Canadian carpenter-turned-trader loses $415m Tesla gamble
Spare a thought for Canadian carpenter and amateur day trader Christopher DeVocht. who is in the news after claiming he ...
Football Review Committee’s dissent proposals will change Gaelic football as much as the gameplay ones
[ Jim Gavin says changes football review committee is proposing have potential to reinvigorate Gaelic football ] ...
‘I am in fear now’: Daughter who alleged father kicked in locked bedroom door gets protection order
A daughter who alleged her father kicked in her locked bedroom door and “smashed everything” in her bedroom has secured a ...
Next in line for success? Louis Walsh’s new boy band will have to conquer the primary school market first
Being in a boy band isn’t all just hysterical teenage girls, strong-hold hair gel and wild partying. At least not on Louis Walsh’s watch. The pop Svengali, to give him his correct title, has a new ...
A Dane in Dublin: ‘In Denmark death is taboo but in Dublin I’ve been met with a different warmth’
So there I was in Denmark, a country I love, but also one where death is taboo, people are often busy planning their next moves in life and in general not the best at asking how one’s doing, mostly ...
Cancer abruptly ended my career but led to a quest for literary treasure
Nuala O’Faolain’s final radio interview prompted this writer to explore writing about cancer. This and her own diagnosis have ...
Depleted Munster may need a rivalry-fueled miracle against Leinster, but that’s what old foes are for
Munster also beat Leinster in the semi-finals two seasons ago with that late pitch-length drive which culminated in Crowley’s ...
Maureen Dowd: It’s a do-or-die moment for Kamala Harris. She needs to assert herself
It’s hard to understand why the Democratic candidate didn’t sit down with a yellow pad long ago and decide why she wanted to ...
‘Getting under the many layers of Parisian culture is a fascinating but never-ending endeavour’
Two early experiences were to prove seminal for Eoghan MacDonagh in underpinning his ambition to live and work in Paris. The ...
Gavin Coombes has important opportunity to make the case for more Ireland caps
Prendergast is already seems to be ahead of Coombes in the pecking order and is two years younger than him. Leinster’s James ...
Niall Muldoon: My pyschological quirk? Am I going to say this to The Irish Times?
The Ombudsman for Children is a clinical psychologist from Donegal, who has worked in the area of child protection for more ...
Wexford Festival Opera 2024: ‘The singers are glad they don’t have to talk much. And the actors are delighted they don’t have to sing’
Director Conor Hanratty on the challenges of bringing two sets of performers together in a doubly Dublin opera ...