Anton Savage needs to be a little more, well, savage
The Newstalk host has an appealing confidence. He just needs a pinch of brutality
Covid-19 rules create ‘uneven playing field’ in bookselling
Government urged to designate bookshops essential service, as in France and Italy
Ireland’s Edge live: Day 2 of Dingle festival features conversation with Chief Justice
‘Thinkers, changemakers, inventors, advocates and artists’ at west Kerry event
Thirty-two words for field, 50 for penis. What the Irish language tells us about who we are
‘We are on this desperate search for our psyche ... It just happens to all be contained within the language’
How I explore now: The travel writers who can’t leave home
Take virtual train trips, learn on Duolingo, and plan for when they can travel again
It’s quite possible to turn our homes into micro-generation stations
Everyone, homeowners and businesses, needs to start producing their own electricity
Wild at art: The edgy arts residencies of Lay of the Land
‘Our aim is to drive the experience of art outwards into the wild landscape of this island’
Why we should skip the plane and take a train instead
One Change: Train travel is up 21% in Sweden with the rise of flygskam (flight shame)
Home Front: Are these the finest wooden spoons you can get?
Meet the Galway man carving kitchen implements using age-old techniques
Marian Finucane sounds as though an unruly guest has gatecrashed her brunch party
The atmosphere on the usually staid show turns both hotter and frostier, a bit like climate change
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer
A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages
Looking to the equator - and the Arctic - for growing inspiration
If veg can grow in the world’s hottest and coldest spots, we should grow up a storm
Culture Night 2018: Everything you need to know
It’s hard not to be bamboozled by the choice on offer. Here’s a selection of the best bits
The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda bread
What’s the one thing every Irish person should do before they die?
Indian spice and Irish sourdough
Food file: Arun Kapil brings some flavour; foodie lessons in the Fumbally; and themed afternoon tea
Give me shelter: how to grow a native Irish hedge
Now is the time to plant bare-root natural hedging to protect from the wind (and nosy neighbours)
The biggest travel stories of 2017
Thirteen of the 20 most-read travel stories of 2017 were about Irish travel and tourism
30 years a-growing in Kildare
As head gardener of an historic house, now a popular wedding hotel, Tony Hanlon has seen many changes in his beloved garden
The A to Z of Ireland’s natural heritage
Ahead of Heritage Week, take a lesson in our animals, plants, fungus and much more...
Last of the summer time: 20 things to do before the holidays end
We’ve rounded up 20 ways to keep that holiday feeling as long as possible
Let’s go humble at the Venice Bienniale
We should highlight the simpler, modest buildings of eco-builders, community activists and Men’s Sheds participants
Do like the Dutch and put a bench outside your house
In Amsterdam, the Bench Collective movement has seen about 1,000 informal get-togethers outside homes with tea, coffee and, sometimes, salsa
Slow down: Crafty ways to reduce stress
Get up from the computer or couch and spend time learning skills that can help to give you some balance
Television: The spoiler is in the title in dramas that borrow from real life
Review: Murdered by My Father; Undercover; Crainn na hÉireann; Prison in Peru: Michaella’s First Interview
Television: Bob Geldof busts his baggage allowance in a poetry-political broadcast
Review: ‘A Fanatic Heart’, ‘Children of the Revolution’ and ‘The Night Manager’
Journalist Manchán Magan to contest election for Greens
Television presenter says Longford-Westmeath could become ‘Eden’
Irish culture in Paris: ‘I’m not a diplomat. My take is personal’
In 2013 Nora Hickey M’Sichili got her dream job of running the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the French capital. Have recent events changed the tone?
Sara Baume at UL; Neil Hegarty turns to fiction; Patrick Gale in Belfast
Adrian McKinty signs on wavy line; Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer; Peter McDonald at TCD; Allingham Festival
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