PoliticsIrish public urged to check their passports are in date before making travel plans By Marie O’Halloran
LettersLetters to the Editor, December 27th: On congested cities, Trump’s world and electronic tagging
BooksStaging Beckett in London by Matthew McFrederick: New study traces 70 years of productionsBy Anthony Roche
StageThe year in theatre: At last, Ireland has lost its fear of new writing for the stageBy Chris McCormack
MusicBest music in 2025: Irish Times critics choose the albums and acts of the yearBy Tony Clayton-Lea
State PapersVisiting dignitaries causing too many delays for passengers, Dublin Airport complainedBy Mark Hennessy
State PapersPádraig Flynn ‘shouted at’ John Major over calls to drop constitutional claim on NorthBy Mark Hennessy
State PapersBoyzone fans in hospital due to ‘heat and hysteria’, prompting call for concert law change
BusinessThe state of Irish tourism: ‘78 buses cramming into the Cliffs of Moher is not a quality experience’By Paul Colgan
PeopleThe world in 2050: Ireland reunited, robot Formula 1 and a rail link to FranceBy Cian O'Connell
State PapersCheaper to send cervical smear samples to England than train staff, officials saidBy Órla Ryan
State PapersChristy Moore complained about questioning at Holyhead under terror laws in 2004By Mark Hennessy
State PapersBill Clinton ‘fantasy’ Irish ancestry concerned genealogist ahead of visit in 1995By Órla Ryan
State PapersState carried out secret study on asking UN to make Northern Ireland a trusteeshipBy Mark Hennessy
TechnologyIs Trump’s plan to seek five years of social media history for a visitor visa workable?By Paul Colgan
EnvironmentLight pollution is surprisingly straightforward to fix when communities work togetherBy Ella McSweeney
CourtsMan challenges €125 clamping charge for parking on Dublin road with continuous white lineBy Mary Carolan
PeoplePatrick Freyne: From the removal of joy to global destruction, 16 reasons I hate AI By Patrick Freyne
AthleticsIan O’Riordan: Is the 10k and half-marathon just a gateway drug to the harder stuff?By Ian O'Riordan
Transport‘It’s clogging up the whole system’: Record number of ‘no shows’ for driving testsBy Marie O’Halloran
SportAn indifference to running? Now that’s the kind of team mascot we can all get behindBy Malachy Clerkin
BusinessDublin Airport’s controversial passenger cap finally could be laid to rest in 2026By Barry O'Halloran
State PapersUS officials requested Shannon Airport as Nasa space shuttle’s emergency landing siteBy Órla Ryan
PoliticsThe brass neck, the survivor, the cringe event: Miriam Lord’s 2025 Political AwardsBy Miriam Lord
State PapersBritish ID card plan caused concern for Irish citizens in UK before being abandonedBy Mark Hennessy
Crime & LawA year with no gangland gun murders: How one Dublin attack ‘changed everything’By Conor Lally
PeopleTwenty years ago, The Irish Times tried to predict 2025. It got quite a few things rightBy Conor Goodman
SoccerFarrell and McCracken: colossal impact of Irish football legends still felt todayBy Michael Walker
RacingPatrick and Danny Mullins set to battle it out again for Limerick’s Grade One featureBy Brian O'Connor
State PapersState papers: Diana might try to ‘upstage’ Charles, his adviser warned Irish officialsBy Órla Ryan
State PapersGerry Kelly named as ‘dominant figure’ of 1996 IRA leadership in Garda security documentBy Mark Hennessy
WorldZelenskiy in the White House to Prince Andrew no more: 12 history-making moments of 2025By Irish Times reporters
OpinionYear of Trump unleashed: Five critical issues that will define US politics in 2026By Daniel Geary
