Article Index

Darragh Ó Sé’s guide to the Kerry starting team

By Darragh Ó Sé

Seamus Darby, the man who scored ‘that’ goal, to release his autobiography

By Ronan McGreevy

Health

Risk of cancer from HRT is double that of original estimate, study shows

By Dr Muiris Houston

Travel

A fan of art and wine? Weekend in the K Club is a real treat

By Jo Linehan

Kerry fights to defend Kingdom’s four-in-a-row team as best of all time

By Ronan McGreevy

History

McVerry Trust to redevelop building in Quaker cemetery to house homeless

By Olivia Kelly

Obituaries

Felice Gimondi obituary: Cycling great came up against Merckx in his prime

Little scope for agreement on backstop by October

By David Henig

Life & Style

Dublinbikes scheme, 10 years on: ‘It has sort of reached a plateau’

By Sarah Burns

He said I should be fed bananas: bus drivers speak about racist abuse

By Jack Power

Security for Irish diplomats in danger zones to be intensified

By Conor Gallagher

Social Affairs

Free travel scheme in doubt amid fears of overuse

By Seán McCárthaigh

The banjo boys are back in town: this week’s best traditional gigs

By Siobhán Long

Ezra Furman: ‘It’s in my blood to have a fear about encouraging fascism’

By Ed Power

Art

Art in Focus: Untitled (Plate, Grapes, Pear & Jug) by William Scott

By Aidan Dunne

Poptastic party at Electric Picnic: This week’s best rock and pop gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

TV & Radio

Netflix is a huge disappointment in the ‘Golden Age of TV’

By Hugh Linehan

Shaun Davey: ‘I got to know where the sweet spot is on the uilleann pipes’

By Siobhán Long

Joanne McNally: On My Cultural Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Stage

Women in comedy: ‘We’re not allowed to be okay... It has to be good’

By Amy O'Connor

TV & Radio

Shot of reality: As vaccinations decline, Miriam O’Callaghan injects some sense

By Mick Heaney

Electric Picnic 2019: Five acts to catch on Saturday

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Film

The Troubles on film: ‘Hollywood has done everywhere and it’s always wrong’

By Donald Clarke

No place left to show: How Dublin is turning into a cultural ghost town

By Peter Crawley

Black Jam: An envelope-pushing show to rock the Abbey to its foundations

By Dean Van Nguyen

This week’s best classical music gigs

By Michael Dervan

Fine Art & Antiques

Treasures from Kennys Bookshop and 40 pieces of silver

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Gird your loins. It’s the Fringe

By Deirdre Falvey

Film

Finn Wolfhard: ‘I only started acting because I wanted to be a film-maker’

By Tara Brady

Art

Vibrant decade of art in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar

By Aidan Dunne

The best jazz gigs happening across Ireland this week

By Cormac Larkin

Politics

‘Armed struggle is pointless. It’s not going to achieve anything’

By Freya McClements

Financial Services

Minister refuses to release details of Makhlouf report

By Craig Hughes

US opioid ruling redraws the lines for Big Pharma

By Stephen Starr

‘Ready for what? It is completely unknown’ – Brexit and the Border

By Simon Carswell

Fashion

Tweeds with a twist: Louise Kennedy’s autumn-winter luxury

By Deirdre McQuillan

Gerry Thornley: RWC dreams will be sealed or shredded in Cardiff

By Gerry Thornley

Education

€20m would provide free primary school books to all

By Peter McGuire

Chicken, cheese and sun-dried tomato rolls

By Vanessa Greenwood

Dublin ready to make Kerry witness fall of football's final frontier

By Seán Moran

Racing

Gordon Elliott chasing a $500,000 prize on the flat in Kentucky

By Brian O'Connor

Seán Moncrieff: Poo. You should think more about it

By Sean Moncrieff

History

United Ireland: De Valera’s secret plan for unification

By John Horgan

Hard Brexiteers simply don’t know their Irish history

By Paul Gillespie

Packed lunch inspiration for the real ‘new year’

By Jess Murphy

Property

Make a move to Harold’s Cross: from Bikram to bowling, there’s plenty on offer

By Tanya Sweeney

Quichotte: Salman Rushdie, you’re no Cervantes

By Declan O'Driscoll

Interiors

Nine ways to give your house some colour

By Alanna Gallagher

Ham and cheese muffins

By Jess Murphy

Breda O’Brien: We need to mobilise our empathy to save the planet

By Breda O'Brien

Environment

What’s this spider called? Readers’ nature queries

By Ethna Viney

The Adversary (2000) by Emmanuel Carrère: A monstrous vanity

By Rob Doyle

Life & Style

Dún Laoghaire’s continuing failure to reinvent itself

By Jennifer O'Connell

Travel

Uncovering the mysteries and thrills of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands

By Martin Doyle

David McWilliams: Dún Laoghaire typifies Ireland’s poor use of land

By David McWilliams

Little Fox, Ennistymon: This place makes me giddily optimistic about the world

By Catherine Cleary

Remarkable return to government on the cards for Fianna Fáil

By Pat Leahy

Salman Rushdie: ‘I’m like a lot of people these days with a fluid identity’

By Adrian McKinty

Apple trail mix

By Jess Murphy

The Drogheda feud hits its ‘Regency Hotel’ point of no return

By Conor Lally

IRA 1994 ceasefire: Did London and unionism miss an opportunity?

By Gerry Moriarty

Ease the lunch grind with tasty baked snacks

By Vanessa Greenwood

Environment

Decline in numbers of wintering waterbirds continues apace

By Michael Viney

The future of reading: Paperback, hardback or augmented reality?

By Shane Hegarty

Move over, hard men: 2019 has been the summer of the Soft Boy

By Jennifer Gannon

New Irish Writing winning story, August 2019: Familiar Strangers

By Michael Naghten Shanks

Beetroot hummus with oatcakes

By Jess Murphy

Poem of the week: Seed (for Greta Thunberg)

By Pat Boran

Interiors

Space dividers, spring bulbs and sprucing up your shed

We now have the true measure of Boris Johnson

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Property

Student digs: the house rules that make it work

By Polly Dennison

New Irish Writing winning poem, August 2019: Luna

By Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe

Drink

White delights: there’s more to southern Rhône than reds

By John Wilson

Jennifer O’Connell: Why do we ‘hate-follow’ people on social media?

By Jennifer O'Connell

YA fiction and poetry round-up: thought-provoking titles for teen readers

By Claire Hennessy

The Dublin 7 coffee company staffed by former prisoners

By Harry McGee

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘How dare they leave out the hyphen?’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Maeve Higgins: ‘It’s weird when you leave Ireland, right? I felt a bit guilty’

By Una Mullally

Dublin v Kerry: Final countdown to potentially historic clash

By Aonghus Ó Maicín

Dublin’s press pack can be the headline act against Kerry

By Malachy Clerkin

Matt Williams: Rediscovering physicality and aggression must be Ireland’s priority

By Matt Williams

Beyond the Menu: what keeps Ireland’s chefs cooking?

By Marie Claire Digby

Stage

Crime and punishment and gorilla suits: this week’s theatre highlight

By Peter Crawley

Gerry Thornley: Cardiff the final audition as Schmidt sharpens knife

By Gerry Thornley

Middle East

Iran shows off undamaged satellite after failed launch

Irish-backed company criticises ‘sham’ Nigerian criminal inquiry of gas deal

By Mark Paul

Gilded Kingdom – the secret of Kerry football

By Keith Duggan

Work

GAA amateurs could score some tax relief

Outrage as Boris Johnson stops Corbyn and Co in their tracks

By Colin Gleeson

Michael Walker: Things fall apart and the cynical men clean up

By Michael Walker

Blood on the line: true confessions of the Kerry-Dublin football fan

By Ian O'Riordan

Transport

Job cuts first item on agenda for new Ryanair DAC chief

Everyone has a no-deal Brexit plan – until they get punched in the mouth

Man aged in late 70s dies in Co Waterford house fire

By Sarah Burns and Barry Roche

Gardaí seize cocaine in north Co Dublin

By Sarah Burns

Michelle O’Neill to face challenge to her role at ard fheis

Electric Picnic 2019 day two: revellers hope for better weather

By Sarah Burns

Technology

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has his account briefly hacked

Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong police fire teargas and water cannon at protesters

Electric Picnic 2019: ‘Ferocious’ Scary Éire party like it’s 1991

By Ed Power

RWC warm-up: Wales 17 Ireland 22 (FT)

France complete RWC prep with seven try rout of Italy

Fiji emphasise their counter-attacking threat in Tonga win

UK parliament suspension: protesters march in Belfast

By Amanda Ferguson

UK parliament suspension: thousands protest, chanting ‘stop the coup’

Wolfe Tones frontman Brian Warfield diagnosed with Parkinson’s

By Brian Hutton

Gold for Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy in Austria

By Liam Gorman

Clean-air campaigners block traffic on Dublin’s Lower Liffey Street

By Sarah Burns

United held by 10-man Southampton

Europe

France to run month-long customs rehearsal for no-deal Brexit

Mass for Irish engineer killed in plane crash told someone must take responsibility

By Gordon Deegan

Jessica Pratt at Electric Picnic: a fine frisson of freak-folk

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Two arrested after protest against Irish unity march in Glasgow sparks riot

World

Hurricane Dorian: Storm strengthens to dangerous category 4

Electric Picnic’s perfect moment came late on Saturday afternoon

By Ed Power

TV & Radio

Valerie Harper, star of Rhoda sitcom, dies at 80

Wales 17 Ireland 22: Ireland player ratings

By John O'Sullivan

Ireland get green machine back on the road

By Gerry Thornley

Callum Robinson earns Sheffield United late point at Chelsea

Man City make predictably light work of Brighton

Inhaler at Electric Picnic: Bono’s son’s band make their own noise

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Round-up: Leicester and Jamie Vardy see off Bournemouth

Technology

Tech Tools: Improve your drone photography

By Ciara O'Brien

Golf

McIlroy within striking distance despite late stumble

Environment

Climate change: Ireland plans to plant 440m trees by 2040

By Brian Hutton

Barcelona’s patchy start continues with Osasuna draw

Wales 17 Ireland 22: Five things we learned

By John O'Sullivan

Man (50s) dies after road traffic crash in Co Carlow

Europe

One dead, nine wounded after suspected knife attack near Lyon in France

Something squalid amidst the baked goods at Marks & Spencer

By Donald Clarke

Tough calls weighing heavily on Joe Schmidt

By Gerry Thornley

Senior Catholic cleric calls for end to Co Louth violence

By Elaine Keogh

The Moor the merrier for Liverpool

Bennett keeps powder dry at Vuelta

By Shane Stokes

Kurt Zouma subjected to racist abuse after own goal

Bonnie Tyler at Electric Picnic: Total eclipse of a mass orgasm of nostalgia

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Charli XCX at Electric Picnic: pop nirvana, then a surprise, then it gets really good

By Amy O'Connor

Gardaí investigate suspected gun attack on patrol van in Darndale

By Brian Hutton and Sarah Burns

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17046 by Crossheir – Saturday, August 31st, 2019

By Lorna Kernan

Fire breaks out at multi-storey car park in Douglas shopping centre

By Barry Roche and Polly Dennison

Christine and the Queens at Electric Picnic: Standout show from a singular performer

By Amy O'Connor

Electric Picnic 2019: Five unmissable final-day acts

By Tony Clayton-Lea