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Gerry Thornley: Ireland's shambolic first Rugby World Cup steps
- Rugby
- August 10, 2019, 06:00
Ireland kick-start their preparations for the World Cup in the first of four warm-up games today as they seek to boldly go where no Irish team has eve(...)

Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?
- Film
- July 5, 2019, 08:54
A busy array of Irish cinema professionals has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the latest hefty influx. The ne(...)

Dublin film festival highlights and guest stars revealed
- Film
- January 23, 2019, 17:03
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival has announced a busy programme for its upcoming edition. Beginning on February 20th, this is the first(...)

U2 serve up celebration and solidarity in Belfast
- Music
- October 28, 2018, 08:45
“Whatever happens, whether there’s a hard or soft or no border at all, more than ever, we need to trust each other on this small island in the North A(...)

Google celebrates 20 years of Doodles with a trip down memory lane
- Technology
- September 27, 2018, 15:27
From Burning Man and Bastille Day to Pac Man and Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the Google Doodle has spent 20 years drawing our attention to events and histori(...)

Bono on fame: ‘Paul is dead. I live here. I’m f***ing Bono’
- Music
- September 11, 2018, 14:15
History, autobiography and anger at the state of the planet run through U2’s Experience + Innocence show, a return to the William Blake-inspired theme(...)

The Irish-American animator who put the ‘looney’ into Looney Tunes
- Abroad
- August 1, 2018, 11:00
The golden age of American animation gave us many enduring cartoon characters, from Mickey Mouse to Bugs Bunny. In an era that spans from 1928 to 1972(...)

Patrick Freyne: Conor McGregor strikes a blow for his presidency
- Culture
- July 21, 2018, 05:00
This week, old-time prospector/dandy hybrid Conor McGregor published a picture of himself alongside former KGB agent and topless calendar model Vladim(...)

Leaving Cert history: Critical thinking skills essential on paper with good choice of topics
- Education
- June 13, 2018, 18:00
An engaging history paper challenged students to take a position and defend it, while there was a good choice of topics on the paper, according to tea(...)

Louise Brooks: ‘I was always late, but just too damn stunning for them to fire me’
- Film
- June 2, 2018, 05:00
Watching the newly restored version of Pandora’s Box, one can’t help but suspect that Louise Brooks, who died in 1985, is some contemporary YouTube st(...)