Article Index

Asylum seekers citing female genital mutilation successful in fewer than half of cases

By Conor Gallagher

A coat for the season

Rail link and airports

The A5 transport corridor

Large-scale State-funded projects

Plans for Leaving science projects

Tackling the housing crisis

Meeting Ireland’s energy needs

Tuarascáil

Com Uí Dhuibh

By Alan Titley

Tuarascáil

Na Peirsigh as Gaeilge ar stáitse i mBaile Átha Cliath

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Recipes

Roast butternut squash with blood orange and radicchio

By Lilly Higgins

Books

American Mother: The many questions behind James Foley’s killing

By John Self

Irish hoteliers warn that forward bookings are down almost 5%

By Laura Slattery

After decades of pacifist politics, Germany embraces new ‘war-ready’ reality

By Derek Scally

Economy

Consumer sentiment falls back but households feel past the worst, survey finds

By Colin Gleeson

Film

Juliette Binoche: ‘Men got the awards and women had to deal with naked scenes and silences’

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Work

The menace of the overblown job title

By Pilita Clark

Art

Gaza’s oldest theatre lies in ruins. For the people who made art there, its story lives on

By Chris McCormack

Passenger deaths since start of the year almost equals entire number killed in 2019, RSA figures show

By Conor Pope

Putting sustainability in the driving seat

Holidaymakers face higher summer fares due to lack of planes, says Ryanair boss

Irish gene therapy specialist eyes multimillion fundraising to expand

By Joe Brennan

Food

A rich multi-layered salad using the best in-season produce

By Lilly Higgins

Your Fitness

Prostate cancer: Can regular physical activity reduce the risk?

By Talya Minsberg

Residential

Five homes on view this week in Dublin, Tipperary and Meath

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Irish businesses need to get on top of their bills, not defer them

By Mark O’Rourke

Residential

Classic Kenny-built four-bed with room to improve in Mount Merrion for €1.25m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Varadkar to attend Ukraine summit in Paris

By Jennifer Bray and Fiachra Gallagher

Opinion

Would you kill one person to save five? It depends what age you are

By Joe Humphreys

Immigration and housing are the dominant issues for voters, poll finds

By Damian Loscher

Transport

Council unveils revised route for greenway in south Dublin

By Kevin O'Sullivan

‘I’m going to enjoy the little moments’ - emotional Jess Ziu returns to the Ireland squad

By Mary Hannigan

Ken Early: Klopp’s dream factory helps Liverpool tap into emotions of the game

By Ken Early

Business as usual for relentless Ireland as they subdue Welsh challenge

By Gerry Thornley

Lawyers complain about court security after barrister knocked to the floor and a solicitor ‘slapped in the face’

By Jack Power

Prisoners to undergo training programmes in retroffiting

By Jade Wilson

Opinion

An anti-Government protest vote in the referendums would be a mistake

By Una Mullally

Your Money

Amazon joins the irrelevant Dow

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Dáil committee calls for Comptroller & Auditor General to oversee RTÉ

By Jennifer Bray

Oli Jager nails bomb squad role on debut as he realises Ireland ambition

By Johnny Watterson

Cork hurlers and footballers finally up and running

By Gordon Manning

Your Money

‘I have lost money on all my albums. I would be a chief financial officer’s worst nightmare, if I had one’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Pricewatch

Fridges, phones, holidays: The faulty goods and services that cause Irish people most stress

By Conor Pope

Houseboat owners face huge hike in mooring fees under proposed Waterways Ireland bylaw changes

By Glen Murphy

Is Ireland going in the right direction? Here’s what poll respondents said

By Pat Leahy

Life & Style

Get new season fashion thrills without breaking the bank or the planet

By Catherine Cleary

Five things we learned from Ireland’s 31-7 Six Nations win over Wales

By Johnny Watterson

Gerry Thornley: Ireland could clinch the Six Nations title with a game to spare

By Gerry Thornley

Your Wellness

Long Covid must be treated as the serious threat it is to public health

By Dr Muiris Houston

Pricewatch

Which companies prompted people to contact the consumer watchdog most last year?

By Conor Pope

Environment

Minister rejects criticism for issuing prospecting licences for lithium

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Immigration top of the list of issues getting the attention of voters in the past month

By Pat Leahy

Residential

Four three-bed duplexes from €230,000

By Jessica Doyle

Burns takes office looking to soccer for solutions to curb intercounty spending

By Seán Moran

Business Today Newsletter

Ireland won’t take a home rugby international out of Dublin - but should they?

By Nathan Johns

Golf

Woods-mania dying a slow death as PGA Tour loses its lustre

By Denis Walsh

Your Family

‘My 14-year-old is struggling with study and homework. Her teachers think she might have ADHD’

By John Sharry

Abroad

Co Leitrim to Birmingham: Get the boat, get the start, get on

By Tony Downey

In the News Podcast

From Ukraine to Bundoran: how a small Irish seaside town has opened its doors to those fleeing war

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 20:14

Opinion

There are three good reasons to support the development of an EU army

By John O'Brennan

Higher summer air fares, hotelier gloom and ‘rooftop revolution’

By Dominic Coyle

Energy suppliers PrepayPower and Pinergy announce price cuts

By Colin Gleeson

Asia-Pacific

New Zealand volcano trial: sentencing begins in connection with White Island eruption

Northern Ireland health workers to be balloted on new pay deal

Ryanair demands compensation from Boeing as aircraft delivery delays drag on

By Philip Georgiadis

Monday’s Top Stories: Dáil committee to call for new financial controls at RTÉ; new route for south Dublin greenway revealed

Tributes paid to young man killed in Cork crash

By Sean Ryan

Motors

Renault Scenic named Europe’s Car of the Year 2024

By Michael McAleer

Bank of Ireland shares slump on outlook after unveiling €1.15bn investor payouts

By Joe Brennan

Belarus: Lukashenko says he will run for president next year

Middle East

Israel and Hamas inch closer to ceasefire-and-hostage deal as proximity talks take place in Qatar

Film

Screen Actors Guild Awards: the best looks from the red carpet

Americas

Bolsonaro draws supporters to rally amid coup denials

Lee Anderson ‘wrong’ to say Islamists control Sadiq Khan, says UK minister

By Peter Walker

Sports Briefing

Mary Hannigan: Heady days continue for the Ireland rugby team

By Mary Hannigan

Golf

Jake Knapp holds on to claim maiden tour win in Mexico

Music

Rhiannon Giddens review: Joyous performance from artist who straddles genres with ease

By Joe Breen

Stage

The Making of Mollie review: Anna Carey’s book is now a razor-sharp suffragette stage comedy

By Chris McCormack

Economy

EU adopts instant payments rules to take on Visa, Mastercard

Your Money

Mobile and broadband users face multiple communication price hikes without any chance to switch

By Conor Pope

Crime & Law

Widows whose husbands were murdered by loyalist paramilitaries awarded six-figure settlements

By Freya McClements

Garry Ringrose ‘hopeful’ of being fit for Ireland’s Six Nations clash with England

By Gerry Thornley

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend

By Gordon Manning, Malachy Clerkin, Denis Walsh and Ian O'Riordan

Health

Bressie aiming to ‘honour’ 1,300 unmarked graves at psychiatric hospital

By Robert Kindregan

Farmers protest in Cork against growth of air travel as they are asked to cut their emissions

By Olivia Kelleher

Number employed by Government client companies hits record 535,000

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Motors

Was Toyota’s bet on hybrid cars right all along?

Black cards have improved Gaelic football, but we should not forget their original purpose

By Malachy Clerkin

‘The era of neutrality is over, as well as the era of peace in Europe,’ Ukraine’s foreign minister says

By Daniel McLaughlin

Culture

Kerryming Sun: ‘When I think about the people who pour glass and colour, I picture them in wizard robes’

By Una Mullally

‘He died a hero’: tributes paid to man (33) who died after pushing niece out of path of vehicle

By Tom Shiel

Everton’s 10-point deduction for breaching financial rules reduced to six

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Motors

MG’s dramatic new Cyberster electric sports car lights the fuse on MG’s reinvention

By Neil Briscoe

Rugby

Connacht’s Shayne Bolton to miss URC clash against Scarlets

By Linley MacKenzie

Just one in three under-25s has some form of pension coverage

By Colin Gleeson

Gerry Adams is ‘precluded from obtaining compensation’ for quashed convictions, court rules

By Alan Erwin

Construction output falls sharply as non-residential sector suffers interest-rate squeeze

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Casement Park: Jarlath Burns rules out more funds from GAA

By Seán Moran

The Counter Ruck Podcast

The Counter Ruck: Wales walloping leaves Ireland one win away from the Six Nations title

Listen | 42:02

Caoimhín Kelleher’s display proves he cannot stay in Alisson’s shadow forever

By Denis Walsh

Navalny was close to prisoner exchange when he died, says aide

Rory Hearne to seek nomination to stand for Social Democrats in European elections

By Jack Power

Tumblr’s High Court case against regulator to be heard in May

By Aodhan O'Faolain

‘I love Guinness, and I love how green the country is’: New Irish citizens conferred in Dublin

By Jade Wilson

‘Cat killer’ sentenced to life for Oxford murder as part of sexual fantasy inspired by Netflix documentary

By Jamie Grierson

Reuters

Nato accession ends era of Swedish military self-reliance

By Simon Johnson

Sweden overcomes final hurdle to join Nato in historic shift

By Richard Milne in Oslo and Marton Dunai in Budapest

Farmers protest across Europe as EU ministers meet to discuss crisis

DAA challenge to notice restricting night-time flights to be heard in March

By Ellen O'Riordan

Profits top €2.4m at Airtricity owner’s joint venture

By Barry O'Halloran

Middle East

Palestinian PM Shtayyeh resigns saying new administration needed to meet challenge of Gaza war

By Michael Jansen

Microsoft strikes deal with Mistral in push beyond OpenAI

Dublin

State bodies clash over possible ‘destruction’ caused by St Stephen’s Green metro station

By Olivia Kelly

Kremlin mocks Ukrainian plan for peace conference without Russia

By Daniel McLaughlin

South Dublin residents take High Court action against 600-plus housing project in Milltown

By Ellen O'Riordan

Irish helping Ukrainian soldiers to use anti-mining equipment, Taoiseach says as he pledges support

By Sharon Gaffney

Man (60s) killed and boy (10) seriously injured in road traffic incidents in Offaly and Clare

Owner of 1,000-acre estate fails in challenge to expansion of nearby factory

Crime & Law

Garda investigation under way after five Cork city stores targeted in arson attack

By Olivia Kelleher

An Irish Diary

On the march – John Mulqueen on the Irish Housewives Association

Racing

Gordon Elliott rejects competitive criticism of great rival Willie Mullins

By Brian O'Connor

Housing & Planning

Two companies run by landlord Marc Godart lodged all their income via ATMs in Dublin

By Colm Keena

Insolvency plan approved for widow (70) with €2.4m debts to allow her remain in Cork home

By Aodhan O'Faolain and Ellen O'Riordan

Fans of Bohemians banned from game against Drogheda United after flare hits player

By Gavin Cummiskey

Shares drop amid Bank of Ireland plunge

By Ciara O'Brien

Family of innocent grandfather ‘murdered senselessly’ by Kinahan gang ‘live in torment forever’

By Eoin Reynolds

Media

Former senior official not due to attend Oireachtas committee hearing on RTÉ chair’s resignation

By Harry McGee

Dividends bonanza at Bank of Ireland offset by money set aside for potential loan losses

By Joe Brennan

Billionaire-backed Koch network to stop funding Nikki Haley after defeat

By James Politi in Washington

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Sweden’s membership of Nato: Europe builds its defences

Man (60s) arrested on suspicion of murder after widower (83) fatally shot in Kerry

By Conor Lally and Anne Lucey

Rugby

Leinster assistant coach Goodman impressed by composure and calm of Frawley

By Daire Walsh

Editorials

The Irish Times view on smartphones in schools: adults must do better

Jacob Rees-Mogg says decision to strip Shamima Begum of UK citizenship is ‘racist’ and ‘wrong’

By Mark Paul

‘Ann was our family as well’: Hundreds join vigil to remember woman who died while sleeping rough

By Ronan McGreevy and Sarah Slater

Irish back pain group Mainstay Medical raises €115m to fund expansion

By Dominic Coyle

President calls on countries that have cut off aid to Palestinian refugee agency to change their minds

By Colm Keena

TV & Radio

Faithless review: Baz Ashmawy’s irreverent new comedy isn’t subtle but it is brutally funny

By Ed Power

Americas

Hijackers threw elderly couple overboard after capturing yacht, police say

By Danica Coto, Associated Press