So what’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Food & Drink
- March 11, 2016, 16:00
This week we’re loving great coffee but exhausted with loyalty card overload
Una Mullally: Why are there only five free women of Dublin?
- Opinion
- March 9, 2016, 14:15
Nothing stopping the city awarding 70 women the Freedom of the City to achieve gender parity
Street harassment: Feeling intimidated familiar for women
- People
- March 8, 2016, 11:36
Men need to call out unacceptable behaviour by their friends, writes Una Mullally
Una Mullally: Losing youth vote is part of Labour’s midlife crisis
- Opinion
- March 7, 2016, 01:00
Labour must ask why the leaders of tomorrow aren’t gravitating towards them
Sierra Leone: the most dangerous place in the world to become a mother
- People
- March 5, 2016, 07:45
Becoming a mother in Sierra Leone brings with it the highest rate of maternal death on the planet. Una Mullally travels to the wes(...)
Never mind Sam Smith’s Oscar flub, spare a thought for those who didn't make it
- Music
- March 2, 2016, 16:32
Also nominated for a best-song Oscar last week was Anohni, the first transgender person ever to be in the running for an Academy(...)
Una Mullally: Election result is not a victory for anti-abortion lobby
- Opinion
- March 2, 2016, 14:13
Candidates who specifically positioned themselves as against choice failed miserably
This is what change looks like, whatever this is
- Opinion
- February 28, 2016, 13:32
The electorate clicked its heels and didn’t just end up in a tornado but created one
David Bowie continues to confound with new Instagram series for Blackstar
- Music
- February 26, 2016, 16:16
Unbound - a new ‘InstaMiniSeries’ of 15-second videos - promises to take viewers on a journey of ‘meaning, metaphor and intention’(...)
So what’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Life & Style
- February 26, 2016, 16:00
We’re enjoying pink bomber jackets but ’storage almost full’ messages are driving us crackers
TG4 hits the bullseye with new teen drama Eipic
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 25, 2016, 15:13
Frenetic and funny, touching and blunt, equal parts Pure Mule, Skins and Glee, Eipic is currently one of the best things on Irish (...)
Una Mullally: Why I have tuned out of #GE16
- Opinion
- February 24, 2016, 12:46
‘I’m allergic to their voices, their butchering of language, their PR’d answers, their deflection, their evasiveness’
Una Mullally: What ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ has taught us
- Opinion
- February 22, 2016, 01:01
Author Harper Lee’s death is sad but her first novel has life lessons for us all
So what’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Life & Style
- February 19, 2016, 16:00
We’re cray for Bey and sick of election mail
Putting the arty in political party: arts policy proposals
- Culture
- February 19, 2016, 13:30
Free tin whistles, education changes and plenty of funding are just some of the arts promises in the various political parties' ma(...)
Una Mullally: Yet another election in which abortion is being deflected
- Opinion
- February 15, 2016, 01:00
No issue exposes the unwillingness to engage on important topics more than abortion: we are all part of the conspiracy of silence (...)
So what’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Life & Style
- February 12, 2016, 16:00
‘I got hot sauce in my bag...’: Beyoncé’s guide to Dublin
- Music
- February 12, 2016, 11:00
Beyoncé is no stranger to Dublin. Ahead of her tour, here’s her city guide
Una Mullally: Politicians should get off the gangland murder bandwagon
- Opinion
- February 10, 2016, 12:47
Anything that comes into view during an election campaign automatically takes the shape of a football before the eyes of a politic(...)
Una Mullally: Who benefits from the system of direct provision?
- Opinion
- February 8, 2016, 01:00
Entire childhoods are being lost in the direct provision system
What’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Life & Style
- February 5, 2016, 16:00
This week we’re liking ’Chelsea Does’ but we’ve had enough of neon running shoes
F**k, That’s Delicious! Viceland gets ready to invade your television
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 3, 2016, 15:49
Media empire Vice’s unstoppable youth-culture charge continues as it sets its sights on the 24-hour TV market
Una Mullally: #MarRef effect will blindside big parties
- Opinion
- February 3, 2016, 13:38
It is incredible how no party has capitalised on young people's political involvement in referendum
Una Mullally: Why we need to talk about sexual consent
- Opinion
- February 1, 2016, 01:00
A solid framework of education on consent and sex makes things a lot less blurry
Block T: Another of Ireland’s creative hubs closes
- Culture
- January 30, 2016, 05:00
Centre housing more than 70 studios must look for a new Dublin home
What’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Life & Style
- January 29, 2016, 16:00
Forget ‘The Revenant’ and fancy doughnuts, and focus on sorting out your festival schedule
The Foreigner: Jackie Chan v The IRA and definitely-not-Gerry-Adams
- Film
- January 29, 2016, 11:30
Jackie Chan takes on the IRA in his latest film. Here’s how we see it playing out
‘It was a groundbreaker’: how The X-Files changed television
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 26, 2016, 06:00
The 1990s show - which returns to TV this week - was often dismissed as fodder for teenagers and conspiracy theorists, but its leg(...)
Una Mullally: It’s ludicrous to hand over drug quality control to criminal gangs
- Opinion
- January 25, 2016, 00:05
The highest level in Europe of so-called ‘legal high’ drug use was found among young Irish people
What’s hot and what’s not this week?
- Life & Style
- January 22, 2016, 16:00
We're a bit cold and miserable, it's January alright?
Una Mullally: Cologne assaults a mass act of misogyny
- Opinion
- January 18, 2016, 01:00
We are all shamed when one of our own does something terrible in another country
Una Mullally's alternative Oscars night predictions
- Film
- January 13, 2016, 14:30
While awards season can be unpredictable, there are certain things you can also be damn sure will go down on the night of the Acad(...)
The 13 faces of David Bowie: from Ziggy Stardust to icon
- Music
- January 11, 2016, 14:07
Artist went from androgyny to outer space, before becoming elder statesman of British music
David Bowie took risks, was a beacon for non-conformers
- Music
- January 11, 2016, 10:58
His music was an portal escape, a sense that with a lightening flash we could be heroes
Time for Irish television drama to mimic success of Irish film
- Opinion
- January 11, 2016, 01:01
While international outfits benefit from our crew and acting talent, homegrown TV drama has yet to translate to an internation(...)
People to watch in 2016: Advocacy and activism
- People
- January 9, 2016, 00:00
Education, disability access, direct provision and women’s rights will likely be on the agenda in 2016
Björk and Bieber: Musical tag teams we’d pay to hear
- Music
- January 6, 2016, 17:00
As Jigga plots the all-pop-conquering future of Harry Styles, here are some other dynamic duos
Una Mullally: Embrace your Irishness and celebrate 1916
- Opinion
- January 4, 2016, 01:00
The Rising reminds us of greatness; a time when political leaders had big ideas
The Women’s Podcast: 15 Top Moments of 2015 For Women
- People
- December 28, 2015, 06:00
Una Mullally: Digital immortality takes the sting out of death
- Opinion
- December 28, 2015, 01:00
Our obsession with maintaining an online presence is now creeping into the afterlife
Una Mullally: Government must not shaft students yet again
- Opinion
- December 21, 2015, 01:00
‘Free’ fees already cost €3,247, yet there are plans to burden young people further
Una Mullally’s 2015: Beauty in the eye of the placard-holder
- Culture
- December 19, 2015, 05:00
The street art that emerged around the marriage referendum coloured not just walls and doorways but also conversations
Una Mullally: Right now, I can say that I am ‘cancer-free’
- Opinion
- December 14, 2015, 01:00
In the last nine months, there have been moments that I never want to relive
Una Mullally: Time to call out Fine Gael’s shirking on abortion
- Opinion
- December 7, 2015, 01:00
Offensive language of anti-choice tells women we do not know our own bodies
Una Mullally: Men should stop whining about gender quotas
- Opinion
- November 30, 2015, 09:22
In the hypothetical ‘How To Get Elected To Office In Ireland’, the ‘merit’ chapter is pretty small
Ten things we learned at Iceland Airwaves
- Music
- November 16, 2015, 06:00
Gender balance, a sophisticated vibe and great acts mark this festival out
Una Mullaly: Big tech has a serious issue with arrogance
- Opinion
- October 26, 2015, 10:24
“Tax is a problem the past concerned itself with. This is the brave new world, and we do things differently here. Look, there’s a (...)
Graham and Helen Linehan: ‘It’s a story we shouldn’t have to tell’
- People
- October 24, 2015, 14:00
Helen Linehan had an abortion because of a fatal foetal abnormality. Now she and her husband, the ‘Father Ted’ creator Graham Line(...)
Una Mullally: NIMBYism is the national sport of south Dublin
- Opinion
- October 19, 2015, 04:00
Carrickmines blockade did not take place in a vacuum, but in our discriminating society
Team Panti: the making of a queen
- Film
- October 17, 2015, 07:15
Panti, Rory O’Neill’s drag queen, is the subject of a new film. Her persona and what she represents are the result of decades of c(...)
Ear-splitting intimacy leads in just One Direction
- Music
- October 17, 2015, 07:10
1D begins a weekend of gigs at the 3Arena in Dublin on Friday night - all sold out of course
Doped up: Ben Foster takes method to new highs for Lance Armstrong biopic
- Film
- October 15, 2015, 13:56
Foster’s blood-doping preparations place him among a pantheon of actors who go that extra mile of crazy for their art
Una Mullally: Are some cancers more equal than others?
- Opinion
- October 12, 2015, 04:43
‘The sexualisation of breast cancer awareness has been almost inevitable. I don’t have breast cancer, but if I did I’m not sure ho(...)
Maud Gonne was much more than WB Yeats’s muse
- People
- October 9, 2015, 06:00
Aisling Law, a great-granddaughter of the rebel, feminist and social activist, is opening her doors to the public for the Muse of (...)
Una Mullally: Irish restaurants have lost the plot
- Opinion
- October 5, 2015, 01:00
Dismantling of generic Irish restaurant menu is to be welcomed
Queen Maeve: Higgins on her new book ‘Off You Go’
- People
- October 3, 2015, 05:45
‘My career is different to my male peers. I was always told that I was ‘niche’
From Bowie to Busta Rhymes: can pop music really predict the future?
- Music
- October 1, 2015, 12:00
Is there life on Mars? wailed Bowie, slightly prophetically. And is wasn't the last time a song predicted the future
Una Mullally: Web Summit was an ego boost for Dublin
- Opinion
- September 28, 2015, 06:00
It fed into a loose narrative that Dublin was legit in the tech world
Una Mullally: No country for young men and women – why young people leave Ireland
- Opinion
- September 21, 2015, 06:26
Ireland now has 205,150 fewer twenty-somethings than six years ago
Una Mullally: There is a good reason women are reluctant to speak about their abortions
- Opinion
- September 14, 2015, 01:00
‘In between the time you woke up this morning and go to bed tonight, a dozen Irish women will have left this country to have an ab(...)
Douze review: throwaway and superficial, but also goofy and gas
- Stage
- September 12, 2015, 13:40
Justin Vivian Bond: Mxing it up over transgender – and things of THAT nature
- Stage
- September 12, 2015, 01:30
Singer-songwriter, actor, writer, painter, drag queen . . . ‘V’ lets loose about her upcoming Fringe show, getting creative at the(...)
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is review | Tiger Dublin Fringe
- Stage
- September 10, 2015, 14:17
An anti-stand-up show that could be very good indeed
Lapsley: soaring pop, late-night bliss | Electric Picnic
- Gig Reviews
- September 9, 2015, 16:19
What starts out as a small crowd in the Little Big Tent ends up as an appreciative throng
Una Mullally: Welcome to Dismaland Irish-style – a litany of horrors in a ghost estate
- Opinion
- September 7, 2015, 01:00
‘In Trolley Land, hundreds of HSE workers push pens around while bandaged mummies moan on their stretchers’
Sam Smith pulls the masses | Electric Picnic
- Music
- September 6, 2015, 12:58
Pop music is popular, shocker
The War On Drugs: one of the moments of the weekend | Electric Picnic
- Music
- September 5, 2015, 21:14
Ladies and gentlemen, our first 5 star review from Electric Picnic 2015
Bitch Falcon: super furious animals | Electric Picnic
- Music
- September 5, 2015, 18:30
A set that is beefy, brilliant and unforgiving in its forcefulness
Grace Jones: Get it girl | Electric Picnic
- Music
- September 4, 2015, 22:00
Even the most casual observer couldn’t help but realise why Grace Jones is an icon
Una Mullally: This summer gave me perspective
- Opinion
- August 31, 2015, 01:00
The two biggest things – love and death – happen to you no matter what you do
Una Mullally: ‘Mistress America’ reflects fantasy of the self-starter
- Opinion
- August 24, 2015, 01:00
‘The permanent pensionable job has been gone for some time, but now most things resembling it have disappeared’
Una Mullally: What are you looking at?
- Opinion
- August 17, 2015, 05:00
The honeymoon period is over for social media platforms
TV Review: Young, Free and Single less sexy than Louboutin
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 14, 2015, 14:00
On the tedium-o-meter, I’d put it after looking at pictures of other people’s children on Facebook
Amy Schumer: one inch away from hilariously dangerous
- Film
- August 13, 2015, 21:14
Comic’s appearance with director Judd Apatow in Dublin the hottest ticket in town
Una Mullally: Can straight women learn from gay women’s earning prowess?
- Opinion
- August 10, 2015, 05:00
‘Maybe it’s not motherhood punishing women’s earning power, maybe it’s heterosexual motherhood’
Television: George Hook’s dreary rants more half-baked than anything on tasty BBC hit
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 7, 2015, 14:00
Review: The Late Review and The Great British Bake Off
Una Mullally: A dark day for Dublin apartment dwellers
- Opinion
- August 3, 2015, 01:00
Smaller Dublin apartments? We have really learned nothing
Radio: Silly season gets serious as ‘Liveline’ turns to Greek crisis
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 25, 2015, 04:00
Review:‘Bright Sparks’, 'Liveline' and 'Pat Kenny Show'
Una Mullally: Development cutting south docklands off from Dublin
- Opinion
- July 6, 2015, 01:00
Grand Canal Dock’s regeneration has made it shiny and new - but off-putting
Una Mullally: Eddie Holt – one of those passionate teachers who change lives
- Opinion
- June 29, 2015, 05:00
‘He took the painful Leaving Cert English essay style we had all arrived with and destroyed it’
Hey festival bookers: girls rock too
- Music
- June 26, 2015, 07:00
What’s the deal with all the bloke-centric festival bookings?
Una Mullally: Forget summer festival Fomo and look at the negatives
- Opinion
- June 22, 2015, 06:00
‘I’m staring at November on the calendar, when I might get to the Airwaves festival in Reykjavik (I hope the doctors aren’t readin(...)
Orange Is the New Black: ‘So many people felt invisible, because there was no one like them on TV. And people are able to see themselves now’
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 21, 2015, 09:00
Black, lesbian, transgender . . . The Netflix hit has been the ‘breath of fresh air we didn’t even know we needed’, according to i(...)
Una Mullally: #Clueless politicians at a loss over dialogue online
- Opinion
- June 15, 2015, 01:00
The internet is a democratic tool – if only political parties could learn to use it
Forgiven, not forgotten: The Corrs are back and we have 10 reasons to celebrate
- Music
- June 11, 2015, 15:07
The Corrs are set to release new material, with live dates lined up for September. Una Mullally can't wait
Una Mullally: What next, for young campaigners in the same-sex referendum?
- Opinion
- June 8, 2015, 05:00
‘For the first time in people’s young lives, they saw the direct connection between their individual actions and changing the worl(...)
Netflix picks up Irish-based animation ‘Puffin Rock’
- Media & Marketing
- June 5, 2015, 01:20
Series already shown on RTÉ Junior will now reach international audiences
Patti Smith reigns over Dublin | Review
- Dance
- June 3, 2015, 13:37
It is remarkable that Horses, a record released 40 years ago, and its creator, can still summon such urgency
Una Mullally: ‘Mad Max’ breaks the mould of action film sexism
- Opinion
- June 1, 2015, 01:00
Why are women continuously absent in Irish films?
Una Mullally: Your world will change when you come out as the person you are
- Opinion
- May 25, 2015, 05:00
‘At Dublin Castle I couldn’t help but think of all of those who lived secret lives’
Una Mullally: Decency of Irish not limited to liberal Dublin
- Politics
- May 23, 2015, 13:00
This is also about people who never made it this far, the shoulders we are all standing on
Fassbender does his Jobs in a polo
- Film
- May 22, 2015, 15:30
At last, a trailer has emerged for the Steve Jobs film, stylised as steve jobs
Joe Caslin installs second mural on the side of a castle
- Irish News
- May 19, 2015, 07:26
Inspired by The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, mural shows two female figures in a tender pose
Una Mullally: We have come a long way but there’s one hurdle left
- Opinion
- May 18, 2015, 05:00
In the 1803 Proclamation of Independence, Robert Emmet wrote: ‘Show to the world that the Irish are not only a brave, but also a g(...)
Minority Report comes to the small screen with a new TV show
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 14, 2015, 07:00
When it comes to sci-fi TV, Philip K Dick is your only man
Una Mullally: Either way, the referendum will be a victory for democracy
- Opinion
- May 11, 2015, 06:48
The biggest impact might not even be on marriage equality, but on the wider Irish political horizon
Una Mullally: It’s hard to accept yourself when your country doesn’t
- Opinion
- April 27, 2015, 05:00
‘I was just starting to focus when the doctor told me they found a tumour. They didn’t have the biopsies yet, but straight away kn(...)
Una Mullally: Karen Buckley tragedy is every woman’s worst nightmare
- Opinion
- April 19, 2015, 18:01
‘Any time I write about violence against women, there’s a volley of abuse in the comments on The Irish Times website. Some people (...)
Una Mullally: New political engagement by young people
- Opinion
- April 13, 2015, 09:03
Government generally avoids interacting with youth, viewing them with suspicion
A new British/Irish documentary on Grace Jones is in the pipeline
- Music
- April 10, 2015, 15:30
She’s one of the most compelling singers to ever grab a microphone and glare down the barrel of an audience, but how much do we re(...)