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Paul Howard
What I Read This Week: A harrowing American football tale and a pilgrimage to the Falkland Islands
Sports reporter Gordon Manning on the stories that caught his eye from Cian Healy’s milestone to the Cure’s new song
Paul Howard: I never loved an animal as much as I loved Humphrey. For 13 and a half years, he was my constant companion
As all dog lovers know, our lives are so very long by comparison, making it always feel too soon to say goodbye
We asked ChatGPT to write like Marian Keyes, John Boyne and Paul Howard. Now they rate the results
The chatbot takes mere seconds to come up with its versions of these bestselling authors’ work. How convincing are they?
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly to retire as an author, but not as an Irish Times columnist
Paul Howard’s next Ross O’Carroll-Kelly book will be last in the million-selling series but Irish Times column will carry on
The happiest time of my life… by Sarah McInerney, John Boyne, Marian Keyes and more
It’s world happiness day on Sunday. We asked some people when they have been happiest
Sports Books of the Year: Hard-hitting and honest rugby reads lead the way
Chronicle of Barcelona’s implosion and fascinating look at gambling business also stand out
Revenue secures injunction preventing landlord from disposing assets below €2.3m
The judge said he was satisfied there was a “strong case” alleging that Paul Howard may continue to sell his properties
Revealed: The new comedy series Sharon Horgan was filming at the Forty Foot
Paul Howard is one of the writers of the show, which will be streamed on Apple TV+
Ann Ingle: ‘People don’t think about older people as exciting’
Author talks about her memoir, Openhearted, and defying expectations as she gets older
‘If I was minister for housing’ ... David McWilliams’s plan for €220k homes
A site-value tax and co-operative building are among the economist’s housing crisis solutions
The Irish Times Summer Nights festival: Everything you need to know
Chris O’Dowd, Maureen Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among guests for online series
Irish Times Summer Nights festival: Final details revealed
Chris O’Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among those appearing at this year’s event
Paul Weller and a Madness spectacular: This week’s unmissable online events
Dublin Dance Festival and Ross O’Carroll-Kelly are among the other highlights
95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals
By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more
Fintan O'Toole: Skipping the vaccine queue isn't a breach of the health system, it's the system
Beacon incident reflects how money, not need, is how we allocate access to healthcare
Objectors lodge 10 appeals against permission for Kiely’s scheme
Objections to Donnybrook co-living plan focus on issues including height and scale
The Irish Times Winter Nights festival day 5: Dara McAnulty, Gabriel Byrne and John King
Series of online talks featuring Irish Times journalists and guests concludes on Friday
The Irish Times Winter Nights festival: Everything you need to know
Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Sturgeon, Emma Dabiri and more to appear at the online festival
Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Nicola Sturgeon, Gabriel Byrne, Dara Ó Briain and Edith Eger
Join us online for five nights of unforgettable debate, discussion, distraction and everything in between
Malachy Clerkin’s sports books of the year for 2020
Live sport may have gone missing during the pandemic but there was always plenty to read
Mary McAleese and Fontaines D.C. among beneficiaries of artists’ tax exemption
Scheme allows artists to earn up to € 50,000 a year on creative work free of tax
Paul Howard: My top 20 Larry David Moments
My lockdown project has been to catalogue my experiences of excruciating embarrassment
The good old days are back: opium, fancy hats, colonialism and well-lit sex
Patrick Freyne: The Luminaries looks great and has spirited acting, but what is it trying to be?
Missed milestone: How will schools mark their pupils’ final days?
Schools are planning virtual graduation celebrations for their sixth class students
Covid-19: Calls to let sixth class students say their goodbyes
Celebrities join campaign to send messages to pupils missing out on the end of primary school
Sporting Controversies: The remarkable rise and fall of Cian O’Connor’s golden dream
It’s was a story that had the nation captivated . . . and Charlie Bird on the case
Northside People and Southside People close down with loss of 17 jobs
Publisher North Dublin Publications Ltd has announced it is shutting down operations
The Offload: Wild geese finding that the grass isn’t always greener
Madigan struggling to make an impression at Bristol
Malachy Clerkin's guide to the best sports books for children
Rugby, soccer and a colouring book of Ireland's best female sports stars
Revellers relieved as Copper Face Jacks is taken off the market
Building no longer for sale following owner Cathal Jackson’s recovery from ill health
My first thought when Gordon D’Arcy asked me to do a kid's book: how do I get out of this?
The children’s book by D’Arcy and Howard is a boy’s own story, a kind of abridged version of the rugby player’s career
Writing Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I think in the voice of a f**king idiot 12 hours a day’
In RTÉ’s We Need to Talk about Ross, writer Paul Howard tells how he almost killed RO’CK in 2007
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