EditorialsSome 800 of our best scientists spell out how to achieve the right balance for Irish research
Social AffairsMansion House hosts inter-faith forum examining religion’s role in global conflictByPatsy McGarry
FilmComing Home JDiff review: Touching documentary about a man who spent 13 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commitByDonald Clarke
FilmPhoenix JDiff review: This postwar melodrama is almost ludicrous but raw performances make for a slice of seductive Berlin noirByDonald Clarke
Middle EastSyria’s war: remaining population lives in devastation, illness and povertyByMichael Jansen
FilmCourt JDiff review: Human rights are a luxury few in India can afford in this gripping debut featureByTara Brady
OpinionEamonn McCann: Tony Blair under fire as he is set to leave Middle East peace roleByEamonn McCann
BooksA tribute to Terry Pratchett by his agent, the man who first published him in 1971ByColin Smythe
Abroad‘I moved back to Ireland to see if I could live there as an adult. I lasted 18 months.’ByNoelle McCarthy
CultureOur first language now languishes somewhere between salsa dancing and Ultimate FrisbeeByEoin Butler
MarketsHSBC swims against the tide by raising euro forecast to $1.20ByJemima Kelly and Jamie McGeever
Middle EastIS suspected of genocide against Yazidis in Iraq - UN panelByNick Cumming-Bruce and in Geneva
Middle EastSyrian authorities struggle to save antiquities from devastation by ISByMichael Jansen and in Damascus
PoliticsUS lawmakers told of ‘dishonourable silence’ over acts of collusion in TroublesBySimon Carswell