The Irish Times

Jennifer O’Connell: The Happy Pears’ expertise is in marketing themselves

Having thousands of Instagram followers does not turn the twins into medical experts

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 01:00

Boomerang employees: Why some companies see former workers as the future

Both sides can benefit when a worker returns to a business – but firms must be careful

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 06:11

Movement for four-day week gathering momentum in wake of pandemic

Campaign for four-day-week seeks to increase ‘me time’ and maintain productivity

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 00:00

The paradox that leads professionals into temptation

If everyone is now a ‘professional’ – what does professionalism actually mean?

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 05:40

As virus cases surge, New Yorkers feel a familiar anxiety

‘It feels like last year, last winter, despite the vaccines and despite the boosters’

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 16:02

Did death cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?

Black holes behave as the physicist predicted. But the ultimate award is beyond his reach

Tue Oct 05 2021 - 12:00

Nestlé says majority of its food portfolio is unhealthy

Internal document says brands underperform against ‘external definitions of health’ amid consumer pressure

Mon May 31 2021 - 10:05

World’s most vaccinated nation is spooked by Covid spike

Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine widely used in Seychelles

Wed May 12 2021 - 16:01

Miriam Lord: Here’s a tip, Senator – learn where the mute button is

Martin Conway of FG was overheard doing some side business during a virtual meeting

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 01:00

UK allows for mix-and-match Covid-19 vaccines in rare circumstances

Experts question guidelines given lack of evidence around interchangeability

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 09:34

Thai protesters fail to bend government to demands

Despite greater freedoms of political speech, Bangkok offering little real compromise

Sun Dec 20 2020 - 17:08

Chuck Feeney’s $8bn giving-while-living odyssey comes to an end

The philanthropist has finished giving away billions, including €1.87bn in Ireland

Sat Sept 19 2020 - 01:00

Scientists uncover biological signatures of the worst Covid-19 cases

Immune systems of severely infected patients lack their usual co-ordinated response

Thu Aug 06 2020 - 06:00

Trump raises threat of new front in economic conflict with China

Call for federal pension fund to stop investing in Chinese stocks escalates tensions with Beijing

Wed May 13 2020 - 15:49

‘Extremely evil misconduct’: Thailand’s palace intrigue spills into view

Purges in King Vajiralongkorn’s court have electrified the normally anodyne royal gazette

Thu Nov 07 2019 - 11:35

Oireachtas ‘Open House’ event scrapped after Extinction Rebellion protest

Ceann Comhairle cites fears over ‘health and safety risks’ after incident on Thursday night

Fri Oct 11 2019 - 18:05

US shale gas key to rapid rise in methane levels, TDs hear

Fracked gas has greater emissions footprint than coal, Oireachtas committee hears

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 22:05

LifeSkills school programme ‘transforming outcomes’ for children

Pupils learn how to make good decisions, deal with stress and feel good about themselves

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 02:29

Could artificial sperm mean the end of men?

Ovarian freezing to gene editing: Babies could be made very differently in 21st century

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 06:00

‘They learn Braille almost without noticing that they are learning’

How Lego toys are going to educate blind and sighted children through play

Mon May 13 2019 - 04:01

Armageddon time: how Stanley Kubrick made us laugh at the annihilation of the human race

Re-issued in cinemas next week some 55 years after its initial theatrical run, Dr Strangelove is arguably the most improbable comedy ever made

Sat May 11 2019 - 05:00

The microbots are coming – to help us

Tiny sensors with tinier legs, stamped out of silicon wafers, could one day soon help fix your smartphone battery or study your brain

Thu May 02 2019 - 05:38

Advice from Amazon's cloud chief: 'Encrypt everything'

Amazon Web Services aims to be the world’s most customer-centric IT provider

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 03:15

Trump delays China tariff hike amid ‘productive talks’

US president will extend deadline and plans to meet Xi Jinping to finalise agreement

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 06:42

Saturn’s rings may be a relatively recent phenomenon

Data from Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft provides new information on the gas planet

Thu Jan 17 2019 - 22:17

Irish university makes first Brexit-inspired academic appointment

UCC and Oxford jointly hire top quantum scientist, capitalising on uncertainty in UK

Wed Dec 19 2018 - 06:00

This turbulent monk: Did the CIA kill vocal war critic Thomas Merton?

Mystery still surrounds death of noted Catholic writer in Thailand 50 years ago

Mon Dec 03 2018 - 14:43

Ireland ranked among world’s most innovative economies

Switzerland stays top while the Republic remains in 10th place overall in new report

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 09:32

Trump imposes new tariffs on China and threatens $500bn

Beijing condemns ‘bullying’ by ‘gang of hoodlums’ in escalating trade war

Fri Jul 06 2018 - 06:53

North Korea nuclear test site has collapsed, says Chinese study

Report sheds light on North Korean announcement that it will suspend testing

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 13:41

Kim Jong-un to cross border for landmark Korea summit

Details emerge for meeting where peace treaty and denuclearisation to be discussed

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 11:57

No response from those emails and texts? It’s time to get verbal

When it comes to effective communication and persuasion, emails and texts are no substitute for an old-fashioned face-to-face conversation, according to recent research

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 08:00

Dr Harry Edwards: Fifty years on frontier of sport and race

Ex-Black Panther turned sociologist addressed GAA Summer School on Sport and Politics

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 06:00

Shift focus from silicon chip or get left behind, physicist warns

Reputation and jobs at risk if focus remains on silicon chip as world moves to quantum computing

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 07:01

Irish-led research makes superconductor breakthrough

Prof Séamus Davis’s study moves science a step closer to ‘holy grail’ of quantum physics

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 06:00

The GAA isn’t the only sporting context where politics matters

Seán Moran: GAA Summer School on ‘Sport and Politics’ promises to be fascinating

Wed Jun 21 2017 - 07:00

Here Comes the Sun review: Used and abused in Jamaica

Nicole Dennis-Benn’s first novel shines a light on tourism’s underbelly

Sat Mar 18 2017 - 06:00

Irish schoolboy wins major squash championship

Denis Gilevskiy is first Irish player in British Junior Squash Open finals since the 1920s

Fri Jan 06 2017 - 15:14

Mysterious radio waves traced to distant galaxy

Scientists make breakthrough in the study of the Fast Radio Burst phenomenon

Thu Jan 05 2017 - 15:04

The Irish-American billionaire who gave away his fortune

Chuck Feeney, ‘the anti-Trump’, has written his final Atlantic Philanthropies cheque

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 09:02

Janet Reno, first US female attorney general, dies aged 78

Reno was one of the highest-profile figures in Bill Clinton’s administration from 1993-2001

Mon Nov 07 2016 - 10:47

IMF bowed to political pressure in euro zone debt crisis – report

Internal review finds commission influenced staff; Lagarde rejects ‘premise’ of report

Fri Jul 29 2016 - 05:35

100ft-wide asteroid due for close-encounter with Earth

Scientists say not to panic as ‘2013 TX68’ will miss planet by at least 24,000km on Sunday

Sun Mar 06 2016 - 12:46

That’s Men: Why do only women leave food on their plate?

When you’re the eldest in the family, you start off life in ‘eat all you want’ setting

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 16:06

World’s first IVF puppies said to be ‘doing well’

Researchers have unseccessfully attempted to breed in-vitro dogs since 1970s

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 14:02

China-Taiwan talks to further normalise relations

Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou denies aim of meeting is to improve his election chances

Fri Nov 06 2015 - 19:19

What Chuck Feeney’s fistful of dollars did for education

By 2016 philanthropist Chuck Feeney will have given €1.5 billion to education projects in Ireland. A weighty new photographic book illustrates his generosity here and abroad

Tue Sept 15 2015 - 08:00