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Brendan Grace funeral: Ceremony blends sadness and raucous laughter
- Irish News
- July 15, 2019, 12:16
The first sign the coffin was on its way was the arrival of a large wreath spelling out the word ‘Bottler’, in tribute to one of Brendan Grace’s best (...)

‘The music teacher said to me: you haven’t a musical note in your body’
- Music
- August 6, 2018, 10:02
Tony Wright still remembers the day his music teacher told him exactly what he didn’t want to hear. “I remember going for orchestra tryouts in primary(...)

Almost heaven in one-off Virginia (Cavan) woodhouse for €475k
- New to Market
- June 27, 2018, 06:00
“I knew when I saw the site here I wanted to do something really special,” says former town planner Paul Smyth, of the six acres of woodland that surr(...)

After all the fuss surrounding the means of exhibition, we are happy to report that the first Netflix film to screen at Cannes is worth seeing on any (...)

Jacques Brel’s vision is very alive and well in Dublin
- Culture
- February 7, 2017, 05:00
The Belgian-born master of the French chanson, who gave his name and his songs to the 1968 musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in(...)

Foreign students show love for President Xi in propaganda video
- Asia-Pacific
- September 25, 2015, 00:00
Handsome, wise, humble, charismatic and resolute, the list goes on. A propaganda video showing foreign students enthusing about President Xi Jinpin(...)

A guide to watching the spectacular meteor showers
- Irish News
- August 12, 2015
Throughout different parts of the year, Earth ploughs its way through the tail of the many comets which like itself are orbiting the Sun. This is how(...)

Our wedding story: a pot of marmalade for everyone, labelled 'Spread the Love'
- Life & Style
- May 2, 2015, 05:45
Each Saturday on irishtimes.com/weddings we'll report on couples’ love stories. We'll tell the tales and show the pictures of these fabul(...)

I lost my job in Ireland, and got one in Kurdistan
- Generation Emigration
- March 20, 2015, 12:01
Four years ago I became an economic statistic when I lost my job. I used the opportunity to return to college, having dropped out at 19, and then to r(...)

Tee-up in Taormina, Sicily
- Travel
- January 26, 2015, 07:00
The Dom spread his hands and gave me the most Sicilian of shrugs. He then proceeded to make me several offers I found hard to refuse. First, he(...)