Movies get my kids together – but The Sound of Music is a step too far
Finding something we all enjoy is harder than gauging the number of spuds to peel
Forget DeLorean, Ireland could be an electric car-making hub
Entrepreneur Norman Crowley aims to bring car manufacturing back to Ireland
Tesla’s next-gen Model X: A frustrating €95k drive – but everyone else will love it
It reaches 100km/h in 4.6sec, but the gadget-laden Model X isn’t much of a driver’s car
Scientists solve time travel paradox – but still no time machine
Weblog: Going back to the past triggers multiple histories, so don’t do it too often
Photographs emerge of futuristic bubble car once made in Dundalk
Images of the Heinkel Kabine vehicle are part of the new Dublin Port Archive
16 museums to inspire young minds this summer
Spend a day dressing up as Normans, looking at the galaxy or playing games about climate
50 great family days out in Ireland
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Ready Player One author Ernest Cline living the VR dream – in real life
Cline is now a bestselling author and his story has been brought to cinematic life by Steven Spielberg
‘Ready Player One’ is no Spielberg masterpiece
Review: It’s an undeniably entertaining film, but also retro-addicted and madly overlong
Miriam Lord’s Week: FF gets the broadband back together
Katherine Zappone says yes to the dress as Mattie McGrath plays the self-blame game
William Crozier's glorious paintings sing of Cork and colour
From land to sea, William Crozier in West Cork, and artists getting aquatic at the Glucksman Gallery
Hex launches DeLorean iPhone 7 case
Tech Tools: Custom-moulded case sports a laser-etched logo and is limited edition
Patrick Swayze’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ jacket sells for €57,000
Hollywood actor’s widow auctions hundreds of his items despite his niece’s opposition
Electric DeLoreans and ‘smart’ solar panels: technologies for the future
Range of new sustainable green technologies on view at SEAI energy show in Dublin
Homeowners could get €10,000 in State aid for green retrofitting
At scheme announcement, Minister for the Environment bemoans Trump-led march of climate change denial
Duncan Campbell at IMMA: Turner Prize winner’s new film
Shining a light on recent history and exploding reductionism from a backroom
Belfast-based Montupet wins order from Jaguar Land Rover
Dunmurry plant wins contract to manufacture a new cylinder head for car company
Car review: Ford Mustang put to the test on Irish roads
The new Mustang may not be the sensible coupé choice but it makes rivals seem incredibly dull
DeLorean say famous car could be back in the future
1,000 doors still exist from former Belfast factory and are in an American warehouse
John DeLorean: A visionary or a charlatan?
Creator of ‘Back to the Future’ car and his Belfast factory were sources of controversy
Questions and issues of the week: The end of an era for Betamax
VHS won the video format war, but its less favoured cousin is a trove of 1980s nostalgia
Ireland’s not ready for driverless cars yet
Legislation will have to be changed if we want to let the robots drive
It’s Back to the Future day: time for a reality check?
From fingerprint technology to flying cars, just how accurate were the trilogy of films' predictions?
Apartment size matters, but so does affordability
Critics of proposals to build smaller units are missing the bigger picture
Technology turns garage into automated business
A family firm in Trim has transformed itself into a database whose functions are all smart and connected
When Africa came to the Arsenale, and the Irish Biennale adventure
Venice’s first African-born curator, Okwui Enwezor, is on a mission to clean up the spiritual home of the art world and remind us of its social and political responsibilities
Back to Dunmurry: DeLorean Belfast reunion celebrates 1980s ‘miracle’
Staff who made gull-winged sports car gather at Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Visual Art round-up: Back to the DeLorean, and on to the future
This week’s shows feature a mythologised car and superstition, emerging artists, and beautiful woodturning
DeLorean: how not to build a time machine
Created by a ‘con man’, immortalised by Hollywood, and built in Belfast at the height of the Troubles, John DeLorean’s DMC-12 was once the world’s most talked-about vehicle. We meet the men and women who built a fantasy car, then watched it crash spectacularly
The inventive and industrious Sean Lynch is a good fit for Venice Biennale
Among this year’s essential exhibitions is Lynch’s Biennale show, which will tour Ireland after Italy
Back to the failure: Belfast's £77 million sports car
Northern Ireland Office ‘seduced by DeLorean sales patter’ , says Queen’s University academic
DeLorean back to the present as owners meet
An estimated 60-100 DeLorean cars from early 1980s survive in Ireland
Call for DeLorean workers to reunite in Belfast next year
Former executive wants any survivors to mark 35 years since DeLorean started in Belfast
Design concept with a difference as 3D print plans bring car to life
Local Motors founder says new techniques will allow the US win back car manufacturing
‘Everybody has to go to bed’: the life and philosophy of Mattress Mick
Mick, part of the furniture of Dublin retail, talks about his family (Margaret, Michelle and Marina), his local celebrity, his ‘rare’ look, his ability to read women, and the unusual manner in which he likes to relax
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