Article Index

Ireland is doing the equivalent of using its credit card to pay for groceries

By Gerard Howlin

Local history: Cartoonish cruelty betrays a fundamentalist who would not cotton on

By Paul Clements

Kickstart scheme sees Lidl help get new Irish producers retail ready

TV & Radio

Radio review: Ray D’Arcy reveals sharp political eye and skewers Government on €13bn Apple case

By Mick Heaney

Walking in Samuel Beckett’s footsteps: In some mysterious way, the landscape captures the soul of the artist

By Alan Gilsenan

Hitting the road to accelerate the freedoms of van life

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

Sign of the times: The secret way to communicate effectively with kids of all ages

Drink

A Riesling for €12 and a Bordeaux for under €10 offer great value

By John Wilson

Democrats have abandoned mainstream US Catholics

Hiberno-English just does so many things that standard English can’t and I am clinging to it

By Brianna Parkins

Asia-Pacific

‘I’m only suitable for being a worker’: life on the checkout of a Beijing supermarket

By Denis Staunton

Swell of success: Micro companies catching waves of all descriptions

Energia boss Ian Thom: ‘Why have an unnecessary dichotomy between growth and sustainability?’

By Joe Brennan

Residential

What will €165,000 buy in France, the US, Croatia, Norway and Co Clare?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Education

Irish universities risk ‘quiet and gradual decline’ due to funding shortages, Trinity provost warns

By Carl O'Brien

Interiors

Want to sleep better? The right curtains can help – and they will make your home cosier

By Denise O'Connor

Big Tech

Apple and Ireland: A tale of two tax sweethearts

By Joe Brennan, Ciara O'Brien and Jack Power

Sport

Perhaps it’s time to scrap the playing of national anthems at football grounds

By Johnny Watterson

Aerodynamic pricing: Air fares will rise to meet demand this Christmas

By John FitzGerald

‘You feel you’re doing the State’s work’: volunteers step in to help asylum seekers

By Sorcha Pollak

Brown Thomas Arnotts posts record revenues despite lost income from Dublin riots

By Ciarán Hancock

Sonia O’Sullivan: The last temptation of this track and field season

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Energia quarterly earnings rise 28% as US owner advances sale plan

By Joe Brennan

‘I wanted to get back on the pitch’: Motherhood and injury change approach but not the goal for Eimear Considine

By Louise Lawless

Forelock-tugging to Trump in Doonbeg showed how far Ireland will bend for US dollars

By Diarmaid Ferriter

John Coghlan: ‘There’s other talent as good, maybe even better, than Rhasidat Adeleke in Ireland’

By Ian O'Riordan

Dublin

Waterways Ireland begins canal patrols to prevent tents being pitched and to safeguard fencing

By Kitty Holland

Media

No change to Kielty’s salary as Late Late Show host prepares for second year

By Sarah Burns

‘Dear Olga’: An open letter to a Greek minister from tourist-unfriendly Ireland

By John McManus

In the News Podcast

Too posh to police? Why garda numbers are falling

By Bernice Harrison

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Social Affairs

Church services

Hamilton in Dublin will be incredible. It has evidence of the Brits being at it again in spades

By Emer McLysaght

Common GroundOpens in new window

Homecare providers informed that HSE will not fund extra hours for existing clients

By Fiachra Gallagher

Twenty five years on, there are calls for more North/South co-operation

By Mark Hennessy

Racing

If optics are so important how ‘injurious’ to racing’s image is Comer Group’s Irish St Leger sponsorship?

By Brian O'Connor

Apple tax: Ireland owes its lost people €13bn worth of houses

By Justine McCarthy

Residential

Look inside: two homes on sought-after Palmerston Road for €2.75m and €2.85m

By Kevin Courtney

A lighter shade of green: Nervousness in Europe over climate action has taken root

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Your Money

Tens of thousands of tracker mortgage holders to benefit from latest ECB rate cut

By Conor Pope

ECB rate move hands Coalition perfect election springboard

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Reactions to Kate Middleton video: ‘Life after cancer looks different for everybody’

By Jen Hogan

Four debutants named in Ireland team to face Australia

By Gerry Thornley

Business Today Newsletter

UCD in the mood to exploit home advantage and upset Bohemians in FAI Cup quarter-final

By Paul Buttner

Housing & Planning

Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above legal limit in past two years

By Jack White

Health

Charity-run GP clinic says it faces closure unless recent taxation laws amended

By Shauna Bowers

Energia’s earnings bump comes nicely in time for anticipated sale

By Mark Hilliard

‘A true lady ... always smiling’: Tributes paid to Kildare nurse who died in Sardinia

By Sarah Slater

Boeing staff to strike in latest blow to planemaker

By Julie Johnsson

Paddy Power parent Flutter buys Brazilian betting group for €316m

By Colin Gleeson

Your top stories on Friday: Kildare nurse who died in Sardinia remembered as ‘a true lady’; funding warning for Irish universities

Paralympic cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy: ‘I want to inspire visually impaired children and the LGBT community to not give up’

By Johnny Watterson

Counterfeit phones: Man held after €10m allegedly defrauded from phone firm

By Jack White

Stage

Julius Caesar Variety Show: An anxious comedy about a theatre industry refusing to evolve

By Chris McCormack

The best AI tools for future-focused companies: chatbots, writing assistants, productivity boosters and more

By Ciara O'Brien

TV & Radio

The Grand Tour: One for the Road review - As Clarkson, Hammond and May motor into the great beyond, is this the end of car TV?

By Ed Power

Close to one in four people say they ‘cannot afford to save’

By Colin Gleeson

On The Money Newsletter

Winter is coming at a cost but there are ways to save

By Conor Pope

Federal Reserve wrestles with how aggressively to cut US interest rates

By Colby Smith

Farming & Food

Where does your salmon come from? Fish farm escape highlights questions for consumers

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Cautious optimism points to bright outlook for mergers and acquisitions

By Frank Dillon

James ‘Jaws’ Byrne: Fixer, fear merchant, father

By Conor Lally

PwC fined €56m and banned for six months in China

By Cheng Leng, Chan Ho-him, Stephen Foley and Simon Foy

Statue of Queen Elizabeth in Co Antrim derided as looking more like Mrs Doubtfire

Art

Two men charged over theft of Banksy artwork from London gallery

Liverpool boss Arne Slot not surprised at Caoimhín Kelleher’s Anfield frustration

ECB hawk sees room for more interest rate cuts

By Olaf Storbeck

Kerry’s remote Black Valley gets high-speed broadband in milestone for State-funded plan

By Anne Lucey

Health

Safe zones surrounding centres providing abortion services to come into operation next month

By Martin Wall

Matt Williams: Rugby’s failure to remain tech-savvy is a blight on the sport

By Matt Williams

Drug smugglers using ‘lowest people in the chain’ to ingest cocaine before flying to Ireland

By Jack White

Will Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris influence the US election?

By Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons

Two Brazilian men remanded in custody over alleged smuggling of cocaine through Dublin Airport

By Tom Tuite

University of Limerick sharply criticised over two botched property deals with over €8m losses

By Arthur Beesley

FAI staff and management agree on pay talks after union campaign

By Emmet Malone

Pep Guardiola ‘looking forward’ to decision in Manchester City finances hearing

Accommodation and food sector suffers largest monthly dip in jobs

By Colin Gleeson

Parents of more than 160 autistic children go to High Court seeking school places

By Ray Managh

US ElectionOpens in new window

Rory McIlroy edges up Irish Open leaderboard as crowds flock to see home favourite

By Paul Gallagher at Royal County Down

Housing & Planning

Tenant ordered to pay rent arrears of almost €19,000 over three years

By Carl O'Brien

Asia-Pacific

At least 254 killed in Vietnam by Typhoon Yagi as southeast Asia braces for further rain

Travel

‘Statistically significant’ increase in incidents involving unruly passengers on Irish airlines, IAA says

By Jade Wilson

Financial Services

FSU calls for widening of bank levy in Budget 2025

By Emmet Malone

Harris v Trump debate: What’s the state of play now in the US presidential race?

By Keith Duggan

‘I didn’t feel safe’: Minister weeps as she tells court of cow dung thrown at public meeting

By Gordon Deegan

Clare County Council seeking to take over management of Cliffs of Moher walking trail after recent deaths

By Andrew Hamilton

Multinationals not alarmed at Apple tax judgment, head of IDA says

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

US Election: Advantage Harris, but can the Democratic nominee sway doubters?

By Keith Duggan

Slovenian row threatens to delay to EU commissioner announcements

By Jack Power

If Britain is broken, here are ideas on how to fix it

By Mark Paul

Ireland’s creditors weigh in as Apple billions poised to shape election manifestoes

By Joe Brennan

Austrian woman given prison sentence for killing neighbour by infecting him with Covid

By Derek Scally

Man (40s) charged following discovery of cannabis growhouse in Indreabhán, Co Galway

By Jade Wilson

Funeral of criminal James ‘Jaws’ Byrne told he ‘taught us all values that money can’t buy’

By Conor Lally

Motors

James May reckons the car is at ‘most interesting part of its history since it was invented’ as trio sign off on The Grand Tour

By Neil Briscoe

Prague on high flood alert as central Europe faces torrential rain

Inside Politics Podcast

Childcare is now a battleground issue ahead of general election

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Losses widen at Stripe Europe to $1.1bn after employee ‘liquidity event’

By Ian Curran

UK government refuses to grant public inquiry into murder of Seán Brown in Co Derry in 1997

By Seanín Graham

Europe lose opening foursomes 3-1 at Solheim Cup in Virginia

Taxi driver who operates strict ‘cash only’ policy appeals revocation of licence in court

By Olivia Kelleher

History

Spanish aristocrat with familiar Irish name recalls family’s storied history in Ireland and Spain

By Ronan McGreevy

Fintan McCarthy rows back on decision and eyes up gold in Los Angeles

By Johnny Watterson

Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian supply lines would likely expose Putin’s escalation bluff

By Daniel McLaughlin

Politics

Cross-Border co-operation to ensure mother and baby home records in North can be found

By Mark Hennessy

Gardaí warn about ‘misinformation and fake news’ over incident in Blakestown

By Conor Lally

Markets

Week closes on positive note as attention turns to US Fedearal Reserve

By Fiona Keeley

Avolon agrees €1bn deal for aircraft portfolio

By Fiona Keeley

An Irish Diary

Paws for thought – Alison Healy on writers and their pets

By Alison Healy

Much-changed Ireland look to mark another reset against Australia

By Gerry Thornley

Part-time press photographer attacks professional body in gender bias claim

By Stephen Bourke

‘He was someone I looked up to...I’m trying to beat him now’: Seán Keeling relishing elite company at Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Middle East

US delays outlining Gaza ceasefire deal amid concern over commitment of Israel and Hamas

By Mark Weiss

Rhasidat Adeleke takes third in 400m Diamond League final after Salwa Eid Naser disqualified

By Ian O'Riordan

Prof Philip Nolan refused Supreme Court appeal over pre-trial employment status

By Ellen O'Riordan

Asia-Pacific

Chinese military diplomacy event hears Ukraine’s Zelenskiy and Xi could meet next month

By Denis Staunton

Shane Lowry eyeing Sunday showdown with Rory McIlroy at Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Double-digit rise in tax on fuel needed to curb carbon emissions

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Transport

Locals in north county Dublin protest at frequency of night time flights

By Tim O'Brien

Politics

Office of Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman criticised for breaking Freedom of Information rules

By Arthur Beesley

Editorials

The Government's move on Seanad reform is welcome, but it could and should have gone further

Croke Park summit by US software firm with links to Israeli military postponed

By Jade Wilson

Manassero back in the groove as he leads tight field in Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Editorials

Ensuring the State gets value from the Apple tax payment is essential and will require significant planning

Ian Bailey’s solicitor criticises ‘feral attack’ on his client by Micheál Martin

By Olivia Kelleher

Western allies should think carefully about Putin’s war warning, says former UK official

By George Parker in London, Felicia Schwartz in Washington and John Paul Rathbone in Kyiv

UK government will not fund Casement Park redevelopment in time for Euro 2028

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving following arrest in June

Pope criticises Harris and Trump, telling US Catholics to ‘choose the lesser evil’ in election vote

Johnny Kenny puts aside old allegiance to aid Shamrock Rovers to victory over Sligo

By Daire Walsh

Social Affairs

New wealth tax and using Apple billions for housing priorities for PBP as it gears up for election

By Cormac McQuinn

Bohemians ease into FAI Cup semi-final with 4-0 win over UCD

By Paul Buttner

Leona Maguire and Georgia Hall suffer fourball defeat as Europe go 6-2 down at Solheim Cup

Africa

Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt

TV & Radio

The Late Late Show review: Patrick Kielty’s second season kicks off with serviceable monologue and just one flub

By Ed Power

Poem of the Week: At the King’s Coronation the talk is of the Weight of his Once-Off Crown

By Clodagh Beresford Dunne

A History of Irish Magic: Occultism of national life explored

By Adrienne Murphy

Pierre Joannon, Graham Greene, Ireland and the Honorary Consul: A view from the South of France

By Jane Conroy

The Red Emperor. Xi Jinping and the New China: An exceptional Machiavellian operator

By Oliver Farry

Books in brief: From wild swimming in Ireland to double-edged weight-loss drug Ozempic

The Golden Road by William Dalrymple: India at its most influential was open, tolerant and receptive to ideas

By Cauvery Madhavan

The price of a ticket

Obituaries

Sérgio Mendes: Brazilian bandleader who got the whole world dancing the bossa nova

The ghost of the Celtic Tiger

US Democrats and Catholicism

Access to truly inclusive education

Tackling the housing crisis – build high

Absurdity of national planning strategy

The Apple tax – let us count the ways

Obituaries

James Earl Jones obituary: Actor behind the faceless menace of Darth Vader