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Paschal Donohoe and Michael Noonan on “Today with Sean O’Rourke”: Donohoe proves an emollient antidote to Noonan’s grizzled realist persona. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Joe Duffy lets callers express their inner Trump

There comes a time when one has to admit that Donald Trump, however deplorable he may be, might have a point. That time comes on budget day when, worn(...)

Joe Rooney: the comedian chokes up when he tells Ryan Tubridy that his mother died when he was 11
Radio: Ryan Tubridy puts Joe Rooney through the emotional wringer

As revelations go, the news that Irish families aren’t always the happiest of entities is akin to saying that Donald Trump isn’t renowned for his mode(...)

Irish Times journalist Mark Hilliard: won technology reporter of the year award at the UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards 2015
Drones deliver for ‘Irish Times’ reporter who picks up award

Irish Times journalist Mark Hilliard has been named technology reporter of the year at the Business journalism awards. He won for a feature(...)

Kerry TD Tom Fleming said Save Rural Ireland had met TDs and Senators to express their views on rural Ireland’s continuing demise. Photograph: Don MacMonagle
Kerry TD calls for specialised rural policy in future programme for government

Independent TD Tom Fleming has called for the inclusion of a specialised rural policy in any future programme for government.“This has not been done (...)

Simon Coveney: People were “talking about young people leaving rural Ireland, but all of the evidence is the opposite for us in fact”. Photograph: The Irish Times
Simon Coveney: Death of rural Ireland greatly exaggerated

The reported demise of rural Ireland does not tally with the reality when it comes to farming, Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said. Mr Cov(...)

Garth Brooks’s five concerts scheduled for Croke Park never went ahead last year. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Croke Park director admits Garth Brooks plans ‘excessive’

Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna has accepted that the plan to host Garth Brooks five concerts on successive evenings last summer was excess(...)

Journalist Gavin Sheridan: attempted to use European environmental legislation to extract information from Nama.
Nama in legal battle with journalist over meaning of ‘including’

A dispute between a journalist and Nama over the meaning of the word “including” has spent four years travelling through the Irish courts with a final(...)

Irish Times journalist Colm Keena won in the “Economic/Business Comment” cateogry for his “incisive commentary throughout the year” at the UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards today. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES
Irish Times journalists recognised at business awards

Two Irish Times journalists were recognised at today’s UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards, which highlight and reward excellence across Iri(...)

Minister of State Brian Hayes who is to discuss the management of the economy and public finances after the Troika leaves at the MacGill summer school this evening.
Rebuilding the economy to dominate MacGill sessions

Rebuilding is the theme of today’s sessions at the annual MacGill Summer School. Reconstructing the banking system, creating a world class education s(...)