Five-Ring Circus: Noah Lyles puts his foot down about money-making plan
Olympics 2024: Dara Ó Briain goes green in Paris but the Seine is still polluted
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July 20th-26th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Rory Gallagher guitar auction causes Liveline listeners to cry blasphemy
Katie Hannon deftly oversees a lively discussion that would surely cause the famously low-key Irish rock star to blush
The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Dara Ó Briain and Josh Widdicombe gleefully dive into the story of the ‘worst footballer ever’
Podcast review: On their way to recounting Ali Dia’s brief appearance for Southampton, the comedians tell a complex, compelling tale
Retained firefighters vote to end strike action and accept deal
Deal brokered at WRC accepted by 63% of Siptu members in ballot but work still to be done, union says
‘We’ve all done it’: Dara Ó Briain offers support to actor after only one person attends her show
Georgie Grier posted message on X about Edinburgh Fringe Festival experience with her one-woman play Sunsets
Dara Ó Briain takes on the moon and the places ‘Irish people know but the British seem never to have heard of’
Television: The Irish comedian’s new show, Wonders of the Moon, has the gently rambling quality of a lecture conveyed by a funny, eccentric professor
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
New drama series starring Sigourney Weaver, Celebrity MasterChef is back, and more
Tommy Tiernan has bumper year as pay surges
Aggregate pay for comedian and his wife jumps to €1.2 million
Dara Ó Briain wants to talk about great ways to waste your time
Podcast review: Dara Ó Briain’s Timewasters is relatable, funny and surprising
Laura Slattery: What the Late Late needs now is the total chaos of guest hosts
Patrick Kielty, Brendan O’Connor and Jennifer Zamparelli would be decent picks, but one season of revolving presenters could be amazing
Ryan Tubridy wrestled with The Late Late Show as long as he could. Who will take it on next?
RTÉ flagship chat show is a demanding, often unwieldy, format battling a decline in TV viewership – whoever inherits the job will soon realise it’s not easy
Molecules, metaphors and the place of science in culture
One is contained within the other, but how does that manifest itself?
Nish Kumar: ‘The Conservative government in Britain are cultural vandals’
The comedian on dealing with hate and why Britain’s public broadcasting is under siege
Dara Ó Briain receives Maths Week Ireland award
Tributes paid to comedian for lifelong contribution to raising public awareness of maths
Beautiful and compelling story of Jack B Yeats - one of Ireland's greatest painters
The Man Who Painted Ireland examines the life of ‘underappreciated’ artist
Olympics are over but geoblocking is here to stay
Sports rights carve-up means ‘not available in your location’ messages will persist
Angela Scanlon on life in London: ‘I am Irish through and through’
The presenter on Irishness, the excitement of live TV and the upside of lockdown
The Irish Times Winter Nights festival day 5: Dara McAnulty, Gabriel Byrne and John King
Series of online talks featuring Irish Times journalists and guests concludes on Friday
The Irish Times Winter Nights festival: Everything you need to know
Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Sturgeon, Emma Dabiri and more to appear at the online festival
Irish journalist Donie O’Sullivan trends amid US Capitol unrest
CNN reporter from Co Kerry praised for keeping his cool as Trump supporters failed to
Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Nicola Sturgeon, Gabriel Byrne, Dara Ó Briain and Edith Eger
Join us online for five nights of unforgettable debate, discussion, distraction and everything in between
Dara Ó Briain and Richard Corrigan to host Irish charity cookalong
Chef will demonstrate favourite recipes with celebrity guests to help Irish Youth Foundation
Dara Ó Briain: ‘I get abuse from Brexiteers and Corbynistas in satisfyingly similar amounts’
His new book, Is There Anybody Out There?, skilfully weaves thumping gags with raw physics
CofI bishop challenges English counterpart over Irish headstone epitaph
Church of England has blocked family’s wish to use phrase on mother’s grave in Exhall
James Acaster: ‘There’s not much positive about being English today’
The standup discusses podcasts, Irish comedy and why 2016 was the best year for music
Late Late Show with Miriam O’Callaghan: The most surreal primetime TV I’ve ever watched
Scraggly Hozier gave a preview of what everyone’s hair will look like post-shutdown
Miriam O’Callaghan to present Late Late Show as Tubridy has ‘persistent cough’
Programme will pay tribute to men and women of Ireland’s front-line services
Is this the Eurovision winner? Dara Ó Briain and, er, Russell Crowe love it
Think about Things, Iceland’s 2020 entry, is a synth-pop earworm that’s going viral
The Irish Times Debate at 60: How changing topics reflected the ages
For six decades, participants in the annual event have argued burning issues of the day
My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more
Debating taught me ‘to think quickly and speak slowly in unpredictable situations’
Wit and warmth: The secret weapons of Irish debaters
The first Irish Times Debate took place 60 years ago. Former student debaters look back
TCD and Sadsi speakers secure places for Irish Times Debate grand final
Last semi-final held in cadets’ mess at the Curragh Camp
Surveyors warn political parties not to jeopardise property market
SCSI reminds members of stance on housing ahead of annual dinner next Thursday
Klopp pays tribute to ‘inspirational’ Seán Cox on return to Anfield
Meath man who suffered brain injury in assault last year attends victory over Manchester City
How Irish podcasting hit the mainstream
There’s been a surge in the number of home-produced podcasts over the past number of years – and there’s no sign of it slowing
Dara Ó Briain helps raise £26,000 for cancer charity after appealing for lost toy
Comedian’s attempts to locate child’s monkey lead to surge in donations for fundraising page
Comedian Brendan Grace had ‘the kindest, kindest heart’
Funeral to take place in the Liberties in Dublin on Monday
Kilkenny Cat Laughs 2019 line-up: Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan, Alison Spittle
Dara Ó Briain, Nish Kumar, Rose Matafeo and Jena Friedman also on 25th festival bill
School debating revival: the antidote to echo chambers and social media ‘likes’
Learning to think on your feet and fight with words – why debating skills are prized
All kinds of things can get you called a West Brit these days
Donald Clarke: The pejorative label has been reapplied to Dara Ó Briain. Idiotically
2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough
The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year
Blockbusters returns: What was your favourite childhood TV show?
As the classic quiz returns, hosted by Dara O Briain, we want to hear about your TV memories
National children’s science centre risks being put on a shelf for another decade
Opinion: It has funding, government backing and planning permission. So what’s taking so long?
Ed Sheeran wows intimate crowd at London Irish Centre
Fans pay up to £3,500 to attend fundraiser alongside the great and good of city’s Irish
Pills, thrills and backaches: How to relive your Ibiza days
From Jenny Greene to Underworld, the summer is packed with house music nostalgia
10 of the best TV shows to watch this week
Chris O’Dowd stars in ‘Get Shorty’, Dara O Briain returns in ‘Mock the Week’
Comedy legend Ken Dodd dies aged 90
The comic, who was from Liverpool, described ‘one of the last of the music hall greats’
What does Gabriel Byrne see in George Bernard Shaw?
In ‘My Astonishing Self’, the actor follows shyly in Shaw’s footsteps. But what draws GB to GBS?
Britain’s Prince Harry to marry actor Meghan Markle
Second son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana met fianceé on a blind date set up by mutual friend
‘My first comedy gig? I was absolutely terrified’
This week Róisín Ingle meets comedian and radio presenter Neil Delamere
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