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Oliver Goldsmith: a key figure that helped Ireland take its place among the nations of the Enlightenment.

Oliver Goldsmith: Ireland’s great social networker and the London migrant’s friend

Books
David O’Shaughnessy
July 16, 2018, 06:00

The man of letters never forgot his hardship in the city and helped other Irish on arrival

‘I didn’t realise how much of a big deal the first woman thing was’

‘I didn’t realise how much of a big deal the first woman thing was’

Books
Helen Meany
July 16, 2018, 06:00

Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey into English, but she would rather concentrate on what she brings to the work

Galway Film Fleadh: ‘The Dig’ wins prize for best film

Galway Film Fleadh: ‘The Dig’ wins prize for best film

Film
Donald Clarke
July 15, 2018, 20:31

‘Katie’ - picture charting rise of boxer Katie Taylor - wins best Irish documentary award

Living with my father: ‘It is hard to love an addict’

Living with my father: ‘It is hard to love an addict’

Books
Emilie Pine
July 14, 2018, 06:00

Emilie Pine writes about her father’s alcoholism and his 2013 health crisis, in an extract from her book

In Praise of Older Books: Age of Iron by JM Coetzee (1990)

In Praise of Older Books: Age of Iron by JM Coetzee (1990)

Books
Julie Parsons
July 14, 2018, 06:00

Week 28: Julie Parsons on her favourite books

Newgrange: More ‘unparalleled’ prehistoric sites discovered

Newgrange: More ‘unparalleled’ prehistoric sites discovered

Heritage
Brian Hutton
July 14, 2018, 14:28

Government-ordered aerial survey uncovers ‘extremely significant’ features in Co Meath

‘Everyone had girls’ names in the seminary’

‘Everyone had girls’ names in the seminary’

Stage
Peter Crawley
July 14, 2018, 06:00

Writer Phillip McMahon and director Rachel O’Riordan on making a play inspired by a hidden community of gay priests

Joe O’Connor: Bob Dylan the punk and me

Joe O’Connor: Bob Dylan the punk and me

Music
Joe O'Connor
July 14, 2018, 06:15

Discovering Dylan about the same time I discovered punk felt right. He’s like punk’s secret grandfather

Very Cavallari: California dreams turn into a reality-television nightmare

Very Cavallari: California dreams turn into a reality-television nightmare

TV, Radio, Web
Jennifer Gannon
July 15, 2018, 07:00

Reality TV: Are Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler trying to outdo each other in unpleasantness?

The 11 best shows to watch on TV this week

The 11 best shows to watch on TV this week

TV, Radio, Web
Kevin Courtney
July 15, 2018, 06:00

A cartoon take on Trump, Ramsay on the rampage and Katherine Heigl joins ‘Suits’

Latest Film

Hugh O’Conor, the admired actor and photographer, made a charming directorial debut with his humane comedy Metal Heart.

The best films from the 30th Galway Film Fleadh

The 2018 Fleadh was defined by some first-class documentaries. Evidence that we can’t escape our violent past came with Keepers of the Flame, Unquiet Graves and I, Dolours

The Secret of Marrowbone

Latest Music

Bob Dylan: on his 1966 British tour he binned the dungarees and lumberjack shirts of the Greenwich Village years and stocked up in the boutiques of Carnaby Street. Photograph: Ochs/Getty

Joe O’Connor: Bob Dylan the punk and me

Discovering Dylan about the same time I discovered punk felt right. He’s like punk’s secret grandfather

Luluc: As good as they can be, at times, Sculptor treads water rather than sparkles

Luluc: Sculptor

The Internet: Hive Mind

Various Artists: A Litany of Failures: Volume II

Gavin Glass: Opus Pocus

Latest Books

Oliver Goldsmith: a key figure that helped Ireland take its place among the nations of the Enlightenment.

Oliver Goldsmith: Ireland’s great social networker and the London migrant’s friend

The man of letters never forgot his hardship in the city and helped other Irish on arrival

‘The Lost Letters of William Woolf’ by Helen Cullen: A romantic adventure

My Year of Rest and Relaxation review: an arresting, original read

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela review – the authentic voice of Mandela

Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the environmental wisdom of children’s literature

TV & Radio

Sacha Baron Cohen ridicules gun rights advocates in 'Who is America?'

0:39 Sacha Baron Cohen ridicules gun rights advocates in 'Who is America?'

British actor Sacha Baron Cohen ridicules guns rights advocate Philip van Cleave in his latest show "Who is America?". Video: Showtime

Stage

A group photograph to mark the final major public event after a full year of campaiging by Waking The Feminists on The Rosie Hackett Bridge in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution

Irish theatre came out blazing this week, proving that gender equality is ‘not hard to do, if you want to’

Art & Design

‘Light Painting, Orange’ (detail), mixed media, Catherine Owens (Oliver Sears Gallery).

Art in Focus: ‘Light Painting, Orange’ (detail), by Catherine Owens

Fusing traditional media and recent technology, Owens reflects on constancy in a changing world

Unthinkable

Irish Yong Philosopher Award winner Luke Rickard (16) with President Michael D. Higgins. Photograph: UCD Colleges of Social Sciences and Law

Meet Ireland’s young philosopher of the year

Unthinkable: The Irish Young Philosopher Awards hopes to become as big as the Young Scientist exhibition

Michael Viney's Another Life

“The view from the top balcony can be sublime.” Illustration: Michael Viney

Clifftops have given me some of the high point of my life

Michael Viney: The cliffs of Ireland are the island’s last wild land, the views enchanting tourists on the Wild Atlantic Way

Heritage

The angled bastion with red and white poles

English fort discovered during Castlecomer hotel development

17th-century fort in Co Kilkenny would have defended settlers from Catholic natives

Treibh

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Ar ár dtaisteal dúinn

Tá feidhm leis an ‘chúpla focal’ thar lear – ach seachain an drochaistriúchán!

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From Cork buffalo to Meath mustard - meet the makers feeding Ireland

From Cork buffalo to Meath mustard - meet the makers feeding Ireland

The Ingredient Series: Neff are celebrating the quality and confidence of Irish local food producers – in the second part of this series we meet some of the country's best

Trading up: Make an entrance

Trading up: Make an entrance

In part three of a six-part series we seek expert advice on how to approach renovating the hall, stairs and landing area of a house

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The Irish language derives from a world in which the unseen is as real as the seen. Photograph: Istock

A magical vision is hidden in the Irish language – we need to rediscover it

Archaeologists have discovered more “extremely significant” sites at the world-famous Brú na Bóinne prehistoric complex in Co Meath. Photograph: Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Newgrange: More ‘unparalleled’ prehistoric sites discovered

TV chef and author Nadiya Hussain on the Graham Norton Show. File photograph: Ian West/PA Wire

The 11 best shows to watch on TV this week

Lights out: Sean Booth and Rob Brown of Autechre

Autechre: ‘Something happens when you listen to music in the dark’

The Dig, the first feature from Belfast directors Ryan and Andrew Tohill, won best film at the Galway Film Fleadh

Galway Film Fleadh: ‘The Dig’ wins prize for best film

The Odyssey: Emily Wilson highlights its contemporary resonance with our pressing questions about migration, displacement of peoples after war and the treatment and welcome of refugees. Photograph: Bardo National Museum

‘I didn’t realise how much of a big deal the first woman thing was’

Have your say: Have you done an unpaid or low-paid internship?

Oliver Goldsmith: a key figure that helped Ireland take its place among the nations of the Enlightenment.

Oliver Goldsmith: Ireland’s great social networker and the London migrant’s friend

The record dry spell has been credited with the discovery of a previously unknown monument beside Newgrange, Co Meath. Photograph: Ciara Wilkinson/Anthony Murphy

Scorched earth during heatwave reveals new monument at Newgrange

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon at the RDS in Dublin: As always he was accompanied by a brilliant band of world-class musicians. Photograph: James Forde

Paul Simon at the RDS: 'Maybe I’ll just keep coming to Dublin'

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The Waterboys member on his favourite restaurant and Game of Thrones predictions

Paul Lynch: serious fiction is a form of knowledge. The writer seeks to understand the truths that define the human condition. Photograph: Ulf Andersen/ Getty Images

The Book Club Click to join in the discussion about this month's book, Grace

Shelved: a selection of books by Irish women writers. Might some of these names figure in the final 12?

Women writers Putting Irish women writers back in the picture

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HETTY LAWLOR: Overall winner, Young Mayo artist Hetty Lawlor - a 17-year old student from Kilmeena, near Westport and a pupil at the local Sacred Heart School - with her picture entitled 'Grainne', winner of the 64th Texaco Children's Art competition held at the RHA Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

Texaco Children's Art Competition

The renowned uilleann piper Liam Óg O’Flynn has died at the age of 72 - Liam O'Flynn (left) with Shaun Davey (second from left) , Noel Eccles (standing) and Seamus Begley (right) in 2006. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien / The Irish Times

Liam O'Flynn, master piper

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