Sean Hughes: coruscating comic talent who never compromisedYoungest ever winner of the Perrier Prize, he became the UK’s biggest stand-up attractionMon Oct 16 2017 - 16:30
Now Showing: My Journey To Self-Improvement, a Harvey Weinstein ProductionFilm producers response to harassment allegations follows a well trodden pathThu Oct 12 2017 - 15:55
Roger Waters: Trump voters are not liking his latest WallFans are angered by provocative images of the US president in the Pink Floyd man’s Us + Them tourWed Oct 11 2017 - 05:00
Hillary Clinton and the €1,000-ticket book tourWith low overheads and sky-high ticket prices, Hillary Live is a book tour like no otherTue Sept 19 2017 - 13:00
Abba-tars: Super Troupers return, and somewhere in the crowd there’s youBjörn, Agnetha, Benny and Anni-Frid are back – as you haven’t seen them since 1977Sat Sept 16 2017 - 06:00
Picasso house built on a Guinness fortune for €23mThe artist bought Mas de Notre Dame de Vie, a luxurious villa near Cannes in the South of France, from the Guinness family, and lived and worked there until his death in 1973Thu Sept 14 2017 - 05:00
Brian Boyd: If we raise awareness of everything, we raise awareness of nothingNational Recovery Month reduces addiction to selfies, thumbs-ups and confessionalsFri Sept 08 2017 - 01:09
How Barack Obama became top of the Twitter chartsObama tweets less than Trump, but seven of the 10 all-time most popular tweets are hisSat Aug 19 2017 - 06:00
Brian Boyd: Sunlight of tech disinfects CharlottesvilleUnhidden by hoods and robes, white nationalists have been caught on cameraWed Aug 16 2017 - 01:00
Brian Boyd: Tourists seen as terrorists by some in BarcelonaThe youth wing of the CUP party is on a mission to drive out visitorsFri Aug 11 2017 - 01:00
The Dublin father whose photos place his baby in life-threatening scenariosBaby Hannah cllimbs ladders, plays with knives, drives a car. It's for a good reasonMon Aug 07 2017 - 11:30
Brian Boyd: Spare me Mick and Jez’s Brexit hypocrisyLike fellow Glastonbury headliner Corbyn, Jagger is jumping on the bandwagonFri Aug 04 2017 - 06:00
Brian Boyd: Trump is Commander in Chief of the cuckoo’s nestAmerican Psychoanalytic Association has lifted ban on members commenting on president’s mental stateThu Jul 27 2017 - 11:57
Brian Boyd: Federer happy to talk about drugs so why does nobody want to ask?Wimbledon winner’s remarkable revival raises questions that only he seems to be askingMon Jul 17 2017 - 16:21
Opening our digital door to welcome in tech-Stasi policeMany of the ‘problems’ being sold to us by digital technologies aren’t problems at allSat Jul 15 2017 - 05:55
John McEnroe: ‘I saw myself as part of punk’The former champion on women’s tennis, his recurring nightmare and who will win Wimbledon 2017Sat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
Brian Boyd: Towelgate shows the failings of social mediaFurore over the Wimbledon tussle highlights a digital desperation for popularityFri Jul 07 2017 - 06:00
Ireland’s gin craze: From mother’s ruin to hipster’s tippleIt’s the biggest growth sector in drink sales, and even the tonic has had a makeoverSun Jun 11 2017 - 22:50
Moderate drinking is good for you. Except when it’s bad for youThe governmental obsession with litres and units does nothing to address alcohol abuseThu Jun 08 2017 - 16:20
Ignore lunatic lifestyle gurus. Sugar’s not the new heroinSugar-shaming is not just about sugar. It’s about our wider relationship with foodThu May 25 2017 - 02:01
Manchester Arena attack will change the concert experienceAnalysis: Going to a concert will become more time-consuming and more expensiveTue May 23 2017 - 11:00
Bono: ‘I don’t want to meet Donald Trump’The U2 singer fears the US president will undo years of work on Aids and developmentSat May 20 2017 - 05:58
Bono says U2’s next single inspired by Eamon Dunphy‘Eamon said this beautiful thing once - he said ‘Bono, Ali is the best thing about you’’Mon May 15 2017 - 13:36
Amid backlash and rising prices, the avocado craze continuesIreland can’t get enough of the avocado, but there’s a sinister side to the food trendSat May 06 2017 - 06:00
Brian Boyd: Jeremy Corbyn, Islington Labour and meThe Islington Labour Party of the 1980’s was achingly “right on” and as relevant today as Duran DuranTue Apr 25 2017 - 12:41
What’s behind those Ed Sheeran Croke Park rumours?Speculation mounting that Ed Sheeran will play three concerts in 2018Fri Apr 21 2017 - 09:45
Brian Boyd: We have reached Peak Synthetic OutrageStories about Pepsi, United Airlines and Sean Spicer ticked the “social media storm/online backlash” boxes but none of them stand upThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Film industry has only itself to blame for illegal streamingStudios create massive global hype around movies but stagger releases across marketsThu Apr 06 2017 - 05:30
Next in line for the anti-vaccination brigade? AutismControversial ‘anti-vaxx’ film linking autism to childhood vaccinations to tour IrelandWed Mar 22 2017 - 12:55
Brian Boyd: Cheltenham is backing the wrong addictionExcessive gambling rather than alcohol consumption is the real dangerFri Mar 17 2017 - 01:00
A very American coup: Is a ‘deep state’ targeting The Donald?Swivel-eyed loons among US right claim a shadowy movement is out to ‘remove’ TrumpTue Mar 07 2017 - 15:24
What’s left? Brian Boyd on a regressive political agendaThrowing around insults and labelling voters will not prevail against the muscular rightTue Feb 14 2017 - 01:00
Why the religious right is now the biggest threat to TrumpBacklash over decision not to roll back LGBT rights will be more damaging than travel banMon Feb 06 2017 - 13:00
Feng shui: nonsense fad or good design?Practitioner says it is not about decluttering, it is an Earth scienceTue Jan 31 2017 - 06:00
Golden oldies leading tennis into brave new worldWilliams sisters and Federer proving that veteran doesn’t have to mean past itFri Jan 27 2017 - 14:52
With Ruth Negga, we have disgraced ourselves againIt is the sole authority of Ruth Negga to describe her nationality and sense of place in whatever way she sees fitWed Jan 25 2017 - 10:49
Why Trump’s age, obesity and diet matterHis lack of interest in his own health informs his support for anti-vaccination campaignersMon Jan 23 2017 - 13:01
Brian Boyd: Today’s luxuries need to have soulBrew your cappuccino in a built-in machine, before drinking it in a free-standing soaker tub, set under a showcase chandelierSat Jan 21 2017 - 06:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Ticket resellingU2’s Croke Park show sold out in minutes this week. Then tickets showed up online at vastly inflated prices. Is this touting, and how can you get around it?Sat Jan 21 2017 - 00:00
Music industry hypocrisy exposed by boycott of Trump inaugurationIt is ok to play for money in front of Gadafy but not the president-elect of the USATue Jan 17 2017 - 13:23
Obamas and Trumps will have just 6 hours to move out of and into The White HouseThe Obamas and Trumps will have just six hours to move their furniture out of and into the The White HouseThu Jan 12 2017 - 06:00
U2 confirm Joshua Tree tour date in Croke Park on July 22nd‘More desperate times’ motivated U2 to revisit songs from three decades ago, says ClaytonMon Jan 09 2017 - 17:34
U2 to outline tour dates for The Joshua Tree on MondayCroke Park likely venue in unexpected move for band who have never toured a catalogue albumSun Jan 08 2017 - 12:07
The only meaningful exercise to be got from Fitbits is throwing them into the binThey’re the equivalent of paying for a weather app on your phone - when you could just look out the window insteadSun Jan 01 2017 - 12:59
Ten songs in the key of George Michael’s lifeBrian Boyd selects 10 songs that tell part of the story of the British pop superstar’s lifeMon Dec 26 2016 - 13:09
George Michael (1963-2016): effortless and free – the best way to remember him2016 continues to be year of living dangerously for giants of music worldMon Dec 26 2016 - 12:36
Man who got MacGowan to write ‘Fairytale of New York’ has diedFrank Murray managed The Pogues, Thin Lizzy, The Frames, Elton John and The SpecialsFri Dec 23 2016 - 13:00
Brian Boyd: Have I got fake news for youJust like previous efforts to police the internet, the clampdown on fake stories will failThu Dec 22 2016 - 13:20
Hitler’s house seized by Austrian parliamentThe former dictator’s home has become a macabre Neo-Nazi attraction – a phenomenon known in the trade as “real estate disaster porn”Thu Dec 15 2016 - 12:52
