Partly because the film-maker and former peer so often praises Ireland, and partly because he is genuinely likable, the West Cork resident has for many become Ireland’s favourite Englishman
Weekend
Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
Reduce unwanted flyers coming through your letterbox and lighten your green bin with these tips
Street in Dublin’s north inner city has been declining for several years. One local worker describes it as a ‘hellhole’ while another says ‘there is often chaos’
Group of young people embark on survival skills challenge at which they learn life-saving strategies such as how nature can be used to conceal and camouflage, and how to light fires in the wild
Give Me a Crash Course in... Dublin Airport’s planned Aircraft Observation Facility: It would be flying in the face of reality not to have one apparently, as they are common enough elsewhere
The singer’s Eras tour is finally blasting its way to Dublin, bringing with it a cocktail of industry savvy, depressive new songs and points to prove
The great and good of France will gather for Mass next December 8th to celebrate the reopening of Notre-Dame more than five and a half years after she was nearly destroyed by fire
Ella McSweeney: Younger kids, older people, outdoor workers, the socio-economically disadvantaged, pregnant women and the chronically ill are all disproportionately vulnerable to heat stress and mortality
It’s mostly comfortable for me to be away from my phone because I don’t use social media, which means that probably not much has changed since I last looked
Le Pen could repeat her EU election performance in two weeks’ time, leaving French politics in gridlock. There could be consequences for Ireland
The GAA president and secondary school principal on defending the association, growing up in south Armagh and his relationship with his father
One big task for the party ahead of a general election will be to present a more concrete vision of the change it keeps talking about
The gun used to assassinate the Free State minister for justice in 1927 was still in use in the 1970s during the Troubles
Éanna Ní Lamhna on crow pellets, a chimney mystery and the true nature of cuckoo spit
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