15 November, 2017 Digital News Archive

City of the Tribes

An Irish Diary

Well Under Parr – An Irishman’s Diary on the science and folklore of old age

ByFrank McNally

Paradise ahoy

Editorials

Racism in Poland: threat to liberal order

Bins no match for motivated workers

Undermining GPs is not the answer

Editorials

Housing: time to tackle national crisis

Lack of surgeons and paediatric care

Air ambulances and organ transplants

Unstaffed Dart stations and disabled rail users

Horrific suffering of Rohingya people

Homelessness – the new normal?

Australia says YES! Have your say on marriage equality vote

Ireland outclassed by great Danes as World Cup dream ends

ByFrank McNally

Oliver Callan: Leo Varadkar proves a master of distraction

ByOliver Callan

Kathy Sheridan: Is a tweeting Taoiseach a good or a bad thing?

ByKathy Sheridan

May’s amendment seen by Remainers as evidence of weakness

ByDenis Staunton

Miriam Lord: You can bank on Michael Lowry for a laugh

ByMiriam Lord

Fine Gael to ask Independents to back closer military co-operation

ByPat Leahy

Information Commissioner says council must give inquiry details

ByPeter Murtagh

Netherlands weighs up strange prison problem: too few prisoners

ByPeter Cluskey

‘Tents and soup will not fix homeless emergency’

ByOlivia Kelly

Social housing targets at risk if State funding reclassified

BySimon Carswell

Trump’s Asia trip exposes ad hoc approach to foreign policy

BySuzanne Lynch

Dublin needs an elected mayor. It will never happen

ByNoel Dempsey

Africa

Reports of explosions and takeover of state broadcaster in Zimbabwe capital

ByJason Burke

Boris Johnson might find his Irish cake hard to digest

ByVincent Boland

Martyn Turner

New septic tank rules slow one-off house construction

ByMarese McDonagh

Music

Denis Naughten should be alarmed by Ivan Yates’s RTÉ sources

ByMichael Dervan

Film

Mudbound review: An indelible tale of Deep South racism

ByTara Brady

Joey Carbery needs to focus only on ‘playing at 10’

ByGerry Thornley

Stage

Did you know there was an unused theatre under Busáras?

ByGemma Tipton

100: Renault Twingo – a bit-player that’s captured our attention

Alcohol-related crime booms in Dublin as nightlife picks up

ByConor Lally

Music

Depeche Mode at 3Arena: Everything you need to know

ByJennifer Gannon

HSE warns of ‘hidden agenda’ of some crisis pregnancy services

BySarah Bardon

99: Hyundai Santa Fe - the car that introduced crossovers to the Irish masses

98: Renault Megane – Stylish and comfortable if lacking in quality

97: Toyota Corolla – the car for people who don’t like cars very much

96: Honda Jazz – Much better than it looks

95: Audi A3 – still pretty slick and probably best as a saloon

94: Toyota RAV4 – Better than you think but overtaken by more stylish sibling

Red faces at Bank of England as inflation forecast misses mark

ByFiona Walsh

93: Porsche Boxster & Cayman – controversial revamp with mixed results

92: Fiat 500X – Little-loved Italian deserves a bit more family love

91: Audi R8 V10 – Four-ringed supercar priced to make eyes water

90: Tesla Model X – at the forefront of the electric revolution

Media

Former top civil servant joins MKC Communications

ByMark Paul

89: Skoda Fabia – likeable Czech just beaten by its Spanish cousin

88: Kia Sportage – Good looks let down by average drive

87: Jeep Renegade – Oddball looks are not for everyone

86: BMW 1 Series – rear-wheel drive hatch losing out to lower-priced rivals

85: Nissan X-Trail – likeable car that’s easy to live with

84: Mini Clubman – marrying driving fun with greater practicality

83: BMW 7 Series – Smart tech wizardry on offer for a premium price

82: Lexus IS300h – Revamped and ready to prove that diesel is dead

81: Kia Cee’d – Final fling but a major replacement in coming months

Social housing at a standstill: ‘You have to wonder is this policy’

ByKitty Holland

Cliff Taylor: Housing problem may not be a bubble but is a crisis

ByCliff Taylor

Media

Watchdog’s investigation of INM widens to potential ‘data breach’

ByMark Paul and Colm Keena

Former executives begin talks with Stellwagen over legal dispute

ByBarry O'Halloran

Christian Eriksen lays waste to Ireland’s World Cup dream

ByKeith Duggan

People

I don’t think rationally. So I have endless conversations with ghosts

ByMichael Harding

Books

How Obama and Trump built their brand by writing books

High-end apartments planned for Mount Merrion

ByJack Fagan

Rugby World Cup 2023 vote - all you need to know

People

Save your child’s life or save 10 kids you don’t know – what would you do?

ByLaura Kennedy

Food

The easiest meatballs you’ll ever make

ByLilly Higgins

Education

We should listen to what young people have to say about their education

ByDympna Devine

Recipes

Fuss-free meatballs with fresh tagliatelle

ByLilly Higgins

Shane Walsh intends to put hard lessons to good use in Perth

BySeán Moran

CJ Stander happy with his return to form against South Africa

ByJohn O'Sullivan

People

‘Women struggle everywhere. There’s this feeling that you are an inferior being’

BySorcha Pollak

Anthony Nash still eyes bigger prizes than a hurling All Star

ByIan O'Riordan

CRH plans €20m education hub at Dublin headquarters

ByJoe Brennan

Rugby World Cup 2023: Final vote set for dramatic finale

ByGerry Thornley

ESRI rejects claim tens of thousands on zero-hour contracts

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Books

Half in praise of reading

ByFrancis Spufford

‘Single Malt’, personal data breach at INM, and housing bubble or crisis?

ByDominic Coyle

Permission sought for eight-storey hotel on site of Twilfit House

ByAidan Murphy

Venezuelan debt now has the vultures circling

Eye-catching Georgian goes on auction for €2.75m-plus

ByJack Fagan

Seán Moran: The magic has gone from international rules

BySeán Moran

Gordon D’Arcy: The real project players should be those developed by the IRFU

ByGordon D'Arcy

Airbus lands biggest deal in its history, with $50bn budget-airline order

New chapter for Waterstones building in Cork at €6.25m

ByJack Fagan

Fashion

Three of the best full coverage foundations

ByLaura Kennedy

Prisoners got €500,000 in loans over past three years, figures show

ByDarragh McDonagh

Cannabis growhouse found at house where man died in explosion

ByElaine Keogh

Teenager who killed Ann Maguire planned to stab pregnant teacher

US scientists in bold attempt to permanently change patient’s DNA

Did you know one-in-five employees think it’s okay to exaggerate expenses?

Politicians can learn from Denmark’s win over Ireland

ByPat Leahy

Certain blood types result in higher risk of heart attack from pollution

Science

Climate change: Top 10 things you should know

ByKevin O'Sullivan

Art

Ever wanted to buy an orginal Da Vinci? Now’s your chance

Warning Ireland will not achieve renewable energy targets without wind

ByBarry Roche

Film

Fireworks . . . review: Magical girl genre with avant garde animation

ByTara Brady

Danish press reaction: ‘Remember to bow for Eriksen’

ByPatrick Madden

Despite credit growth, cycle remains subdued, says Lane

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Gareth Southgate delighted with Brazil and Germany draws

Technology

Dublin-based software firm Kaseya to create 130 new jobs

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Special Garda task force set up after burglaries in Laois-Offaly area

ByEoghan MacConnell and Elaine Edwards

Member of ‘Rathkeale Rovers’ jailed for rhino horn smuggling

ByJack Power

Rugby World Cup 2023 timeline: From recommendation to vote

ByGavin Cummiskey

Lapses in infection control found at Cork University Hospital

BySeán Dunne

Department to decide if boys could be given HPV vaccine

ByAine McMahon

Mile Jedinak bags hat-trick as Australia seal World Cup spot

Sport

Sky and British Cycling won’t face ‘jiffy bag’ charges

Golf

Who is only Irish player to win rookie of the year on European Tour?

ByPhilip Reid

Travel

Walk for the Weekend: the Western Corries of the Comeraghs

ByMichael Guilfoyle

Tiernan Brady: ‘Australia didn’t say yes, Australia roared yes’

ByTiernan Brady

A pound of flesh? Phantom mince deposits mystify German town

ByDerek Scally

Ireland’s trade surplus rose to €3.6bn in September

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Ireland ranks worst in Europe on climate change index

ByJack Power and Kevin O'Sullivan

Inside Politics Podcast: All sides stumped by the Brexit riddle

ByDeclan Conlon

Food

Paul Harrington: ‘I assumed I would be overwhelmed by my inner caveman’

ByPaul Harrington

Six of the worst: Ireland’s most galling defeats

ByPatrick Madden

Emerald Business Consulting, City Trust & Corporate Services, Mr Danny Cox and The Irish Times

ECB criticises banks’ Brexit plans for ‘empty shells’

James McClean defends Ireland players after Danish drubbing

ByPatrick Madden

Farming & Food

Angel Delight whips up comeback as 50th anniversary nears

Southampton insist Virgil van Dijk 100 per cent focused for Liverpool match

Michael Smurfit funded K Club extension with shareholder loans

ByMark Paul

Technology

Irish tech firms sign deals as part of Arab states trade mission

ByCharlie Taylor

GAA expresses disappointment as Ireland lose 2023 RWC bid

BySeán Moran

France to host Rugby World Cup as Ireland lose out

ByGerry Thornley

Campaigners ‘appalled’ and ‘furious’ at homeless comments

ByVivienne Clarke

Marouane Fellaini could leave Manchester United on a free

ByJamie Jackson

Trainee carpenter accused of fatal assault in Tallaght

ByTom Tuite

Grafton Street is 15th most expensive street to rent on in Europe

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Video of teenager hurt in gym used for staff training ‘without consent’

ByRay Managh

Markets

Euro briefly passes 90p against sterling

Limerick family gang targeted in series of raids by CAB

ByConor Lally

Science

Ireland to give additional funds to countries suffering from global warming

ByKevin O'Sullivan

Dublin ranked as one of world’s most expensive cities

ByNick Bramhill

Psychological shift was too much for Ireland to handle

ByMalachy Clerkin

Joel Stransky hits out at ‘old boys club’ after RWC vote

Rear-ending crashes involving woman an ‘orchestrated’ fraud

ByRay Managh

Commission extends credit union winding up scheme

ByPatrick Smyth

Proposed law on communications data has ‘profound’ implications for media

ByElaine Edwards

Refunds on the way as Seanad passes Water Services Bill

ByMichael O'Regan

Food

First look: inside the world’s first food theme park

ByMarie Claire Digby

Jurgen Klopp misses Liverpool training after going to hospital

Dunnes Stores must pay €15.5m to Harry Crosbie receivers, court rules

ByMary Carolan

Ulster Bank to close 11 branches in Northern Ireland

ByJoe Brennan

Technology

iPhone X production hurdles hit Foxconn profit

Inside Business: Is Airbnb damaging Dublin’s long-term rental market?

ByJennifer Ryan

Varadkar warns Ireland must respond to stronger Franco-German axis post-Brexit

BySarah Bardon

Golf

Fleetwood out to prove doubters wrong and win Race to Dubai

Africa

Sacking of Zimbabwe’s ‘Crocodile’ triggered military action

ByJoseph Cotterill and David Pilling

IRFU will not bid for future World Cups under present parameters

ByGerry Thornley

Irish in Australia: ‘Some of today’s result belongs to the Irish’

ByCiara Kenny

Farming & Food

Nestlé shakes up infant nutrition to tackle local rivals

Scotland make official approach for Michael O’Neill

The Right to Die: Dying with Dignity or a Danger to Public Health?

Unemployment in North at nine-year low

ByFrancess McDonnell

Ireland ‘shamed globally’ by climate report, says Green leader

ByMarie O’Halloran

Residential

Fashionable stamp on Blackrock refurb for €1.55m

ByElizabeth Birdthistle

Are Abortion Pills Putting Women in Danger?

Pat Gilroy finalises his Dublin hurling backroom team

ByIan O'Riordan

Science Spotlight: UCD Scientists Involved in Detecting Gravitational Waves from Fusion of Neutron S

Man jailed for putting Paddy Power worker through ‘almost daily terror’

ByFiona Ferguson

Aircraft leasing group may take claim against former executives

ByBarry O'Halloran

The Ethics of Self-Driving Cars

Central Bank steps up Anglo Irish-linked bond sales

ByJoe Brennan

Mother whose baby sustained skull fracture should not be jailed

ByGordon Deegan

Dublin teen admits attack on neighbourhood watch man

ByTom Tuite

Middle East

Isis fighters smuggled out of Raqqa by US, UK and Kurds, BBC claims

ByMichael Jansen

Rugby World Cup 2023: Was this how the votes broke down?

Asia-Pacific

Australia says Yes to same-sex marriage but work to do yet

ByPádraig Collins

Sport

Aaron Hernandez case shows gridiron ‘destroys brains’

ByDave Hannigan

Brothers jailed for ‘nasty’ attack on two gardaí

Italy sack Gian Piero Ventura after World Cup failure

Zimbabwe under coup: ‘So far it’s life as normal’

ByJenna Clarke-Molloy

‘The apology is fine. It’s never going to bring my baby home’

ByLouise Roseingrave

State to provide extra €2.5m to countries at risk from climate change

ByKevin O'Sullivan

Markets

Tullow shares hit by oil price decline

ByJoe Brennan

Solving Africa’s chronic shortage of surgeons

ByMiliard Derbew and John Hyland

Opposition to medicinal cannabis misguided, say doctors

ByConor Pope

Air rage accused charged with stealing two Ryanair paninis

ByBarry Roche

Wife of man shot dead in Nigeria wins appeal over refugee status refusal

ByMary Carolan

Man pleads guilty to making false assault claim against gardaí

ByBarry Roche

Volunteers giving only food to homeless ‘not helpful’, official says

ByOlivia Kelly, Simon Carswell, Kitty Holland and Vivienne Clarke

Dutch minister says Russia is manipulating public opinion

ByPeter Cluskey

Court clears examiner to seven Gerry Barrett firms to agree deal with investor

ByAodhan O'Faolain

Rugby or Hurling? For Ronan Lynch, the choice was simple

ByIan O'Riordan

Golf

Moynihan and McGee in final-day battle to secure European Tour cards

ByBrian Keogh

Middle East

Lebanon accuses Saudi Arabia of holding its PM hostage

Standing up to be counted: Women’s Caucus hold first working meeting

ByPeter Murtagh

Homelessness volunteers defended after Eileen Gleeson remarks

ByMichael O'Regan

Russia and Venezuela agree $3bn debt restructuring

ByHenry Foy and John Paul Rathbone

Ryanair boss denies calling pilots ‘overpaid under worked peacocks’

Sinn Féin TDs advised not to engage in social media spats

BySarah Bardon

Africa

Mugabe’s rule appears over as Zimbabwe military takes charge

ByJoseph Cotterill, Tony Hawkins and David Pilling

DUP says Corbyn ‘clearly partisan’ towards republicanism

ByDenis Staunton

Books

Nicola Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize with H(a)ppy

ByMartin Doyle

Coroner wants seatbelt campaign after death of 18-year-old

ByLouise Roseingrave

UK to appeal to Iran to free jailed aid worker, says Boris Johnson

Call for director of homeless body to ‘consider’ position

BySeán Dunne

Firefighters bring blaze at tower block near Belfast under control

Varadkar’s homeless comments reveal his true colours

ByÁine Carroll

France and Germany call for tougher measures on carbon emissions

ByKevin O'Sullivan

Convicted sex offender has suspended part of sentence activated

Homelessness in Ireland is ‘not normal’, says charity head

ByHugh Linehan

MP labelled Brexit ‘mutineer’ reports death threats to police

ByDenis Staunton

Minister ‘frustrated’ at work to stop housing crisis not being recognised

BySarah Burns

Minister says Alan Kelly is engaging in smear campaign against him

ByMarie O’Halloran

Horseracing vet admits possessing unlicensed animal products

ByConor Kane

Pregnant woman got no information on drug linked to birth defects

ByMarie O’Halloran

Two arrested over death of Englishman (21) in Co Mayo

ByMark Hilliard

HSE: Tackling rogue pregnancy agencies is constant battle

BySarah Bardon

Irish patients waiting longer for new drugs, say pharma firms

ByDominic Coyle

Ciarán Murphy: Rathnew’s brought shockwaves and smiles

ByCiarán Murphy

Eamon Dunphy says Martin O’Neill no longer a good manager

ByMark Hilliard

No comment from Donald Trump on scandal around Roy Moore

BySuzanne Lynch