Article Index

Rising to the residential challenge

By Barry McCall

Newton Emerson: Australia trade deal points to future for Northern Ireland

By Newton Emerson

Edwin Poots may be unlikely saviour of Belfast Agreement

By Alex Kane

Science

How useful is the Copernican principle of mediocrity?

By William Reville

Higher cost of building materials could ‘lock out’ more home-buyers

By Simon Carswell

HSE warned three years ago about IT system ‘weaknesses’

By Cormac McQuinn

Patient files online ‘very likely’ shared by gang targeting HSE

By Conor Lally and Cormac McQuinn

Delay in reaching net-zero carbon emissions threatens economy, conference told

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy & Kevin O'Sullivan

Airbnb rentals to be targeted in Government crackdown

By Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn

‘A man of contradictions’: Bob Dylan turns 80

By Gerard Smyth

GAA awaiting plans for crowds as fans set to return in North

By Ian O'Riordan

Culture

Five (and a bit) steps to a better life: What philosophy tells us

By Joe Humphreys

IOC relying on Olympic athletes to win the public over

By Andy Bull

Science

Crispr babies: How a rogue scientist took the role of God

By Conor Purcell

Cyberattacks: How to keep criminals out of your business

By Ciara O'Brien

Media

Goodbye Aertel, hello new rules on channel prominence

Remembering Percy Ludgate, Ireland’s first computer scientist

By Chris Horn

Covid-19 pandemic accelerates emerging trends in corporate governance

By Barry McCall

Nicola Ward happy to be busy with football again

By Mary Hannigan

Wireless earbuds that will not fall out

By Ciara O'Brien

Vaccine plant for Dublin future proofs Pfizer network in Ireland

Another Day, Another Riot, another world: Julian Gough on Toasted Heretic 30 years on

By Julian Gough

Where everybody knows your name: Bright Portobello three-bed for €875,000

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Best of both worlds in Howth bungalow with 4.5 woodland acres for €1.495m

By Bernice Harrison

Culture

Coldplay at a mini Glastonbury, Erica Cody and David Baddiel: This week’s unmissable online events

By Kevin Courtney

Property

Dublin Bus seeks proposals for redevelopment of depots

By Joyce Hickey

Stephen Kenny’s options depleted for Spanish training camp

By Gavin Cummiskey

Abroad

Running home to Ireland from all over the world to end homelessness

By Aisling Demaison

Flat land to family home: transforming a Rathmines redbrick for €1.05m

By Bernice Harrison

Property

How affordable is Dublin’s cheapest house?

By Alanna Gallagher

Mel B: ‘It was my duty to lie because in my mind there was no way out’

By Simon Hattenstone

Travel

‘We’re hoping for a good season’: Italy prepares to welcome back tourists

Property

What will €245,000 buy in Dublin and Co Cork?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Together: 10 Choices for a Better Now, reviewed by Paschal Donohoe

By Paschal Donohoe

Tayto founder’s elegant former Glenageary home with swimming pool for €4.25m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Andy McEntee admits frustration of competing in Covid era

By Paul Keane

Sonia O’Sullivan: Athletes come running to this field of Olympic dreams in California

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Catastrophising: An unhealthy natural human reaction

By Geraldine Walsh

HSE cyberattack was an accident waiting to happen

By Karlin Lillington

Joanne O’Riordan: A winning platform for women in sport

By Joanne O'Riordan

Vaccine breakthrough; airline rows; steps to stay clear of ransomware

By Dominic Coyle

myFirst Sketch Book offers a lifeline for parents drowning in children’s artwork

By Ciara O'Brien

Irish tech entrepreneurs line up to back &Open in $7.2m investment

By Charlie Taylor

Rugby

John O'Sullivan: Picking an Irish Pro14 team of the season

By John O'Sullivan

Focus turns to how HSE was left exposed to hacking

By Pat Leahy

Man jailed after robbing Cork pharmacy and escaping Garda station

By Barry Roche

Liverpool back into the top four; An Irish Pro14 team of the season

Klopp: ‘when you win the semi-final you go to a final and that’s where we are’

By Andy Hunter

Eir reports ‘solid’ third quarter despite Covid impact

By Ciara O'Brien

Man to be charged over Dublin city centre assault

By Sarah Burns

ByteDance founder to step down as chief executive

Markets

Bitcoin struggles for footing on worries over China, leverage

Asia-Pacific

Indian navy recovers 37 bodies from sunken barge after cyclone

LeBron James sinks game-winning three pointer to beat Warriors

Expect ‘significant delays’ at emergency departments, HSE warns

By Sarah Burns and Vivienne Clarke

It just feels way too soon for Coronavirus, The Musical

By Finn McRedmond

Rugby

Australia’s 2027 Rugby World Cup bid a ‘light on the hill’

US targets ‘stable, predictable’ ties with Russia

By Max Seddon and Katrina Manson

Transport

EasyJet plans to fly only 15% of pre-pandemic schedule

Removal of Traveller camps pledged in UK Conservative Facebook campaigns

By Niamh McIntyre

Holly Cairns’s Spotify playlist: ‘Dolores O’Riordan’s voice blows my mind every time’

By Shilpa Ganatra

Draper Esprit leads $30m funding round for Cervest

By Charlie Taylor

Arlene Foster meets Boris Johnson for last time as First Minister

Donnelly criticises law firms ‘licking their lips’ over potential cases from cyberattack

By Vivienne Clarke and Conor Lally

Ireland central to new EU deal on Pfizer vaccines

By Dominic Coyle

French court orders damages for thousands of victims of faulty breast implants

Councils will be asked to find out why properties are vacant, Minister says

By Vivienne Clarke

Cobh Ramblers expect to benefit from Burnley’s expansion

By Gavin Cummiskey

Markets

How cultish social media accounts fuel trading in penny stocks

By Hannah Murphy and Philip Stafford

Multiple weather warnings in place with ‘unseasonable’ winds and rain

By Ellen O'Riordan

‘F***ing lunatic... Racist, sexist pig’: Obama’s real thoughts on Trump

By Martin Pengelly

Golf

US PGA Championship: Day One

HSE online vaccine registration portal resumes after glitch

How will the Government wind down the PUP and wage subsidy scheme?

By Cliff Taylor

Media

ITV adaptation of Graham Norton novel Holding to film in Ireland this summer

By Laura Slattery

Benzema’s return amounts to a stunning admission: France need him

By Adam White and Eric Devin

Businesses need to do more on transparency and corruption risks – study

By Charlie Taylor

Fourth youth arrested over Howth Junction Dart station incident

By Sarah Burns

New meets old on Ailesbury Road for €2.75m

By Frances O'Rourke

Sawmill group Glennon Brothers buys rival Balcas

By Barry O'Halloran

Pop singer Demi Lovato comes out as non-binary

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Irish women’s hockey squad named for Euros in the Netherlands

By Johnny Watterson

Culture

Everyone Is Awesome: Lego launches its first LGBTQ+ set

By Helen Russell

Court clears data privacy inquiry on Facebook’s cross-border transfers

By Mary Carolan

Full decarbonisation may need a tripling of electricity generation

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Middle East

Arab evictions at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Mehul Srivastava

B&Q owner lifts profit view on pandemic DIY boom

Cyberattack: How are healthcare workers managing to do their jobs?

Covid: International travel may return before August, Coveney says

By Jennifer Bray

Harry Kane will do ‘what’s going to be best for me and my career’

Valeria Luiselli wins €100,000 Dublin Literary Award for Lost Children Archive

Education

Major ‘transition planning’ for students with disabilities to progress to college

By Marie O'Halloran

Record breaker: World’s largest iceberg forms in Antarctica

Transport

Travel rules bar aviation chief Willie Walsh from visiting home

By Barry O'Halloran

A plethora of prizes and a new festival

By Martin Doyle

Reopening price spikes do not mark new era of inflation – Philip Lane

By Joe Brennan

Organisers of Tokyo Olympics to press ahead despite public opposition

By Justin McCurry

Alone helpline received ‘up to 1,100 calls a day’ at height of pandemic

By Aine Kenny

Woman awarded €121,000 over ‘terrifying’ attack by pit bull terrier

By Mary Carolan

What if flying reduced your carbon footprint?

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Education

Eamon Ryan insists rents can be reduced in investor apartment stamp duty row

By Marie O'Halloran

Football club faces fundraising campaign to meet €46,000 compensation bill

By Ray Managh

Covid still a threat to Europe, travel should be avoided, WHO warns

‘The house was under attack’: Brothers jailed for harassing Dublin family

By Sonya McLean

The relationship between farmers and environmentalists is broken

By Justin McCarthy

Deirdre Morley found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her three children

By Colm Keena and Alison O'Riordan

Actions to more rapidly decarbonise world set out in Dublin climate declaration

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Commercial Property

Dispute over Dublin development sites admitted to Commercial Court

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Obituaries

RAF veteran who parachuted to safety from crashing bomber

Malin buys back €4.8m of its own shares

By Joe Brennan

Teen given two years detention for killing Deliveroo cyclist in collision

By Brion Hoban

HSE cyberattack: Minister reiterates ransom will not be paid

By Conor Lally, Marie O'Halloran and Vivienne Clarke

TikTok launches tools to help SMEs to reach customers

By Ciara O'Brien

Commercial Property

Facebook says no plans to add office in Cork

By Ciara O'Brien

Sinn Féin intends to keep voting intentions data for up to 10 years

By Cormac McQuinn

Dogs can better detect Covid in humans than lateral flow tests – study

Woman awarded €56,000 over crash involving uninsured driver

Man found guilty of murdering David Douglas in ‘meticulously planned execution’

By Paul Neilan

Social Affairs

Ex-Debenhams workers end 406-day dispute and accept €3m training fund

By Kitty Holland

HSE ransomware attack may cost lives, warns Coveney

By Conor Lally

Deirdre Morley came to believe her cherished children were ‘doomed’

By Jennifer O'Connell

Oireachtas

Closure of drive-in cinema for alleged Covid-19 breaches ‘baffling’

By Marie O'Halloran

Rugby

Borthwick eyes Challenge Cup glory despite Leicester’s underdog status

Bus Éireann targets 30% passenger growth in sustainability plan

By Colin Gleeson

Media

TG4 accuses Sky of ‘dragging feet’ on bid to get app on its service

By Laura Slattery

Minister says time is right to act on Airbnb

By Jennifer Bray and Ronan McGreevy

Covid-19: No deaths in Republic but 469 more infections

Woman left with chin scar after being hit by pint glass thrown at brother

By Brion Hoban

Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on campaign finance charges

By Angelique Chrisafis

Middle East

Ongoing turmoil undermines Trump-era policies which benefited Netanyahu

By Michael Jansen

Man guilty of gunpoint hijacking after botched armed robbery

By Paul Neilan

Jim McGuinness in the running for Dundalk job

By Gavin Cummiskey

Man (31) pleads guilty to murdering his brother in ‘tragic case’

By Eoin Reynolds

Journalist used deceit to get Princess Diana interview, report finds

Andrea Vendrame’s persistence finally pays off as he breaks Giro duck

By Shane Stokes

Ministers agree easing of restrictions in the North

By Freya McClements

Homeless man charged over attack on woman in central Dublin

By Tom Tuite

Financial Services

European shares bounce back on upbeat earnings and deals

By Joe Brennan

WeWork loses $2.1bn and a quarter of its members as lockdowns bite

Golf

US PGA Digest: Huge sums of money keeping Saudi breakaway tour in the picture

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Cornelscourt site owner wins challenge over €840,000 vacant site levy

By Sean McCárthaigh

HSE secures injunctions restraining sharing of hacked data

By Mary Carolan

Killing of McGinley children ‘an act of insanity’, father says

By Colm Keena and Jack Power

Caoilinn Hughes wins £10,000 Encore award for The Wild Laughter

By Martin Doyle

Government insists ‘no ransom will be paid’ after getting HSE decryption tool

By Conor Lally

Belfast meet organiser urges Athletics Ireland to reconsider permit support

By Ian O'Riordan

Manchester City defender Rúben Dias voted Footballer of the Year

Trinity College to move 750,000 books during restoration of Old Library

By Ronan McGreevy

Dublin City Council defends plan to extend 30km/h speed limit

By Olivia Kelly

US and Russian foreign chiefs hold ‘constructive’ talks in Iceland

Oireachtas

TDs asked ‘do we want to be on right side of history?’

By Marie O'Halloran

Man jailed for making threats to family of murdered student Cameron Blair

By Barry Roche

Suspension rules Diarmuid Byrnes out of Limerick’s game with Waterford

By Seán Moran

Middle East

Israel and Hamas agree ceasefire to end 11 days of fighting

By Mark Weiss

Gove calls on MPs to consider the benefits of the Northern Ireland protocol

By Denis Staunton

Mixed relay team claim another record time in Budapest

By Ian O'Riordan

Disconnect persists between need for climate action and getting on with it

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Gap between AstraZeneca doses to be reduced to 12 weeks

By Paul Cullen and Freya McClements

Irish regulator reports ‘less than five’ serious blood clot cases after AstraZeneca shots

By Paul Cullen

‘Honour’ of British government at stake on NI protocol

By Lara Marlowe

Ireland’s reserve of honeybees could be greatest in world

By Mark Hilliard

Racing

Jim Bolger confident Poetic Flare will bounce back to form in 2,000 Guineas

Major housing development on outskirts of Gorey denied planning

By Seán McCárthaigh

Poland’s new history syllabus to frame EU as an ‘unlawful entity’

By Derek Scally

Australian trade deal may be template for other post-Brexit agreements

By Denis Staunton

Transport

Aer Lingus to begin flights from Belfast to Glasgow in July

By Barry O'Halloran

US first lady enlists Fauci to promote jabs for teenagers

By Suzanne Lynch

Andrew McGinley: ‘What gets me out of bed is my love for them’

By Jennifer O'Connell and Jack Power

Climate crisis: ‘Everyone is an actor in this great planetary drama’

HSE still working to establish how systems were breached

By Paul Cullen

HSE data key comes from gang behind attack, authorities believe

By Conor Lally and Mary Carolan

Joshua Allen found to be in possession of €280 of cocaine

By Olivia Kelleher

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17579 by Crossheir – Thursday, May 20th, 2021

By Lorna Kernan

Golf

US PGA: Erratic opening round leaves Rory McIlroy playing a chasing game

By Philip Reid

Visa rules relaxed to allow for some family reunions and additional workers

By Sarah Burns

Vaccination appointments error an issue at Drogheda centre

By Jack Power

US makes new offer on setting global minimum corporate tax rate at 15%

By Cliff Taylor

HSE hack: Clinical, diagnostic and payroll data ‘all potentially compromised’

By Mary Carolan

TV & Radio

Eurovision 2021: Portugal and Finland do what Ireland forgot to – thrill the crowd

By Ed Power

Tax considerations on transfer of a business to the next generation

‘We’re retaining the values of our parents’

Family businesses will lead the post-Covid recovery

Farm succession: ‘The best thing I ever did for me and my family’

Roles and rules at core of business

Key considerations when buying a premises

Delivery firm in the driving seat

Team spirit helps ensure future security of company

Ireland’s resilient family businesses reboot the economy

Vital role of the board in guiding family firms through tough times

Family supermarket €20m spend with Irish suppliers

For a smooth transfer, plan early

Work

Businesses must embrace sustainability or be left behind

By Olive Keogh

Clonakilty’s black magic rules the globe

Steps for company owners to navigate debt collection

Rathwood’s online shift keeps Covid threat at bay

Succession planning is your first step in starting a family business

Thriving family business with a tale of sweet succession

A family dedicated to crowning the customer

An Irish Diary

Home Guard – Frank McNally on the Bodyke Evictions of 1887

By Frank McNally

Water charges

Higher taxes needed to fund future State spending, ESRI warns

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Editorials

The Irish Times view on US-Russian relations: Where interests collide

Eurovision Song Contest

Always the kind word

Housing and policy changes

Editorials

The Irish Times view on EU travel plans: Preparing for take-off

Apartments as homes

Miscarriage and paid leave

Life expectancy and alcohol

British government and the NI protocol

Catholic hospitals and abortion