CCelebrities Read More ‘I’m not sure I’d like to be a young person in today’s world’ – The Irish TimesApril 26, 2026 How agreeable are you? It probably depends on the day in question and who you ask, but I…
MMusic Read More Madonna, the highest-grossing female artist of all time, is back in the news. Here is why – The Irish TimesApril 25, 2026 What’s all this about a new album from Madonna? Madonna’s new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part…
EEnvironment Read More This is my last environment column for The Irish Times and I’ve radicalised myself – The Irish TimesApril 20, 2026 This is my last Making a Difference column for The Irish Times – and in almost two years…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Here’s why AI is making us dumber and more lonely – The Irish TimesApril 18, 2026 Call me crazy but I think it will be a big mistake if we stop reading and writing.…
EEconomy Read More ‘I was going to lose my home … It was one of the darkest times’ – The Irish TimesApril 11, 2026 The aftershocks of the financial crash are still being felt almost two decades on with the number of…
CCelebrities Read More ‘At the moment, life and death feel quite close together’ – The Irish TimesApril 5, 2026 How agreeable are you? It depends on the context. It can mean going along with things, but I’m…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Without any oil production of our own, we are exposed to fallout from Middle East conflict – The Irish TimesMarch 7, 2026 What a week. Seven days of relentless Israeli and US bombing, the assassination of the head of state…
TTechnology Read More Photos tell stories of the ocean in an era of warming seas – The Irish TimesMarch 7, 2026 During the summer of 2024, I began making underwater images of jellyfish off the Sligo coast. That experience…
EEnvironment Read More ‘They’re sitting on a pile of unclaimed deposits’ – The Irish TimesFebruary 23, 2026 “They are sitting on a cash pile of unclaimed deposits and we are left out of pocket,” says…
CCelebrities Read More Chappell Roan and Apple Martin learned the hard way about overblown sorrow – The Irish TimesFebruary 22, 2026 The announcement in December of the death, at age 91, of French screen actor Brigitte Bardot sparked the…
AArts and design Read More Donegal photographer hangs up his camera after four decades – The Irish TimesFebruary 14, 2026 After more than four decades capturing the very pulse of Donegal and its people, photographer Declan Doherty has…
FFitness Read More I’m not saying it’s wrong to wear a weighted vest while running, but… – The Irish TimesJanuary 19, 2026 At first I thought I’d seen someone running through the park in a bulletproof vest. I’ve spent years…