# column - Sunday 9 December, 2018
Pharmaceutical companies make obscene profits from life-saving drugs – we need to change the system to prioritise human life over profiteering, writes Lynn Ruane.
Share118
Darach Ó Séaghdha has a typecast character for every letter in the alphabet – the funny one, the vulgar one, the one with notions or the one who sucks all the craic clean out of the room.
Share99
# column - Saturday 8 December, 2018
I was honoured to be asked to shoot a music video for artist David Rooney, best known for his unique illustrations, I didn’t realise he had a hidden talent as a singer, writes Donal Moloney.
Share49
Leeks often don’t grab the health headlines the way their allium cousins – garlic and onions do. But they contain most of the same flavonoids and sulfur-containing nutrients, writes Michael Kelly.
Share6
# column - Sunday 2 December, 2018
Jacksonville’s all-in on Blake Bortles has left them in the NFL’s no-man’s land, writes Steve O’Rourke.
Share7
Codladh Geimhridh literally means ‘winter sleep’ and is the Irish for hibernation. Sometimes that feels like a viable option in the Land of Eternal Winter (Hibernia), writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
Share436
# column - Saturday 1 December, 2018
The winding long walk from the rusty main gate to the house had my pulse racing, writes Donal Moloney.
Share27
Fermenting artichokes will reduce their – ahem – windiness and this recipe is delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
Share9
# column - Thursday 29 November, 2018
The Scouting Ireland scandal reminds us that more than 90% of child sex abusers are known to their victims and predators are experts at blending in, writes child protection expert, Shane Dunphy.
Share54
# column - Sunday 25 November, 2018
If the Irish phrase for a hangover doesn’t put you off drink nothing will – ‘braon nimhe sa ceann’ means ‘a poison drop to the head’, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
Share123
# column - Saturday 24 November, 2018
Because cocaine is illegal, if people choose to use it they have little choice but to indirectly support organised crime and human trafficking, experts argue.
Share356
So many people in my generation remember their fathers toiling away in the garden, we’re only one generation removed from the soil, writes Michael Kelly.
Share11
Each week, photographer and filmmaker Donal Moloney shares a small piece of Ireland that reflects the bigger picture.
Share86
# column - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
It’s been three years since the WHO released its guidelines about processed meat – so why aren’t we listening?
Share104
# column - Monday 19 November, 2018
Alex Smith will hope his career doesn’t end the same way as Joe Theismann, writes Steve O’Rourke.
Share4
# column - Sunday 18 November, 2018
# column - Thursday 15 November, 2018
330,000 Irish people are customers of moneylenders, many of them risk getting caught up in a vicious cycle of debt, writes Brendan Whelan.
Share49
# column - Wednesday 14 November, 2018
Our politicians and government, as well as the media, should be prepared to be far more self-critical and embrace change, writes John Devitt.
Share811
# column - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
If the referendum was not just about a pointless change, the government should demonstrate its commitment to freedom, equality and modernity by offering Asia Bibi and her family asylum and safety here, writes Paddy Manning.
Share585
# column - Monday 12 November, 2018
The boom in renting and the decline in home ownership are remarkable developments in Ireland, writes Professor Tony Fahey.
Share167
# column - Sunday 11 November, 2018
The Irish term for a jellyfish translates literally as seal snot. If this floats your boat you might also enjoy mathair sh̼igh Рsuckmother Рfor squid.
Share1435
# column - Saturday 10 November, 2018
Each week, photographer and filmmaker Donal Moloney shares a small piece of Ireland that reflects the bigger picture.
Share77
The war was never forgotten among those who had fought it or those who lost loved ones, writes historian Donal Fallon.
Share786
Instead blanch them for just a few minutes, writes Michael Kelly, as he also advises on growing beetroot and making celery soup.
Share17
# column - Monday 5 November, 2018
It’s easy to forget how good the Patriots player actually is in an era of great quarterback play, writes Steve O’Rourke.
Share5
The Democrats need to retain Senator Joe Donnelly’s seat if they are to have any chance of taking back the Senate, writes Eunan McKinney.
Share6
# column - Sunday 4 November, 2018
It is easy to set high moral standards for yourself and others, if you do not know what it is like to go hungry, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.
Share220
Black coaches continue to be held to a higher standard, writes Steve O’Rourke.
Share
Darach Ó Séaghdha talks us through the Irish words for emerging technology, including ‘computer’, ‘selfie’ and ‘spam’, exploring their roots and meaning.
Share106
# column - Saturday 3 November, 2018
Each week, photographer and filmmaker Donal Moloney shares a small piece of Ireland that reflects the bigger picture.
Share83
In 15 years more than half of Irish field vegetable growers have stopped production, writes Michael Kelly.
Share154
# column - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
A cup of coffee changed my path, writes Cian Byrne during Irish Book Week.
Share241
# column - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
Despite strong headline growth figures, living standards in Ireland are actually below Italy and just a little above Cyprus, writes economist Robert Sweeney.
Share60
# column - Monday 29 October, 2018
Each week, photographer and filmmaker Donal Moloney shares a small piece of Ireland that reflects the bigger picture.
Share18
# column - Sunday 28 October, 2018
You may not think of Tullamore as an American football stronghold, writes Steve O’Rourke.
Share98
Darach Ó Séaghdha talks us through the meaning of some spooky words like Cendail, a collective noun for the heads of one’s decapitated enemies.
Share1430
Bigotry never openly acknowledges its existence, writes CaoimhÃn De Barra.
Share630
# column - Saturday 27 October, 2018
Ireland may be resistant to the temptations of populism but we are not immune, writes Larry Donnelly.
Share246
Here’s how to make sure you always have some homemade healthy kimchi to hand.
Share4
Activist Eileen NÃ Fhloinn says it worries her as a Traveller woman “to see the brazen and openness of anti-Traveller sentiment that’s out there on social media and political forums”.
Share5426
Plenty of clouds, a brief shower or two
Max: 9 °C
Min: 4 °C
On-and-off rain and drizzle
Max: 7 °C
Min: 3 °C
