The Irish Times

Basil Blackshaw’s angels appear in De Vere’s Irish Art Auction

Works by Nathaniel Hone and Daniel O’Neill also among selection from 20th century

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00

‘Newly discovered’ Lavery to be auctioned at end of June

The painting, In Morocco, has been in the same family collection since the 1930s

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00

Cork: Youghal to receive €4 million for new library in regeneration project

Library in town centre to provide remote-working spaces and community hub

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 12:35

Rare Harry Clarke work in one of three fine art auctions

Whyte’s, Adam’s and de Vere’s show sought-after works in March auctions

Sat Mar 20 2021 - 06:00

Art&Antiques: Affordable art in spring sales

First sales of the year can be a good time to find value in auction houses

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00

‘Why were our children brought into a fire trap?’: Stardust families seek answers

Families of 48 people killed in nightclub fire 40 years ago have high hopes for new inquests

Sat Feb 13 2021 - 05:12

Stardust preliminary inquest hearing a ‘momentous step’ in path to justice

Families of 1981 fire victims have to now ‘been met with obstacle after obstacle’, solicitor says

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 17:45

Next government needs to create a national public genome project

Net Results: There is a lack of transparency over consent for usage of brain tissue DNA

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 06:00

Sitting pretty: the chairs design people pick for their own homes

From classic styles to vintage finds, these are the chairs people relax in time after time

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00

My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more

Debating taught me ‘to think quickly and speak slowly in unpredictable situations’

Sat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00

Robert Ballagh at 77: still stamping his mark on Irish art

The musician-turned-artist got an early break designing stamps and banknotes – then the stage beckoned

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00

Downsizing art couple’s final pieces for sale in online auction

Patrick and Antoinette Murphy’s extensive art collection has been selling gradually at auction after they moved to smaller home

Sat Jan 25 2020 - 06:00

A journey from the Derry march that ignited the Troubles to Belfast Pride

The North 50 years on: Many of the 4,000 dead are remembered only by their families

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 00:34

Committee rejects project to harvest brain tumour data

Request to use data from 9,000 Irish patients refused over patient consent considerations

Tue Aug 06 2019 - 00:55

Yeats’s very first oil painting to go on sale next month

Adam’s and De Vere’s sales offer a chance to purchase work from Ireland’s top artists

Sat Jun 01 2019 - 00:00

Auction results: Postcards from history and a stuffed baboon

What sold and what’s coming up in the auction rooms

Sat Feb 02 2019 - 00:00

Man crushed by bull died of head injuries, inquest hears

Kieran Byrne from Cadamstown, Kinnity, Co Offaly, died in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin

Thu Dec 06 2018 - 13:34

Call for an end to Presidents taking religious oaths

Atheist Ireland campaigns against exclusion of conscientious atheists from public office

Sun Nov 11 2018 - 21:23

‘Tsunami of vulnerable people’ worried over impact of Brexit

Veteran activist Bernadette McAliskey says migrants in panic and fear over where they will stand post-Brexit

Sun Nov 11 2018 - 15:38

Several thousand march through Derry for city’s annual Pride parade

March led by those who were prominent in the civil rights movement

Sat Aug 25 2018 - 17:44

Call for ‘legal pathway’ to allow under-16s self-declare gender identity

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) says courts should be required to take interests of child into account

Fri Jun 08 2018 - 16:15

‘When I talk to the Taoiseach about class, he thinks communism’

Senator Lynn Ruane says society must move away from blaming those in poverty

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 16:59

Who is Justice Aileen Donnelly and why have her actions caused anger in Poland?

Judge suspended extradition of man to Poland over legal system changes there

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:30

An Irishman’s Diary: Connecticut’s Great Hunger Museum and the bagel maker who made it possible

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 00:01

Cleaner who overcharged Seán Dunne ‘flees solicitor’s office’ with deeds

Solicitor owed €100,000 from High Court case which found in Dunne’s favour

Thu Aug 24 2017 - 15:57

Illegal dumpers accused of ruining beauty spot

Westmeath residents want action after an increase in littering in north of the county

Wed Jan 04 2017 - 01:00

Direct provision is ‘killing our souls’, protest hears

Group marches in Dublin and calls for end to system for accommodating asylum seekers

Sat Nov 12 2016 - 18:09

Funeral of journalist Willie Collins told of ‘self-effacing’ man

Former assistant editor at Sunday Press worked at the Irish Press group for 36 years

Mon Jan 18 2016 - 14:59

Hunger striker turned lawyer in long-time fight for social justice

Michael Farrell earned his stripes in the bad old days of the Troubles before taking on human rights cases in the Republic

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 04:30

Call for parties to be pressed on constitutional rights

Michael Farrell says better protection for cultural, economic and social rights needed

Thu Dec 03 2015 - 21:55

Daryl Murphy full of confidence after ending goalless streak

Ipswich striker now keen to claim first goal for Ireland if called upon by Martin O’Neill

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 01:00

Upholsterer died after long needle pierced brain through eye

Brian Pimley (61) died after foot-long needle fatally injured him while working on chair

Wed Nov 04 2015 - 17:02

Lydia Foy becomes first transgender person to receive EU award

‘Hopefully we’ll have a more open mind and won’t be marginalising anybody,’ she says

Mon Oct 19 2015 - 08:09

‘My country finally recognised me for who I really am’

After long battle, Lydia Foy receives Irish birth certificate recognising her female gender

Fri Sept 25 2015 - 17:00