After the No Kings protests, Trump complained that, unlike a king, he had to ‘go through hell’ to get things approved. ‘No, we’re not a king,’ he said. Note the royal we
US president has said many times that he deserves the award
Ireland has the opportunity to lead a new generation of European research by acting quickly to increase funding and supports
Delegation of women hears of ‘system of violence and impunity’ on visit to territory occupied by Israel
Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize winner, charted his own path as a novelist and conservative, often divisive political thinker
Rite & Reason: Why are birth rates in freefall? Many factors, some economic, others religious, some social and personal, play a part
Nobel prize-winning author’s latest novel is about three friends growing up in Zanzibar
Nobel prize-winning economist says defence spending move by EU is sound economic policy
Novelist’s work is packed with references to medicine, sickness and health
Everything written about Alice Munroe after revelations about her daughter’s sexual abuse will record the Nobel Prize-winning author’s failure as a parent and human being
Across the first half of the 20th century few women went on to third-level education and, of these, fewer took science degrees
Prague-born couple Carl and Gerty advanced knowledge of how the body produces and stores energy. They shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for this work.
‘Taboo’ against the use of nuclear weapons has come ‘under pressure’ in ongoing warfare once again
Focus on the ‘science of science’ is ensuring better research outcomes
Japan’s official position, sheltering under the US nuclear umbrella while paying lip service to survivors, is often uncomfortable
Nihon Hidankyo movement made up of survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs in 1945
Rónán Hession: The Vegetarian is highly original, a good place to start for anyone new to her writing
Writer won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for The Vegetarian
The Years is based on the autobiography by French Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux
The merits of having the right mindset to seed big discoveries, which in the case of David MacMillan and Frances Arnold led to a Nobel prize
CRISPR should be used to pioneer cures for diseases while upholding human dignity, but we must be extremely cautious about using it to manipulate the genetic make-up of future generations
Technology behind MRI machines, among the most complex devices in modern medicine, is still developing after 70 years
French author explores an intimate, complex relationship with hyper-personal objectivity
The UK nuclear site, situated close to Ireland, has been key to British defence and energy security concerns for decades, but its legacy is a toxic bestowal for generations to come
Women don’t have ‘nervous breakdowns’ now, but we do get ‘burnt out’ in astonishing numbers
The Australian author, a regular Nobel favourite, is an inveterate archiver of his life and work. His writing is similarly deliberate, if hard to describe
Former UUP leader jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize with SDLP’s John Hume in 1998
The Stephen’s Green Club, in Dublin, honoured the poet with a celebratory dinner. The programme is a portal to a transformative period of Irish history
One of the great ironies of the censorship crusade was that so much “evil” under Irish noses was ignored
The Nobel laureate is a master of the short novel – but none of them rivals Septology, an 800-page, single-sentence masterpiece
Bust to be placed beside one of late John Hume and will be unveiled to coincide with 25th anniversary of awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to both men
The creation of an ambitious Irish national literature for the future poses pressing questions on many fronts
One hundred years ago this week, The Irish Times was first to tell the poet he was set to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. We then published this series of articles
Yeats did not know that 1923, the year of his Nobel prize, did not mark his first nomination but his seventh
She won the 2020 Nobel prize for literature, the first American to do since TS Eliot
“Martti was always a voice of hope, one that proved that war is not the solution to conflicts,” said President Michael D Higgins
Mr Ahtisaari won a Noble Peace Prize in 2008 for his role in resolving international conflicts
Gluck, inspired by Shakespeare and Greek mythology, was the first American poet to win Nobel prize for literature since TS Eliot in 1948
More than 30 years after her groundbreaking book on the subject, women still face significant shortfalls in pay compared to men
Businesses have learned there is good money to be made by cashing in on our carelessness
Narges Mohammadi, who remains in prison, has been arrested 13 times by the Iranian regime, convicted five times, and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes.
Norwegian playwright and novelist had regularly been tipped for the prize
The author wins greatest prize in world literature ‘for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable’
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov’s work with particles used in LED displays
Denis Mukwege looks to political role in conflict-torn and exploited Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier will share €950,000 prize for their work on producing pulses of light on the attosecond timescale
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman enabled development of mRNA vaccines
Prize-giving body responds to criticism after saying it would invite ambassadors, commenting that it had sought to include those who did not share its values
Political prisoners use starvation to pressurise authorities to deliver on pledge to improve conditions
To explore the success of Irish artists without mentioning Haughey is like staging Hamlet without the prince
The writer’s leftist politics put him at odds with coup-mongers
Thirteen civil rights protesters shot dead, 15 injured in the Bogside by British soldiers in 1972
The Singularities, his new novel, may be the acclaimed author’s final work of literary fiction. If not, ‘I’ll call my next book Sinatra’s Last Tour’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
