17 October, 2025 Digital News Archive

Smart energy for business: bringing the electric fleet full circle

By Barry McCall

Can the State meet its 2030 targets for reducing transport emissions?

By Neil Briscoe

Will MetroLink’s benefits for Dublin outweigh the cost and disruption? ‘Certainly’

By Sandra O'Connell

Hanley Energy powers abroad to win exporter of the year

Cycling is getting a boost but stepping up a gear could see investment go further

By Danielle Barron

Residential

What will €410,000 buy in Turkey, Finland, Donegal, Crete and France?

By Alison Gill

A lifeline on wheels for rural Ireland

By Edel Corrigan

The great rail revival: Transformative plan could reshape economic geography

By Frank Dillon

Work

Employers called out for staff firings over Charlie Kirk social media posts

By Emma Jacobs

Closing the charging infrastructure gap is key to making EV switchover

By Emmet Ryan

Advertising Feature

Hilton Dublin Kilmainham’s Pet Day 2025 brings joy to guests and their VIPs

Biofuels and hydrogen: Realistic alternative fuels or pie in the sky?

By Neil Briscoe

EV fleet switch makes financial sense when you look beyond upfront cost

By Sandra O'Connell

Drink

Two Languedoc wines worth a small splurge

By John Wilson

The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Marian Finnegan, Sherry FitzGerald

Affordable electric cars aren’t the future – they’re here now

By Neil Briscoe

TV & Radio

RTÉ’s twisty new soap opera stars Ray D’Arcy and, now, Brendan Courtney

By Mick Heaney

Interiors

How to avoid overspending on home renovation: Start with strategy

By Denise O'Connor

Asia-Pacific

Old people behaving badly are the talk of China

By Denis Staunton

BeautyOpens in new window

China’s property slump hits economy as trade tensions with US heighten

By Denis Staunton

Residential

Look inside: Modern home in Dalkey with a touch of period style

By Frances O'Rourke

How to layer your skincare in the right order: An expert step-by-step guide

By Simone Gannon

Who is the pro-Assad militia leader Catherine Connolly was pictured with in Syria?

By Cian Ward in Yarmouk

Music

What is K-pop and why is it everywhere?

By Ed Power

Tesco Ireland boss Geoff Byrne: ‘We need houses, and houses need shops. I’m very positive’

By Ciarán Hancock

Uisce Éireann paid €9.3m for personal injury, damage claims over five years

By Barry O'Halloran

People

Rosanna Cooney: In the loneliest country in Europe, I’ve started chatting to strangers

By Rosanna Cooney

Jamison Gibson-Park: No quarter given in battle of the scrumhalves

By John O'Sullivan

Culture

Event guide: Galway comedy, Pillow Queens and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

High Court allows journalist to proceed with challenge to Press Council rejection

By Ian Curran

Does the Irish language belong to Presbyterians too?

An Irish Diary

Roots and Branch: Alex Haley’s lesser known Irish heritage

By Frank McNally

Racing

Champion Stakes can live up to billing by supplying season defining performance

By Brian O'Connor

Aer Lingus faces UK cabin crew strike, with disruption feared for thousands of passengers

By Barry O'Halloran

Education

Teachers who qualify overseas to be allowed to take induction in Ireland for limited time

By Jack White

Gaelic Games

Former GAA president Nickey Brennan fears bloated payroll could damage volunteerism

By Seán Moran

Social Affairs

Church services

Dublin stabbing: Tusla flat where 17-year-old died was unregulated

By Kitty Holland and Conor Lally

Opinion

Diarmaid Ferriter: Jim Gavin’s name on the ballot paper raises troubling questions

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Presidential election

Catherine Connolly met militia leader behind war crimes in Syria, photos show

By Ronan McGreevy and Cian Ward in Damascus

Letters

Your letters: On Humphreys v Connolly, obesity drugs, and simple acts of kindness

Opinion

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are not doomed. Yet

By Stephen Collins

Irish Times Poll: Majority are ‘disappointed the budget did nothing for people like me’

By Pat Leahy

The Irish Times Poll

Support for triple lock slips, but most still favour keeping it

By Pat Leahy

Opinion

If Catherine Connolly is an enemy of the EU, then Michael D Higgins is too

By Justine McCarthy

Connacht preparing for bruising battle against Bulls

By Linley MacKenzie

Economy

Are we overegging the threat from US tariffs?

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Business Today Newsletter

Clayton McMillan motivated to get more Munster players into Ireland squads

By Gerry Thornley

In the News Podcast

Drug debts and buried bodies: the trial of Ruth Lawrence for double murder

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 15:57

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Ireland’s November squad: valuable rotation or more of the same?

Listen | 31:43

Aer Lingus UK travel disruption and have we overplayed Trump’s tariff threat

By Peter Flanagan

Matt Williams: Rugby is going down a bad road. R360 might be the jolt it needs

By Matt Williams

New Revenue boat to help foil drug-smuggling operations off Irish coast

By Barry Roche

US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela

By Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager

Music

Westlife to play five nights in Dublin’s 3Arena

Investor who tried to buy Everton charged with fraud

Gardaí identify 55 child sex abuse victims amid ‘sadistic rise’ in online threat

By Katie Mellett

Gardaí find suspect devices in Carlow property and arrest two men

By Sarah Slater

Competitions

Win a festive overnight stay at Glenlo Abbey Hotel & Estate

European banks slide as US lenders see credit issues

By Macarena Muñoz

Cup shock puts pressure on St Pat’s to upset Shamrock Rovers’ title plans

By Gavin Cummiskey

Sports Briefing

McMillan not playing down scale of task facing Munster

By Mary Hannigan

Competitions

Win a two-night stay at The Dean Dublin for Dublin Gallery Weekend

Man remanded in custody charged with murder of 89-year-old widow in Co Tipperary

By Barry Roche

Asia-Pacific

Suicide attack kills seven Pakistani troops near Afghan border, officials say

‘Tom Niland should not be defined by how he died but by how he lived’

By Mary Carolan

Galway Bay FM acquired by Bay Broadcasting

By Colin Gleeson

Aontú decides not to table motion of confidence in Government next week

By Cormac McQuinn

Work

Women hold fewer than one in five chief executive positions in Ireland

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

If Liverpool cannot beat a beleaguered Manchester United, maybe they do have problems

By Michael Walker

Books

Niamh Connolly signs six-figure deal

By Martin Doyle

Firm faces criminal proceedings after three family members died in Donegal road incident

By Stephen Maguire

Music

Deadbeat, Tame Impala’s new album, gets bogged down in angst

By Ed Power

Sam Prendergast v Jack Crowley: media-stoked outhalf rivalry is about to get real

By Gerry Thornley

Europe

‘We need a big bang’: The defence industry’s push to shape Europe’s military rearmament

By Jack Power

Europe

How Putin’s history lecture in Alaska nudged Trump closer to Ukraine

By Max Seddon in Berlin, Henry Foy in Brussels, Christopher Miller in Kyiv and and Amy Mackinnon in Washington

Debt in several EU countries is on potentially explosive path, IMF warns

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Presidential election

Heather Humphreys was ‘unsympathetic’ to fears over change to wildlife law, say activists

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Ellen Coyne

Fisherman tells Ruth Lawrence murder trial he noticed ‘dreadful smell coming off’ lake island

By Alison O'Riordan

Man jailed for eight years for attempted rape outside Dublin nightclub

By Eimear Dodd

Dropping interstate case against UK ‘on the agenda’, Taoiseach says

US woman described by judge as ‘incorrigible fraudster’ sentenced to four years in NI

Owen Farrell to miss out on England recall for autumn internationals

By Gerard Meagher

Business leaders believe complying with climate rules will ‘significantly’ increase costs

By Hugh Dooley

Man gets suspended sentence for sending ‘sinister’ cards with dead friend’s signature

By Tom Shiel

Teen arrested over fatal stabbing of Ukrainian boy Vadym Davydenko (17) in Dublin

By Conor Lally and Kitty Holland

Middle East

Israel-Hamas conflict: Healing begins for returning hostages

By Isabel Kershner

Inside Politics Podcast

Election Daily podcast: Is it all over bar the shouting for Heather Humphreys?

Listen | 24:33

Profits up at Sweaty Betty’s Irish unit

By Gordon Deegan

Footage of last known moments of Noah Donohoe’s life released in appeal for information

Europe

Demands for suspension of EU’s trade deal with Israel losing momentum

By Jack Power

Golf

Shane Lowry trails Tommy Fleetwood by one stroke as old pals’ act pays off in Delhi

By Philip Reid

Ruben Amorim welcomes Jim Ratcliffe support but admits ‘football is not like that’

By Jamie Jackson

US medtech group Abbott axes jobs in Galway

By Colin Gleeson

Racing

Willie Mullins believes Absurde may be ‘better suited’ to Caulfield Cup challenge

By Brian O'Connor

Father not informed of son’s circumcision, court hears

By Gordon Deegan

Solicitor ordered to remove €3,350-a-month Dublin Airbnb listing and cancel bookings

By Ray Managh

Cycling

Ryan Mullen signs two-year contract with Israel-Premier Tech cycling team

By Muireann Duffy

Doctor’s Irish registration suspended over UK charge of having indecent images of children

By Fiachra Gallagher

Ryanair injunction application to get back seized documents to go ahead

Ireland

A wildlife park is shut and local farmers are nervous – how should avian flu be tackled?

By Caroline O'Doherty

On The Money Newsletter

Why are Irish energy prices so high?

By Conor Pope

Hungary’s ‘Viktator’ eyes pre-election boost from US-Russia strongman summit

By Daniel McLaughlin

Notable Datalex shareholders join Dermot Desmond in providing €6m in loans as outlook improves

By Joe Brennan

Hard handle with DNA matching that of man beaten to death shown to murder trial jury

By Eoin Reynolds

Starmer calls for Israeli soccer fans to be allowed at Aston Villa match

Health

Health unions trigger review of HSE staffing, citing 6,000 vacancies

By Emmet Malone

Markets

Bank of Ireland leads losses in Dublin amid fears of US credit issues

By Hugh Dooley

Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges of mishandling classified information

Work

DAA board views payout to CEO Kenny Jacobs as lower cost settlement option with reduced risks, minister told

By Arthur Beesley, Martin Wall and Joe Brennan

Ulster will need to play it fast and loose against a sharpened Sharks line-up

By John O'Sullivan

Film

Saipan the movie: Roy Keane-Mick McCarthy flashbacks too much for this traumatised fan

By Conor Pope

Graphic designer wins €19,000 over treatment by ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ publishing boss

Dublin man on J1 visa in Texas dies following road incident

By Sarah Slater

Scéal

Lomnochtadh anama

By Alan Titley

Taxi driver who admitted consensual sex with ‘vulnerable’ passenger has licence reinstated

By Tom Tuite

An Irish Diary

Old Men of the Canal – Frank McNally on the herons of Percy Place

By Frank McNally

Co Tipperary boy who sued over care following birth settles action with €5m interim payment

Voters at Cork’s English Market unmoved by presidential race between Connolly and Humphreys

By Barry Roche

Judgment reserved in lengthy civil case against former banker Michael Fingleton

By Paul Neilan

Middle East

Israel to ramp up pressure on Hamas over return of dead hostages

By Mark Weiss

Ukrainians in Dublin mourn teenager Vadym Davydenko at Orthodox memorial service

By Cian O'Connell

Presidential election

Live: Tánaiste rejects suggestion that Humphreys campaign is doomed

By Jack White

Humphreys makes plea to Fianna Fáil supporters to ‘lend’ votes for presidential election

By Pat Leahy and Marie O’Halloran

TV & Radio

Irish actor Ruth Codd ‘murdered’ in Celebrity Traitors after taking aim at Jonathan Ross

By Ed Power

Editorials

Irish people need to be aware they are targets for online scams

Mohamed Salah in need of centre stage return for Anfield’s grand show

By Andy Hunter

Trump says Middle East ceasefire gives administration ‘credibility’ in Russia-Ukraine mediation

By Keith Duggan

Gaelic Games

Further dual recognition for Kildare as Beirne and Boran win awards

By Seán Moran

Prince Andrew to stop using Duke of York title and honours ahead of Giuffre book

Education

Union lodges WRC case over UCD move to bring staff back on site at least three days a week

By Emmet Malone

Shamrock Rovers forced to wait as Simon Power nets St Pat’s winner in Inchicore

By Gavin Cummiskey

Connacht bag bonus points but denied win against the Bulls