Joe Humphreys

For an Irish Times Unthinkable 2026 World Cup special, I ask who would line out in an Irish team for a renewed edition of the Philosopher Football Match?

David Brooks signed off from The New York Times in January 2026 after 22 years as a columnist.

Discussing the case fort teaching philosophy in schools – and planned reform of the Leaving Certificate Politics and Society curriculum – for the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast: More than 15 years ago, a report of the National Council for Curriculum…

The Gaelic philosopher who wrote ‘one of the most influential books of our time’ There are formative cultural experiences in all our lives.

Ireland could make an awful lot more of its rich philosophical heritage.

Schadenfreude is getting pleasure at the misfortune of others.

It’s not every day you get to talk to a “rock star philosopher”!

I took part in this year’s Stoic Week – getting up at sunrise like Marcus Aurelius who advised: “Say to yourself first thing in the morning: I shall meet with people who are meddling, ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, and unsociable.

I’d the pleasure of interviewing Ljubljana’s most famous son for The Irish Times.

Some thoughts in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, published by way of an opinion piece in The Irish Times. 1.