Article Index

All Years
/ 2015
/ Dec
/ 11

A feast of Christmas stories, from Dickens to Joyce

By Anne O'Neill

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

By Joe Breen

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

By Tony 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

By Lauren Murphy

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

By Michael Dervan

Boots - Aquaria: A dark, sinister, twitchy affair

By Jim Carroll

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

By Tony Clayton-Lea

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

By Jim Carroll

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

By Cormac Larkin

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

By Siobhán Long

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

By Cormac Larkin

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

By Jim Carroll

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

By Lauren Murphy

Alcohol Bill: Not a full measure

Martyn Turner

Crossroads always return to Wexford for Éanna Martin

By Seán Moran

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

By Ronan McGreevy

The vintage dress made a statement I didn’t like

By Hilary Fannin

Nurses’ industrial action to hit seven hospitals

By Paul Cullen

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

By Diarmiud Torney

Scrapping religion rule ‘largely symbolic’

By Kitty Holland

Floods not getting in the way of Rio 2016 preparations

By Liam Gorman

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

By Frank McNally

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

By Ross O'Donoghue

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

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Gary Shaw opts for young squad for January trip to Spain

By Mary Hannigan

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

By Marese McDonagh

Anthony Foley expecting Munster to step up to the challenge

By Gerry Thornley

Perry threatens to call Kenny as witness in High Court

By Fiach Kelly

EU move may give Coalition more scope on budgets

By Arthur Beesley

COP21: Crunch issues delay historic agreement

By Harry McGee

Victorian images of Shannon flooding come to light

By Michael Parsons

Religion in school: ‘She feels excluded and different’

By Kitty Holland

Throwing away food to be illegal under French law

Activists promise to make leaders and industry feel the heat

By Frank McDonald

COP21: French increase pressure for consensus

By Harry McGee

Pat Lam picks young Connacht side for Newcastle test

By John O'Sullivan

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

By Patsy McGarry

Asylum Bill ignored recommendations, says Collins

By Marie O'Halloran

Cloughjordan: Inside Ireland’s only ecovillage

By Iva Pocock

Coveney urges businesses to be prepared

By Sarah Bardon

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

By Gerry Thornley

Villages and hamlets in south Mayo turned into ‘islands’

By Lorna Siggins

Stakes high for Ireland’s boxers in National Elite finals

By Johnny Watterson

A sudden flood of Bills increases election speculation

By Marie O'Halloran

Heated Seanad exchanges on school religious proposal

By Michael O'Regan

Leinster GAA looking to build a stadium close to M50

By Seán Moran

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

By Seán Moran

Lisnagarvey go top of EY Hockey League after Monkstown slip up

By Johnny Watterson

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

By Ciarán Hancock

Alcohol and public policy

Arthur Beesley: Full steam ahead – return of domestic demand

By Arthur Beesley

US ambassador to China urges end to crackdown on rights lawyers

By Clifford Coonan

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

By Pamela Newenham

Innovation 2020 science strategy

PAC calls Central Bank to respond to allegations

By Sarah Bardon

Coming home: how jihadis get from Syria to Europe

By Stephen Starr

Inquests and maternal deaths

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

By Mark Paul

Tyson Fury and sexism in sport

Podemos may have peaked too soon as election nears

By Guy Hedgecoe

January visit to White House in works for North leaders

By Simon 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

By Laura Slattery

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

By Ronan McGreevy

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

By Ronan McGreevy

Marie Murray: No great mystery about Irish corruption

By Marie Murray

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

By Michael O'Regan

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

By Ronan McGreevy

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

By Ronan McGreevy

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

By Ronan McGreevy

Stories of the Revolution: The riddle of Erskine Childers

By Charles Townshend

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

By Ronan McGreevy

Stories of the Revolution: President relives painful struggle

By Ronan McGreevy

Judgments: Key cases in brief

The constitutional stance on religious education

By Conor O'Mahony

Noel Whelan: In defence of the Irish county councillor

By Noel Whelan

Give Me Five: Cranberry and feta croquettes

By Lilly Higgins

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

By Laurence Mackin

Financial Services

Analysis: Drumm faces dilemma after bail denied by Boston judge

By Simon 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’

By Donald Clarke

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

By Tara Brady

Financial Services

Drumm to remain in custody as bail attempt rejected

By Simon Carswell

Ban on smacking children came into force at midnight

By Carl O'Brien

Virgin territory for media empire’s new boss in Ireland

By Laura Slattery

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

By Fiach Kelly

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

By Gráinne Ní Aodha

‘India is fantastic – all is possible’

By Charlie Taylor

Glanbia completes $217m acquisition of ThinkThin

San Bernardino attack: divers search lake in California

California killers had long path to radicalisation

By Simon Carswell

Liam Toland: Leicester will creak under Munster’s pressure

By Liam Toland

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

By Mark Paul

Refugee influx helps German economy to grow

Adobe profit up on strong Creative Cloud subscriptions

African tigers as rare as Celtic ones

By Mark Paul

Revolution to be digitised as 10m documents to go online

By Ronan 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

By Arthur Beesley

Firms should look for learners, not geniuses

By Carissa Romero

The Morning Sports Briefing

Financial Services

Sagi drops Ava bid after Central Bank opposition

By Mark Paul

Uefa to ratify prize money today for Euro 2016 finalists

By Emmet Malone

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

C&C raises a glass to advertising restrictions

By Mark 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

By Mark Paul

European shares fall to hover near two month lows

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

By Jennifer 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

By Jim Carroll

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

By Donald Clarke

IAG boss Willie Walsh warns of Dublin move for BA

By Charlie Taylor

Grandma review: clever, consistently funny, surprisingly affecting

By Tara Brady

Toulouse getting back into groove ahead of Ulster meeting

By John O'Sullivan

No further action over UK tabloid phone hacking allegations

C&C signs distribution deal with US brewer Pabst

By Charlie Taylor

Abandoned poodle ‘blinded’ by overgrown, matted hair

New building guidelines for apartments to be introduced

By Michael O'Regan

Aura photography is the latest trend for the selfie generation

By Emily Longworth

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

Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang reported missing

By Clifford Coonan

Number of mortgages in long-term arrears declines

By Charlie Taylor

Oil falls to the lowest level since 2008

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

By Ailbhe Malone

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet

By Damian 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

By Patrick Madden

Two charged over €900,000 Newlands Cross drugs seizures

Security and safety always a major priority for Euro 2016

By Emmet Malone

School children from the west of Ireland call for climate deal

By Sorcha Pollak

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

By Tanya Sweeney

Emergency department nurses’ strike to go ahead, INMO says

By Paul Cullen

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

By Peter Crawley

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

By Charlie Taylor

Rob Kearney returns for Leinster’s pivotal trip to Toulon

Food File: Great chocs and savoury biscuits

By Marie Claire Digby

First of 25,000 Syrian refugees arrive in Canada

By Alastair 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

By Sarah Bannan

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

By Ruaidhrí 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

By Sorcha Pollak, Colin Gleeson, Ciarán D'Arcy and Kathryn Hayes

Equinox

By Mary Noonan

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

By Mick Heaney

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

By Bernice Harrison

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

By Anne Chambers

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

José Mourinho hails support of ‘amazing’ Chelsea fans

By Simon Burnton

Dublin TD Paul Murphy cleared on speeding charge

By Tom Tuite

Dream come true as Caroline Crowley begins life as an international

By Ian O'Riordan

Alibaba agrees to buy South China Morning Post

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

By Lorna 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

By Fiona Gartland

Culture Shock: Wilde about Shaw, Shaw Gone Wilde

By Peter Crawley

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

By Stephen Maguire

Russia charges former oil tycoon Khodorkovsky with murder

By Isabel Gorst

Ukraine’s deputies brawl as embattled leader defends record

By Daniel McLaughlin

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

By William Hederman

European shares fall to two-month lows on China concerns

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

By Cormac Moore

Care assistants tell inquiry of nurse asleep while on duty

By Liz Farsaci

Commercial Property

Housebuilding Taggart brothers liable for £5m guarantee

Flint axe found off Waterford could be oldest Irish artefact

By Conor 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

By Frank McDonald

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

By Tom Tuite

Court hears Clerys operated ‘a type of Ponzi scheme’

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Judgment reserved in Denis O’Brien conspiracy case

By Mary 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

By Ashleigh McDonald

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

By Arthur Beesley

ECB starts row with Government about ATM tax move

By Cliff Taylor

Climate agreement will not impact Irish agriculture - Kelly

By Harry McGee

Netanyahu family dog put in quarantine after biting guests

Flooded properties should be exempt from property tax – FF TD

By Marie 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

By Mary Carolan

NI man to be questioned over alleged trapping of otter

By Aine McMahon

Stoke’s Bojan Krkic proves there is life after Barcelona

By Amy Lawrence

Euro 2016 ticket applications to open on Monday morning

Premier League team news

Stunning Dharamsala ground to host Ireland World T20 games

By Emmet Riordan

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

By Stephen Maguire

Weekend rain may not be as heavy as initial forecasts

By Ciarán 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

By Mark Paul

Taliban claims car bomb attack near Spanish embassy in Kabul

Millions for TDs and Senators ‘terminated’ at general election

By Marie O'Halloran

Man arrested as judge attacked while hearing family law case

By Fiona Gartland

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

By Ken Early

Woman ‘dropped on head’ in nightclub loses damages claim

Connacht’s strong finish helps them pull away from Newcastle

By Linley MacKenzie

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

By Ian O'Riordan

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

By Ciaran Gallagher

Wenger hails Giroud as among best strikers in Europe

By Paul Doyle

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