15 October, 2026 Digital News Archive

Climate resilient homes: Striking the right balance

By Jennifer Sheahan

Research suggests the old adage is true: Happy employees can boost profits

By Cantillon

Lofty ideas: Making the most of your attic conversion

By Sandra O'Connell

Restaurants

Review: Dylan McGrath’s latest offering delivers an expertly executed pizza party

By Conor Stevens

Finishing touches: Interiors trends for winter 2026

By Claire O'Mahony

Spend or splurge: Where can you make savings on a home renovation project?

By Barry McCall

Amid growing concern, a new app aims to curb phone use in schools

Your Money

Will I inherit my sister-in-law’s share of the family home?

By Joanne Hunt

New ways to invest in your home

By Olwyn McCauley

Go big or go clever: Whether to extend or reconfigure

By Jennifer Sheahan

Letting your garden grow

By Sheila Farrell

Your Money

Cutting the extras out of our electricity bills

By Cantillon

Economy

Ireland is richer and spending more than 30 years ago but is it making us happy?

By Conor Pope

Got a smart meter? Time to unlock its value with an ESB Networks online account

AIB’s next-generation app offers better insights and security

Advertising Feature

The Christmas gift he never forgot: How one shoebox inspired a lifetime of kindness

When it comes to permanent fixtures, choosing what you really love matters

By Sheila Farrell

Growing popularity of solar panels driven by solid returns at a time of uncertainty

By Sandra O'Connell

Consumer Tech

EU innovation chief optimistic on Europe’s ability to play central role in AI

By Ciara O'Brien

Design essentials for the hardest-working room in the house

By Claire O'Mahony

‘I don’t feel like myself any more’: Why Irish women are missing the signs of menopause

Cotton Queen review: Commendably scathing dramatic takedown of postcolonial ‘freedom’

By Tara Brady

AI’s impact on jobs market may take 25 years to play out, says Microsoft chief Brad Smith

By Ciarán Hancock

Naza review: An essential record of the nightmare Israel has engineered in Gaza

By Donald Clarke

‘I knew I’d never seen anything like it’: Josh Brolin and Austin Abrams on Whalefall

By Tara Brady

TV & Radio

I feel like picking on myself. And why not? Self-bullying is a core part of Irish identity

By Patrick Freyne

Technology

Citroën’s relaunch of a classic could be just what the electric car market needs

By Emmet Ryan

Two-bed apartment with sea views popular with downsizers in Clontarf

By Alison Gill

How to downsize in Ireland: Plan early, sell first, be flexible

By Alison Gill

Well-connected Stillorgan apartment with fresh interior

By Miriam Mulcahy

Two-bed apartment ideal for downsizing in Ballsbridge

By Erin McCafferty

Two-bed apartment in period building in heart of Dublin 2

By Miriam Mulcahy

Raphaël Glucksmann’s refusal to use the word ‘genocide’ divides France’s left

By Naomi O’Leary

Five homes on view this week in Dublin from €775,000

By Ronald Quinlan

Work

People don’t leave jobs, they leave bad managers. What makes a great one?

By Margaret E Ward

Look inside: A1 energy rated Victorian in Ranelagh where two eras harmoniously coalesce

By Jessica Doyle

‘No silver bullet’: Energy crunch could bite Europe this winter

By Jack Power

Abroad

‘In Ireland I was the English girl, whereas in London I thought I was Irish’

Science

Scientists decipher charred ancient scrolls buried by Vesuvius

By Peter Lynch

People

I adore hearing about friends’ neighbourhood WhatsApp groups. Should I set one up?

By Emer McLysaght

Waterford family ‘murdered by gang in arson attack over €20,000 drug debt’, son says

By Conor Lally

Building company ceases trading, leaving sports clubs with bills for unfinished work

By Barry O'Halloran

Complex political issues reduced to slogans

Big tax increases should require a compelling justification

Opinion

Wikipedia is a very odd target for the culture wars

By Finn McRedmond

Approach to Leaving Cert mathematics does not add up

Actions of Irish footballers were measured but impactful

Eamonn Casey’s work in London

With so much cash sloshing around, why is there a housing crisis?

Opinion

Many loyalists are desperate to leave – the only thing stopping some is a £5,000 ‘exit fee’

By Newton Emerson

Rugby

Champions Cup pool guide: Leinster, Munster and Connacht’s opponents reviewed and rated

By Gerry Thornley

Garda numbers set to reach record levels but GRA says growth ‘nowhere near enough’

By Conor Lally

A strike should not be the first port of call in a negotiation

OPW to assess implications of withdrawing from proposed National Children’s Science Centre

By Cormac McQuinn and Martin Wall

Unreadable emergency booklet

Construction costs and planning uncertainty outweigh funding concerns for developers

By Killian Woods

Donald Trump is losing his grip at home and abroad

Guardians of the public purse?

Business Today Newsletter

Improving water system to cost €50bn, Uisce Éireann tells Oireachtas group

By Martin Wall

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: New proposed GAA rules should have trod the path laid by the FRC

By Ciarán Murphy

Opinion

€43bn should have been enough to build 110,000 homes. Only 27,000 were built

By Lorcan Sirr

Health

‘I felt so broken’: Three mothers on the impact of stillbirths and miscarriages

By Katie Mellett

Transport

Ryanair ‘recognises’ disputed Western Sahara territory in controversial marketing campaign

By Jack Power

Rugby

‘The dark arts are slowly going out of the game’: Tadhg Beirne adapting to law tweaks

By Gerry Thornley

Rugby

Leinster’s James Ryan looking forward to ‘proper’ French test at Clermont

By Michael Scully

AI fears, hopes, and high construction costs

By Ian Curran

Markets

Asian stocks sell off as AI trades crumble

By Gregor Stuart Hunter

Global Briefing

Serbian students aim to graduate from antigovernment protests to forming new government

By Denis Staunton

Markets

Oil prices retreat as investors weigh supply outlook, Middle East tensions

By Sam Li and Trixie Yap

In the News Podcast

How drug debt fuelled Waterford arson attack

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 20:25

Talented James Talarico silences conspiracy theorists in fascinating Senate race in Texas

By Keith Duggan

Inside Politics Newsletter

‘Wave of fear’ in nationalist community in Belfast at proposed Apprentice Boys parade

By Seanín Graham

Big Tech

Anthropic’s quarterly revenue surges 45% to nearly $17bn

Could the public sector strike be a one-off?

By Cormac McQuinn

UK police force ordered to reopen inquiry into handling of Graham Linehan arrest

By Jessica Coates

Sports Briefing

Irish provinces gear up for Champions Cup return

By Mary Hannigan

Jessie Buckley on Oscar campaigning: ‘Maybe we’ve given that too much weight’

By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Stage

Alan Davies in Dublin review: Confessions of a mature comic can be challenging

By Martin Doyle

Manchester United teammates largely side with Lisandro Martínez’s criticism of Jason Wilcox

By Jamie Jackson

Union leader warns of ‘long and difficult dispute’ if breakthrough on pay not made

By Jack Power and Vivienne Clarke

Gaelic Games

Club hurling championships: Who are county champions and what’s the state of play around Ireland?

By Malachy Clerkin

EU’s top court upholds Dublin Airport passenger cap

By Barry O'Halloran

Aryzta shares rally on appointment of bakery veteran as chairman

By Joe Brennan

Arson attack: Waterford city ‘as sad as’ Dublin after Stardust fire, councillor says

By Hugh Dooley, Vivienne Clarke, Olivia Kelleher and Marie O’Halloran

Jeffrey Donaldson ‘deserves every day’ of 15-year sentence for sex offences, says DUP

By Freya McClements

Kenmare Resources lowers production forecast as it continues talks with Abu Dhabi suitor

By Joe Brennan

Cycling

Emma Jeffers finishes 16th in elimination race at Track World Championships in Shanghai

By Ian O'Riordan

Smart Money

The rich are getting richer, so why no wealth tax?

By Cliff Taylor

Education

Irish universities teetering on ‘cliff-edge’ due to chronic underfunding, committee hears

By Niamh Towey

Patrick O’Donovan remains in intensive care after taking ill on Tuesday

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years in prison for rape and child sex assaults

By Freya McClements and Seanín Graham

Academic and lawyer Maeve O’Rourke to run for Seanad

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Cockroach infestation found at Hopsack Cafe in Swan Leisure Centre, Rathmines

By Conor Pope

Ireland sells 10-year bonds at highest rate since it emerged from bailout

By Joe Brennan

Donaldson victims hailed for ‘courage’ and ‘bravery’ following ex-DUP leader’s sentencing

By Freya McClements

Economy

The global economy and the art of living dangerously

By Martin Wolf

Ukraine braces for hardest winter yet as Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ unravels

By Daniel McLaughlin

Health

HSE considering reimbursing weight-loss drug Mounjaro

By Órla Ryan

Addictive online features should be disabled by default, report on use by children finds

By Cormac McQuinn

GAA+ reports 25% surge in profits in the year before RTÉ sold its stake

By Gordon Deegan

TV & Radio

Mike Tyson: Is Netflix's new documentary about the boxer even appropriate?

By Ed Power

Golf

Rory McIlroy focused on Race to Dubai endgame after solid start in New Delhi

By Philip Reid

Hybrid deal with surprise benefit eases fears of EU-China trade war

By Jack Power

In the News Podcast

Why Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be sold in the UK

Listen | 09:10

Apologetic Infantino ‘not fit’ to lead Fifa, claim European FA heads after meeting

By Matt Hughes in Zurich

Athletics

Sonia O’Sullivan: On a panel with Roy Keane and Jimmy Barry-Murphy you don’t expect to discuss losing

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Oireachtas

Jack Chambers ‘hopeful’ of ‘way forward’ to prevent further public sector strike

By Jack Horgan-Jones, Emmet Malone and Marie O’Halloran

Environment

Uisce Éireann pays performance-related bonus to 97% of staff

By Martin Wall

Jeffrey Donaldson told of ‘descent into disgrace’ as he is given 15-year prison term

By Seanín Graham

Murder accused crushed father’s head and repeatedly stabbed him, trial opening hears

By Eoin Reynolds

Social Affairs

Upgrades to Cork halting site at standstill ‘due to intimidation of contractors’

By James Cox

Sport

Mona McSharry seals $10,000 World Cup triple crown title with win in Astana

By Muireann Duffy

Zelenskiy defies Trump as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries

By Alex Russell and Ben Hall in London

Middle East

Israel’s former spy chief sues Netanyahu for ‘blood libel’ over October 7th attacks

By Mark Weiss

Economy

Legal profession ‘got away scot-free’ from reforms in wake of 2008 crash

By Mark Hennessy

Enoch Burke: High Court again orders arrest and jailing of sacked teacher over school trespass

By Fiachra Gallagher

Giovanni Leoni’s return from injury delayed in fresh blow to Liverpool

By Andy Hunter

Music

U2 to start world tour in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina in spring 2027

By Nadine O’Regan

Trump cancels plan to livestream man’s execution following widespread condemnation

By Anna Betts in New York

McEntee to raise Sally Rooney book sales withdrawal with UK foreign secretary

By Mark Paul and Marie O’Halloran

‘I couldn’t fight back’, woman accusing Russell Brand of rape tells London court

By Tristan Kirk, Ted Hennessey and Josh Payne

Asia-Pacific

More than 30 children killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan

Racing

Aidan O’Brien content to stay on familiar ground with Constitution River and Gstaad for Ascot

How a former Nato chief cashed in on the big business of lobbying for foreign governments

By Jack Power

Stephen Kenny says ‘chaotic’ League of Ireland scheduling lacks professionalism

By Gavin Cummiskey

Markets

Global stocks edge lower as AI and rate fears hit tech

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Social Affairs

‘Such a lovely person’: Tributes paid to homeless woman who died in tent in Dublin

By Kitty Holland

Ukrainian woman flew to Ireland every fortnight for six months to collect social welfare

By Natasha Reid

Garda technical experts tracking down source of bomb threat emailed to schools

By Hugh Dooley

Sally Rooney’s novels are not easy to find in Israeli bookstores despite their popularity

By Mark Weiss

Food

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Award-winning Tullamore chocolatier’s stock destroyed by factory fire

By Niamh Browne

Irish firm with €2.4m debt to Revenue allegedly diverted business to Gibraltar entity, court told

By Fiachra Gallagher

Your Money

Households billed for up to 10 times amounts owed due to Gas Networks Ireland glitch

By Conor Pope

EU leaders clash over CAP and military funding as budget talks become fractious

By Jack Power

An Irish Diary

Try walking in Patrick Kavanagh’s shoes: one man’s pilgrimage from Inniskeen to Dublin

By Frank McNally

Oireachtas

‘Scale of our waiting lists remains extraordinary’, Oireachtas health committee told

By Conor Pope

Ten children and one adult hospitalised after ‘excess chlorine incident’ at Dublin pool

By Sarah Burns

The €1.6tn battle for Europe: inside the EU’s biggest budget fight in years

By Jack Power

Editorials

No regret from Jeffrey Donaldson as he heads to jail

Sex-offender taxi driver released while he fights deportation case

By Paul Neilan

Review of Legal Services Regulatory Authority to follow its first decade of operation

By Mary Carolan

Government and unions inching towards talks but no sign of white smoke

By Harry McGee

Gardaí investigating after body of unidentified man found in undergrowth in Mallow

By Olivia Kelleher

Man and woman arrested over Waterford petrol bombing knew family that was targeted

By Conor Lally and Hugh Dooley

Editorials

Lame duck Trump could be even more of a loose cannon

Roy Keane brands Manchester United ‘circus’ following Lisandro Martinez outburst

Witness mistook body for Halloween decoration, Louth family murder trial hears

By Alison O’ Riordan

Jhon Durán on the double as Benfica prove too hot to handle for Celtic