Dublin officialdom virtue-signalled about Ukraine. People in rural Ireland did the work – The Irish Times
As the old song doesn’t quite have it, compassion for Ukrainians is a treasure when first it’s new.…
U2 play special gigs at Mount Temple Comprehensive and Grafton Street to mark 50th anniversary – The Irish Times
I’m at Mount Temple Comprehensive on the Malahide Road on Dublin’s northside watching one of their school bands…
Claire Byrne prepares to go on Celebrity Gogglebox: ‘We need fizzy jellies and quality crisps’ – The Irish Times
One of the most noticeable aspects of The Claire Byrne Show (Newstalk, weekdays) is how relaxed the host…
RTÉ100 – Points of View: Anniversary show gets so much right, but falls down on the basics – The Irish Times
This year marks a century of public broadcasting in Ireland, and RTÉ is honouring that anniversary with the…
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight – The Irish Times
Pick of the WeekIn the Opinion of the CensorMonday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm The role of the film censor…
European societies are not built for the climate reality we now inhabit – The Irish Times
Last week in London as part of Climate Action Week, an event entitled Extreme Heat: Improving Governance and…
Artificial intelligence spells a real climate disaster – The Irish Times
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) emphasises the positives: AI will increase productivity and profits, make medical advances,…
Once one of the most influential people in Irish media, he ignored his own golden rule – The Irish Times
A journalist using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate an article is like a chef in a restaurant serving…
Eurovision glitz part of Israel’s claim to be European – and that matters – The Irish Times
Genocide and glitz, torch songs and torched bodies, savagery and silliness, bombshell blondes and 2000-pound bombs, terror and…
A lovely, warm, gentle man who dragged me out of bed at 5.30am – The Irish Times
I had never been up so early in my life. It was 1983 and Martin Parr, the great…
Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both have problems – The Irish Times
How do you know our rulers are spoofing? A cynic might say the tell is that they have…
Authors and critics pick their favourites – The Irish Times
John Banville If you think the rise of the far right in the United States is a new…