-selling albums, Shirley Manson’s voice is note-perfect

Thu Jul 18 2019 - 23:12
Una Mullally: Noel Whelan was a hero and an ally

Una Mullally: Noel Whelan was a hero and an ally

LGBT community will never forget support from straight man full of empathy and vision

Mon Jul 15 2019 - 06:00
The Gaelic footballers and fans who refused to fight in the Great War

The Gaelic footballers and fans who refused to fight in the Great War

As the summer football season heats up, let’s take a trip back to 1914 for the 27th All-Ireland Final

Sun Jul 14 2019 - 06:00
kd lang: ‘I am just one aspect of a huge and ongoing evolution’

kd lang: ‘I am just one aspect of a huge and ongoing evolution’

Singer kd lang on the impact of her breakthrough Ingénue 25 years on, being thrust into the spotlight and being a totem of LGBT culture

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 07:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

A Donegal cookbook is up, pricey Chinese food and plastic cups at festivals are down

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Insurance industry claims about fraud do not add up

Una Mullally: Insurance industry claims about fraud do not add up

If fraud is so rampant, why is the industry not reporting cases to gardaí?

Mon Jul 08 2019 - 06:00
Myles na gCopaleen trialled one of his best putdowns on Tyrone Guthrie

Myles na gCopaleen trialled one of his best putdowns on Tyrone Guthrie

Guthrie’s production of Hamlet was slated in The Irish Times in June 1950

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

Tree-free toilet paper and the Galway Film Fleadh are up, eating octopus is down

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 00:00
Maggie Nelson: ‘I ride on the shoulders of the much wilder and brave’

Maggie Nelson: ‘I ride on the shoulders of the much wilder and brave’

Nelson’s empathy and the beauty of her unpredictable, compelling writing is a salve

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 05:55
Janelle Monáe in Dublin: ‘We have to fight for immigrants, the disabled, the LGBTQIA+ community’

Janelle Monáe in Dublin: ‘We have to fight for immigrants, the disabled, the LGBTQIA+ community’

Review: Monáe is as inventive as she is exhilarating at her Trinity College concert

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 23:49
Irish emigrants in America and the money they sent home

Irish emigrants in America and the money they sent home

From the archive: The Great Depression didn’t stop diaspora posting parcels to their families

Sun Jun 30 2019 - 06:00
The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

Dublin Pride is up, wizard-themed cocktails and jargon job titles are down

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 00:00
Una Mullally: Automation will wipe out the gig economy

Una Mullally: Automation will wipe out the gig economy

Workers will be crushed, clinging to the most precarious jobs

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 06:00
When was Facebook first mentioned in The Irish Times?

When was Facebook first mentioned in The Irish Times?

From the archive: Attacks in Alabama started as a joke that got out of control

Sun Jun 23 2019 - 06:00
Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

Vegan sandwiches and Vietnamese coffee are up, Chernobyl selfies and sports sunglasses are down

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 00:00
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