28 October, 2021 Digital News Archive

Time for climate action is now

ByKevin O'Sullivan

Opinion

Finn McRedmond: Is Facebook a scapegoat for all society’s ills?

ByFinn McRedmond

What Vienna’s experience can teach us about achieving climate transition

ByNaomi O'Leary

Opinion

Newton Emerson: No hurry in London for Stormont stability

ByNewton Emerson

Ticket touting and soccer game

More poet laureates please

Royal visit and Coleraine university

Meaningful Christmas

Better public transport

In praise of school libraries

Old narratives and Armagh service

Rezoning and housing

Science or superstition in US

Energy blackouts and voluntary demand

Threat of Zemmour

Human cost of US, EU, UN sanctions

Property industry and the housing crisis

‘Demanding’ five-year social housing targets issued to councils

ByOlivia Kelly

Level the climate playing field

Learning to live with Covid

Science

Goodbye conkers? Our personal relationships with nature are endangered

ByYvonne Buckley

Hedge fund manager set up Irish fund to carry out cum-ex scheme

ByJack Power

Science

‘We can switch to cleaner fuels that don’t end up polluting our atmosphere’

ByClaire O'Connell

Innovation

Unwind: The snack bar that encourages you to have a good night’s sleep

ByOlive Keogh

Facebook will shrug off the latest onslaught of bad press

ByKarlin Lillington

Culture

What Albert Camus can teach us about friendship

ByJoe Humphreys

Forget cars, electric motorbikes could be the next big thing

ByNeil Briscoe

Opinion

Ireland is on the cusp of yet another Covid-related disaster

ByRuairí Brugha

Racing

Frankie Dettori: ‘When I go to races, I’m like an actor going on stage’

BySimon Hattenstone

Greening of financial markets driving rise in study of sustainability

ByBarry McCall

SFI director general Prof Mark Ferguson reflects on a busy and eventful year

ByBarry McCall

Google Pixel 6 Pro: A world apart from its predecessors

ByCiara O'Brien

New MacBook chips offer more power and greater efficiency

ByCiara O'Brien

Tech Tools: Sony pitches new Alpha 7 IV as the ultimate hybrid camera

ByCiara O'Brien

October bank holiday busiest weekend of 2021 for Irish airports

ByBarry O'Halloran

Commercial Property

Cushman & Wakefield’s Irish arm sees €3.5m loss over Covid curbs

ByBarry O'Halloran

Relm Finance prepares to launch its fourth fund

ByCiarán Hancock

Sonia O’Sullivan: adventurous times on the Villanova tracks revisited

BySonia O'Sullivan

Restored grande dame in Dún Laoghaire with separate apartment for €2.3m

ByBernice Harrison

Property

Town and Country: What will €1.75m buy in Dublin and Galway?

ByElizabeth Birdthistle

Property

I just bought a penthouse apartment. Am I entitled to design documents?

Gaelic Games

Fitzgerald ready to turn focus elsewhere as he adjusts to the new normal

ByPaul Keane

Restaurants

Woodruff review: Exemplary dining at the foot of the Dublin mountains

ByCorinna Hardgrave

Joanne O’Riordan: It’s time to invest in and support women’s sport

ByJoanne O'Riordan

Katie McCabe shows fire and ice in Ireland’s generational win

ByGavin Cummiskey

Beside the seaside: Victorian five-bed in Greystones seeks €1.395m

ByElizabeth Birdthistle

Science

Antrim beef farmer finds a key to cutting agricultural emissions

BySylvia Thompson

Backing on to Burrow beach: Refurbished house in Howth for €1.695m

ByBernice Harrison

Property

Houses on RTÉ’s ‘Exclusive Homes’ show do sell, but not always for the asking price

ByFiona Reddan

Abroad

Five things no one tells you about grief: A bereaved daughter writes

ByPaula Gahan

Hotel accounts help illustrate success of Covid business supports

Mews on secret Dublin 4 street for €1.3m

ByAlanna Gallagher

Books

Amor Towles: ‘Trumpism is absolutely tied to the failure of the American Dream’

ByEdel Coffey

Twin-track approach suits Ireland as Careys continue their rise to the top

ByMary Hannigan

Luxurious Georgian on Leeson Street with separate mews for €2.95m

ByAlanna Gallagher

Caelan Doris glad he took 'tough decision' to seek specialist advice

ByJohnny Watterson

Spending hours in traffic is not the return many envisaged – or want

ByPadraig O'Morain

Media

Spotify’s business model is still all verse, no chorus

Barcelona sack Ronald Koeman after Rayo Vallecano defeat

Britain condemns France’s ‘unjustified’ threat to block fishing boats

ByDenis Staunton

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: Imagination required from GAA and TV companies for Tailteann Cup

ByCiarán Murphy

Film

Rust assistant director admits gun Alec Baldwin shot was not thoroughly checked

EA’s Irish arm sees losses narrow

ByCiara O'Brien

Relm Finance to launch fourth fund, busy weekend at airports, and Facebook fatigue

ByNora-Ide McAuliffe

Asia-Pacific

Taiwan’s president says threat from China ‘increasing every day’

Volkswagen cuts deliveries outlook as chip crisis bites

Former Scotland and Lions forward Sandy Carmichael dies aged 77

Environment

Human activity turning protected forests into carbon emitters

Ronald Koeman sacked as Barca boss; Caelan Doris outlines concussion symptoms

ByNathan Johns

Quade Cooper, Samu Kerevi and Sean McMahon withdraw from Australia squad

ByBret Harris

Asia-Pacific

New Zealand to begin easing Covid-19 border restrictions

Orange weather alert extended with more heavy rain expected

ByRonan McGreevy

Quinton de Kock must explain his walkout on South Africa

ByAndy Bull

Farming & Food

C&C signals Irish price increase as it reports rise in revenue

ByMark Paul and Ciara O'Brien

Environment

Cop26: Our last chance to tackle climate catastrophe

BySorcha Pollak

Permanent TSB’s lending rises as its non-performing loans fall

ByCiara O'Brien

Spacious modern home in a quiet corner of Booterstown for €1.25m

ByKevin Courtney

Ryanair to pay refunds within five working days in customer service boost

ByBarry O'Halloran

Advertising Feature

Understanding the menopause: 50% of the population will experience menopause

TV & Radio

Netflix releases first trailer for Tiger King 2

ByAdrian Horton

Markets

European stocks struggle as Volkswagen offsets earnings cheer

Quinton de Kock apologises and agrees to take the knee

Democrat moderates bury proposed US billionaires tax

ByLauren Fedor and James Politi

Xavi accepts offer to return to Barcelona to replace Ronald Koeman

ByFabrizio Romano

Obituaries

Thomas Ryan obituary: A history painter of exceptional talent

Culture

DNA from Sitting Bull’s hair confirms US man is his great-grandson

Newcastle fan who collapsed during Spurs game discharged from hospital

Norwegian Air’s third quarter revenue rises as travel picks up

ByCiara O'Brien

People

‘Perfect’, the two-syllable word that has become a default response

ByRosita Boland

Half of people polled feel Ireland should go beyond 51% emissions cut

ByJack Power

Damian Devaney: ‘Access to the Effies is an opportunity for Irish creative agencies’

Marcus Rashford admits embarrassment after Liverpool loss

Samsung warns supply chain upsets may hit chip demand

Siro announces €620m investment to upgrade broadband network

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Pat McDonagh claims Irish Water quoted €720,000 to connect motorway plaza

ByTim O'Brien

Man’s prosecution for allegedly driving under influence of cannabis halted

ByEllen O’Riordan

Paralympic medallist Niamh McCarthy announces her retirement

ByNathan Johns

Josh Cavallo: ‘I have never smiled so much in my life’

Retail sales lift as consumers return to bars and spend more on cosmetics

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Coronavirus: Another 2,605 cases reported in State

ByVivienne Clarke and Sarah Burns

Northern Ireland preparing to open up in ‘uncertain’ pandemic period

Education

West and northwest to get Ireland’s newest university

How does moving jobs affect your pension?

ByBarry McCall

Microfinance Ireland partners with SBCI to privide SME loans

ByCiara O'Brien

AIB appoints ex-Virgin Money chief as chairman

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

An Irish Diary

Light Entertainment - An Irish voice from the Charge of the Light Brigade

ByFrank McNally

Businessman who organised flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala convicted

‘Cowardly crime’: Man claimed IRA link in letter demanding €50,000 from woman

ByStephen Maguire

Airbus SE boosted its financial targets for second time this year

More than 50 witnesses set to give evidence in ‘Golfgate’ case, judge told

ByJohn Fallon

Businessman who organised Emiliano Sala flight convicted

Crime & Law

Woman questioned over Galway hit and run incident

ByJohn Fallon

Gareth Anscombe returns to Wales side for first time in more than two years

Girl alleged to have developed sleep disorder after swine flu vaccine settles case for €1m

Coronavirus: Moscow starts non-working period as infections and deaths soar

EY Hockey League Preview: Ireland internationals have choice to return to club action

ByMary Hannigan

Facebook after the whistleblower: can Zuckerberg reboot the social network?

ByHannah Murphy, Dave Lee and Madhumita Murgia

Former senior politicians criticise social media and its effect on public life

ByPatsy McGarry

Stage

Selina Cartmell to step down as artistic director of Gate Theatre

ByOlivia Powell

Media

Graham Norton takes 36% hit to TV pay on back of Covid

ByGordon Deegan

European ministers call for Israel to reverse plans to expand settlements in West Bank

ByColm Keena

Andy Farrell sees November series as start of World Cup countdown

ByGerry Thornley

Africa

Coalition politics increasingly on the cards for South Africa

ByBill Corcoran

ECB holds firm on view that inflation surge is temporary

Theranos trial: Holmes ‘targeted rich families as backers’ over investment firms

US economy slows as supply chain issues and pandemic restrain activity

Low vaccine uptake among Central and Eastern European communities - CSO

ByJack Power and Simon Carswell

Motors

Mercedes’ new SL returns to the model’s roots

ByNeil Briscoe

Energy-rich Sakhalin island charts Russia’s course to greener future

ByDaniel McLaughlin

Years of progress in women’s rights reversed by Covid, report warns

ByKitty Holland

Racing

Minella Indo heads classy quintet in Down Royal’s Champion Chase

Plans for 166 build-to-rent apartments on Prussia Street site

ByColm Keena and Jade Wilson

Grafton Street protester charged with endangerment of life with firework

ByTom Tuite

More late-stage cancers being diagnosed after screening delays, charity says

BySarah Burns

HSE secures High Court order requiring man with psychiatric illness to wear GPS device

ByMary Carolan

Angling Notes: Kilmeaden fishing contests raise funds for river rescue group

ByDerek Evans

Innovation

Trinity College to close Science Gallery on Dublin campus

ByCiarán Hancock

Aer Lingus to fly to 62 destinations from next summer

ByBarry O'Halloran

Man (37) shot dead at his front door as he spoke to mother on phone, court hears

ByEoin Reynolds

Education

Teachers call for contact tracing for asymptomatic pupils

ByArthur Beesley

ICCL says properly implemented systems could have prevented abuse at Donegal care home

ByKitty Holland

Woman takes legal action to prevent 19.5m antenna next to home in Co Cavan

Sean FitzPatrick appeals planning refusal for Wicklow home

ByGordon Deegan

US tech company NetApp to open international headquarters in Cork

ByCiara O'Brien

Work

‘Moving to Berlin was one of the best decisions I’ve made'

ByBarbara McCarthy

Africa

Sudanese army faces widening opposition to coup as protests intensify

Your Money

Revenue urges homeowners to pay property tax as deadline looms next week

ByMark Paul

Jury begins deliberating in trial of parents accused of neglect and cruelty

Ardagh’s metal packaging unit raises earnings outlook

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Phone belonging to man accused of murder connected to cell site close to victim’s body

ByAlison O'Riordan

Varadkar expects it will be possible to offer Covid-19 jabs to children within months

ByCormac McQuinn

Covid pass for double-jabbed ‘Adolf Hitler’ subject of Dutch inquiry

ByPeter Cluskey

Golf

Pádraig Harrington goes back to his roots with Marlay Park public putting green

ByPhilip Reid

Markets

European markets rise as ECB keeps stimulus going

ByMark Paul

Farmers being deterred from moving into forestry, conference told

ByConor Pope

Koeman’s sacking by Barcelona the inevitable culmination of a long goodbye

BySid Lowe

An Irish Diary

Musical Mystery Tour - Landfried (contd), and the origins of The Ould Triangle

ByFrank McNally

Tickets still in, crowd surfing out in new rules for live entertainment and nightclubs

ByCormac McQuinn

Pioneering woman artist’s masterwork is successfully restored at National Gallery

ByConor Pope

Golfer who lost part of finger while assisting carpenter awarded €101,495

Poland must undo judicial overhaul to get EU Covid aid, commission chief says

Czech billionaire in talks to take minority stake in West Ham

ByJacob Steinberg

Pedestrian hit by Luas and taken to hospital with serious injuries

ByRonan McGreevy

New restrictions can be avoided if numbers remain stable, says Varadkar

ByCormac McQuinn

Facebook changes corporate name to Meta as it targets immersive digital world

ByCiara O'Brien

Cheltenham hero Vanillier ready to start his new career over fences

Embassy musical event will show Dublin and London still in tune

ByDenis Staunton

Q&A: How the new antigen test system will work for close contacts

BySarah Burns

Crime & Law

Garda watchdog ‘not remotely reassured’ by response to cancelled 999 calls

ByConor Gallagher

Hauliers claim lifting cap on worker permits ‘is not the issue’

ByTim O'Brien

Migrants and pregnant women to be targeted in new HSE vaccination campaign

ByRonan McGreevy

Foster and New Zealand unconcerned by Welsh hard luck stories

Gender equality remains a ‘contested political issue’ facing UN

ByJade Wilson

Environment

Dublin parks gave mental lift in lockdown

ByOlivia Kelly

Apple results hit by supply chain woes and miss market expectations

Amazon’s forecast disappoints as labour, supply issues mount

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17717 by Crossheir – Thursday, October 28th, 2021

ByLorna Kernan

Kayaking incident happened due to disregard of warnings, report finds

ByJade Wilson

‘Shocking low’ awareness of what to do in the event of stroke

ByTim O'Brien

Older people disproportionately affected by pandemic, study finds

ByPatsy McGarry

Man convicted of sexual abuse claims lockdown may have put pressure on jury

ByPaul Neilan

Yesterday’s solutions won’t necessarily solve tomorrow’s problems

ByBarry McCall

Making up for lost time: planning your pension

BySandra O'Connell

Advertising Feature

Creativity: the first line of defence in times of crisis

Pension planning: mastering the costs of compliance

ByEdel Corrigan

Creativity: first line of defence in times of crisis

Retirement represents decision time on pension investment options

ByBarry McCall

Live long and prosper: how to plan for a comfortable retirement

ByBarry McCall

Pensions: When enough can be too much

ByBarry McCall

Early drawdown of a pension can give you access when you need it most

ByBarry McCall

Another target date for an auto-enrolment pension scheme likely to be missed

ByBarry McCall

Pensions: Preparing for a changed world

UCD announces €350 million loan to facilitate huge expansion in student numbers

ByRonan McGreevy

‘Mortality risk versus investment risk’ of annuity pensions

BySandra O'Connell

How green is your pension?

ByBarry McCall

Defined benefit pensions: Are they really the Rolls Royce of retirement funds?

ByBarry McCall

Tax breaks play key role in hitting €400,000 pension target

ByJillian Godsill

Pensions: Preparing for a changed world

ByBarry McCall

John Treacy to retire as Sport Ireland chief executive at the end of December

ByIan O'Riordan

IORP II: A bigger deal than it sounds for standalone pensions

ByBarry McCall

Editorials

The Irish Times view on trade unions: Adapting to a changing world

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Franco-British fishing row: The language of force