Brendan Behan

In a Word ... Complaint

A story about Brendan Behan’s lighthouse painting days is amusing enough to be true

Jail Journeyman – On Behan’s lighthouse, the glory of French supermarkets, and confidence-building Christian names

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Ring Cycle – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan and the Fáinne wearers

An Irishman’s Diary

Voice of dissent a remote echo after death of heroic Greek artist

Greece Letter: Mikis Theodorakis considerably more than a citizen who did ‘his duty’

Donald Clarke: Thanksgiving? Thanks but no thanks

Can we please not give the public another opportunity to ape American traditions?

On its 90th anniversary remembering the Irish Press

An Irishman’s Diary

Poetic Parishes – Frank McNally on a new book about Baggotonia and the new Kavanagh museum in Inniskeen

An Irishman’s Diary

Brigid O’Dea: ‘These days, to live really is so startling’

After 17 months of gestation, we are leaving the wombs of our homes and learning once more the ways of this world

Marching to a Drumlin Beat – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan’s ‘mad republican’ from Monaghan

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Ciarán Murphy: Kerry-Dublin storyline can live without an ending . . . for now

It may not be a satisfactory ending but satisfactory endings are actually pretty rare

London’s restaurants struggle for staff after exodus of EU citizens

London Letter: Many who went home to sit out the pandemic have stayed away

Hedge Schooling – Frank McNally on being given haws for thought

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The Mary Wallopers: ‘Folk was never supposed to be safe’

The Dundalk ballad band are tapping into the political power of folk, punk and hip-hop

Fintan O’Toole: Why we should welcome the new tribe of Anglo-Irish people

Up to half a million British people are becoming Irish citizens. They help us to recognise our own past

Future Imperfect – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s 1950s vision of the year 2021

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Put a head on that: Croke Park headers and ageing stout

An Irishman’s Diary: On heading the ball in GAA and vintage Brendan Behan

Countermeasures – John Horgan on ways around a dry St Patrick’s Day

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Ahead of his time – Frank McNally on the day Eamonn Breslin shocked Croke Park

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On the Ball, Off the Wall – Frank McNally on the mysterious origins of a Dublin phrase

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In the swim – An Irishman’s Diary on that time I nearly killed Brendan Behan

Sotheby’s sale to feature further items from Michael Smurfit collection

Fine Art & Antiques auction results

Jack B Yeats’ Romeo and Juliet to headline at de Veres’ upcoming sale

Auction will be first Irish sale to offer a body of work by bohemian artist Reginald Gray

No-Water Quarter – Frank McNally on a part of Dublin whose placenames were overtaken by history

An Irishman’s Diary

A Brush with Fame – Frank McNally on William Rowan Hamilton, lockdown exercise, and alliterative bridges of the Royal Canal

An Irishman’s Diary

Catherine Freeman obituary: TV producer who shook up BBC’s ‘male club’

Cultured and opinionated producer was a ‘path breaker’ for women in TV

Dave Hannigan: 20 years of highs and lows in the US with sport at the centre

As my eldest son left home I reflected on the last two decades and the experiences of life

Fintan O’Toole: Newstalk’s Irish Times ban is a classic case of ‘cancel culture’

Cancel culture isn’t new, just a new term for an old concept of cynical hypocrisy

‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’

‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’

A Tale of Two Cities – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan, the IRA’s 1939 campaign, and the other Fontenoy Street

I’ve been embracing social distancing with great enthusiasm since 1998

Donald Clarke: Nobody dares hug you now. The chances of a fraternal kiss are slimmer still. It’s great

TV guide: 33 of the best shows to watch this week

Eye candy Belgravia debuts, plus ideas for changing Ireland, Miss World ’70’s controversies, famous Irish mothers, and the return of big guns Westworld and Monty Don

Come Out Ye Drunken Dads – Frank McNally on the curious reinvention of a spoof rebel song

Seamus Mallon remembered: A man with ‘sharpest political antennae’

He would remind you from time to time that it was as a defender he played for Armagh

On the centenary of Prohibition, is creative intoxication still a thing?

Writers have often used drink or drugs to ‘see beyond’ reality. Or was it all an illusion?

Have yourself a very vintage Christmas: antique gifts for all

The most sustainable choice of all could also be a good investment

Niall Tóibín obituary: Leading Irish actor known for his Brendan Behan roles

Cork actor appeared in stage version of Borstal Boy nine times, winning Tony award

Irish workers abroad shaped the pathways later emigrants followed

From the Channel Tunnel to the Transcontinental Railroad: Irish emigrants' work can be seen throughout the world

Tom MacIntyre: Writer who spoke to world from island off west of Ireland

Late poet and playwright was a storyteller who used his own silence to listen

Ulick O’Connor funeral arrangements announced

President leads tributes to writer and member of Aosdána, who died aged 90

Ulick O’Connor obituary: A man of contradictions, who quarrelled with friends, foes and bus conductors

Writer, historian and TV commentator saw himself as outspoken, courageous and aggressive

Make a move to Kimmage: A leafy city suburb that won’t keep up at night

The Dublin neighbourhood is popular with first-time buyers but it lacks nightlife

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