Trump took over the Kennedy Center. In Ireland we have a much subtler way of diminishing the arts JD Vance’s arrival at the Washington venue sparked a viral drama. In Dublin, the National Concert Hall has suffered from decades of political indifferenceFri Apr 18 2025 - 05:00
You don’t have to have a hide like an especially thick rhinoceros to be a screenwriter, but it helpsThey might be ‘daggers in the screen’ to some writers, but notes from producers are also a marker of successFri Apr 11 2025 - 05:00
Meghan Markle’s new podcast: An ego-fluffing conversation underlining the culture gap between Ireland and the USConfessions Of A Female Founder podcast: The Duchess of Sussex and Bumble dating app founder chat onTue Apr 08 2025 - 15:35
The Traitors Ireland: Slane Castle heir on how reality TV show marks new chapter for a venue ‘full of stories’Irish version of hit series, which is hosted by Siobhán McSweeney, was filmed over last fortnight at Co Meath venueTue Apr 08 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ news boss Deirdre McCarthy: ‘Tackling disinformation has to be much more of a focus now’The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'Sat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasyWe know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to beSat Apr 05 2025 - 05:45
We’re told the menopause is now mainstream in culture, but is it really? And does it need to be?Channel 4 comedy series and Women’s Prize shortlisted novel sit just beyond the mainstream, and maybe that’s okayFri Apr 04 2025 - 08:39
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mentionTheatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White HouseThu Apr 03 2025 - 12:19
Facebook exposé Careless People is a gruesome update to The Social NetworkSharks, wasps and billionaires combine to make this memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams the blueprint for a much-needed sequel to The Social NetworkFri Mar 28 2025 - 06:00
Bafta TV awards 2025: Lola Petticrew, Graham Norton, Nicola Coughlan among Irish nominated Netflix stalking saga Baby Reindeer leads 2025 TV Bafta nominationsThu Mar 27 2025 - 12:48
Adolescence: Why can’t we look away from Netflix’s hypnotic hit?This Netflix drama is a hypnotic hit and its seamless ‘oner’ shot is part of the reason whyFri Mar 21 2025 - 05:22
Never mind the shamrocks: White House showroom opens for business amid ‘Tesla Chainsaw Massacre’Planet Business: Prime Video’s Apprentice nostalgia, Porsche executives’ sleepless nights and the EU’s proposed counter-tariffs. It’s another week on Planet TrumpSat Mar 15 2025 - 06:15
European shares subdued as US trade war moves knock confidenceSpirit stocks among those ending lower amid escalation in White House threatsThu Mar 13 2025 - 18:05
State should treat international investment in housing like FDI, Cannes property event hearsIrish Real Estate Pavilion features at annual MIPIM property event for first timeThu Mar 13 2025 - 15:48
Fiona McHugh, former Sunday Times Ireland editor and Fallon & Byrne co-founder, dies aged 57Journalist and businesswoman remembered as person of vision and generosity who championed friends and colleaguesWed Mar 12 2025 - 16:49
Blank-tape bliss can never be repeated In the media industry, as on video cassettes, there is vivid colour, but no lifetime guaranteeTue Mar 11 2025 - 06:05
Matt the Thresher acquires the Lime Kiln in JulianstownRestaurant will close for refurbishment in April before reopening under new name in MayMon Mar 10 2025 - 05:00
No kings, skiing in jeans and apologies to Canada in a week of inventive protest signs in Trump’s USPlanet Business: Bernard Looney gets a new gig, Abrdn relocates its missing vowels and Justin Trudeau gets angrySat Mar 08 2025 - 06:15
Katherine Ryan: ‘It’s always disarming for people that I just say what I think’The Irish-Canadian comedian on openness and emigration, expanding her family and why being the only one with a microphone is ‘a very alpha role’Sat Mar 08 2025 - 05:35
Mortgage approvals climb 4.1% in JanuaryNumber of approved first-time buyer loans declines Fri Mar 07 2025 - 06:00
European shares close flat after ECB rate cut boosts bank stocksTariff uncertainty lingered, while chip stocks declined on Wall StreetThu Mar 06 2025 - 17:56
Nominations open for annual Business to Arts AwardsThe Irish Times is sponsoring a new €5,000 bursary in 2025 awards, which also includes new ESB-backed award for creative sustainability projectsWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:00
Lidl to open up in Carrigstown in RTÉ Fair City product placement dealSoap opera’s store to become discount supermarket in summer as broadcaster prepares to move set offsite eventuallyWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:00
Deirdre Ní Choistín appointed director general of TG4‘Joy and a privilege’ to succeed Alan Esslemont in role leading Irish language broadcasterTue Mar 04 2025 - 19:48
Moving to New Zealand may not be enough to avoid Donald Trump Watching the US president is like ‘watching a car crash over and over and over’, says director James Cameron. And yet much of the current security crisis had, until Friday, been weirdly ignorable for other reasonsTue Mar 04 2025 - 06:05
Surging defence stocks lead European markets to record highExpectations of higher military spending in Europe saw key stocks in sector make gainsMon Mar 03 2025 - 18:29
The Irish connection to Banksy’s painting that’s expected to fetch as much as €6m at auctionPlanet Business: Taylor Swift’s IFPI triumph, Mira Murati’s new AI venture and tourism slogans gone awrySat Feb 22 2025 - 06:15
European shares closed at record high as banking and defence stocks gainWall Street subdued as investors watch for signs of escalation in US trade restrictionsTue Feb 18 2025 - 18:38
James Murdoch, Rupert’s ‘troublesome beneficiary’, has shared a story that’s painful for us allIn the brittle real-life afterlife to Succession, rifts within the Murdoch family demonstrate how fact can be more tumultuous and twisted than fictionTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:15
RSM Ireland relocates Dublin head office to Iveagh CourtMove follows acquisition of audit firm in 2023 by RSM UKMon Feb 17 2025 - 06:00
Look back in nostalgia: RTÉ seeks new sponsor for Reeling in the YearsBroadcaster has priced sponsorship deal for repeats of the enduringly popular news archive series at €100,000Mon Feb 17 2025 - 06:00
Imagine expands market reach after deal with National Broadband IrelandArmenian-owned firm says it will now be able to offer faster speeds to customersMon Feb 17 2025 - 05:30
Safe, transparent, trustworthy AI? No thanks, say US and UKPlanet Business: Plastic straw update, Elon Musk’s 19-year-old Doge lieutenant and the latest in Gulf of America appeasementSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:10
Should adult children living at home pay rent? Our readers respondThe average age for moving out of the family home is 28. What kind of financial contribution, if any, should people make in the meantime?Fri Feb 14 2025 - 06:00
European markets close at fresh record highUpbeat earnings from German industrial giant Siemens lift investor sentimentThu Feb 13 2025 - 18:28
AI infrastructure provider Crusoe opens European headquarters in Dublin Move to grow workforce to 100 people over three years welcomed by Minister for EnterpriseWed Feb 12 2025 - 16:54
Trump alarm bells drown out whispers of resistance in WashingtonPlanet Business: Diageo’s tariff ‘complexity’, Virgin Money’s huffy chatbot and Meta’s sincerest form of flatterySat Feb 08 2025 - 06:15
Tullamore ham maker Carroll Cuisine sees pretax profit drop to €3.5mCompany now owned by Canada’s Sofina Foods paid a dividend of €7.7m for the year to the end of March 2024Fri Feb 07 2025 - 14:50
Brendan O’Connor enjoys biggest gain in radio listenership in 2024RTÉ Radio 1 records higher audiences across its weekday schedule in period including general electionThu Feb 06 2025 - 12:16
Irish services sector makes ‘soft start’ to yearAIB purchasing managers index records weaker rate of growth in JanuaryThu Feb 06 2025 - 06:00
Waterstones’ Irish sales rise 4% amid ‘increased popularity’ of reading and physical bookshopsBookseller owned by US investment group Elliott reports ‘encouraging growth’ in Irish storesWed Feb 05 2025 - 18:39
European shares edge higher in choppy tradingFTSE 100 declines but ends well off its lows amid hopes of a de-escalation in Donald Trump’s trade war.Tue Feb 04 2025 - 17:46
Should RTÉ stop showing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang so much?Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan says reruns of old films won’t cut it for Montrose. Who’s going to break the news to Dick Van Dyke?Tue Feb 04 2025 - 06:05
IT and cybersecurity company Qualcom forecasts €18m revenues by end of 2027Dublin and Belfast company plans to increase workforce by a fifth amid demand for servicesTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
State-owned ISIF launches new energy transition fund with Schroders GreencoatFund will seek to invest “in a number of projects” of Ireland, with a focus on greenfield new build projects.Tue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
All change in the briefing room, as White House holds space for influencers and content creatorsPlanet Business: French AI chatbot Lucie, Boeing’s new 737 targets and Roman Abramovich’s yacht schemeSat Feb 01 2025 - 06:10
Irish advertising market will expand 7% this year, forecasts CoreGrowth in television revenues set to be slower than in 2024, while print is expected to decline furtherThu Jan 30 2025 - 17:00
Mortgage drawdowns for first-time buyers hit highest level since 2007More than 50,000 mortgages with value of €15.3 billion approved last year Thu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
European shares close at a record high as investors await rate decisionsDutch chip company ASML leads tech stocks higher, but luxury companies tumbleWed Jan 29 2025 - 18:25
Trump 2.0 underlines the feeling we are stuck ‘playing yesterday’s tape’Groundhog Day? Welcome to the groundhog decadeTue Jan 28 2025 - 06:05
