EconomySkills shortages take centre stage as business sentiment dips, says Grant Thornton reportBy Ian Curran
FashionLuxe-looking handbags without the designer price tag: Why mid-range bags are having a moment By Corina Gaffey
BooksBest new children’s fiction, from a fairy disguised as a rabbit to a boy who turns into a dinosaurBy Sara Keating
CultureScoil Scairte: Manchán Magan and Kathy Scott’s home hedge school could plug you back into the Irish languageBy Una Mullally
Asia-PacificReporting conditions for foreign correspondents in China have improved since end of Covid restrictionsBy Denis Staunton
Your WellnessMenopause: ‘We need to swing the pendulum to the middle and normalise it’ By Sylvia Thompson
Film‘There are parallels between Britney, Diana and Amy Winehouse... women picked on at their most vulnerable’By Tara Brady
BusinessInvestment funds ‘crucial’ to ensure continuing resilience of public financesBy Michael McGrath
RugbyMunster’s European exit could well be the end of an era with a number of players facing uncertain futures By Gerry Thornley
Gaelic GamesUnderdogs have their day as shocks mark first Sunday of the championshipBy Malachy Clerkin
GolfOnce Rory McIlroy walked into Augusta as a free man but it has held him prisoner for yearsBy Denis Walsh
SoccerIreland need to identify way to trouble England after limited showing in FranceBy Mary Hannigan
Social AffairsHomeless day services ‘barely managing’ amid surge in numbers needing support By Jack White
Your FamilyParenting exceptional children: Managing challenges and problem-solving as issues ariseBy John Sharry
Ireland‘Careless racism’ about Travellers in Ireland needs to be confronted, rights chief saysBy Jack Power
Your MoneyAmanda Torrens: ‘I bought a racehorse and in her first race I got the price back in a bet’By Tony Clayton-Lea
Gaelic GamesRobbie McCarthy retains his handball title as injury proves Brady’s undoing By Paul Fitzpatrick
SportPerfectly polite RTÉ sports panel underlines absence of someone to stir the s**t By Brian O'Connor
RacingGrand National crucial to Willie Mullins’s chances of landing British trainers’ titleBy Brian O'Connor
PoliticsBusinesses could be in line for €70m tax boost and rise in sick leave may be pausedBy Jennifer Bray
ResidentialClever use of space and repurposed container studio at Dalkey bungalow for €1.65mBy Frances O'Rourke
IrelandHead of Defence Forces to be promoted to four-star general rank if successful in bid for EU postBy Martin Wall
HealthConcern at ‘sustainability’ of health spending after 15% increase in first quarterBy Martin Wall
SoccerKen Early: It was typical Liverpool at Old Trafford – creating chances but lacking the ruthlessness to take them By Ken Early
OpinionReligion must move outside school hours as opt-out approach fails children badlyBy Paddy Monahan
OpinionWhy independent coffee shops in Ireland are in trouble: ‘Big chains can weather these increases. We can’t’By Una Mullally
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Business Today NewsletterBigger salaries chase fewer homes and students promised a break on housing costs By Dominic Coyle
IrelandYour top stories on Monday: New law to limit student leases to academic year; house price inflation accelerates
BusinessApplegreen manager sacked after investigation found worker not paid for 16 weeksBy Stephen Bourke
EuropeNicaragua appeals to UN’s top court to order suspension of German arms exports to IsraelBy Peter Cluskey
ArtAnne Ffrench and Julia Pallone: Accumulation review – half-glimpsed truths come to lifeBy Gemma Tipton
Sports BriefingSports Briefing: Kathleen and the underdogs have their say on first day of championshipBy Mary Hannigan
IrelandWeather warnings: Status yellow rain alerts in place for Cork and southeast countiesBy Fiachra Gallagher
EducationYoung people have outgrown our education system. How we respond is a conversation we need to haveBy The Secret Teacher
FoodFood & Drink Quiz: Do you know what is in a classic negroni cocktail?By Michelle Bowe and Greg Bowe
CourtsGarda killer raises concerns about negative publicity from trial for perverting course of justiceBy Eoin Reynolds
RugbyRingrose, Healy and O’Brien all injury doubts for Leinster’s clash with La Rochelle By Nathan Johns
Asia-PacificUS will not allow flood of Chinese imports to destroy American companies as in past, Yellen says at end of China tripBy Denis Staunton
IrelandKilling of Sarah McNally ‘stopped us in our tracks’, funeral of Longford woman stabbed in New York toldBy Jessica Thompson
CourtsHearing to extend businessman’s bankruptcy to proceed after judge strikes out ‘annulment’ moveBy Mary Carolan
PoliticsO’Neill says it is ‘business as usual’ for Stormont in aftermath of Donaldson resignationBy Seanín Graham
BusinessIres agrees to two Vision board seats to avert showdown at annual general meeting By Joe Brennan
Middle EastQatar gains influence in Middle East as main mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks By Michael Jansen
SoccerIreland v England: Katie McCabe aware of opposition’s qualities ahead of historic clashBy Mary Hannigan
CourtsSupreme Court to decide landmark appeal over validity of guidelines slashing damages for personal injuriesBy Mary Carolan
RugbyOwen Doyle: Strong referee performance is vital when La Rochelle visit the Aviva next weekendBy Owen Doyle
PoliticsMinister for Justice Helen McEntee’s record under scrutiny ahead of Cabinet reshuffle By Cormac McQuinn
SoccerEngland praise ‘game-changing’ Katie McCabe ahead of Euro 2025 qualifier against IrelandBy Mary Hannigan
Oireachtas‘Shameful’ number in Ireland have to crowdfund for prosthetic limbs, disability committee hearsBy Jack White
Gaelic GamesCamogie Association ‘committed’ to players after proposals to allow shorts failBy Gordon Manning
BusinessElon Musk predicts AI will overtake human intelligence next yearBy George Hammond in San Francisco
SpaceTotal solar eclipse races across North America as Ireland sees snippet of the action tooBy Mark Hilliard
BusinessHarris’s 250,000-home pledge would need 375 new GPs and 1,250 hospital beds, ESRI saysBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy