BooksAlice Cooper’s new book lacks bite, but the definitive story of The Shadows is masterfulBy Tony Clayton-Lea
BusinessReplacing beef farming with forestry would boost incomes and help meet climate goalsBy Brendan Kearney
Your WellnessChanging the world of organ transplants while fearing he could die waiting for oneBy Roni Caryn Rabin
OpinionShould I start a message with ‘I hope you’re well’? If not well, should I say so?By Joe Humphreys
BusinessIrish film and TV industry mounts late push for enhanced regional tax break in budgetBy Ian Curran
PeopleIt’s ridiculous how many people say I look like a Hollywood star who was huge in the 80sBy John O'Connor
OpinionThis year won’t see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the endBy Daniel Geary
Budget 2027The budget I want: A home owner, house hunter, parent, pensioner and business ownerBy Dara Bradley, Jack White, Emmet Malone, Barry Roche, Kitty Holland and Stephen Conneely
IrelandDelay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warnsBy Shauna Bowers
PricewatchCan the AA justify a 300% jump in travel insurance prices in under five years?By Conor Pope
Ireland‘It’s a fashion thing, to show your Irish identity’: Belfast’s GAA jersey surgeBy Seanín Graham
Middle East‘It’s off the charts’: Satellite images show how three years of war have devastated GazaBy Michael Jansen
Early Edition PodcastDrumcree court hearing and delays to the national children’s hospitalBy Andrew McNairListen to Drumcree court hearing and delays to the national children’s hospitalListen | 07:25
BusinessInheritance tax reform could unlock €170bn sitting on deposit, expert saysBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Ireland‘We’re not going back, are we?’: Courts may be the only way to end Drumcree standoff By Mark Hennessy
Your FamilyMost neurodivergent children have a neurodivergent parent – diagnosed or notBy John Sharry
RugbyMunster have been digging this hole for years as they slide into tortured mediocrityBy Denis Walsh
Business Today NewsletterLast-minute budget lobbying and the challenge of keeping money in the familyBy Dominic Coyle
In the News PodcastWhy Andy Burnham says ‘Brexit has done more harm than good’By Bernice HarrisonListen to Why Andy Burnham says ‘Brexit has done more harm than good’Listen | 22:35
Financial ServicesPTSB says takeover by Bawag still on track despite ‘highly speculative’ bid by Axis CapitalBy Joe Brennan
StageRefuge review: A thrillingly weird opening becomes a true story from Ireland’s pastBy Ruby Eastwood
Inside Politics Podcast‘Traitors to creation’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the far right’s apocalypse allianceListen to ‘Traitors to creation’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the far right’s apocalypse allianceListen | 46:06
Soccer‘Hypocrisy of the Irish is unbelievable’: Israeli media reacts to draw with IrelandBy Mark Weiss
SportThe terrifying, unbeaten Chiefs would like you to know your predictions were wrongBy Doug Farrar
TechnologyFemale-looking AI agents were paid less than male ones in virtual office, study findsBy James Cox
StageLet Me In review: A brilliant premise, but this play ultimately feels underdevelopedBy Ruby Eastwood
Crime & Law‘It is traumatic for the parents’: How Irish drug gangs are using teenagers’ addresses in operationsBy Conor Lally
Your Money‘It turns out the magnets don’t work through double-glazed windows’: Fiachra Garvey on moneyBy Tony Clayton-Lea
TV & RadioDeepfake Ireland on Virgin Media One: Gráinne Seoige’s distress in this grim film is palpableBy Ed Power
GolfSeapoint links set for temporary closure in 2027 as Pádraig Harrington leads €7m redesignBy Philip Reid
CourtsOver 200 solicitors and barristers protest outside Criminal Courts of Justice in DublinBy Mary Carolan
BusinessNorway becomes first major country to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in public placesBy Richard Milne
CourtsDaniel Kinahan case adjourned for one week to allow solicitor to apply to represent him By Mary Carolan
UKBehind the mystery that first set off fears of Iranian threats at a UK military baseBy Michael D Shear, Eric Schmitt, Megan Specia and Adam Goldman
CourtsDrug barons ‘a cancer’ on State, says judge, as two boys sentenced for drug-debt intimidationBy Tom Tuite
Middle EastUS ‘monitoring’ suspected case of plague in Russia after lab worker diesBy Anastasia Stognei in Berlin and Katya Arenina in Vilnius
EuropeInside the school protests in France that have spiralled into arson and street violenceBy Naomi O’Leary
IrelandRoyal Hospital Kilmainham conservation plan edges closer as OPW and Imma tensions easeBy Órla Ryan
BusinessFitzwilliam tennis club seeks permission to enclose two padel courts with 10.5m-high coverBy Gordon Deegan
Farming & FoodChicken producer Moy Park paid £143m dividend to US parent as it cut 1,000 jobsBy Dominic Coyle and Ian Curran
Inside Politics NewsletterBudget 2027: Ministers put finishing touches to package as final measures agreedBy Paul Colgan
SoccerHeimir is the right man for the job, and four other things we learned from international windowBy Gavin Cummiskey
Budget 2027Here’s the schedule for Budget 2027 and how to follow it on Irishtimes.com By Conn Ó Midheach
Drumcree standoffMichelle O’Neill says the law is ‘wrong’ in Orange Order Drumcree march rowBy Katie Mellett
BusinessEurope’s Stoxx 600 gains on banks boost but fiscal fears hit French stocks By Eoin Burke-Kennedy
IrelandO’Neill accused of choosing politics over ministerial responsibilities in Drumcree standoffBy Mark Hennessy
PoliticsBudget 2027: Rent tax credit could increase to €1,200 per person at higher levelBy Jack Horgan-Jones
BusinessIreland records one of lowest rates of house price inflation in euro zoneBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Middle EastFlydubai co-pilot planned to crash into Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, say Israeli officialsBy Alexander Cornwell and Maayan Lubell
Education‘They deserve to be on a good wage’: Dublin parents back teachers on industrial actionBy Jack White
EducationWhy reducing the €2,500 student registration charge would be a double-edged swordBy Brian Mooney
Budget 2027‘Cost-of-college crisis’ locking people out of higher education, says advocacy group By Niamh Towey
TennisDaniil Medvedev disqualified from China Open semi-final after ball hits fan in the eyeBy John Brewin
An Irish DiaryI saw Switzerland’s Alpine treasures melting away. It was a sobering experienceBy Denis McClean
SoccerIreland v Israel was no ordinary match assignment. Irish journalists were watched and filmedBy Gavin Cooney
Crime & Law‘Appalling attack’: Man forced into bin and pushed on to railway tracks at Dublin Dart stationBy Caroline O'Doherty
CourtsJudgment reserved in legal challenge to Orange Order parade on Garvaghy RoadBy Freya McClements
CourtsMan (43) to be sentenced for manslaughter of mother of two in Mallow stabbing incidentBy Barry Roche
UKAt Plaid Cymru’s annual party conference, it wasn’t always clear who the protesters wereBy Mark Paul
PoliticsSinn Féin seeks to regulate ‘wild west’ horse-drawn carriage industry in DublinBy Marie O’Halloran
EducationAlmost all schools to close for second day in coming weeks as unions turn the screwBy Emmet Malone
CourtsMan accused of importing crystal meth worth €32m seeks access to witnesses’ phonesBy Eoin Reynolds
CourtsWould-be Galway mosque bombers made video warning they would carry out further attacks, court hearsBy Eoin Reynolds
Middle EastAir campaign against Houthis under way in Yemen, says Saudi-led coalitionBy Patrick Wintour
Gaelic GamesAll-Ireland winning Armagh captain Aidan Forker announces intercounty retirementBy Gordon Manning