The Irish Times

Galway International Arts Festival: Like a phoenix from the flames

Despite Covid-19, key elements from the summer line-up are ready for an autumn showing

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:00

‘Micheál Martin has a number of very significant enemies in Fianna Fáil’

The Irish Times political team discuss the sacking of Barry Cowen, at an Inside Politics event

Wed Jul 15 2020 - 22:09

Anne Enright: ‘I looked at how men manage their confidence and took a few leads’

The author appeared at The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival on Wednesday evening

Wed Jul 15 2020 - 20:30

David McWilliams: ‘Ireland is three decisions away from being a perfect country’

McWilliams and Dermot Bannon were the first guests at the Irish Times Summer Nights Festival

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 20:00

Fintan O’Toole: In the US, the 19th century is coming to a very slow end

The unfinished business of slavery, emancipation and Civil War is still playing itself out

Sat Jul 11 2020 - 06:00

Small nations expect Ireland to be ‘pebble in shoe’ on UN Security Council

Coveney wants to stay on in foreign affairs brief after ‘all-consuming’ work on Brexit

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 19:32

‘Gross incompetence’: Ex-Obama adviser blasts Trump’s Covid-19 response

Samantha Power tells Hay festival that former US administration underestimated how ‘ripped off’ Americans felt

Sat May 30 2020 - 10:51

Trump turns to ‘Obamagate’ as central plank of his re-election strategy

Emergence of conspiracy theory allows president rewrite history of the Russia investigation

Sun May 17 2020 - 19:00

Nollaig na mBan 2020: Margaret Atwood’s princess-dress epiphany

For Women’s Christmas, The Women’s Podcast hears about some light-bulb moments

Mon Jan 06 2020 - 13:19

Marty Morrissey helpless mirth gets trumped by melancholy

Radio review: RTÉ’s preview of 2020 turns unexpectedly sombre, as Second Captains get more sport from a determined diplomat

Sat Jan 04 2020 - 06:00

Miriam O’Callaghan is rendered powerless by Danny Healy-Rae

Radio review: Her interview with minister Eoghan Murphy is more reconciliation than rematch

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00

Turkey’s whitewashed version of history takes a battering

Europe Letter: Sanitised narrative of Armenia informs Ankara’s targeting of Kurds

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 20:00

Samantha Power and the power of ideals

As Barack Obama’s choice as next US ambassador to the UN, Irish-born Samantha Power faces many challenges

Mon Sept 23 2019 - 16:40

Samantha Power: I called Hillary Clinton a monster, but I didn’t mean it

Obama’s UN ambassador on her traumatic Irish childhood, Trump and ‘that’ interview

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 14:54

Kofi Annan era was the UN at its best and its worst

Diplomat was last secretary general to seem like a central player in international drama

Sat Aug 25 2018 - 05:00

Dutch still furious with ‘great powers’ about Srebrenica

Hague Letter: US, Britain and France failed to support UN peacekeepers by air

Wed Jul 11 2018 - 01:00

Trump appoints Dublin woman to senior White House role

Dalkey native Gail Slater to advise US president on technology and cybersecurity

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 06:00

The Final Year review: documentary about Barack Obama full of spin

Obama gave the filmmakers ‘unprecedented’ access. They made a weak documentary

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 10:02

US exits talks on migration as ‘sovereignty’ paramount

Delegation to United Nations indicates contentious decision made by President Trump

Sun Dec 03 2017 - 18:55

Samantha Power: ‘Being the only woman in the UN made me a feminist’

Women’s Podcast: Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks to Kathy Sheridan

Mon Nov 13 2017 - 17:30