
Having your first child is like being slightly famous – relations even seem happy to see you
- Parenting
- March 11, 2019, 06:01
Babies must think themselves magnificent creatures. Every time they show up, everyone smiles

Umbria: It’s Italy but not as you know it
- Europe
- February 17, 2018, 06:00
Delightful food, pristine countryside and not a tourist in sight

U2, bad sex and Baileys: the biggest 2017 culture stories on irishtimes.com
- Culture
- December 28, 2017, 05:00
Readers were also interested in Michael Colgan, Vincent Hanley and maps of Ireland

Two new categories added to Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
- Stage
- December 14, 2017, 05:00
Best Ensemble and Best Movement Direction are being introduced for the awards ceremony in February 2018
Ticket Awards 2017: The half-time form guide
- Culture
- December 10, 2017, 07:01
As we head into the final voting days for this year’s Ticket Awards, the main categories couldn’t be closer

Shane MacGowan's 60th birthday concert: Johnny Depp, Nick Cave and more
- Music
- December 6, 2017, 10:00
Tickets for the January National Concert Hall gig, which features a stellar line-up, go on sale this Friday

Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh announce new theatre work
- Stage
- November 30, 2017, 08:00
Murphy says ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’ broke his heart when he first read it

Peaky Blinders never knows when enough is enough
- Culture
- November 16, 2017, 05:00
Review: The violent, sulphurous period gangster drama is back to cut up our screens

Piste patrol: Early snow tips for the impatient skier
- Travel
- November 12, 2017, 06:00
Austria fires up the season with ‘snow guns’ and excellent artificial slope management

Gate Theatre run like ‘family business’, 2016 report claimed
- Irish News
- November 7, 2017, 01:00
Arts Council commissioned review after concerns raised about governance

Gate trustee expresses ‘deep concern’ at Colgan allegations
- Irish News
- November 6, 2017, 02:00
Nicholas Kearns with Martin McAleese welcome moves by Gate board to investigate women’s claims

Seven women allege abuse and harassment by Michael Colgan
- Irish News
- November 4, 2017, 05:45
'She’ll never work in Dublin again’ was a phrase that he used a lot around the office,' one woman recalled

Bram Stoker festival: everything you need to know
- Stage
- October 27, 2017, 12:38
Here’s the best spot to watch Monday night’s parade from, and our picks from the festival’s events

Fruits of Labor review: An exhilarating riot of music and madness
- Stage
- October 14, 2017, 10:58
Miet Warlop returns to Dublin Theatre Festival in typical explosive fashion

Conor McGregor the movie: Dublin fighter on the big screen
- Film
- October 6, 2017, 15:05
A chance meeting backstage at the Late Late Show led Jamie D’Alton to make Notorious, the movie of McGregor’s rise and rise

Watch this beautiful short film set in the social clubs and streets of Belfast
- Film
- October 5, 2017, 10:15
Oona Doherty and ‘Heartbreak’ director Dave Tynan collaborate on ‘A Concrete Song’

LCD Soundsystem review: On the first day, they rose from the dead
- Music
- September 28, 2017, 13:13
On the first of a three-night residency, James Murphy and co make a triumphant return to the delight of the disco-punk crew

Electric Picnic: Final stage times announced
- Music
- August 30, 2017, 06:00
Here are the Salty Dog, Soundome, Casa Bacardi, Comedy, Jerry Fish and Trenchtown lineups

Electric Picnic to stay in Stradbally for at least a decade
- Music
- August 29, 2017, 18:49
‘Ten years is the minimum,’ says organiser as site set-up for this year is revealed

Electric Picnic: stage times for the Electric Arena, Cosby, Mindfield and Theatre of Food
- Music
- August 29, 2017, 06:00
Here’s the second tranche of stage times for the Stradbally festival

Electric Picnic stage times: here’s the exclusive first look
- Music
- August 28, 2017, 05:00
Stage times for the Main, Body and Soul, Rankin’s Wood and Other Voices stages

Electric Picnic: download the map and get the first look at the site
- Music
- August 25, 2017, 05:00
Stage times, travel info, news, tips and treats – we’ve got all the best Electric Picnic bits

Game of Thrones: How long did it take Gendry, a raven and a dragon to travel Westeros?
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 22, 2017, 12:25
We’ve crunched the imaginary numbers on that epic run from last night’s episode

Get active: Boxing
- Fitness
- July 15, 2017, 06:00
The beauty about boxing training even as an amateur or beginner is that it gives you immediate results

Get active: Swimming
- Fitness
- July 15, 2017, 06:00
The buzz factor you get when you can comfortably do a few lengths will make the all the effort worthwhile

Dublin Fringe Festival reveals its 2017 line-up
- Art & Design
- July 12, 2017, 18:00
Artistic director Kris Nelson unveils his final programme

‘Game of Thrones’: A to Z guide
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 8, 2017, 06:00
Ahead of season seven, here’s everything you need to know about the ground-breaking fantasy drama

Arts Council announces overhaul of funding system
- Art & Design
- July 7, 2017, 14:00
New system will simplify procedures, promote new artists and improve feedback

Miranda Blennerhassett wins RCSI Art Award
- Art & Design
- June 27, 2017, 12:10
Blennerhassett won for an ingenious piece made with wallpaper on a gallery stairwell

Body & Soul: sudden death was a ‘huge blow’ to festivalgoers
- Music
- June 25, 2017, 17:45
News was slow to emerge of the Body & Soul festival's first death in eight years

Death of man at Body & Soul festival termed ‘non-suspicious’
- Irish News
- June 24, 2017, 21:53
Festival organisers working with Garda on incident as family members notified

Body & Soul begins with tiny knights and a first stage invasion
- Music
- June 23, 2017, 21:00
It’s grown in size but this festival is one of the most relaxed on hectic summer schedule

Body & Soul 2017: Driving directions and last-minute information
- Music
- June 22, 2017, 11:56
Time to pack your bags and plan your route

Body and Soul stage times
- Music
- June 19, 2017, 08:00
Every stage, every band, every slot for this weekend’s festival

Tommy Tiernan, Abandoman and Spencer Jones shine at Kilkenny Cat Laughs
- Stage
- June 5, 2017, 13:44
The festival gets a new set of directors for 2017

Bare in the Woods Festival called off
- Music
- May 24, 2017, 16:25
Kiesza and Mike Skinner were due to perform at Portarlington event

Five shortlisted artists for RCSI Art Award announced
- Art & Design
- May 21, 2017, 15:00
Varnishing Day marks opening of this year’s RHA Annual Exhibition

The Irish Times joins Body and Soul festival on the Wonderlust stage
- Music
- May 18, 2017, 09:59
The Irish Times will be partnering with the festival on Saturday with a programme of talks and debates

Lingo is dead, long live the verse
- Music
- May 11, 2017, 05:00
The spoken-word festival is holding its final event next week, but its demise isn’t an entirely sad story

Kendrick Lamar serves up heartstopping moments with U2 and Rihanna on ‘Damn.’
- Music
- April 14, 2017, 11:00
On Lamar’s new album, the big-name collaborators never outshine the smartest artist working in music today

Cruinniú na Cásca 2017: free public events for Easter Monday
- TV, Radio, Web
- April 12, 2017, 16:00
From St Stephen’s Green to Custom House Quay, there’s something for everyone in Dublin and around the country

Iconic Office’s ‘competition’ is everything that’s wrong with how business treats art
- Art & Design
- March 31, 2017, 11:00
Opinion: a student competition run by a commercial office provider is proving a typical example of how the business world too ofte(...)

Watch: Mother’s Day video reminds us ‘we are only given one mother’
- Film
- March 24, 2017, 13:00
Get those tissues ready and call your mother after watching May by Lewis Kenny and Tony Callaly

Melvin Benn would ‘absolutely welcome any regulation’ of secondary ticketing market
- Culture
- March 23, 2017, 18:00
Comments come after Electric Picnic sells out in less than five minutes, ahead of lineup announcement

The xx and Duran Duran to headline Electric Picnic
- Stage
- March 23, 2017, 11:45
The first tranche of acts is announced hours after the festival sells out

Electric Picnic sells out in under five minutes
- Music
- March 23, 2017, 09:56
The music festival is due to announce its line-up at noon today

Kilkenny Arts Festival announces programme for 2017
- Music
- March 21, 2017, 10:36
A focus on Schubert and Stephen Rea performing the work of Oscar Wilde are the main highlights, though the festival features few w(...)

'This is everything we love about Dublin in one short film'
- Film
- March 15, 2017, 14:45
Al Kennington and Albert Hooi’s slick short is a series of portraits of people who live and work in the city

Thundercat takes a spiritual turn on his bass odyssey
- Music
- March 10, 2017, 06:00
Suicidal Tendencies, Erykah Badu, Kendrick Lamarr, Flying Lotus: Thundercat is a bass man with a stunning CV. But he's more than j(...)

Body and Soul reveal first tranche of acts for 2017
- Music
- February 21, 2017, 19:24
Metronomy, Vitalic, Lambchop, Sleaford Mods and Optimo20 line up for summer solstice festival takes Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmea(...)

Get into hot water exploring Iceland’s pristine landscape
- Europe
- February 18, 2017, 05:00
Track down geothermal springs, active volcanoes and waterfalls in a supersized jeep

Caravaggio exhibition to open to the public on Saturday
- Art & Design
- February 9, 2017, 15:08
The National Gallery’s heavyweight exhibition collects 40 masterpieces by Caravaggio and those he influenced

Loyle Carner review: the next star of grime you need to know about
- Music
- February 3, 2017, 14:00
The London MC burns with potential, with a live performance that’s equal parts charm and fire

Voting closes at midnight in the Audience Choice Theatre Award
- Stage
- February 1, 2017, 14:00
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards has one public vote category. And now is your last chance to have your say

Heartbreak: Emmet Kirwan's dazzling short film shows pressures on young Irish women
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 18, 2017, 11:45
The writer’s latest short film, developed from a stage show, follows one girl’s journey through young motherhood

Homeland returns: here’s the story so far
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 17, 2017, 19:00
The show returns to our TV screens and season five was its best yet. Here’s how the last episode left things

Siobhán Bourke and Jane Daly of Irish Theatre Institute win Special Tribute award
- Stage
- January 13, 2017, 14:32
The award is part of this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. The shortlists will be announced on Saturday

RTÉ Choice Music Prize shortlist revealed
- Music
- January 11, 2017, 14:30
Lineup features Rusangano Family, All Tvvins and James Vincent McMorrow in a shortlist dominated by indie rock

Dancing with the Stars: all you need to know
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 8, 2017, 12:00
What time is it on, how does the format work, who is likely to win and who will go full Black Swan?

'Hostages set fire to little fuses that are still fizzing in my head'
- Culture
- December 24, 2016, 05:00
Culture review 2016: Time travel seemed to be the dominant plot line, and you couldn't move without bumping into Roger Casement

Creative Ireland: artists respond
- Heritage
- December 8, 2016, 17:31
Creative professionals are cautiously optimistic but wary of a branding exercise

Ticket Awards 2016: Beyoncé or Radiohead? Your favourites so far
- Music
- December 7, 2016, 13:55
As we head into the closing weekend of the Ticket Awards 2016, here are your favourites so far – and how they squared up against o(...)

Other Voices 2016: the Dingle session steps up a gear
- Music
- December 6, 2016, 05:00
Title sponsors and a larger cultural offering mean that this is the year when the Dingle event stops being a small music-industry (...)

Robots and revelations: Science Gallery launches 2017 programme
- Art & Design
- December 1, 2016, 13:38
Next year’s exhibitions will look at artificial intelligence, and explore different ways our society could collapse

A mind for art? Dublin Gallery Weekend can help with that
- Art & Design
- November 24, 2016, 17:07
This weekend, 36 Dublin galleries open their doors with events, openings, talks and tours - and nearly everything is free

How Leonard Cohen said farewell on his final album
- Music
- November 11, 2016, 10:48
Much like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen’s final album is filled with images and lyrics that show the end was in sight

Radiohead Dublin show sells out in 10 minutes
- Music
- November 4, 2016, 10:06
Band play 3Arena days before headlining at Glastonbury festival

The beauty and the beats of RBMA 2016
- Stage
- November 4, 2016, 05:00
The Red Bull Music Academy touched down in Montreal this year and among the innovators putting the musicians through their paces w(...)

Justin Bieber: stage times and all you need to know ahead of his Dublin concerts
- Music
- November 1, 2016, 13:57
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of his 3Arena double date

First tracks: Opening day of the ski season is a joy
- Europe
- October 22, 2016, 03:00
When the slopes are pristine and the lifts are freshly polished Val Thorens is sublime

Gaga might be a lady, but she ain’t no queen of country
- Music
- October 20, 2016, 19:19
Joanne, the new album by one of pop’s reigning queens, has a head full of big ideas fighting with a heart full of simpler charms

Brand New Retro: 'Cheese is manfood. Serve a man cheese. And win his heart.'
- Art & Design
- October 6, 2016, 12:00
Little Museum of Dublin’s latest show reveals "a pre-internet Ireland, another world where men had unfeasibly thick heads of hair (...)

Ruth Fitzmaurice signs film deal for forthcoming book I Found My Tribe
- Film
- October 5, 2016, 10:20
Fitzmaurice got the book deal after a series of articles in The Irish Times

Replay the best of your favourite fest
- Music
- September 9, 2016, 10:00
A new tool makes playlists of festival line-ups, and makes a few bold claims

Electric Picnic: all the traffic and travel information you need
- Music
- August 31, 2016, 15:40
The Stradbally festival has a new traffic plan, based on what type of ticket you have. Here’s everything you need to know to make (...)

Electric Picnic stage times: Electric Arena, Cosby, Little Big, Theatre of Food and more
- Music
- August 30, 2016, 07:00
There's more to the picnic than the main stage

Electric Picnic: main stage times plus Rankin's wood, Other Voices and Body & Soul
- Music
- August 29, 2016, 07:00
Here’s the first stage times for the Main, Rankin’s Wood, Other Voices and Body and Soul stages. We'll have more for you tomorrow

Electric Picnic: exclusive first look at the official site map
- Music
- August 26, 2016, 06:00
With one week to go, here’s a sneak preview of the Stradbally site so you can pick out your camping spot

Radiohead, Anohni and David Bowie on Mercury music prize shortlist
- Music
- August 4, 2016, 11:17
Twelve acts are up for this year’s prize, which picks the best album by a UK or Irish act

Château style: fine wine and a fine time
- Europe
- July 30, 2016, 03:00
A short distance from Beziers, the Château St Pierre de Serjac offers great opulence and beauty

How Stranger Things and Pokemon Go are poking around in your childhood
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 29, 2016, 14:00
The Off Topic podcast discusses media built on nostalgia, and the strange case of Marina Joyce

Electric Picnic announces new Hazel Wood section
- Music
- July 25, 2016, 14:45
The music and arts festival will also feature a closing parade through the Stradbally site on its Sunday night

First national cultural policy unveiled for the arts
- Culture
- July 20, 2016, 19:48
Minister Heather Humphreys to hold annual consultation day with arts community members

Longitude: Nuclear Action Bronson kick-starts weekend
- Music
- July 15, 2016, 20:08
Armenian chef’s hip-hop perfect tee-up for Kendrick Lamar after Chvrches disappoint

Why won’t Beyoncé let the media take pictures at her show?
- Music
- July 15, 2016, 14:55
A recent trend among stars is to restrict press photographers at concerts to control every aspect their image

Longitude 2016: Stage times, maps and everything you need to know
- Music
- July 13, 2016, 10:15
Longitude takes over Marlay Park this weekend. Here’s all the details

Beyoncé at Croke Park: A stunning spectacle of total musical control
- Music
- July 10, 2016, 00:21
Politics takes a back seat as spectacle rules the world during Beyoncé’s only Irish date on the Formation tour

Get in formation: All you need to know for Beyoncé’s Saturday night show
- Music
- July 8, 2016, 14:39
What time is Beyoncé on at Croke Park? What tunes will she play? Is it sold out? Here’s what you need to know

Game of Thrones finale review: ‘You’re in the great game now’
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 27, 2016, 22:10
A longer, final episode in season six puts the pieces in place for the last days of the Seven Kingdoms. Here’s what we learned

‘An alternative community center’: the role of nightclubs in the LGBT community
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 17, 2016, 16:10
Off Topic: Has the attack in Orlando shattered the sense of nigthclubs as a safe place for the LGBT community? And how much homoph(...)

Ten acts to see at Body & Soul
- Music
- June 15, 2016, 15:30
Away from the obvious favourites, here’s our selection of insider tips for the weekend

Kilkenny Arts Festival announces its 2016 programme
- Stage
- June 14, 2016, 14:54
Stephen Rea, Loudon Wainwright III and Christian Blackshaw are among the highlights

Primavera shows Irish festival goers an alluring glimpse of ankle
- Music
- June 13, 2016, 06:00
The Barcelona festival is an excellent primer for what’s coming to Ireland this summer and beyond. Here’s what we caught and where(...)

‘Make sure you’re the guy on the bike, not Brock Turner’
- Culture
- June 10, 2016, 13:20
Off Topic podcast: Sarah Maria Griffin, Roe McDermott and Conor Gallagher discuss what the Stanford case tells us about everyday s(...)

Radiohead at Primavera Sound: A show of collective force
- Music
- June 4, 2016, 18:35
Radiohead deliver a masterclass in crowd control, before Kiasmos unload both electro barrels

Primavera Sound day one review: LCD Soundsystem are whip-tight and tour fit
- Music
- June 3, 2016, 14:48
The three-day Barcelona festival also raises the bar with strong sets from Kamasi Washington and Floating Points

Drop Everything throws a party like no other on Inisheer
- Culture
- June 1, 2016, 11:48
The Aran island culture festival blends its seamless mix of art and talks, food and music with the idyllic landscape

Bruce Springsteen and me: 'He joined in a session in the bar between eating his fish supper'
- Music
- May 26, 2016, 12:00
From chance encounters in speedos and chats about Stillorgan bowling to playing support to the E Street Band, some of the Boss’s b(...)

Sculpture wins inaugural college of surgeons art award
- Art & Design
- May 26, 2016, 01:00
Remco de Fouw wins €5,000 and €10,000 commission for ‘Random Access Memory V’