Article Index

In a Word . . . privacy

By Patsy McGarry

Semi-final against Spain presents Ireland with a massive opportunity

By Stephen Findlater

Economy

We must take account of our financial exposure to US multinationals

Five people with disabilities appointed to public transport boards

By Fiach Kelly

Post offices: Saving rural Ireland’s ‘last man standing’

By Brian Hutton

New targets seek to double State employment of people with disabilities

By Tim O'Brien

Golf

McIlroy and Woods toil but finish within striking distance in Ohio

Politics

Hotel sector set to lose special 9% VAT rate

By Fiach Kelly

An Post says 12 post offices to shut down in coming days

By Brian Hutton and Sorcha Pollak

Life as a postmaster: ‘The money was terrible but I really loved it’

By Brian Hutton

Scramble for hockey tickets as Ireland stick it out

By Ronan McGreevy

Obituaries

Economist who had huge influence on agricultural policy and development

Obituaries

Unionist politician who was one of North’s first PR men

Markets

Is Applegreen on the right road with Welcome Break acquisition?

By Ciarán Hancock

Transport

Can mediator mend fences between Ryanair and pilots?

Four of the best traditional music concerts in Ireland this week

By Siobhán Long

Farming & Food

Guinness to expand Open Gate Brewery with food offering

By Charlie Taylor

Three of the best classical music concerts in Ireland this week

By Michael Dervan

Varadkar has shown he can do the job but he has not transformed the Government

By Pat Leahy

Business

Economy in cruise control but stormier skies ahead

By Colin Gleeson

Sunny spells – but no heatwave – for the bank holiday weekend

By Jack Power

Cliff Taylor: Ross’s grandparent payment is bonkers

By Cliff Taylor

TV & Radio

Our Shirley Valentine Summer: Scorned women back in the ITV spotlight

By Jennifer Gannon

Books in brief: Stories that are sexy, frightening and proudly ponderous

Breda O’Brien: Church must embrace accountability on sex abuse

By Breda O'Brien

New artist of the week: Goldmund

By Niall Byrne

TV & Radio

Harry Potter, taxi drivers and Kate Bush: the nocturnal animals of late-night radio

By Tanya Sweeney

History

The Times We Lived In: Faithful follow the Corpus Christi procession

By Arminta Wallace

Film

Roddy Doyle is back – and has homeless crisis in his sights

By Donald Clarke

Art in Focus: ‘River to the Sea’ by Norah McGuinness

By Aidan Dunne

Property

We lost our dream home in the recession but it came back to us

By Jacqui Corcoran

Portable apartments not reserved for homeless due to ‘ghetto’ fears

By Olivia Kelly

Diarmaid Ferriter: An election will be good for the integrity of the presidency

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Five art shows to see in Ireland this week

By Aidan Dunne

Obituaries

Second World War pilot who blazed a trail for women flyers

And the beat goes on: The week’s best jazz gigs

By Cormac Larkin

World View: Islamophobia is a clear and present danger

By Paul Gillespie

Kelleys’ bizarre creations crackle with energy of early cinema

By Aidan Dunne

Bianca Del Rio: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

TV & Radio

Podcast of the week: Bodies – sex, pleasure and medical ignorance

By Sarah Griffin

Gig of the Week: Kilkenny Arts Festival

By Hugh Linehan

A romantic encounter with Ireland’s most charismatic business mogul

By Patrick Freyne

Stage

Shakespeare’s summer sensation: This week’s theatre highlights

By Peter Crawley

This Album Changed My Life: Giant Sand – Is all over the Map (2004)

By Niall Byrne

Martyn Turner

Boys of summer: Lizzo is our new VBF

By Louise Bruton

Riding shotgun underneath the hot sun: The week’s best rock and pop gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Stage

It's a kind of magic: electric midsummer night's dreams in Kilkenny Castle

By Peter Crawley

Transport

Tourism is booming as Belfast leaves behind the shadow of the Troubles

By Amanda Ferguson

Gsoc has failed and is not fit for purpose

By Dermot Walsh

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

By Jo Linehan

Fishing port of Killybegs is now landing several cruise ships every year

By Rosita Boland

Drink

Women and the ‘blokey’ world of beer

By Sorcha Hamilton

Poem of the week: Triad for Shane MacGowan by Derek Mahon

By Derek Mahon

Africa

Protests, violence and uncertainty in powder keg of Zimbabwe’s historic election

By Bill Corcoran

Belfast City Breakers: ‘Instead of violence, we were dancing’

By Fionola Meredith

Africa Rising: US may be a powerful country, but it is on the decline

By David McWilliams

1954: A good year for an Irish woman writer to be born

By Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

The world's busiest beach is at jam-packed Dalian in China

By Clifford Coonan

Thomas Barr: I look back on Rio and think ‘did I actually do that?’

By Ian O'Riordan

Life & Style

I envy my friends’ kitchens with their glossy islands and quirky junk shop finds

By Tanya Sweeney

Life & Style

Perk up your post with a monthly subscription box

By Tanya Sweeney

The weekend's Gaelic Games previews

By Seán Moran

Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly – Enter the door stopper

By NJ McGarrigle

Hockey reaps the rich rewards of Shaw’s loss to soccer

By Johnny Watterson

Abroad

Welcome to my place . . . La Gomera, Canary Islands

By Séamus Mac Aogáin

Tourism in midlands set to bloom again

By John G O'Dwyer

The Murphy conundrum: an all-round talent in the square?

By Seán Moran

Yes by Anne Patterson review: Debut novel with nurse’s insight

By David Park

August’s recommended YA titles: sexuality, mental health and a kidnapping

By Claire Hennessy

Boundless Rory Beggan calling the shots for Monaghan

By Malachy Clerkin

Fine Art & Antiques

Rare whiskey mirror makes €11,500

By Arminta Wallace

Racing

O’Brien launches three-pronged attack on Deauville Group One

By Brian O'Connor

Country by Michael Hughes: a hard, rigorous and necessary book

By Eoin McNamee

How Growth Really Happens: Reflecting on the making of economic miracles

By Martin Doyle

‘You cried once when Elaine Crowley was on holidays and someone else was presenting Midday’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Environment

Moulting periods and the constant process of renewal

By Michael Viney

Pasta with courgettes, lemon, pine nuts and herbs

By Carmel Somers

Politics

United Ireland? ‘The south of Ireland doesn’t want us and can’t afford us’

By Susan McKay

People in the Room by Norah Lange: Macabre Argentinean classic

By Sarah Gilmartin

‘If Joyce and Beckett were around now they’d be priced out of their gaffs by an Airbnb’

By Rosita Boland

What does the heatwave have to do with my food?

By Aoife McElwain

Great Western Greenway, Co Mayo: The most scenic in Ireland

By Helen Fairbairn

Jennifer O’Connell: Spotify transforms my train home into a time machine

By Jennifer O'Connell

A brief history of Ireland in 33 great delusions

By Jennifer O'Connell

Courgettes with garlic and basil

By Carmel Somers

Restaurants

Review: Enniscoe House offers food from a few metres away

By Catherine Cleary

John Boyne: We formed a strong friendship, it developed into an unhealthy situation

By Sarah Gilmartin

Courgettes: versatile, adaptable and perfect summer vegetable

By Carmel Somers

Sweet and sour courgettes

By Carmel Somers

Recipe: Jammy dodger biscuits

By Vanessa Greenwood

Where’s the potato? A day on Dublin’s Fab Food Trail

By Marie Claire Digby

Galway now better briefed on the scale of Clare’s challenge

By Seán Moran

Charlottesville one year on: ‘Sometimes change and justice only come through discord’

By Suzanne Lynch

Environment

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney

By Ethna Viney

Your Fitness

Why I love . . . cold-water swimming

By Jo Linehan

Team Ireland at the European Athletics Championships

By Ian O'Riordan

Racing

Willie Mullins aiming to maintain Galway dominance

By Brian O'Connor

Kamasi Washington: Fists of fury wield the saxophone

By Dean Van Nguyen

Perfidious Albion review: satire on post-Brexit Britain bristles with energy

By Seán Hewitt

Education

Give me a crash course in. . . college refunds

By Carl O'Brien

Fashion

Marian Keyes: Why I’ve gone cuckoo for all things Swiss

By Marian Keyes

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson: novel approach to myths and tales

By Jonathan McAloon

Drink

Wine awards: worth the gold stickers they’re printed on?

By John Wilson

In praise of older books: Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman (1985)

By Julie Parsons

Chloe Early: ‘Without family, we are all lost at sea’

By Liz Dwyer

Sound off: The dreaded GDPR emails

By Michelle McBride

Modern Irish architecture marked by striking ‘cheapness and carelessness’

By Brian Dillon

Saddle up for a horsey holiday

By Mimi Murray

Jammy dodger biscuits

By Vanessa Greenwood

The Death of Truth review - riveting, righteous and relevant

By Stephen Phillips

Fine Art & Antiques

An art seller’s wishlist: 'The paintings I wish I’d bought for myself'

By Arminta Wallace

Nicky English: A very difficult game to call but Galway get a hesitant nod

By Nicky English

Malachy Clerkin: a booming end to the All-Ireland summer

By Malachy Clerkin

Soccer

Michael Walker: Great expectations at Leeds as Bielsa warms to his task

By Michael Walker

Swimmers urged to exercise caution when jumping into water

By Barry Roche

Fintan O’Toole: The big hold up for rural broadband is ideology

By Fintan O'Toole

Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers honoured with award

By Barry Roche

Ian O'Riordan: The befuddling summer for Kerry football men

By Ian O'Riordan

Asia-Pacific

North Korea has not stopped nuclear and missile programme, says UN

Golf

Shane Lowry firmly in the mix in Barracuda Championship

Golf

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods grouped together in US PGA

World

Helicopter crash in Russia leaves 18 dead

Motorcyclists urged to ‘ride with restraint’ over bank holiday

By Sorcha Pollak

Lost home of St Oliver Plunkett may have been uncovered by heatwave

By Louise Walsh

A shot in the arm for Test cricket as England win India thriller

O’Donovan brothers into European Championships final

By Liam Gorman

Labour councillors express support for leader Brendan Howlin

By Ronan McGreevy

Rugby

Canterbury Crusaders see off Lions to secure Super Rugby title

Hyland and McSharry into European Swimming semi-finals

Air Corps discover WW2 hillside ÉIRE sign after more than 70 years

By Ronan McGreevy

Africa

Zimbabwe opposition activists charged with public violence

World

Denmark imposes first fine under new law banning wearing of face veils

Belfast bursts with rainbow colours as thousands mark Pride

By Amanda Ferguson

Friends of trans woman who died in direct provision celebrate her life

By Jack Power and John Fallon

Ireland’s history makers see off Spain to reach World Cup final

By Stephen Findlater

Soccer

Celtic’s title defence off to a winning start against Livingston

Soccer

Sobering return to the Championship for West Bromwich Albion

Campaigners ‘sick to the stomach’ at GAA club facilitating Scientology centre

By Louise Walsh

Man arrested after body found during missing midwife search

‘A dream come true . . . anything is possible’: ecstatic reaction to World Cup final place

By Ronan McGreevy

Shane Ryan swims to European Championships bronze

Racing

Low Sun gives Willie Mullins fifth Galway feature of the week

Merciless Cork thrash Wexford to reach Under-21 hurling final

Graham Shaw hopes semi-final win can help Irish hockey blossom

By Johnny Watterson

Netherlands ‘have done their homework’ on final opponents Ireland

By Stephen Findlater

Ireland embrace the preposterous brilliance of a World Cup final

By Johnny Watterson

World

Brazil’s Workers Party names jailed Lula de Silva as presidential hope

Lydia Gurley records fifth place finish at European track Championships

By Shane Stokes

Monaghan’s desire overwhelms a listless Galway

By Gavin Cummiskey

Europe

Portugal and Spain swelter in near-record temperatures

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16713 by Crossheir – Saturday, August 4th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

David Clifford shines as Kerry footballers live and are let die

By Ian O'Riordan