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Why classical music is boring - by a classical musician

Getting more people interested in classical music requires changes to how it's performed and how it's taught

Boris Johnson and the Conservatives just want to have fun

'Boris Johnson may be a joke, but he will have the last laugh'

The cast of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries in the spotlight. Photo: Getty Images

Telling the story of Pride & Prejudice on social media

It wasn't me. Photo: iStock/ Getty Images

The science of farting

"The scientific method allows us to separate what is a fact from what is not a fact."

Why democracies need science

OMG there are only two rooms left at that 600 room hotel!

Selling fast: the hidden world of online pricing

The people charged with implementing the Climate Action Plan to move Ireland from worst-in-class for climate action measures

How governance should ensure progress of the Climate Action Plan

A mural of Carlos Tevez in Fuerte Apache

The shanty towns Argentina's politicians have abandoned

"Climate change is a serious problem and we need to be looking at lots of solutions to stop it - even the ones we may not like". Photo: Getty Images

Is it time for Ireland to give nuclear power a chance?

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that 'Ireland is completely off course in terms of achieving its 2020 and 2030 emissions reduction targets'.

Why it's necessary to create new climate change institutions

Glasnevin Cemetery has been open since 1832 and is the resting place of 1.5 million people.

The many commemorative rituals of Glasnevin Cemetery

Glasnevin Cemetery

More Brainstorm

Climate change.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that 'Ireland is completely off course in terms of achieving its 2020 and 2030 emissions reduction targets'.

Why it's necessary to create new climate change institutions

Fill her up

The ups and downs of operating an electric car

Strike on here: why young people are striking for climate action

Why it's more important than ever to protect our oceans

World Oceans Day

Climate change is bad for your health - and everything else

More Climate change

Sport.

There has been a recent surge of interest in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of those involved in sport and their supporters (Photo: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane)

The importance of wellbeing interventions in sport

"Swimmers think they have nothing to say but as they speak a rich voice emerges from the water, echoing the depth of their own place connection"

Into the blue space: the joys of outdoor swimming

Gaelic football referees during a training session at the GAA's National Development Centre in Abbotstown

How fit are GAA referees?

"There is this notion that hurling is a country game, that it's of the soil. And yes, of course it is, but to imagine that the history of hurling has no urban side to it, is to create a history that is unsustainable and inaccurate."

The roots of hurling, the greatest game on earth

Nothing beats being there - but at what price? Photo: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Will higher GAA ticket prices mean less fans at matches?

Brexit.

The ayes have it: You're going to miss this lad when it's all over

'We're fed up of Brexit, yet we can't get enough of it'

"Every EU citizen has a right to vote in elections to the European Parliament. While the UK is still a member state, its citizens remain EU citizens."

Why the UK may have to vote in European elections ...

European Elections

"Ireland's experience on the Nice Treaty is a perfect example of autonomy and good democratic procedures in practice, something that the UK may want to learn from and imitate"

Here's the moral case for a second Brexit referendum

"Brexit has inevitably invited reflection about the constitutional future of this island"

'A new conversation about united Ireland could be a win ...

"While some businesses do not have direct links with the UK, they will be affected by any contraction of the Irish economy in the aftermath of Brexit."

The big impact of Brexit on Ireland's small businesses

Delia Breen, who works in a money exchange office at the border between Newry and Dundalk. Photo: Paul Faith/AFP /Getty Images

What will happen to cross-border shopping after Brexit?

Cross-border shopping

"In the post-colonial era, the old imperial arrogance is no longer supported by ruthless pragmatism, but by blundering incompetence."

Chaos, incompetence, decline: Brexit and the British government

Ireland.

A sign for architect and civil engineer Frederick Higginbotham in the Sackville Street rubble after the 1916 Rising. Sackvi

How the 1916 Rising cost €200m in compensation claims

How a Limerick-born physician became the father of modern day cannabis therapeutics. Photo: iStock

The 200 year history of Ireland and medicinal cannabis

Medicinal cannabis

How did Ireland get involved in UN peacekeeping?

Is there a sinkhole coming to a field near you?

How much has changed in Ireland since the economic collapse?

Ideas.

Who are you calling a Backstreet Boys' fan?

Everybody dance: can animals feel the beat?

"The subjective nature of luxury now means that a vast array of brands have associated themselves to the luxury tagline". Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Just what does luxury mean in 2019?

The afternoon nap which changed the world of chemistry

From Elvis to The Muppets, the story of "Danny Boy"

st patricks day

Why do so many capitals of culture run into problems?

Editor's Choice.

Spike Lee and some of the cast of Do the Right Thing. Photo: Anthony Barboza/Getty Images

Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing at 30

The sequel will be bigly

Make America scream again

Leonard Cohen at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. Photo: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

The curious phenomenon of Leonard Cohen