Article Index

A welcome read

In defence of smartphones

Wasteful spending

Other people

Traffic and protests

Wind farm in Connemara

Catholic patronage of schools

Roma women are facing discrimination from retailers, Flac says in 2023 annual report

By Colm Keena

Putin’s second-rate military

Protecting the Irish hare

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

Voting rights for those in care

Recipes

Lemon brulée tart

By Beth O'Brien

Advertising Feature

Cultural and cool – why Northern Ireland should be on your bucket list

Fashion

Designer Helen McAlinden makes a move. And the best news? Everything has pockets

By Deirdre McQuillan

Film

The Ban: What did barring Sinn Féin voices from the airwaves do to political culture?

By Una Mullally

Travel

Paul Howard on the Falkland Islands: ‘Coming here confirms the stupid wastefulness of it all’

By Paul Howard

Advertising Feature

Irish Gerontological Society unveils programme for 71st Annual & Scientific Meeting

‘Ungood’ use of language

TV & Radio

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order – An impressive tribute to the bands’ miraculous, affecting art

By Fiona McCann

Film

Irish Hellboy star Leah McNamara: ‘At horror films I’m always the person watching between my fingers’

By Tara Brady

Food

Queen of tarts: We baked Mary Berry, Melissa Clark and BBC Good Food lemon tarts, which turned out best?

By Beth O'Brien

People

Moving to Sligo, 1987: ‘I soon realised I’d left a conservative country for an ultraconservative one’

By Cauvery Madhavan

Books

Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity review: Magisterial work on theologies around sex

By Patsy McGarry

Employment in funds sector rising despite talent shortage

By Ian Curran

Property Clinic

Our son’s family needs more space. Would it be costly to swap houses with them?

By Suzanne O’Neill

‘She’s a wonderful, intelligent, kind, human, gorgeous girl, who fancies girls – that’s it’

By Filomena Kaguako

Schools abuse report shows how the legal system hurts victims and must change

By Philip Andrews

Residential

Financing your new home: The grants worth thousands, cheapest mortgage options and should you really go for cash back?

By Fiona Reddan

Education

Universities required to phase out car parking in some areas under climate targets

By Carl O'Brien

Many Irish homebuyers paying a minimum of 10% above asking price amid ‘intense competition’

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Racing

Irish Cesarewitch sponsorship review to take place following Sunday’s renewal of €600k feature

By Brian O'Connor

Gaelic Games

Hurling Development Committee must aim for small, meaningful wins to end sport’s inertia

By Denis Walsh

Tax changes in last budget helped boost lower paid worker incomes

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Anti-stalking protection orders: ‘There are a lot of people who have been waiting a long time for this’

By Ellen O'Riordan

Wilkins excited by Connacht’s attacking brio despite narrow loss to Munster

By Gerry Thornley

Munster have the last word in riveting rollercoaster

By Gerry Thornley

Housing & Planning

Campaign group opposed to wind farm criticises An Bord Pleanála for shutting it out of new planning decision

By Arthur Beesley

Transport

‘Left high and dry without a good option’: Commuters on delays and overcrowding after Irish Rail timetable changes

By Barry J Whyte

Sport

Not so smooth operator Paul Merson left gutted as Arsenal get flat-footed

By Mary Hannigan

Cristiano Ronaldo settles a score with Gary Something and Alan Who?

By Mary Hannigan

Opinion

I enjoy going to Mass occasionally, an embarrassing admission for an atheist

By Joe Humphreys

Pricewatch

A hotel upgrade gone wrong: ‘I pleaded with Loveholidays to revert to my original booking. They wouldn’t’

By Conor Pope

People

It was only after moving to Ireland from England that I had deep conversations about emigration

By Sarah Moss

People

Polyester Halloween costumes are scarily bad for the environment. Try a swap shop

By Joanne Hunt

Most tasks in nearly a third of professions could be automated by AI

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Ireland are back on top of the world amid positive opening weekend for provinces

By Gerry Thornley

Nine alleged military cargo flights to Israel used Irish airspace, investigation finds

By Conor Gallagher

Education

Single-school enrolment system planned for children with special needs

By Carl O'Brien

A new global order: Rising China and Russia rewrite the international rulebook

By Denis Staunton

Opinion

Watching Dublin’s anti-immigrant and counter protests: The grimmest moment came near the end

By Una Mullally

Business Today Newsletter

Working from home is not the enemy

By Emma Jacobs

Your Money

‘One of my long-term goals would be to invest in art, which is something you can take pleasure in while you have it’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Your Family

‘I am keen on making my kids deal with uncomfortable situations, but my daughter is struggling’

By John Sharry

Abroad

A Belfast film-maker in Hollywood: ‘I felt Irish American warmth in New York but nothing prepared me for LA’

By Maeve Murphy

Opinion

‘What’s up with the dude wall?’ Rows of portraits of men should have no place in Irish education

By Órla O'Donovan

Housing squeeze pushing sale prices well above asking prices

By Peter Flanagan

Former Irish Army Ranger killed while fighting for Ukraine previously lost an eye in explosion

By Conor Lally and Harry McGee

Big Tech

Apollo to offer multibillion-dollar investment in Intel

‘Unseasonably’ strong August winds contribute to ‘notable’ drop in gas demand

By Ian Curran

Your top stories on Monday: Former Irish Army Ranger killed fighting for Ukraine; Irish homebuyers paying ‘10% above asking price’

Sport

Sam Darnold’s renaissance offers hope for the quarterback scrapheap

By Alex Kirshner

Books

A new history of Irish food offers rich pickings

By Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire and Dorothy Cashman

Sports Briefing

So close yet so far once again for Rory McIlroy

By Mary Hannigan

Economy

Euro zone business activity unexpectedly contracts in September, PMI shows

By Jonathan Cable

Europe

Ukraine facing ‘decisive’ months in war as it seeks more US support

By Daniel McLaughlin

Gaelic Games

Kevin McStay to remain with Mayo for 2025

By Muireann Duffy

Former Sinn Féin press officer pleads guilty to 14 charges related to sex offences

By Eamonn MacDermott

Renters in line for tax credit of up to €1,000 per year under budget proposals

By Cormac McQuinn

Sport

F1 drivers united before FIA talks on Max Verstappen swearing row

By Giles Richards

Leinster Rugby to fly from Belfast instead of Dublin Airport amid passenger cap row, says Ryanair

By Ian Curran

Childcare provider accused of obstructing Tusla inspector spared conviction after agreeing to pay €2,000

By Tom Tuite

Books

Sally Rooney: what the critics say about her new novel, Intermezzo

By Jessica Doyle and Martin Doyle

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Is a new crop of Irish scrum halves coming of age?

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Friedkin Group agrees deal to buy Everton from Farhad Moshiri

By Andy Hunter

Immigration is ‘a factor’ contributing to homeless numbers, says Darragh O’Brien

By Cormac McQuinn

Chadwicks told to pay employee €60,000 for unfair dismissal

Focus on infrastructure needed to boost housing delivery, says construction industry

By Ian Curran

High temperatures in Mediterranean fail to dent Club Travel revenues

By Gordon Deegan

Wallabies get plenty right but blow golden chance to end Bledisloe Cup misery

By Angus Fontaine

Clare-headquartered Vitalograph buys US partner

By Colin Gleeson

Arsenal fall short against Man City again despite Arteta’s embrace of his inner Mourinho

By Jonathan Wilson

US aims to bring attempted assassination charge against Trump suspect

A global pact to keep AI in check: Is that really so utopian?

By Denis Staunton

Golf

Ifs, putts and maybes: Rory McIlroy’s year as golf’s ‘nearly man’

By Philip Reid

FAI to reroute Emerging Talent money to give more coaching time to best young footballers

By Gavin Cummiskey

Economy

EU challenges China’s dairy product probe at WTO

By Philip Blenkinsop

‘Leaked’ Michael D Higgins letter to Iran: What has happened and is it really a big deal?

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Woman collapsed on Croagh Patrick and later died of heart failure, inquest hears

By Tom Shiel

Northvolt to cut more than 20% of jobs in battle for survival

Olaf Scholz says Germany opposes a Commerzbank takeover

By Owen Walker, Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli and Guy Chazan and Olaf Storbeck

Food

Professional chefs reveal the best of Irish artisan food producers

By Madeleine Lyons

Simeon Burke faces putting Irish Bar career on hold after being unable to find a ‘master’

By Mary Carolan

Audiovisual Ireland calls on Government to match UK screen tax credit

By Laura Slattery

Irish man killed fighting for Ukraine was ‘true to his principles’, says family

By Conor Lally

Gardaí searching for suspect after car with five-month old baby in it hijacked in Dublin

By Colm Keena and Jade Wilson

Electrician walked off NCH site after pay was docked following bereavement leave, WRC told

Army Ranger, elite cyclist – Ex-Defence Forces soldier Robert Deegan killed in Ukraine was honoured for bravery

By Conor Lally and Conor Gallagher

Munster waiting for scan on outhalf Billy Burns’ shoulder injury

By Gerry Thornley

Remains of Co Clare man killed in 1984 to be exhumed

By Conor Lally

Climate Crisis

‘Witness trees’ to track Irish climate change over coming decades

By Kevin O'Sullivan

An Irish Diary

Goodness and Guinness – Tony Corcoran on pioneering doctor Sir John Lumsden

By Tony Corcoran

Climate Crisis

First planetary health check issues Earth red alert

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Health

Covid Q&A: Are infection rates rising in Ireland, do I need another vaccine and what if I have symptoms?

By Shauna Bowers

Three men charged in connection with €7m cocaine haul in Wexford granted bail

By Brendan Furlong

Rachel Reeves accentuates positives as she seeks to puncture gloomy economic mood at conference

By Mark Paul

Cycling

Seth Dunwoody and Darren Rafferty close to medals at world championships

By Shane Stokes

European shares end higher as markets bet on more ECB policy easing

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Ulster prop Marty Moore retires from rugby at age 33

By Gerry Thornley

Europe

Germany’s SPD benefits from keeping Olaf Scholz in background

By Derek Scally

Editorials

Simeon Burke affair highlights antiquated and opaque system for entering legal profession

Conspiracy theorists fail to tarnish furious beauty of Manchester City versus Arsenal

By Barney Ronay

Young man charged with dangerous driving causing death has case adjourned to November

By Colm Keena

Rodri ruled out for the season in major blow to Manchester City

By Sid Lowe and Jamie Jackson

Editorials

Sluggish Garda recruitment needs to be addressed by the Government and those in charge of the force

Health

Children’s hospital completion date now June 2025, TDs to be told

By Mark Hilliard and Jennifer Bray

Racing

Rachael Blackmore out for weeks with injury after fall at Downpatrick

By Brian O'Connor

Middle East

Russia and Iran sign partnership agreement

By Michael Jansen

Companies in breach of Irish air space rules may be banned, says Taoiseach

By Jennifer Bray

Full Israeli invasion of Lebanon could see Irish troops at heart of fighting

By Conor Gallagher

Sri Lanka’s new president promises change in island nation

‘I did not use the word leak’: Higgins says he does not regret comments about Israeli embassy circulating letter

By Jennifer Bray

Shamrock Rovers put pressure on leaders Shelbourne with late victory over Bohs

By Gavin Cummiskey

Meryl Streep joins Irish and other officials at UN women’s rights event

By Jennifer Bray

Middle East

Lebanon: an already traumatised nation is left reeling from deadly Israeli assault

By Sally Hayden

Invest in data centre emissions tech to help hit climate targets, says PwC

By Ian Curran

One in eight home buyers using gifts or inheritances to get on property ladder, research shows

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Cybersecurity the ‘most pressing concern for business’

By Fiona Keeley

Economic forecasts

Rory McIlroy’s consolation prizes

Good to hear your voice?

Promoting rights-based reconciliation

President’s letter to Iranian leader

Report on death of Aoife Johnston