Lexicographer at Large – Frank McNally on Dinneen’s Dictionary and the Dáil row about unparliamentary Irish
“The Irish lexicographer Dinneen, considered in vacuo is, heaven knows, funny enough. He keeps standing on his head, denying ...
The Real McCabe - Frank McNally on a great (and much-married) American newspaper columnist
In 1955, when he was already 44, the San Francisco Chronicle invited him to write a sports column. It was a subversive idea, ...
Big tech firms sought early meetings with Michael McGrath immediately after he took office as an EU commissioner
Ireland’s EU commissioner Michael McGrath sidestepped requests to meet senior executives from Meta, including the Facebook ...
Any new data centres here will need to supply electricity to other premises under revised rules
In future, data centres here will have to supply electricity to homes and businesses under rules proposed by the Commission ...
Comic Stripped - Frank McNally on the cancellation of P.G. Wodehouse
“When the war broke out Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was at Le Touquet – gambling. Nine months later he was still there. Poland ...
The Guide: Alison Moyet, King Lear, Dublin film festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
The rising English comedian Ania Magliano has collected more than a few plaudits over the past three years – “sharp, poised ...
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Cardinal Red – Frank McNally on a cultural history of wind colour
Controversially for a man who was also an Irish Times columnist, O’Brien has his character add at this point: “It was a better occupation than gazing at newspapers”. But then, undermining ...
US legal case into Digicel in limbo following Trump’s executive order
A US department of justice case looking into whether Digicel breached foreign bribery laws has been cast into limbo, after ...
BP’s future at stake as Elliott circles and the Telegraph mourns
US activist hedge fund Elliott has made a move on troubled energy giant BP, a development that has driven the Telegraph into ...
Seán Moncrieff’s on-air persona cracks, and a dishwasher meltdown follows
Radio: Newstalk host Seán Moncrieff is at his best when discussing niche subjects that allow stimulating digressions ...
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Remote and hybrid working job offers hit a record high last year
With Donald Trump back in the White House it feels more like Groundhog Decade, writes our columnist Laura Slattery ... which will be issued every Friday to Irish Times subscribers.