Some writers refuse to be translated into the languages of states they disdain. Not me
It’s not clear to me on what moral basis I would refuse publication in Putin’s Russia while signing gratefully for Trump’s America
Weekend
Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
Marilyn Monroe at 100: What her films reveal about the woman behind the myth
Decades after her death, she continues to attract speculation and fantasy, but her performances are neglected
Snapchat: ‘I’ve seen so much stuff. I would block them after but the damage was done’
Snapchat remains a firm favourite among Irish youngsters but has been the subject of numerous controversies, mostly linked to user privacy, child safety and moderation
A conflict between the US and China now looks inevitable
The cause is rooted in the Thucydides Trap – referred to this week by Xi Jinping – the simple but dangerous arithmetic of a rising power and an anxious incumbent
A diplomatic perspective: ‘Over the last year, I’ve moved house, job, and country’
Patrick Reilly, deputy head of mission at the British embassy in Ireland, on growing up in an Irish household in Manchester, trying to get into the Hacienda and more
Inside Ireland’s growing money-laundering network: ‘Pubs, fast-food restaurants, you name it’
Money laundering has surged in the Republic with a diverse, and growing, army of people across society involved
‘Way more than just drinking outside’: Young people on reclaiming Dublin’s Drury Street
Dublin drinking hotspot has been the subject of a polarising debate about the purpose of the street
We have an asylum of cuckoos here in west Clare
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
‘A wake-up call for every country’: public service broadcasting in crisis
A century on from the birth of public-service media, even the Continent’s heavyweight outlets resemble endangered species
What’s the story with the hole in Dún Laoghaire pier?
The two piers in south Dublin are among of the largest protected structures in the Ireland
Why Ireland needs to stop mandating parents to buy their children laptops for school
Ella McSweeney: Educational technology is now marketed aggressively to schools, which are treating individual laptops as an unquestioned educational good
One phrase has always annoyed me: ‘Remember there’s always someone worse off than you’
Am I supposed to take comfort or pleasure in the greater hardship of others? Or is it that there’s a suffering competition?
Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
All of the playwright’s work is grounded in public life - mainly dramatisations of political events featuring real-life characters
So many of our oldest stories are to do with rebirth in the dark
At Newgrange, on the winter solstice, we knew the light would be faintly visible underground, and we cheered with triumph, defiance, abandon
What could interest a bee in this astroturf in Athenry?
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on bewildered bees, wasp imposters, freaky-looking fungi and avian visitors
Parents who want Irish-language education for their children ‘are being failed by State’
Alan Esslemont, the author and former TG4 ard-stiúrthóir (director general), on agreeability, childhood memory and death being ‘an awfully big adventure’
Fast fashion: Can Ireland turn the tide?
While the over-consumption of cheap, low quality clothing is concerning, a number of new initiatives offer some hope
Iran war is now an international hostage situation - with UAE the hostage
Iran war now an international hostage situation where UAE is the hostage, Iran the hostage-taker, and US will have to pay the ransom
Titanic dive widow: ‘We left London as a family of four and we returned as a unit of two’
‘We left London as a family of four. And we returned as a unit of two’
Ireland is trying to fund environmental protection on the cheap
Nature restoration isn’t a luxury. It’s one of the highest-return investments available to the State
The ‘Irish emigrant’ is no longer a simple concept. Meet the new diaspora
With Ireland’s links to the US weakening, for now at least, the importance of other bonds is emerging
David Attenborough and Ireland: ‘So kind and charming. He joked about my lovely accent’
The natural history presenter, who turns 100 today, has inspired Ireland’s wildlife community through the decades
What is Senior Assassin – the game Leaving Cert students are obsessed with?
Leaving Cert students in desperate need of diversion have embraced the viral game during their last few weeks of secondary school
Some students believe they can be writers without reading. This raises many questions
Wanting to write without wanting to read is, at best, trying to skip the first stage of an artistic apprenticeship
Comedian Killian Sundermann: ‘My parents let me wear a jean jacket for my Confirmation because I was into rock’n’roll’
Comedian and actor Killian Sundermann on the joy of a good comedy gig and his dislike of anonymous notes
Derry Girls actor Kathy Kiera Clarke: ‘I feel like everything I did before doesn’t exist in many ways’
Actor Kathy Kiera Clarke, best known as Derry Girls’ Aunt Sarah, on how the Troubles shaped her early life
Is there an Irish river I can drink from without vomiting?
In the 1980s about 500 Irish rivers were classed as the very best of the best but, today, there are about 20
Michael Dervan: I reconnected with magic 10 years ago to keep my mind off things
The simplest way of reading US president Donald Trump’s contradictory tirades is as the exploitation of magic techniques. His statements are a perfect example of misdirection
As a writer, I have a horror of upsetting someone I know by crossing a boundary
Kathleen MacMahon: Of all the difficulties I’ve experienced in writing fiction, this has been the most unsettling
Does it matter that Ireland’s bar staff and baristas are over-qualified? I think it does
If young people cannot secure jobs commensurate with their level of education, their ambitions will be dashed, creating resentment
They’re brown, hairy and known as woolly bears here in Ireland but don’t panic
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
How weight-loss drugs are reshaping modern life: ‘I’m paying €250 a month not to eat’
GLP-1 drugs are reshaping the lives of many, but such treatments can come with a side order of stigma, even shame
Searching for the disappeared of Cyprus: ‘We are fighting against time’
Fifty years after the worst of the killing, investigators work to find the remaining mass graves from a conflict that tore the small island apart
Own a cinema from €295,000 and be like Cillian Murphy: Four on sale now
With opportunities to buy former small-town cinemas cropping up around the country – would you follow in Oscar-winner’s footsteps?
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