History100 years ago today: the Irish soldier who won the Great War’s first Victoria CrossBy Ronan McGreevy
BooksChildren’s Books: It all sounds a bit like the Rose of Tralee – but even scarierBy Robert Dunbar
Middle EastShia militants kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shootingBy Raheem Salman and Alexander Dziadosz and in Baghdad
CultureCulture Shock: Wake up, Minister. You can help save Daniel Libeskind’s Bord Gáis Energy TheatreBy Fintan O'Toole
Crime & LawGarda Commissioner wrote to support withholding judges’ names in FOI requestBy Fiona Gartland
People‘Sometimes I have to tell you what you want to hear . . . I’m tempted to say that’s marriage’By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
USUS lawmakers oppose increased military response despite Islamic State horrorBy Mark Landler and in Washington
SoccerIs this the academy of dreams or exploitation?By Steve Eder, Christopher Harress, Sam Borden and Jack Williams
SoccerVan Gaal is not the story: how he goes about sorting out Manchester United is the storyBy Michael Walker