The Irish Times

Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the centenary of the dinner at the Majestic

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Sun May 22 2022 - 21:04

Ulysses and bullfighting – Tim Fanning on John O’Hara, an Irish bullfighter in Spain

An Irishman’s Diary

Mon Mar 21 2022 - 19:01

Ulysses for cheats, chapter by chapter (feel free to skip the first three)

Frank McNally: Skim, slice and dice James Joyce’s masterpiece, from opening to climax

Wed Feb 02 2022 - 05:00

An Post launches new stamps to celebrate centenary of Ulysses

Stamps inspired by ‘Gilbert Schem’ - tables Joyce produced to help friends understand book

Thu Jan 27 2022 - 09:49

On the trail of the Hunter – Terence Killeen on the shadow of Leopold Bloom

An Irishman’s Diary

Sun Jan 23 2022 - 19:01

Wooden heart – Frank McNally on the dark horse in Joyce’s Ulysses

An Irishman’s Diary

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 19:01

A portrait of the artist as poet – An Irishman’s Diary on James Joyce

Biden saluted Joyce the poet

Mon Jan 25 2021 - 00:01

‘The more of the novel I read, the more it made me think of Marian Keyes’

Mia Gallagher’s speech to launch Alan McMonagle’s new novel at Hodges Figges

Fri Mar 20 2020 - 05:36

Unemployment figures due plus Enterprise Ireland results

Business diary of the week: Euro zone and Irish retail sales to be published

Sun Jan 05 2020 - 19:50

First look inside the new Museum of Literature Ireland

MoLI in Newman House, Dublin opens this month featuring Joyce’s notebooks and more

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

José Salas Subirat, the eccentric first translator of Joyce’s Ulysses into Spanish

The insurance salesman could not speak English, only read it, and plans for a revised edition sank in a plane crash

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 05:27

Director’s Choice: Theatre directors pick the soundtracks of their lives

Musicians from RIAM will play these specially selected, deeply personal pieces

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 05:00

How did Ulysses become a talking point in the US election?

James Joyce’s epic trends on Twitter after Pete Buttigieg picks it as his favourite novel

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 13:00

Step inside as Stoneybatter’s celebrated houses open doors

Northside neighbourhood festival offers programme of 100 weekend events

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 00:00

Do you want ice with that? An Irishman’s Diary about wintry literature and drink

Fri Mar 02 2018 - 00:01

Martin McDonagh: Harvey Weinstein? 'I hope he dies'

Playwright and film maker on his new ‘feminist’ movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00

Molly’s Game: Jessica Chastain does yellow-pack Scorsese

Aaron Sorkin’s debut film isn’t going to get as many Oscar nominations as predicted

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 05:00

Does the scale of the universe make human life pointless?

Unthinkable: Reflecting on our place within the cosmos can be deflating

Tue Oct 03 2017 - 06:01

Racy Literature – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, adultery, and the Ascot Gold Cup

The alleged Gold Cup scandal of 1904 was among this year's colourful Bloomsday talks

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 00:01

'Marriage was a licence for sex': Ireland and women in 100 quotes

The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 10:10

Number Seven’s Son – An Irishman’s Diary about the cryptographer and friend of Joyce, John Francis Byrne

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 00:01

Famous Blue Joyce – An Irishman’s Diary on Leonard Cohen’s debt to Dublin

The late singer’s work was peppered with Joycean imagery and references

Wed Nov 16 2016 - 01:00

I love Bloomsday for all its profoundly cynical philistinism

Unlike most national festivals, from Bastille Day to Thanksgiving, it does not commemorate death and destruction

Thu Jun 16 2016 - 00:23

Street Feast kicks off Bloomsday festivities in Dublin

More than 120,000 people answer the annual call for those tasty events to celebrate Ulysses

Sun Jun 12 2016 - 22:11

Bloomsday: If you haven’t read Ulysses yet, start here

Eileen Battersby details five good reasons to dive into a truly great work of fiction

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 07:13

Bloomsday: What would Molly Bloom make of Joyce and ‘Ulysses’?

Eileen Battersby imagines what the central players of Joyce’s Ulysses think about the novel that made them famous and how they feel about the man who wrote it

Mon Jun 15 2015 - 19:30

Showstopping villa in Terenure for €950,000

Somerton is a stunning four-bedroom home with modern extension and period features

Wed Mar 25 2015 - 15:00

Her eyes were beautiful – I was only telling the truth

Dermot Healy once remarked that the people with the most beautiful eyes in the world often live by the ocean, which is certainly true for Belmullet

Thu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00

Brought to Book: Joseph O’Connor on why reading is a more creative act than writing

‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’

Fri May 16 2014 - 12:00