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A feast of Christmas stories, from Dickens to Joyce

ByAnne O'Neill

Nick Lowe and Los Straightjackets - The Quality Holiday Revue: a toe-tapping exercise in subversive entertainment

ByJoe Breen

Carly Simon - Songs from the Trees: A songwriter of substance and originality

ByTony Clayton-Lea

A welcome re-framing of science policy but investment must match ambition

Various Artists - Rough Trade Counter Culture 15: Does exactly what is says on the tin

ByLauren Murphy

Apollo’s Fire - Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius: Homeliness, heart and plenty of sparkle

ByMichael Dervan

Boots - Aquaria: A dark, sinister, twitchy affair

ByJim Carroll

Constance Hauman - Falling into Now: personal songs that take you from despair to enlightenment

ByTony Clayton-Lea

Tommy Guerrero - Perpetual: tracks that fizz and jangle with shades of funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul

ByJim Carroll

Malija - The Day I Had Everything: Folky, melodically strong chamber music

ByCormac Larkin

Donal O’Connor, John McSherry & Seán Óg Graham - Ulaid: An effortless fusion both musically and stylistically

BySiobhán Long

Mette Henriette - Untitled: rarely hummable, but full of conviction

ByCormac Larkin

Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch - Like Water Through Sand: A beautifully tended array of sounds

ByJim Carroll

EMA - #Horror: Anderson’s inexperience with scoring is audible

ByLauren Murphy

Alcohol Bill: Not a full measure

Martyn Turner

Crossroads always return to Wexford for Éanna Martin

BySeán Moran

Stories of the revolution: President’s uncle got military pension but aunt turned down

ByRonan McGreevy

The vintage dress made a statement I didn’t like

ByHilary Fannin

Nurses’ industrial action to hit seven hospitals

ByPaul Cullen

Diarmuid Torney: COP21 a step in right direction still a long way to go

ByDiarmiud Torney

Scrapping religion rule ‘largely symbolic’

ByKitty Holland

Floods not getting in the way of Rio 2016 preparations

ByLiam Gorman

An Irishman’s Diary about the pitfalls of state honours systems

ByFrank McNally

DCU Saints look to get off foot of table with win over UL Eagles

ByRoss O'Donoghue

Drinking beer could help prevent death in early stage Alzheimer’s

ByCiarán D'Arcy

Gary Shaw opts for young squad for January trip to Spain

ByMary Hannigan

Sligo floods: ‘Our home is not safe, but nobody is helping us’

ByMarese McDonagh

Anthony Foley expecting Munster to step up to the challenge

ByGerry Thornley

Perry threatens to call Kenny as witness in High Court

ByFiach Kelly

EU move may give Coalition more scope on budgets

ByArthur Beesley

COP21: Crunch issues delay historic agreement

ByHarry McGee

Victorian images of Shannon flooding come to light

ByMichael Parsons

Religion in school: ‘She feels excluded and different’

ByKitty Holland

Throwing away food to be illegal under French law

Activists promise to make leaders and industry feel the heat

ByFrank McDonald

COP21: French increase pressure for consensus

ByHarry McGee

Pat Lam picks young Connacht side for Newcastle test

ByJohn O'Sullivan

Fr Gerry Reynolds defended Gerry Adams’s stance on IRA questions

ByPatsy McGarry

Cloughjordan: Inside Ireland’s only ecovillage

ByIva Pocock

Coveney urges businesses to be prepared

BySarah Bardon

Class of ’95 believe Leinster have enough to take on Toulon

ByGerry Thornley

Villages and hamlets in south Mayo turned into ‘islands’

ByLorna Siggins

Asylum Bill ignored recommendations, says Collins

ByMarie O’Halloran

Stakes high for Ireland’s boxers in National Elite finals

ByJohnny Watterson

A sudden flood of Bills increases election speculation

ByMarie O’Halloran

Heated Seanad exchanges on school religious proposal

ByMichael O'Regan

Leinster GAA looking to build a stadium close to M50

BySeán Moran

Paul Cribbin ‘delighted’ to work again with Cian O’Neill

BySeán Moran

Lisnagarvey go top of EY Hockey League after Monkstown slip up

ByJohnny Watterson

Sales surge at Brown Thomas, new-look fashion floor planned

ByCiarán Hancock

Alcohol and public policy

Arthur Beesley: Full steam ahead – return of domestic demand

ByArthur Beesley

US ambassador to China urges end to crackdown on rights lawyers

ByClifford Coonan

Cork-founded tech start-up Trustev sells for $44 million

ByPamela Newenham

Innovation 2020 science strategy

PAC calls Central Bank to respond to allegations

BySarah Bardon

Coming home: how jihadis get from Syria to Europe

ByStephen Starr

Inquests and maternal deaths

Smurfits in line for €126m payday from Madison Dearborn bid

ByMark Paul

Tyson Fury and sexism in sport

Podemos may have peaked too soon as election nears

ByGuy Hedgecoe

January visit to White House in works for North leaders

BySimon Carswell and Gerry Moriarty

Primary religion classes and rule 68

Does a disunited left stand a real chance?

The jailing of Clare Daly and Mick Wallace

Planet Business

ByLaura Slattery

Stories of the revolution: Woman praised for her ‘cool daring’ in accessing files

ByRonan McGreevy

Stories of the revolution: Woman sent to Rome to brief Benito Mussolini on Civil War

ByRonan McGreevy

Marie Murray: No great mystery about Irish corruption

ByMarie Murray

Stories of the revolution: Ballyseedy and the Civil War’s worst atrocity

ByMichael O'Regan

Stories of the revolution: Andrews family not entitled to funeral grant for wife

ByRonan McGreevy

Stories of the Revolution: Dan Breen’s battle with bureaucracy

ByRonan McGreevy

Stories of the Revolution: With nothing to charge Childers, pistol used as justification for execution

ByRonan McGreevy

Stories of the Revolution: The riddle of Erskine Childers

ByCharles Townshend

Stories of the Revolution: John Higgins had to wait 22 years for pension

ByRonan McGreevy

Stories of the Revolution: President relives painful struggle

ByRonan McGreevy

Judgments: Key cases in brief

The constitutional stance on religious education

ByConor O'Mahony

Noel Whelan: In defence of the Irish county councillor

ByNoel Whelan

Give Me Five: Cranberry and feta croquettes

ByLilly Higgins

The Ticket Awards are now open. Who wins? You decide

ByLaurence Mackin

Financial Services

Analysis: Drumm faces dilemma after bail denied by Boston judge

BySimon Carswell

John Wilson’s festive wine guide

Going Out: The best of what’s on this weekend

Guy Maddin: ‘I wanted to cure myself of myself’

ByDonald Clarke

Sisters review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler get caught up in some risky business

ByTara Brady

Financial Services

Drumm to remain in custody as bail attempt rejected

BySimon Carswell

Ban on smacking children came into force at midnight

ByCarl O'Brien

Virgin territory for media empire’s new boss in Ireland

ByLaura Slattery

Labour should not enter coalition with ‘less than 15 Dáil seats’

ByFiach Kelly

No expense spared: what employees can and can’t claim in the workplace

ByGráinne Ní Aodha

‘India is fantastic – all is possible’

ByCharlie Taylor

Glanbia completes $217m acquisition of ThinkThin

San Bernardino attack: divers search lake in California

California killers had long path to radicalisation

BySimon Carswell

Liam Toland: Leicester will creak under Munster’s pressure

ByLiam Toland

Lifewave’s miraculous patches don’t keep the dreaded taxman away

ByMark Paul

Refugee influx helps German economy to grow

Adobe profit up on strong Creative Cloud subscriptions

African tigers as rare as Celtic ones

ByMark Paul

Revolution to be digitised as 10m documents to go online

ByRonan McGreevy

U2’s The Edge to build Malibu homes, despite opposition

COP21 climate negotiations to wrap up day late

Smart money is on caution as economy grows

ByArthur Beesley

Firms should look for learners, not geniuses

ByCarissa Romero

The Morning Sports Briefing

Financial Services

Sagi drops Ava bid after Central Bank opposition

ByMark Paul

Uefa to ratify prize money today for Euro 2016 finalists

ByEmmet Malone

What’s hot: Mahalia. What’s not: Umbrellas

C&C raises a glass to advertising restrictions

ByMark Paul

Listicle: Six easy ways to say thanks

Former Rangers player Arnold Peralta killed in Honduras

Uefa president Michel Platini has 90-day suspension upheld

Home no more for Homestore

ByMark Paul

European shares fall to hover near two month lows

Dinosaurs on Other Planets: ‘intelligent, multi-layered stories which demand a lot’

ByJennifer Harvey

Is this what New Zealand’s new flag will look like?

Financial Services

EU Directive on Deposit Guarantee Schemes comes into effect

The 12 wines of Christmas: a planning guide

Airt Kerry school leads artistic way

ByJim Carroll

By the Sea review: Life’s a beach and then you film it

ByDonald Clarke

IAG boss Willie Walsh warns of Dublin move for BA

ByCharlie Taylor

Grandma review: clever, consistently funny, surprisingly affecting

ByTara Brady

Toulouse getting back into groove ahead of Ulster meeting

ByJohn O'Sullivan

No further action over UK tabloid phone hacking allegations

C&C signs distribution deal with US brewer Pabst

ByCharlie Taylor

Abandoned poodle ‘blinded’ by overgrown, matted hair

New building guidelines for apartments to be introduced

ByMichael O'Regan

Aura photography is the latest trend for the selfie generation

ByEmily Longworth

Killarney Golf Club build an Ark to keep the show on the road

Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang reported missing

ByClifford Coonan

Number of mortgages in long-term arrears declines

ByCharlie Taylor

Oil falls to the lowest level since 2008

From Uptown Funk to downtown Sax: the 12 best pop songs of the year

ByAilbhe Malone

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet

ByDamian Cullen

Tyson Fury won’t face police action over hate crime allegations

Sporting Advent Calendar #11: Stuart Broad skittles the Aussies with staggering spell at Trent Bridge

ByPatrick Madden

Two charged over €900,000 Newlands Cross drugs seizures

Security and safety always a major priority for Euro 2016

ByEmmet Malone

School children from the west of Ireland call for climate deal

BySorcha Pollak

Sending animals to Africa as Christmas gifts this year? Here’s why it matters

ByTanya Sweeney

Emergency department nurses’ strike to go ahead, INMO says

ByPaul Cullen

Review – The Dead: Joyce’s short story gets a chamber opera form

ByPeter Crawley

Households in long-term arrears have more divorce, lower income

ByCharlie Taylor

Rob Kearney returns for Leinster’s pivotal trip to Toulon

Food File: Great chocs and savoury biscuits

ByMarie Claire Digby

First of 25,000 Syrian refugees arrive in Canada

ByAlastair Sharp

Preparing for the party season pampering

Dow and DuPont to merge to create $130bn chemical giant

IMF warns UK growth could suffer due to Europe vote

Twelve insurgents killed as Burundi military sites attacked

Bob Johnston: a day in the life of The Gutter Bookshop

BySarah Bannan

Euro 2016: everything you need to know for Saturday’s draw

ByRuaidhrí Croke

Euro zone central banks printed billions of euros before QE

Spanish authorities arrest Ali Charaf Damache

Flood defences along Shannon holding as water level stablises

BySorcha Pollak, Colin Gleeson, Ciarán D'Arcy and Kathryn Hayes

Equinox

ByMary Noonan

Radio review: Storm over high water levels and low drink prices

ByMick Heaney

Television: An enigma wrapped in the 500-year-old puzzle of the ‘Mona Lisa’

ByBernice Harrison

TK Whitaker, Ireland’s man of the century, turns 99

ByAnne Chambers

Louis van Gaal has no doubts he’s the right man for Man United

José Mourinho hails support of ‘amazing’ Chelsea fans

BySimon Burnton

Dublin TD Paul Murphy cleared on speeding charge

ByTom Tuite

Dream come true as Caroline Crowley begins life as an international

ByIan O'Riordan

Alibaba agrees to buy South China Morning Post

Girl scout (14) dies following Hook Head rescue after storm

ByLorna Siggins

Nina Carberry guides Josies Orders to Glenfarcas win at Cheltenham

Man avoids jail for racist attack on shop worker

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A family mediation service that works but has yet to be approved by courts

ByFiona Gartland

Culture Shock: Wilde about Shaw, Shaw Gone Wilde

ByPeter Crawley

Man (87) dies in early morning house fire in Donegal

ByStephen Maguire

Russia charges former oil tycoon Khodorkovsky with murder

ByIsabel Gorst

Ukraine’s deputies brawl as embattled leader defends record

ByDaniel McLaughlin

View from the street: Unofficial Ireland vows to make voice heard

ByWilliam Hederman

European shares fall to two-month lows on China concerns

‘Two Teams in a Small Country like this is Nonsensical’

ByCormac Moore

Care assistants tell inquiry of nurse asleep while on duty

ByLiz Farsaci

Commercial Property

Housebuilding Taggart brothers liable for £5m guarantee

Flint axe found off Waterford could be oldest Irish artefact

ByConor Kane

North ban on gay men donating blood could be lifted - Minister

Family of man who took own life over €31m debt fights Nama

Paris climate deal: High on ambition, vague on detail

ByFrank McDonald

Boy (16) to stand trial accused of repeatedly raping girl

ByTom Tuite

Court hears Clerys operated ‘a type of Ponzi scheme’

ByAodhan O'Faolain

Judgment reserved in Denis O’Brien conspiracy case

ByMary Carolan

Las Vegas flight carrying Irish UFC fans diverted after row

Man dies in hospital following collision in Dundalk

Former boxer admits to sexual assault on boy in Belfast

ByAshleigh McDonald

Four NTMA staff to share €210,000 if they agree to stay with agency

ByArthur Beesley

ECB starts row with Government about ATM tax move

ByCliff Taylor

Climate agreement will not impact Irish agriculture - Kelly

ByHarry McGee

Netanyahu family dog put in quarantine after biting guests

Flooded properties should be exempt from property tax – FF TD

ByMarie O’Halloran

Taxi-driver acquitted of telling prostitute he was a garda

Colombia investigates forced abortions among Farc fighters

Irish language decision goes way of priest on drink-drive charge

ByMary Carolan

NI man to be questioned over alleged trapping of otter

ByAine McMahon

Stoke’s Bojan Krkic proves there is life after Barcelona

ByAmy Lawrence

Euro 2016 ticket applications to open on Monday morning

Premier League team news

Stunning Dharamsala ground to host Ireland World T20 games

ByEmmet Riordan

Donegal County Council calls on John O’Donnell to step down

ByStephen Maguire

Weekend rain may not be as heavy as initial forecasts

ByCiarán D'Arcy

Martin Kaymer shoots 65 to move into contention in Thailand

Stock markets tumble as oil sinks to seven-year low

Swiss arrest two Syrians with reports of traces of explosives in car

Brazilian police to question Lula in bribery investigation

Malibu authorities approve The Edge’s hilltop mansions scheme

ByMark Paul

Taliban claims car bomb attack near Spanish embassy in Kabul

Millions for TDs and Senators ‘terminated’ at general election

ByMarie O’Halloran

Man arrested as judge attacked while hearing family law case

ByFiona Gartland

Ken Early: Golden goose Conor McGregor meets invisible champion Jose Aldo

ByKen Early

Woman ‘dropped on head’ in nightclub loses damages claim

Connacht’s strong finish helps them pull away from Newcastle

ByLinley MacKenzie

When it comes to drugs, UFC and IAAF perform cosmetic surgery on their credibility

ByIan O'Riordan

Hat-trick of national titles for Dean Walsh and Michael O’Reilly

ByCiaran Gallagher

Wenger hails Giroud as among best strikers in Europe

ByPaul Doyle

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