Ireland has a strange double standard when it comes to building regulations

“We are pretty much transplanting everything we do at the Bernard Shaw to there”

Pending closure of Bernard Shaw pub has sparked ‘great anger’

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‘It’s more than just a nightlife venue. It’s a genuine artistic and creative hub, with a social purpose’

All on-site facilities including Eatyard and arts spaces to shut

As lifestyle choices shift, pubs are having to offer a lot more than just a good pint

Westminster chaos affords preview of Britain standing alone with its demons

Women are under-represented in the Irish music industry, but a change is gonna come

Brutality lingered as a set of attitudes long after it was banished as official practice

Fintan O’Toole: Why must we experience the worst before we can believe in it?

A century after the Armistice of 1918, we are still living in the world it created

The 2012 tragedy unified Irish women and feminist groups behind change on abortion

Mural has become a focal point of remembrance of Ms Halappanavar

Brewtonic's new low/no-alcohol menu is for those wanting lighter beverages on nights out

From penalty shoot-outs and the Falklands to Rory McIlroy and bendy bananas

The pot belly, like the smug smile, exaggerates an all-too-rare ease with oneself and illustrates an individual who takes pleasure in life

It looked like last orders for the capital’s pubs, but the bar scene is booming once again

British politicians’ time-wasting and ignorance has shifted the balance of power

We savour the latest food biz and business food trends

Prawns any way you want them, Kerry mutton pies, Jamaican jerk whiskey crisps, Guinness burgers and Irish beef rendang baozi

Ireland’s image as rebel nation where each Catholic suspected of treason persisted for hundreds of years

RTÉ outsources young people’s department but those Gilmore Girls are back

From Panti Bliss and Hot Brown Honey to The Vaudevillians, here’s what you might pick

Why crime is the best stimulus to the nation’s social conscience

Is the Bard, who died 400 years ago this weekend, on April 23rd, 1616, really the greatest playwright to have lived – or have we been blinded by ‘bardolatry’?

The NCH’s centenary celebrations continue with a night of high calibre one-off performances

As Casement faced trial for treason in 1916, Shaw wrote a speech that he was convinced could turn the trial into a national drama, and save Casement from the scaffold

Seán O’Casey’s play and its staging have always been cultural and political lightning rods

Growth in tourism and economic recovery spurring investment in city centre venues

Statues of old white guys are being removed, vandalised or campaigned against. The problem with the new iconoclasm is knowing where to stop

'Dublin feels like the way it used to be in 2008... for just one special night of the year'

Wilde and Shaw, who have similar plays on at the Gate and Abbey, had a prickly relationship

The idea that talented people need to be incentivised to work to the best of their abilities by obscene salaries and bonuses is toxic at many levels.

‘A Europe that turns its face against the plight of the refugees is a Europe that is killing itself’

The ‘Irish Times’ Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks project has published its first 30 entries, covering 1916-1945 – a time of paradoxical philistinism and creativity

John Brennan, the brother-in-law of Thomas MacDonagh, explained how the 1916 leader came into his largely unionist family in this article written more than 40 years after MacDonagh’s execution

Irish man Trevor O’Shea talks about MVP, a pub set up on €5K

The true health of the Irish dance scene can be measured in the country’s smaller clubs, where local DJs and promoters are doing it for themselves at club nights such as Gary’s Gang in Dublin, Sunday Times in Cork, and Macronite in Limerick

Extra Peacock shows possible if theatre revenues improve