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Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (671+ words) Bob Weir, the veteran rock musician who helped guide the legendary band the Grateful Dead through decades of change and success, has died at age 78, according to a statement posted to his verified Instagram account on Friday. The Instagram statement,…...
Stranger Things-induced nostalgia for the 80s doesn’t tally with my memories
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (673+ words) Nostalgia for the 1980s is everywhere, most potently in the Duffer brothers" epic series, Stranger Things. I understand and share the enthusiasm for the series. It is a Valentine to nerdy outsiders and fans of 1980s music and films. But if you…...
Irish cinema’s golden age: what’s the success down to?
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (1474+ words) While the film and television world quakes and shudders, Irish actors and production talent have seemingly never had it so good. Existential worries currently dominate the minds of many in the entertainment business. Netflix and Paramount Skydance are fighting to…...
Seán Moncrieff: Fifteen years after my father’s death, I heard his voice again
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (392+ words) Sometime in the 1950s, my father went into a studio in London and recorded a song. Back then anyone could rent an hour in an extremely basic studio to sing a song or recite a poem. They came away with a…...
The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (1786+ words) The new novel by Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell will be her most Irish yet. Land (Tinder Press, June) is a multigenerational epic ranging from the west of Ireland to Canada and India, inspired by the author's own family history and…...
Why are so many Irish moving to the ‘new Berlin on the Med’?
20+ hour, 27+ min ago (1172+ words) The newcomers, who see this once beleaguered city as a place of creative possibility, have driven demand for more exhibition spaces, studios and artist residencies. Nora Hickey M'Sichili, director of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, is a fan of…...
Showband star Dickie Rock left estate valued at more than â¬2m
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (389+ words) Showband singer Dickie Rock left an estate valued at "2.02 million when he died, according to papers published by the Probate Office. Rock, of Marlborough Road in Donnybrook, Dublin, died at the age of 88 in December, 2024. From 1963 onwards, he blazed a…...
Alexandre Kojève, An Intellectual Biography by Boris Groys: alternative world visions
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (481+ words) Alexandre Koj've, An Intellectual Biography by Boris Groys: alternative world visions'The Irish Times Alexandre Koj've, An Intellectual Biography by Boris Groys: alternative world visions Beyond his notorious "end of history" thesis, the views of the Russian-born philosopher changed considerably over…...
UCC and Kings Inns come out tops in first Irish Times debate semi-finals
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (341+ words) The first finalists in the annual Irish Times debate have been confirmed as Tara Kennedy and Joyce O'Sullivan from University College Cork's Law Society, while the winning individual progressing from Friday night's semi-final is Eoin Ryan from King's Inns. The…...
The Movie Quiz: What is now the highest grossing Disney animation ever?
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (170+ words) The Movie Quiz: What is now the highest grossing Disney animation ever?The Irish Times The Movie Quiz: What is now the highest grossing Disney animation ever? Plus: What is the only film to have won the best picture Oscar…...