Article Index

Plan to spend €1bn on onshore wind farms capable of supplying electricity to 500,000 homes

By Barry O'Halloran

Welcome to the club

Voting rights and the Irish abroad

The price of a pint

Lessons for Ireland from Switzerland

Recruitment and retention crisis

Need for legislation on assisted dying

Urgent need for Seanad reform

Small cafés are being hammered

A new direction for the Coalition?

Books

Unwords by Andrew Gallix and No Judgement by Lauren Oyler: What do you want, encouragement or confrontation?

By Rowena Macdonald

How your legacy gift to Concern Worldwide leaves a better future for some of the world’s poorest families

The Staves: All Now – Life-affirming songs from Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor

By Tony Clayton-Lea

‘Hate speech’ Bill: What’s in it and should we be worried about intrusion on right to free speech?

By Mary Carolan

Fears: Affinity review – Both comforting and discomfiting

By Siobhán Kane

TV & Radio

Irish cinema’s green wave: There are many stories about Ireland better than Irish Wish that need to be told

By Aoife Barry

Now is the time for a cohesive, age friendly healthcare system

Joined-up IT means medics have more time to focus on patient care

Good governance is critical for effective healthcare investigations

Innovation

Protecting critical subsea cable network vital for security and data

By Chris Horn

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Gerhard Schröder stirs up ‘uncritical and romantic’ ideas about Russia

By Derek Scally

Time for hate speech law to be scrapped

Consumer Tech

Dyson 360 Vis Nav: If you hate vacuuming enough to pay €1,300, this is for you

By Ciara O'Brien

Innovation

Child-friendly app helps correct speech sound disorders in young children

By Olive Keogh

Restaurants

In this smart new restaurant, a torch is a prerequisite for reading the menu

By Corinna Hardgrave

Will AI really conquer all before it? Some insiders privately voice doubts about the ebullient narrative

High Llamas: Hey Panda – Proof that it’s never too late to stop taking creative risks

By Lauren Murphy

Digicel ‘has not seen significant impact’ on Haiti business from crisis

By Joe Brennan

Former Georgian rectory with walled garden and tennis court near Mullingar for €825,000

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Tale of two TV licence fees as Irish charge enters 17th year unchanged

By Cantillon

Your Wellness

Bipolar disorder: ‘There is still such stigma and ignorance’

By Arlene Harris

Five homes on view this week in Dublin, Wicklow, Leitrim, Galway and Mayo

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

What will €550,000 buy in Waterford and Tipperary?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Reconfigured St Helen’s Wood four-bed for €1.095m

By Frances O'Rourke

Period details and contemporary comforts on Albert Road Lower for €1.4m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Consumer Tech

TV over the internet is here but be sure to read the small print

By Ciara O'Brien

Superbly designed contemporary four-bed in Dalkey for €1.295m

By Miriam Mulcahy

The Irish Times Easter Jumbo Simplex 2024 Terms & Conditions

Climate Crisis

Ecological crisis demands involving young people in decision making

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Opinion

At some point it will become unmissable that on many issues Sinn Féin is on much same ground as DUP

By Newton Emerson

Technology

UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch on trial for what prosecutors say is ‘largest fraud in history’ of Silicon Valley

By Karlin Lillington

Further activist interest in Ires heaps on pressure ahead of agm

By Cantillon

FAI better off hiring John O’Shea than an average journeyman manager from elsewhere

By Ciarán Murphy

Mickey Harte wary of Dublin threat ahead of league final

Motorists set to face congestion or clean-air zone charges under new traffic plan

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Rugby

Jordan Conroy: ‘We’ve kind of prided ourselves on being a podium team’

By Ian O'Riordan

In the News Podcast

‘It’s been defeated in the West, but it’s surged around the world’ - the threat posed by Isis-K

By Bernice Harrison

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Children’s Easter Quiz 2024 Terms & Conditions

The Irish Times Easter Crosaire 2024 Terms & Conditions

Science

New horizons on maintaining brain health

By Sylvia Thompson

Climate Crisis

Reimagining our future landscapes for a net zero world

By Yvonne Buckley

Cormac Costello trying to reclaim Dublin jersey as he targets his first start in league final

By Ian O'Riordan

Opinion

Britain’s narrow stereotype of the Irish could not make sense of Leo Varadkar

By Finn McRedmond

Crampton-built family home on sought-after D4 stretch for €2.3m

By Kevin Courtney

Business insolvencies rise more than 40% as hospitality sector comes under pressure

By Laura Slattery

People

The Easter Children’s Quiz: 20 questions on Lent, Easter eggs and bunnies

By Eoin Butler

The Irish Times Easter Chequered Flag Sports Crossword 2024 Terms & Conditions

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The Irish Times Easter Big Quiz 2024 Terms & Conditions

Opinion

Ireland must stop prioritising short-term demands and plan for a better society

By Frances Ruane and Laura Burke

Rugby

Rónan Kelleher: ‘There’s a lot of unfinished business here at Leinster’

By Gerry Thornley

Six Nations: Ireland coach praises defence’s ‘great work’ ahead of Italy test

By Gerry Thornley

Could motorists be charged for driving through gridlocked cities and towns under new plan?

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Healthcare company Wellola raises €2.2m

By Ciara O'Brien

Business Today Newsletter

The journey to success for entrepreneurs

Your Wellness

How can we recognise unhealthy power dynamics in friendships and relationships?

By Geraldine Walsh

People

The Easter Quiz: 50 questions on sport, celebrity, geography and more

By Eoin Butler

SSE and Bord na Móna's €1bn plan, insolvencies rise and what are your internet TV options?

Joe Lieberman, former US senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82

By Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Thursday’s Top Stories: Motorists set to face congestion or clean-air zone charges under new traffic plan; Mother and daughters killed on N17 named, as husband travels home

OpenAI’s app store draws investors and students seeking artificial aids

Politics

‘Mass influx’ of refugees due to European war seen as potential risk to Ireland

By Conor Gallagher

Mayo crash: Further tributes paid to ‘multitalented’ family with ‘beautiful big smiles’

By Ronan McGreevy and Vivienne Clarke

Health

‘I do not know how many more people have to die before system changes’, says daughter of man found dead on hospital floor

By Jack White and David Raleigh

Man dies after Roscommon collision involving car and lorry

Work

Return-to-office mandates are the ‘opposite’ of evidence-based management

By Olive Keogh

Profit at Apple’s Irish subsidiary rises in 2023

By Ciara O'Brien

TV & Radio

The Secret Army review: Extraordinary story of lost IRA documentary told in gripping style

By Ed Power

Sports Briefing

Sports Briefing: Could the FAI’s choice for Ireland gaffer prove to be journeyman Gus Poyet?

By Mary Hannigan

Soccer

Sinead Farrelly ruled out of Ireland squad for France and England qualifiers

By Mary Hannigan

Pricewatch

Bank of Ireland app: Deadline for people to update phone software extended to July

By Conor Pope

Books

Noel O’Regan on James Tait Black shortlist

By Martin Doyle

UBS makes Sergio Ermotti best-paid European bank boss

By Owen Walker

Easter weekend weather to remain unsettled with rain to clear off into higher temperatures

By Olivia Kelleher

Politics

Chris Donoghue leaves role as Coveney adviser to become Government press secretary under Harris

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Retail sales slump 2% as cost-of-living challenge keeps spending tight

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Trump team discusses Palestinian expulsions, but activists focus their ire on Biden

By Jonathan Weisman

‘The bridge is down’: Recording emerges of response to Baltimore ship crash

Dublin

Metrolink ‘essential’ to fix Dublin’s ‘inefficient transport systems’, says transport chief

By Olivia Kelly

Sinéad O’Connor: Pantsless queer horrorcore act evokes seance and celebration in New York tribute to late singer

By Melena Ryzik

‘You show me yours, I’ll show you mine’: Angela Rayner refuses to publish tax records

By Jim Pickard

Health

Illegal sales of bodybuilding steroids, Botox and cancer-causing fake tan drugs on the rise, latest data indicates

By Colm Keena

Housing & Planning

Number of people homeless in Dublin rises to over 10,000 for the first time

By Ronan McGreevy and Tim O'Brien

Father fined for courtroom attack on his daughter’s sex abuser

By Tom Tuite

Win tickets to Music for Galway’s Cellissimo 2024 with a two-night stay at HYDE Hotel

Win an overnight stay at The River Lee, Co Cork

Dublin

Dublin Unitarian church to end Good Friday reading of Troubles dead

By Patsy McGarry

Soccer

Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali charged for alleged breaches of FA betting rules

Soccer

Nottingham Forest’s double European Cup winner Larry Lloyd dies aged 75

Kingspan ends up with 35.7% of Nordic Waterproofing after failed takeover bid

By Joe Brennan

Revenue officers seize 5.8m cigarettes at Dublin Port

Sport

Aya Nakamura, the French-Malian singer caught in an Olympic storm

By Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden

Amazon writes its largest venture cheque yet for AI start-up Anthropic

By George Hammond and Camilla Hodgson

Kyiv tightens security against Russian missile and sabotage threat

By Daniel McLaughlin

The Women's Podcast

Living with endometriosis: ‘I felt like a rope was wrapping itself tightly around my lower abdomen and pelvis’

By Suzanne Brennan

Listen | 53:53

Dole sale of fresh vegetables unit abandoned amid US regulator opposition

By Peter Flanagan

Planning refusal for crematorium at former Tayto factory in Coolock challenged in High Court

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Abroad

Abroad newsletter: ‘I left Harold’s Cross because I wanted financial freedom’

High court challenge brought over Cork telecommunications mast

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Some 430,000 visitors take overnight trip to State in February

By Ciara O'Brien

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Polish officers raid home of ex-minister for justice amid investigation into alleged corruption

By Derek Scally

Poland sacks Nato-EU battlegroup chief over counter-intelligence issue

By Raphael Minder in Warsaw and Henry Foy in Brussels

Rugby

Leinster bring back Ireland stars for top of the table clash with the Bulls

By Johnny Watterson

Refusal to allow in adequate aid to starving Gazans is ‘criminal’, Tánaiste says

By Conor Gallagher

Four arrested over fire at Co Galway hotel are from local area

By Conor Gallagher

UK pauses drive to raise minimum wage

By Delphine Strauss

Shopping centre planning fees halved for Dunnes Stores

By Gordon Deegan

Irish-led green transition firm raises initial €7.6m in London IPO

By Joe Brennan

Government ‘cashing in’ on fuel price rises, Aontú leader says

By Colm Keena

Racing

Trainer Tony Martin to lose licence for three months after IHRB appeal

By Brian O'Connor

Suspicious boat near Donegal cocaine find led gardaí to searches in Dundalk

By Conor Gallagher

Ballyseedy: Bail application adjourned for man co-accused in connection with garden centre meth seizure

By Tom Tuite

Reallocating road space rather than penalising motorists is best fix for congestion, says Eamon Ryan

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Ice-cream parlour worker tells WRC her hours were so long her baby did not recognise her

By Stephen Bourke

Jury in Stardust fire inquests retires to consider verdicts after more than 90 days of evidence

By Kitty Holland

An Irish Diary

Age of innocence – Frank McNally on being traumatised by the increasing youth of taoisigh

By Frank McNally

Middle East

Top UN court orders Israel to ensure more aid reaches Gaza

By James Shotter in Jerusalem

Climate Crisis

Inchicore: How one of the least green parts of Ireland is ahead on community-driven climate action

By Kevin O'Sullivan

French lawmakers vote to outlaw discrimination against afros and braids

European stocks mark best quarter in a year as rally broadens

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Mayo crash: Moycullen village in shock at death of mother and two daughters

By John Fallon

Health

Smoking engaged in by 800,000 fewer since ban introduced 20 years ago, HSE says

By Jack White

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the European elections: containing the far-right surge

Work

Employers’ group urges national minimum wage to be frozen for at least two years

By Martin Wall

Editorials

The Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying has published a serious report that merits attention

Golf

Leona Maguire fails to join the European birdie-fest in the Arizona desert

By Philip Reid

Housing & Planning

Social housing delivery falls short of State target by 2,700 homes

By Jack White

Education

UL president takes sick leave as governing authority met to discuss report on €5.2m housing overpayment

By Arthur Beesley

TV & Radio

Big Mood review: Nicola Coughlan is fantastic but the same can’t be said for the rest of this unfunny, jarring show

By Ed Power

Tyrone sweating on fitness of Conn Kilpatrick and Conor Meyler for Ulster SFC opener

By Francis Mooney