Hugh Linehan

What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs

Lisa Nandy, the UK’s new culture secretary, announced this week the ‘end of the era of culture wars’, but an armistice is not actually within her remit

The events that have unfolded over the past five years at the national theatre raise obvious parallels with the RTÉ debacle

We waited an age for A New Direction’s ‘third age’, and it already feels rather out of date

Hugh Linehan: With his Kubrick-derived film AI Artificial Intelligence, the director created a surprisingly convincing version of where technology is leading us

The investment firm has met the ire of literary activists amid accusations of greenwashing

Countless politicians have tried to co-opt pop hits as campaign anthems

Hugh Linehan: Director set up in Galway in the mid-1990s, when he was in his 70s, and churned out his trademark low-budget exploitation movies there

Hugh Linehan: Stanley Kubrick said a film should be more like music than like fiction. The Irish director Pat Collins knows why that matters

Global Disinformation Index, a nonprofit organisation, set out to counter misleading online content. Instead it seems to be stifling legitimate debate

Hugh Linehan: The streamer’s new drama is just another lethargic entry into the often unlovely genre of hero-journalist movies

Hugh Linehan: There are sound practical and ethical reasons for colourblind and colour-conscious casting. Other attempts to rewrite the past are absurd

Boutique festival will feature Rachel Allen, Fintan O’Toole, Blindboy Boatclub and more

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Numbers in venues restricted to 50 pending Government decisions on Covid-19 measures

Hugh Linehan: Our conservative approach to pandemic challenges may increasingly cause issues

A site-value tax and co-operative building are among the economist’s housing crisis solutions

Chris O’Dowd, Maureen Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among guests for online series

Grande Dame of DC Dowd to give insight to Biden’s America and the politics-obsessed town

Chris O’Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among those appearing at this year’s event

Mask-wearing podcaster and author is first guest at the Irish Times Winter Nights Festival

Six out of 12 categories claimed by Irish Times at NewsBrands ceremony

Biden’s hope for a blue wave across the sunbelt failed to materialise

Everything you need to know about the US election night in one place

Our writers, led by Suzanne Lynch, will provide insightful reporting and analysis

Obama, Bon Jovi and Cher add some razzmatazz to the Biden campaign

The Irish Times political team discuss the sacking of Barry Cowen, at an Inside Politics event

The writer Masha Gessen sees parallels between the US and Russia under Putin

Issues around race and social justice are increasingly important in Ireland too

Inside Politics: Howlin wants to build ‘progressive alliance’ before coalition talks

Inside Politics: Pension issue comes to fore as parties prepare to publish manifestos

Inside Politics: Varadkar accused of playing political game on homeless man incident

‘Gay found the pulse of his country and kept his finger firmly placed there’

The programme of 200+ acts extends across 13 stages and venues

Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’

‘His ability to freeze the elusive and contradictory essence in a physical gesture is the mark of a great actor’

Former candidate and man she claims cost her 2016 election visit on Friday of next week

This week’s ‘Inside Politics’ also looks at a possible presidential election and the INM controversy

This week’s ‘Inside Politics’ also reviews the SCU and Simon Coveney’s difficult few days

Investigation of Temple Bar-based centre follows failure to release funds for documentary