Most days, Mother Irene and Sr Anne Marie barely break silence. Today is different

Dublin City Council turns traffic-free Sunday into an ‘event’ requiring stern warnings

Film star's widow on curating her husband's archive, and the 47-year age gap

Natural History Museum displays new exhibition on theme of ‘predator and prey’

Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, Majella Moynihan – all victims of the highly conservative society of 1984

In 2014, Gort was identified as the place in Ireland hit hardest by the recession

In Episode 3 of the new Irish Times original podcast, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland wonders whether a decade-long mystery w(...)

In Part 2 of a new Irish Times original podcast, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland reveals more hidden secrets about the man wh(...)

Ten years ago a man was found dead on Rosses Point beach. Who was he?

In a new Irish Times original podcast, Senior Features Writer Rosita Boland explores in detail the decade-long mystery of a man wh(...)

Exclusive extract from Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel

Actor talks feminism, being talked over and saying no with fifth and sixth year students

Pen portraits of a wise, no-nonsense PR gem, always with a cigarette and a bag full of books

Even my American friends were baffled. ‘What’s there?’ they all asked. A lot, it turns out

In the slums of India, people gather raw materials for a multibillion-euro industry

Niamh Boyce on her new novel, historic Irish fiction and modern day witch trials

Bangalore Letter: The stories informing national debate in The Times of India

With Dublin's MetroLink threatening their homes, College Gate residents say they are trapped

The social activist and veteran of political scandal addressed the Talent Summit in Dublin

‘The Children’ brings Marie Mullen and her husband on stage together for first time in 27 years

How do you tell someone they’ve less than a 6% chance of survival?

Walter Sekules and his family resettled in Northern Ireland after second World War

‘I was in Africa for 54 years and not one person in Ireland has asked about it’

The little-known Irish woman who left millions to charity had a life of privilege and tragedy

The Minister for Culture discusses arts funding, Galway 2020 and her own writing ambitions

The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club could be a boutique hotel. The Kildare Street and University Club, a few doors down, is more se(...)

Noel Fitzpatrick on his heroes, getting on with animals, and Pringles’ part in his success

Casey’s comments verbalised what people think, say those close to the community

Rosita Boland recalls the thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious director of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre

The author on the Co Down second World War airbase that haunts his novel The Vogue

It’s 50 years since the philanthropist’s extraordinary donation. Now his library is showcasing its treasures

Campaigner for the homeless on her memoir, poverty and books with a happy ending

Exhibition of Manson murder victim Sharon Tate's clothes is ‘honouring her memory’, says museum

Cultural strategies for local authority include skills exchange involving Syrian refugees

Esi Edugyan talks about her novel, 'Washington Black', set around a 19th-century plantation

Rosita Boland witnesses the final day of the local post office in Ballindine, Co Mayo - pop. 349

Evan Davis gave the annual Hubert Butler lecture at Kilkenny Arts Festival. Other highlights included a gaze-activated dress

The buses are waiting and local craftspeople have set out their wares when the big liners come calling

What happens when a city becomes too expensive to sustain its creative community? David Kitt’s remarks about Dublin’s high rents h(...)

Galway International Arts Festival review: President’s address, and hit show ‘Flight’

The county is experiencing an epidemic of road safety issues, with tragic results

Belfast poet Stephen Sexton takes award for poets under 30

What really goes on in the Majorcan resorts? Drinking, drinking and more drinking

Paul Muldoon’s long poem in memory of his former partner is premiering as a theatre piece at the Galway Arts Festival with a perfo(...)

The 19th-century ornithologist who hit upon a novel way of tracking bird migration

Food markets, petrol pumps of wine and coffee all part of the Italian experience

Virtually everyone has been here several times, or will return. Clear-cut cases are rare

Ann Lovett died in 1984 after giving birth at a grotto in Granard, Co Longford – a tragedy that continues to resonate. Here, Ann’s(...)

The GMIT training restaurant gives culinary students a chance to perfect their skills

Muriel Slevin has lived with her ill son in hospital since 2014. He is due out but they have nowhere to go

The 15-year-old who died after giving birth at a grotto in Granard would have turned 50 in April

It is said the stitches in Aran jumpers were like unique family crests. Could this be true?

A book published in 1996 gave insights as to how the great and good of Ireland entertained

Nine dead male Irish writers and no women – but Marian Keyes and Maeve Binchy are on a shortlist

A tour at the Chester Beatty uses artefacts as a visual springboard into past events

This true crime book about a serial rapist – to be made into a Netflix series – is an important piece of reporting but it fails to(...)

10 years after Moate was bypassed, finding parking is easy. Running a business is not

Assault, drink-driving, parents who do not talk ... It’s all in a day’s work for the District Court

At least 200 people adopted from Ireland to the US in the 1940s-1960s fear for their future

You outline what a community bookshop could do for the rural towns you live in

The Blasket Island storyteller received visitors in a Dublin hospital 66 years ago today

Books@One, a community initiative, has the potential to reinvigorate Irish towns

The parents of Milly Tuomey (11) want a suicide prevention body to be established

Response ‘would have warranted an immediate assessment, treatment and support’

The kindness of neighbours: Fuel for the fire and a hundred chats over the wall

The death of the New Delhi student sparked a wave of protest but her parents say the situation for women is now worse

Up to 50 homeless men from eastern Europe avail of Mendicity Institution’s services

‘You can’t tell us a story about Trevor that we haven’t heard,’ says his brother Mark

Next week, Spike Island in Co Cork could be named world’s best tourist attraction. Is it?

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s oeuvre of a pioneer family had a flexible relationship with truth

Theta Omnicron, a 100-strong fraternity, is unknown even to most current students

Householder asks: ‘If we fix it all up, what happens next week, next month or next year?’

Food month: Once aimed at home-makers, the subject now targets a wide range of students with focus on balanced diets and food labe(...)

Being a living kidney donor to his wife `scares the bejaysus’ out of Mark Gilnagh

An ad-hoc food bank at the Boyle Family Resource centre has seen a surge in demand from local families and beyond

Part panto, part theatre, part medieval-themed cabaret, the banquet at Bunratty Castle has been serving visitors since 1963. So ho(...)

The broadcaster shares her thoughts on grief and regret, politics and poetry with Rosita Boland

Homeowners on opening their houses to the public for the architectural festival

After six hopeful weeks, investigation in Chapelizod fails to bring closure to 17-year campaign

With more than 40,000 acres of orchards, Armagh is well stocked for its annual food and cider festival

Nicola Wall and Brian Scallan share their experiences of a widely misunderstood disorder

National Ploughing Association director Anna May McHugh looks back on her 66-year career

David and Denise Heather’s retirement marks the loss of another independent store

Ireland’s Islands: A restaurant and cookery school put Cork’s Hare Island on the map

As I sit, I see drug deals, fights, begging and urination into the Liffey. All in broad daylight

The first in the author’s volume reads like a stream-of-consciousness over 25 years

The RNLI’s volunteers are the essential ingredient in any rescue operation

The Taoiseach’s West Dublin constituency is one of Ireland’s most socially divided areas

‘I come with the experience of finding the stories that need to be told,’ says Chris Baldwin

Broadside: To an outsider, the book-club cult looks as exclusive as the Bilderberg Group

Number of Presentation sisters using the house had dwindled to single figures

The singer who had a hit at nine talks showbiz, ‘Grease’ and Michael Jackson’s snake

Jam-packed programme for 10-day celebration of food and drink

Its population is rising, its buildings are full. How did Kildorrery, Co Cork, pull itself out of decline?

Carers in Crisis: Theresa Kinsella (82) has significant dementia but must care for her intellectually disabled daughter Fiona (52)

Adult daughter with intellectual disabilities on residential waiting list for 13 years

The very busy BBC presenter sportingly answers a mixed-bag of questions

The Belfast poet on his latest collection and the ‘clickety-clickety-click’ thrill of writing

Broadside: No to bad smells and wet floors. Yes to spacious stalls and sensible sinks

Interview: The Senator and ‘computer virgin’ has no regrets over the 2011 presidential election