Inside Story - 2016 In The Newsroom
2016 was a good and bad year for reporters. There were plenty of stories to report on, but also plenty of challenges to traditional journalism, old and new: the continuing rise of social media, and it...
23 Des 201624min
2016 Review: A bizarre, sometimes dreadful, year in politics
It was a “bizarre year in politics” says Irish Times political reporter Sarah Bardon, who found herself with very little to report on some nights in Leinster House, as the minority government argued b...
21 Des 20161h 5min
Inside Story - Dublin's 21,000 Empty Homes
There are 21,000 vacant residences in Dublin City. This weekend activists have felt the need to appropriate an empty office block to house the homeless, as a shortage of housing sends rents soaring. H...
17 Des 201619min
Coveney's Rent Gambit, Kenny's Calculus
To take a look back at a six month period of "new politics" that is now ending with ambitious Minister Coveney's new rental reform package, and with Taoiseach Enda Kenny still firmly at the helm, Poli...
14 Des 201638min
Inside Story - Superbugs v Drugs
When we talk about health and medicine, the immediate problems tend to crowd out the important ones, says our correspondent Paul Cullen. But this weekend he is reporting on a long-term threat that cou...
10 Des 201614min
Ireland's Permanent Housing Crisis
Ireland’s continual housing crisis will not be solved unless issues of affordability and security of tenure in the rental sector are addressed, according to a Trinity College academic.New legislation ...
7 Des 201657min
Problem solved... or is it? Simon Coveney and Paul Murphy on water
Will the report of the expert commission on water help bring this vexed issue to a conclusion at long last? Minister Simon Coveney hopes so, but AAA-PBP TD Paul Murphy says "it's not over". They both ...
30 Nov 201654min
Inside Story - Carers In Crisis
How much do we as a society ask of those among us who have dependents in need of round-the-clock care? Last Saturday, The Irish Times published an interview by Rosita Boland with Johanne and Alan Powe...
24 Nov 201624min
