Hugh Linehan
Winners and losers: What we’ve learned from the byelections
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
What’s wrong with Ireland? Sinéad O’Sullivan has an answer
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan: Ireland ‘lacks strong institutions capable of separating long-term delivery from electoral politics’, says author
Another violent attack on Trump brings a short-lived truce in his battle with the media
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Pressure builds on Labour as austerity bites: Collapse, part two
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
AI community overlooks philosophical assumptions, AI explains
Philosophy of mind gets little attention in the AI community, suggesting a certain lack of curiosity
Maria Steen: ‘If you are in the centre and everybody else moves left, all of a sudden you look right wing’
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Fintan O’Toole: What would fascism look like in the 2020s?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
2025 in culture politics: Arts Council’s IT crisis, RTÉ’s financial strain and Trump’s assault on the BBC
One of the many negative effects of the housing crisis is making Ireland a cold place for culture in all its forms
Does Ireland’s neutrality leave room for increased defence spending?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Election Daily podcast: Who came out on top in the final debate?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Election Daily podcast: Poll leaves Humphreys in need of ‘unprecedented turnaround’
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Election Daily podcast: Is Heather Humphreys playing it too safe?
Inside Politics podcast: Jack Horgan Jones and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to launch our daily podcast coverage
Presidential debate: who came out on top and who struggled?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Brian Cowen and The Crash: a new look at the handling and political cost of the Celtic Tiger collapse
A new Irish Times podcast series looks back at the crash with the benefit of 14 years’ hindsight
Where does Mairead McGuinness’s shock withdrawal leave the presidential race?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Crash, part two: austerity bites and Brian Cowen’s Morning Ireland humiliation
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Can ‘technocratic daddy’ Mark Carney solve Canada’s deep-rooted problems?
Inside Politics podcast examines Canada election results and the unlikely comeback of former central banker
A handful of billionaires and a million artists in penury: big tech’s effect on culture, and what you can do about it
Hugh Linehan: This is my last Ticket column. I’ve seen huge changes over my 25-year involvement with the section. But there’s cause for optimism
Jeff Bezos has made a sacrificial offering of the Washington Post. A once-great newspaper is dying in darkness
The paper’s billionaire owner has said its opinion pages will in future support and defend ‘two pillars: personal liberties and free markets’
As it turns 100, meet the most reliable New Yorker you’ll ever encounter
The illustrious magazine remains rooted in the principles and traditions of print journalism. There is surely a lesson there
The Arts Council is about to enter a world of pain. It could be even worse for the artists it’s meant to help
Loss from abandoned €7m computer project could have a knock-on effect on cultural organisations
The Irish musical slammed by the White House as an ‘insane’ waste of $70,000
‘As an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going towards this crap,’ Donald Trump’s press secretary told reporters
Ireland’s cultural sector was hoping for an inspiring choice of Minister. It got Patrick O’Donovan
New Minister has inherited two pressing issues. His record doesn’t instil confidence
US culture is making a U-turn. Be prepared to feel the illiberal backlash in Ireland
The past few months also illustrate how shallow the diversity agenda has been, particularly in the corporate world
‘Meta sees me as a golden goose.’ How Zuckerberg’s AI creations went rogue and gave the game away
Facebook and Instagram have pulled the plug on AI avatars Grandpa Brian and Liv but their successors will soon flood our lives with lies on a hitherto unimaginable scale
Dismayed by pop culture’s shift towards Trump? Then you might be one of the people to blame
Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?
One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films was made free to watch on YouTube. It’s a sign of the trouble movie studios are in
Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits
Jeff Bezos might not be to blame, but Amazon’s Prime Video has made a mess of a Christmas classic
The streamer’s cut version of It’s a Wonderful Life is an abomination – but perhaps not a woke bowdlerisation of the original
Why do so many news sites look so boringly similar? Because they have to play by Google and Meta’s rules
But that hegemony will end, perhaps soon. If you value good journalism and good design, give someone you love a newspaper subscription this Christmas
Catherine Martin has been the most consequential minister for culture since Michael D Higgins
The outgoing Green Party TD delivered on her predecessors’ promises to address Ireland’s woeful shortfall when it comes to supporting cultural activity
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