Short of staycation ideas? Try a pilgrimage to Irish philosophy sites
Unthinkable: Ireland has a rich philosophical heritage – some more plaques would be nice
Unthinkable: Ireland has a rich philosophical heritage – some more plaques would be nice
An Irishman’s Diary: Numb and numbers
Unthinkable: A short book, the Tractatus has had a big impact, says author David Edmonds
The crisis has us asking deep questions. Why weren't we taking care of each other? Who are my neighbours?
Rite&Reason: Both sides owe it to humankind to explore an intrinsic value in what it truly is to be human
Unthinkable: Two dead philosophers could provide the key to a more mature debate on faith
The challenge was simple: beside the best food, Sally and John McKenna were on the hunt for the best walks, beaches, knife-makers, weavers and places to kayak too
The primary location of wisdom is ‘in a person, not a book’, says Prof Paul O’Grady
Artistic interpretation of archaeological dig on Inishlyon also on Clifden festival programme
Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever
For the Irish, silence is a way of dealing with, and surviving, traumatic exile
If the world stops making sense, call the philosopher
Shared, unspoken knowledge is always the active ingredient in ‘getting the joke’
An astrophysicist and a philosopher have teamed up to examine how experts disagree
Cultivating ‘a sense of wonder that the world exists’ is central to Wittgenstein’s philosophy
It’s not easy but there is a third way to the realist and relativist approaches to truth, says UCD professor of American philosophy Maria Baghramian
Paul Drury: July 24th, 1957 - March 8th, 2015
Philosopher Philip Pettit warns that we are holding corporations ‘less effectively to their responsibilities than we hold individuals to theirs’
Four ecologists have spent six years compiling the first national survey of the Republic’s remaining semi-natural grassland, published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices