MotorsTesla’s Model Y SUV is the world’s best-selling car this year. Should it be, though?By Neil Briscoe
BooksTopographia Hibernica by Blindboy Boatclub: Short stories that fail to play to the author’s obvious strengthsBy NJ McGarrigle
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Europe‘No one could guess it would happen like it did’: Georgia divided 20 years after Rose RevolutionBy Daniel McLaughlin
BooksTerry Hayes: ‘In Hollywood meetings, the dumbest idea tends to get the most currency because everybody can understand it’By Henrietta McKervey
Commercial PropertyFood production facility in Birr with all the trimmings seeks €3.5m By Ronald Quinlan
Commercial PropertyFully let medical investment in the heart of Dublin’s Georgian core seeks €1.25mBy Ronald Quinlan
Ireland‘The timing quite literally could not be worse’: Coffee retailers warn trouble brewing over ‘latte levy’ By Mark Hilliard
Gaelic Games‘The record this year will show you that we’re the best club team in Kerry,’ says Liam O’Connor
CourtsLegal loophole gets single day ban for driver who passed checkpoint without stopping By Mary Carolan and Cormac McQuinn
BusinessTenants to be offered new statutory ‘right to purchase’ when landlord is sellingBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
BusinessPassenger restrictions at Dublin Airport will hit all aviation activity — DAABy Colin Gleeson
RugbyGordon D’Arcy: South Africa have welcomed back proven doper Aphiwe Dyantyi with open arms - that can’t be good enoughBy Gordon D'Arcy
Rugby‘All friendships and everything will be put to the side for the few hours,’ says DorisBy Gerry Thornley
OpinionTaking the UK to court might be awkward but it’s the right thing to do morallyBy Kieran McEvoy
RugbyArcher likely to play for Munster as O’Mahony and O’Donoghue remain a doubt with injuriesBy Gerry Thornley
PeopleRóisín Ingle: Which of the three Pauls nominated for the Booker prize will win? There’s only one Paul for meBy Róisín Ingle
In the NewsPodcast: Fintan O’Toole on Ben Dunne’s profound legacy - and their strange encounterBy Sorcha PollakListen | 26:29
SoccerKen Early: Stephen Kenny took over an old bad team and turned it into a young bad teamBy Ken Early
Commercial PropertyUS investor pays €75m for social housing in Donnybrook, Dun Laoghaire and ClondalkinBy Ronald Quinlan
OpinionIt’s hard to see how having a Bloody Sunday Bridge advances bridge-buildingBy Michael McDowell
AbroadThe emotional toll of living so far away: ‘Someday, something dreadful will happen to one of those at home I love’By Laura Kennedy
Your Wellness‘My wife has a long-term illness and we have not had sex in almost 14 years’By Trish Murphy
Business Today NewsletterCentral Bank’s commercial property warning, fewer vacant homes than expected, and should you rent or buy?By Peter Flanagan
BusinessSam Altman reinstated as OpenAI’s chief executiveBy Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Tripp Mickle and Karen Weise
CompetitionsWin an an overnight stay at The Harrison Chambers of Distinction and two tickets to Grimes and McKee at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
Crime & LawSister of Denise Morgan, Irish woman killed in NY murder-suicide, warns of abusive relationshipsBy Fiachra Gallagher
USOn the 60th anniversary of JFK assassination, his nephew urges Biden to release remaining secret files By Martin Wall
Inside Politics NewsletterCeasefire deal raises hopes for hostages in Gaza as Dáil focus returns to conflict By Pat Leahy
TV & RadioSquid Game: The Challenge - It’s brutal and manipulative, and one of the best reality shows in yearsBy Ed Power
IrelandYour top stories on Wednesday: Israel and Hamas agree temporary truce, and referendum on expanding definition of the family planned
Middle East‘Significant development’: The Israel-Hamas hostage deal explainedBy Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv and Andrew England in London
IrelandImplement Defence Forces recommendations ‘urgently’ to turn around recruiting crisisBy Vivienne Clarke
Crime & LawSafeguarding children requires creating a culture where people can report concerns - expertBy Vivienne Clarke
Food MonthThe New York Times on Dublin’s culinary trail: Sophisticated food to complement all that GuinnessBy Tom Downey
Sports BriefingMary Hannigan: Stephen Kenny’s likely final game was hardly a stirring farewellBy Mary Hannigan
Middle East‘Hang in there, we’re coming’: Inside Biden’s efforts to secure Israeli hostage dealBy James Politi in Washington
USIsrael-Hamas conflict: Biden welcomes hostage deal which ‘should bring home’ more AmericansBy Martin Wall
IrelandPublic sector pay talks to begin at WRC this week as unions agree to negotiationsBy Emmet Malone and Vivienne Clarke
IrelandMartin’s Israel visit was ‘propaganda tour’, Murphy says as Tánaiste criticises ‘disinformation’By Sarah Burns
CourtsJury discharged in trial of man accused of sexually assaulting six young men in the 1990sBy Sonya McLean
Technology‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: How OpenAI’s dramatic weekend unfoldedBy Richard Waters, George Hammond and Madhumita Murgia
IrelandWeather: Ireland to experience freezing temperatures this weekend as cold air moves in from ScandinaviaBy Ronan McGreevy
OireachtasVaradkar ‘hopes’ Emily Hand will be among 50 hostages released by Hamas in captive dealBy Sarah Burns, Jack Power, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn
OireachtasLetter to Mary Lou McDonald over actions against journalists is ‘serious’ - Varadkar saysBy Sarah Burns
Climate CrisisSevere marine heatwave of June 2023 off Irish coast likely to become common, study findsBy Kevin O'Sullivan
Crime & LawCounterfeit cash investigation: Garda search operation results in seizure of almost €100,000 By Conor Gallagher
BusinessHigh Court dismisses environmental group’s challenge to permission for 320 Co Meath homesBy Ellen O'Riordan
StageCharlie and the Chocolate Factory: ‘For the Dublin production they said give us everything you have. And we did’By Tara Brady
ResidentialStylish makeover with a hint of leopard print at Dalkey home for €1.075mBy Elizabeth Birdthistle
CourtsJury to continue deliberations tomorrow in trial of man accused of murder at Pete Taylor gymBy Alison O'Riordan
Courts‘Willy Wonka’ makes hundreds of information requests to Department of AgricultureBy Ellen O'Riordan
HealthAlmost quarter of Irish population qualify as ‘binge drinkers’ despite decreased alcohol consumptionBy Tim O'Brien
OireachtasIreland to scrap Triple Lock preventing Irish troops from deployment without UN approval - TánaisteBy Conor Gallagher and Sarah Burns
AthleticsCiara Mageean and Rhasidat Adeleke joint winners of 2023 Athlete of the YearBy Ian O'Riordan
Gaelic GamesFrom Aishling Moloney to Orla O’Dwyer: Former GAA players are taking the AFLW by stormBy Jack Snape
Social AffairsVoluntary sector health and social care workers vote overwhelmingly to accept pay dealBy Emmet Malone
CourtsNine other people denied compensation amid uncertainty over payout to Gerry Adams, court hearsBy Alan Erwin
WorkDerval O’Rourke’s workplace wellbeing platform Saol raises €200,000 from Enterprise IrelandBy Ciara O'Brien
CourtsMan agrees to leave Ireland after serving sentence for attacking wife and family on Christmas DayBy Barry Roche
BusinessJeremy Hunt claims UK economy ‘back on track’ as he announces £20bn tax giveawayBy George Parker, Sam Fleming and Valentina Romei
BoxingAt a career crossroads, Katie Taylor seeks redemption against Chantelle CameronBy Johnny Watterson
An Irish DiaryStrong Language – Frank McNally on ‘moithered’, ‘míle murder’, and the lesser-spotted ‘hecatomb’By Frank McNally
Gaelic GamesGAA proposal to lock five counties out of hurling league may not make it to voting stageBy Gordon Manning
DublinDublin Zoo rejects claims it paid for hot tub, sauna for director’s lodge while ‘begging for funds’By Sarah Burns
BusinessConsumer watchdog contacted Amazon ‘dozens of times’ this year about safety alerts over productsBy Ken Foxe
IrelandFamily of film-maker Ross McDonnell confirm death of Dubliner in New York drowningBy Michael Fitzpatrick
DublinBetting shops face crackdown on illegal advertising during major sporting tournamentsBy Olivia Kelly
Middle EastQataris use ties to both US and Hamas to secure pause in Gaza onslaught - despite Israel’s reluctance By Michael Jansen
CourtsMan ‘punched and kicked’ by Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes outside nightclub while lying on groundBy David Raleigh
EditorialsThe Irish Times view on the penalty points controversy: there is an important wider context
Housing & PlanningCritics believe overhaul of planning system will limit spurious objectionsBy Colin Gleeson
PoliticsMinisters and Meath company had multiple contacts before €11m sale of 550-acre estate to StateBy Harry McGee
Social AffairsStardust fire risk deemed ‘pretty horrendous’ by insurance surveyor weeks before blazeBy Kitty Holland
PoliticsJeffrey Donaldson could have claimed EU victory in March, but now he must chooseBy Mark Hennessy
SportUnion members accuse FAI chief Jonathan Hill of failing to ‘restore trust’ with staff and publicBy Gavin Cummiskey
IrelandThe triple lock - a guardrail of neutrality, or an abandonment of sovereignty?By Conor Gallagher
Middle EastIsrael-Hamas war: Family hoping Emily Hand on list of Gaza hostages set to be freed from FridayBy Mark Weiss
BooksPaul Murray wins Novel of the Year for The Bee Sting at the An Post Irish Book AwardsBy Deirdre Falvey
PoliticsPeople Before Profit’s call for sanctions on Israel and cessation of use of Shannon Airport by US defeated in DáilBy Sarah Burns
