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Going Loco – Frank McNally on Flann O’Brien and the Inchicore Railway Works

An Irishman’s Diary

New visitor centre at Custom House explores a wealth of history

The Custom House is seen as one of the most important buildings in Dublin

Margins of Terror – Frank McNally on the Irish language editor and arch-pedant Risteard Ó Foghludha

An Irishman’s Diary

Hedge schooled: the lure of suburban privet for well-oiled writers

An Irishman’s Diary

Ring Cycle – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan and the Fáinne wearers

An Irishman’s Diary

Racing Uncertainty – Frank McNally on myths, mistaken memories, and the Ascot Gold Cup

An Irishman’s Diary

Scotch Broth – Frank McNally on whiskey-soaked summer schools, the Lough Ness monster, and Flann O’Brien’s poetic mews

An Irishman’s Diary

Arts&Antiques: Rare Jack B Yeats book in sale for bibliophiles

Private library of John Wyse Jackson goes under the hammer at Purcell auctioneers

No Irish Need Apply – Frank McNally on the national hang-up about capital punishment

An Irishman’s Diary

Moore’s Maladies – Frank McNally on Myles na gCopaleen and the great Irish Times letters row of 1947

An Irishman’s Diary

Third Degree Byrnes – Frank McNally on an unexpected revelation in Myles na gCopaleen’s favourite pun

An Irishman’s Diary

Glossed in translation – Frank McNally on ambivalent statues, Flann O’Brien rebranded, and the plan to move Nelson’s Pillar

Grandeur with magical gardens on Blackrock terrace for €2.75m

The internal proportions at 2 Avoca Terrace are remarkable and the wow factor continues into the garden

The Irish Times view on artists’ incomes: pay them fairly

The arts are poorly paid in Ireland – and many artists are regularly asked, and expected, to work for free