Article Index

Eight interior design ideas for children’s rooms

By Alanna Gallagher

A castle earns its keep in Kilkenny

By Alanna Gallagher

Fine Art & Antiques

Oscar-winning luggage surfaces in Laois sale

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Gardening

Dig now for victory in the kitchen garden

By Fionnuala Fallon

An Irish Diary

Church services

Design Moment: Componibili Modules, 1967

By Bernice Harrison

Fine Art & Antiques

What has sold and what is new in the auction rooms

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Fashion

Louise Kennedy leaves Merrion Square for Ballyfin to show new collection

By Deirdre McQuillan

Houseworks: how to clean a funky washing machine

By Liz Dwyer

A Frankenstein Bill to protect from the shock of a hard Brexit

By Simon Carswell

Education

Trinity students top at The Irish Times Debate grand final

By Aaron Bowman

Anglo shredder to ‘have his say’ on trial before committee

By Simon Carswell

Little sign of ‘robophobia’ in town on cusp of automation

By Conor Pope

Golf

Johnson takes advantage of McIlroy’s struggles on the greens

By Ewan Murray

A page of poetry

Power to the pollinators

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Fianna Fáil: preparing for election season

Raising the dead

Dundalk ‘sneeringly hostile’ to IRA in War of Independence

By Ronan McGreevy

Novelist Catherine Dunne wins prestigious Irish PEN Award

By Aine McMahon

Unification by consensus

Empty Congress seat a signal of US election integrity crisis

By Suzanne Lynch

No-deal Brexit and a second referendum

Why no-one cried halt to hospital overspend

Making a meal of Brexit

A little question

Abortion and privacy

Obituaries

Bruno Ganz obituary: Actor best known for playing Hitler

Losing two jobs in five

Enda Kenny discussed post-Brexit sea route on January trip to Berlin

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Healthcare and envy

Priest calls for co-operation with PSNI at funeral of Pat Ward

By Gerry McLaughlin

Biodiversity and the need for a living planet

Obituaries

John Stalker obituary: British police officer who led ‘shoot-to-kill’ inquiry

Paisley says partitioning North from rest of the UK ‘not a runner’

By Gerry Moriarty and Jack Power

Carbon tax increases should be reinvested as grants, says Martin

By Fiach Kelly

Guardiola believes Sarri will get same lack of support as Conte

By Jamie Jackson

Independence narrative must be freed of sweeping statements

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Denying women access to legitimate choices and hope

By Breda O'Brien

The best traditional music events this week

By Siobhán Long

Independents in Dáil have assumed comfortable role

By Fiach Kelly

No-deal Brexit throws up really big calls on jobs, the rural economy and peace

By Cliff Taylor

Instant Hotel: Backbiting and bitchiness make this Aussie show a real trip

By Jennifer Gannon

New artist of the week: Lizzo

By Niall Byrne

Podcast of the Week: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

By Sarah Griffin

This Album Changed My Life: Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)

By Niall Byrne

Art

Art in Focus: The Sphinx Half in Shadow and Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt’ by Nathaniel Hone the younger

By Aidan Dunne

Stage

About a boy: Hamnet heads up this week’s theatre highlights

By Peter Crawley

Eoghan McDermott: ‘I just didn’t like myself when I was drunk’

By Mick Heaney

The week’s best rock and pop gigs: From Kojaque to Massive Attack

By Tony Clayton-Lea

We should the end the myth surrounding Cancel Culture

By Seamas O'Reilly

Robbie Ryan: From Dún Laoghaire to an Oscar nomination

By Una Mullally

Emilie Pine: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

In a word ... laughter

By Patsy McGarry

Best jazz concerts this week: Comet is Coming, Ben Castle and Sue Rynhart

By Cormac Larkin

Alma: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

Art

Rembrandt: the first great ‘selfie’ artist

By Lara Marlowe

Let the lute one in: this week’s classical highlights

By Michael Dervan

Art

Five art exhibitions to see this week

By Aidan Dunne

Wanted in the US: an Irish-linked paedophile who lived the high life

By Ruaidhri Giblin

The British public is disconnected from the reality of Brexit

By Eleanor Tiernan

Obituaries

Nora Bennis obituary: anti-abortion and divorce campaigner

Media

Failo: rebranding of Mytaxi to Free Now misses the target

Technology

Samsung hopes folding phone will feel like value for €2,000-plus

Transport

Center Parcs set to go wild at ‘subtropical’ Longford resort

By Ronan McGreevy

History

Fintan O’Toole: The Mexico wall is Trump’s opium for a drug-saturated people

By Fintan O'Toole

What is the UK government to do about Shamima Begum?

By Jennifer O'Connell

Transport

Uber’s e-bike plan for Dublin rejected on safety grounds

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Miriam Lord’s Week: Giddiness and score-settling in a confidence-shaking Dáil session

By Miriam Lord

Business

Trump’s war on EU carmakers may hit ECB rates and even digital tax

By Joe Brennan

Polyamory: The women in love with more than one person

By Laura Kennedy

Racing

Owner unconcerned about Presenting Percy not running over fences in a year

By Brian O'Connor

The big interview: Conor Murray ready to kick on after hiccup

By Gerry Thornley

Environment

A beeline for extinction? ‘Let’s not accept that it’s too late’

By Michael Viney

Merchants of Truth: a tough-minded take on the state of modern journalism

By Stephen Phillips

History

The Swords school that had the first school computer in Ireland

By Una Mullally

Roll up, roll up: Put a spring in your step with these light lunches

By Jess Murphy

‘I can’t afford to think about healthy eating’ – a mother’s life

By Kitty Holland

More to Irish bees than honey, hives and dancing

By Paddy Woodworth

Your Fitness

Why I love . . . Brazilian jiu-jitsu

By Jo Linehan

Postman pad: Village post office with a history gets new lease of life

By Jacqui Corcoran

Permission review: Compelling take on sex and power in LA

By Sarah Gilmartin

Poem of the week: Anniversary Mother

By Eamon Grennan

Racing

Mark Walsh aiming to help Farid earn Cheltenham ticket

By Brian O'Connor

No one warns you as you leave Holles Street, ‘kids can be seriously focking annoying’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Weekend GAA football previews: Dublin the acid test for high-flying Mayo

By Malachy Clerkin

‘I write about young women searching for meaning they might never find’

By Nicole Flattery

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez review: Barking brilliant

By Eilis Ni Dhuibhne

Black pepper: The heated debate about how best to use it

By JP McMahon

Hennessy New Irish Writing: February 2019’s winning poems

By Mark Ward and Derek Coyle and Steve Denehan

Hozier: ‘If I wanted to make a f**king pop song, I would’

By Louise Bruton

Tiller and Grain: A cheerfully excellent new lunch spot for Dubliners

By Catherine Cleary

Jennifer O’Connell: Are selfies a form of self-harm?

By Jennifer O'Connell

Environment

Your nature queries answered: From death caps to cross-bred ducks

By Ethna Viney

Matt Williams: The numbers are not adding up for Ireland’s attack

By Matt Williams

The Uninhabitable Earth review: Astonishingly reductive view of impending disaster

By John Gibbons

Tofu lunch bowl with soba noodles

By Jess Murphy

Crime novels: Jane Harper, Harriet Tyce, Alex Michaelides and Fiona Barton

By Declan Hughes

David McWilliams: Can Bernie Sanders fix the broken American Dream? Yes he can

By David McWilliams

The Cut Out Girl review: moving history of WWII’s hidden children

By Michael O'Loughlin

Perfect Irish scones

By Vanessa Greenwood

Solskjær facing biggest audition at his Theatre of Dreams

By Keith Duggan

O’Shea’s return to Tipp camp a significant feather in Sheedy’s cap

By Keith Duggan

Seán Moncrieff: The world is full of Holden Caulfields

By Seán Moncrieff

Prawn, black sesame and rainbow chard wraps

By Jess Murphy

Europe

Marine Le Pen: ‘The EU is dead. Long live Europe’

By Lara Marlowe

Design a caravan for Electric Picnic and go

By Amy O'Connor

Roasted peanut rice paper rolls

By Jess Murphy

Michael Walker: For Liverpool, this is the one

By Michael Walker

A five-star retreat from bustling Belfast

By Rachel Collins

Blue wall proves insurmountable to Mayo during Jim’s watch

By Malachy Clerkin

Learning the art of travel conversation

By Fiona Hyde

Hennessy New Irish Writing: February 2018’s winning story

By Beth O'Halloran

‘The election is coming’: Fianna Fáil’s impatience for government

By Fiach Kelly

Travel Bag: fancy Japan or Sri Lanka? Brú na Bóinne? Or Mallorca or Powerscourt Hotel?

By Jo Linehan

Fashion

Time has arrived for watches from yesteryear

By Shane Hegarty

Abroad

Brexiles: ‘It has become okay to make racial comments in UK’

By Simon Carswell

Drink

‘Organic’ wine: is it worth the label it’s printed on?

By John Wilson

‘I could see the lifestyle that would have been planned out for me’

By Deirdre Falvey

Go vegan in Stoneybatter with three new eateries

By Lisa Cope

Never heard of Ariana Grande or Ryan Adams? Keep it to yourself

By Donald Clarke

JG Farrell’s Novels: The Decline and Fall of the Human Condition

By Lavinia Greacen

Fun, fish and friendship the Portuguese way

By Fergal McCarthy

On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) by Friedrich Nietzsche: A diabolical deal

By Rob Doyle

Ireland look for cohesion and continuity in Rome

By Gerry Thornley

Marlon James: It’s bullsh*t to say there is ‘high’ and ‘low’ literature

By Adrian McKinty

Back to basics: How to make the perfect Irish scone

By Vanessa Greenwood

Eddie Jones finally finds that elusive backrow balance

By Andy Bull

Life & Style

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

By Una Mullally

Drink

Award-winning Irish beers for the weekend

By Sorcha Hamilton

The Wych Elm by Tana French review: Perfect crime

By Anna Carey

The day Ireland ran out of road in Rome

By Johnny Watterson

Onus is on Wales to get under England’s skin and rattle their nerves

By Robert Kitson

Europe

Violence is main bone of contention in Catalan trial

By Guy Hedgecoe

Weekend hurling previews: Clare aiming to bounce back against Wexford

By Keith Duggan

An EU-US diplomat speaks: Trump’s election ‘required a bit of adjustment’

By Suzanne Lynch

Monica Lewinsky: ‘I’m not alone any more. For that I am grateful’

By Suzanne Lynch

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Thinking Anew: A reminder of how small and vulnerable we are

By Gordon Linney

Three MPs say they will delay Brexit if no deal reached

Man (39) dies after car collides with pick-up truck near Athlone

Housing co-op event to be held in Dublin

By Olivia Kelly

Kelleher gives Martin message on European election bid

By Marie O'Halloran

Fair is unfair – Are my Nike 4% runners a sporting advantage?

By Ian O'Riordan

Asia-Pacific

Bootleg alcohol kills at least 84 in northeast India, 200 hospitalised

Oscars 2019: Everything you need to know about the Academy Awards

By Donald Clarke

When Hitchcock met O’Casey: a forgotten strange colloboration unpicked

By Donald Clarke

Beirne shines after ‘mad dash’ with Munster

R Kelly charged with 10 counts of criminal sexual abuse – court documents

‘Pray for me’: The last letter of an RIC officer executed by the IRA

By Ronan McGreevy

IRA commander exaggerated British deaths to bolster pension claim

By Ronan McGreevy

New files covering revolutionary years released

By Ronan McGreevy

‘Our role model’: Funeral takes place of man shot dead in Darndale

By Sarah Burns

Newly-released files ‘provides window into every parish in the country’

By Ronan McGreevy

Pearse and Tara Street Dart stations closed for the weekend

By Vivienne Clarke and Dean Ruxton

Children ‘paid with fast food’ to act as runners for drug dealers

By Marie O'Halloran

Dublin keep home comforts as ‘mean spirited’ motion defeated

By Seán Moran

Tottenham's title hopes suffer major blow at Burnley

Editorials

The Irish Times view on playing the lottery: irrational appeal

The problem with banishing Shamima Begum

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Ardfheis: Martin says grassroots support extension of confidence and supply

By Harry McGee

Africa

Delayed Nigerian election goes ahead amid violence

GAA opens county grounds to other sports

By Seán Moran

Europe

Pope Francis describes feminism as ‘machismo with a skirt’

By Patsy McGarry

Golf

Leona Maguire moves into top 10 on Ladies European Tour debut

Peter O’Mahony says 2013 defeat will guard Ireland against complacency

Maternity group calls on Simon Harris to expedite case of terminally-ill midwife

By Ronan McGreevy

French new wave banish the blues against Scotland

UCC lift Fitzgibbon Cup to secure dream treble of titles

By Conor McKenna

‘Special place in hell’ for those urging border poll without plan, says Eastwood

By Marie O'Halloran

Newcastle ease relegation fears as Miguel Almiron debuts

Canaries win thriller against Bristol City to stay on top perch

Hazratullah Zazai takes Ireland apart to seal series for Afghanistan

Girl (12) in critical condition after boating accident in Limerick

By David Raleigh

Racing

Rathvinden now second-favourite for Grand National after Fairyhouse win

O’Donovan and Puspure hit form at Ireland trials

By Liam Gorman

Wales have the last laugh in Grand Slam showdown

Messi scores 50th career hat-trick and claims Barcelona back to their best

Niamh McEvoy impresses as Dublin secure comeback win over Mayo

By Daire Walsh

Question marks hang over Claude Puel after latest Leicester defeat

Meath continue promotion drive as Cork left rooted to the bottom

Gatland questions England’s ability to win the games that matter

Women’s 6N: Italy claim first win over Ireland after thriller

Dublin restore football’s world order with Mayo win

By Ian O'Riordan

Two Social Democrats board members resign over Kisyombe controversy

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Martin tells ardfheis it would be irresponsible to collapse Government

By Harry McGee

Ulster score eight tries in bonus point win over Zebre

By Michael Sadlier

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16884 by Crossheir – Saturday, February 23rd, 2019

By Lorna Kernan

Tyrone finally into their stride with crucial Monaghan win