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BooksJane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney: Frances Burney and Maria Edgeworth are given their dueBy Jenny McAuley
BooksA Time Outworn by Val Mulkerns: A fascinating view of Ireland after the second World War By Julia Kelly
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ObituariesDr Willie Walsh obituary: Bishop who showed compassion and empathy towards survivors of clerical sex abuse
LettersLetters to the Editor, Saturday, March 8th: On early years care; Harris and Rubio and the kindness of strangers
CultureA handful of billionaires and a million artists in penury: big tech’s effect on culture, and what you can do about itBy Hugh Linehan
DrinkIrish winemaker Roisín Curley: ‘I have one foot in Burgundy and one in Ballyhaunis’By John Wilson
BooksTwist by Colum McCann: Surprising and electric, a wired-up story of what it means to bend yourself into new shapesBy Nicholas Allen
FoodTwo dessert classics - one with a modern makeover, the other unaltered perfectionBy Mark Moriarty
BooksVolcanic Tongue by David Keenan: Music journalism that sizzles with deadline-generated sweatBy Peter Murphy
In the News PodcastDonegal cliff murder: How Alan Vial and Nikita Burns were convicted of killing Robert WilkinBy Bernice HarrisonListen | 32:23
CultureThe Guide: Gracie Abrams, Wynton Marsalis, Night Dances and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
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PeopleGen Z’s love-hate relationship with phone calls: ‘I have some shy friends who hate it when I call them, but still always pick up’By Ella Sloane
CultureWhat follows the best-picture Oscar? Fame, fortune and perhaps even a Baggot Street nightclubBy Donald Clarke
ArtProject Sheela: International Women’s Day art trail highlights Ireland’s ‘open wounds’By Ella Sloane
TV & RadioKatherine Ryan: ‘It’s always disarming for people that I just say what I think’By Laura Slattery
OireachtasMiriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboreeBy Miriam Lord
BusinessCarvill knows value of Kenmare’s Mozambique mine more than anyone. Is he ready to pay up?By Joe Brennan
PeoplePartition was a male invention. Gender impacted on how revolutionary events unfolded, and how partition was rememberedBy Dr Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado
SoccerKevin Kilbane: FAI must aim at League of Ireland players being picked for the Republic’s squad By Kevin Kilbane
EnvironmentThe weird-looking cuttlefish wouldn’t be out of place as a magical creature in Harry PotterBy Ella McSweeney
Ireland‘By 1925 Catholic Ireland was coming and the madams saw the writing on the wall’: Centenary of the Monto red light district’s endBy Kitty Holland
Restaurants2025 is going to be the hardest year yet for cafes. My salary is two-thirds the amount I was paid in my previous PAYE jobBy Jamie O'Connell
Crime & LawNathan McDonnell complained to gardaí about crime link rumours in months before €32m drug haulBy Barry Roche
PeopleProf Aoife McLysaght: ‘Mum just said, do what you love and the job will follow. Which is very optimistic and brave advice’By Deirdre Falvey
Life & StyleHow are Irish family-run hotels faring? ‘You might have five stars but it will be soulless if there is no connection with the staff’By Rosita Boland
EnvironmentEye on Nature: How a branch of the national tree of Chile ended up in DublinBy Éanna Ní Lamhna
Racing‘My betting policy these days is to slavishly follow Willie Mullins’ - Ivan YatesBy Brian O'Connor
PeopleFinnish minister in Dublin: ‘We never were under the illusion that Russia is no longer a threat’By Ella Sloane
Ireland‘Nell McCafferty belonged to the Bogside’: Derry mural commemorates late journalist and campaignerBy Freya McClements
RacingWill Willie Mullins, with nothing left to prove, bow out after Cheltenham? Don’t bet on itBy Brian O'Connor
Crime & LawFast boats and military-grade guns are new trends in Irish drugs trade, says assistant Garda chiefBy Conor Lally
RacingMalachy Clerkin: Cheltenham’s thrill is gone as the best stories are replaced by the betting, the betting, the betting By Malachy Clerkin
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland at their collective best can overcome French force and flairBy Gerry Thornley
Letter of the Day‘Crowded prisons have multiple consequences, some intended, some unintended. All negative’
BusinessNo kings, skiing in jeans and apologies to Canada in a week of inventive protest signs in Trump’s USBy Laura Slattery
PeopleShaping the Century: 25 brilliant Irish women in 2025By Niamh Donnelly, Aoife Barry, Nadine O'Regan, Róisín Ingle and Patrick Freyne
OpinionImagine living with a stranger and a shared toilet in a space the size of a parking bayBy Ian O'Donnell
OpinionIreland is the small country that has been doing a bit too well – and we’re right on Trump’s radar By Cliff Taylor
OpinionThe women I am celebrating on this International Women’s Day are those in a rageBy Jennifer O'Connell
USWhat is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the rare illness that killed Betsy Arakawa, wife of Gene Hackman?By Coral Murphy Marcos
BusinessChina hits back at Canada with fresh agriculture tariffsBy Joe Cash, Mei Mei Chu and Yukun Zhang
Ireland‘One of the most important voices’: President Higgins leads tributes to marine environmentalist Matt MurphyBy Barry Roche
Middle EastHamas leader’s release reopens old wounds in IsraelBy Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman in East Jerusalem
PoliticsEU will not be deterred by US criticism of tech firm regulation, says McGrathBy Ronan McGreevy
IrelandIrish soldier who died protecting others in Lebanon honoured with posthumous medalBy Olivia Kelleher
Gaelic Games‘Match days will never be the same again’: Brendan Cummins, voice of Meath GAA, dies aged 76By Olivia Kelly
Social Affairs‘Getting a space for a baby is so difficult’: Looming Ranelagh creche closure leaves families scrambling for childcareBy Emmet Malone
BusinessLand transaction between Tipperary council and big developer should be investigated, says councillor By Arthur Beesley
IrelandMan (30s) arrested as garda hospitalised after incident in Dublin city centreBy Olivia Kelleher
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland 27 France 42: How the Irish players rated at the Aviva Stadium By Johnny Watterson
IrelandMary Kielty, mother of Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, dies ‘peacefully’ at home By Olivia Kelleher
Six NationsOpens in new windowJames Lowe sorely missed as Ireland forced to go without his extensive bag of tricksBy Johnny Watterson
Six NationsOpens in new windowFabien Galthié: ‘We feel bad for Dupont. In terms of the action, in my opinion it was reprehensible’ By Malachy Clerkin
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland boss Simon Easterby pinpoints chances not taken and ones given up too easyBy Gerry Thornley
Six NationsOpens in new windowScotland run in five tries as Wales continue losing run despite late fightback
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland v France: Les Bleus run riot to win in Dublin – As it happenedBy John O'Sullivan
AthleticsIreland’s Mark English qualifies for 800m final at European Indoor ChampionshipsBy Ian O'Riordan
PoliticsSinn Féin’s Thomas Gould confirms he is TD at centre of fraud investigationBy Olivia Kelleher and Pat Leahy
Six NationsOpens in new windowFrench power game blows Ireland off the park as Grand Slam hopes obliteratedBy Gerry Thornley
