Article Index

Boom to bust cycle must end

Editorials

Social housing is the key to tackling worsening homelessness problem

Fall in euro zone inflation raises odds of more monetary easing

Buying distressed asset helps fuel a profitable business for Denis O’Brien

By Cliff Taylor

Miriam Lord: Enda promises not to make endless promises

By Miriam Lord

Nicola Daly has the drive and the formula for further success

By Johnny Watterson

How to read the feeder school list and some of its peculiarities

By Peter McGuire

Analysis: What the feeder tables tell us

By Brian Mooney

Coalition adjusts 2016 corporate tax forecast upwards

By Arthur Beesley

Boys' schools dominate feeder lists for third-level colleges

By Peter McGuire

Sandyford businesses say increased levies will harm growth

By Dan Griffin

EU denies Oxfam claims of being ‘sidelined’ in climate talks

By Frank McDonald

Striking contrasts by post code in third-level take-up

By Carl O'Brien and Deirdre Falvey

UK officers ordered to ignore injured in future attacks

By Vikram Dodd

EC says 40% of its management will be women by 2019

By Suzanne Lynch

Ruling out statistical abberation at heart of feeder tables

By Brian Mooney

Despite corporate tax uncertainty, public finances look in fine fettle

By Arthur Beesley

Banking inquiry to delay report publication by week

By Sarah Bardon

Friends of Sinn Féin raised $60,000 in six months

By Simon Carswell

Jordi Murphy eager to reproduce his best form

By John O'Sullivan

Cairn and O’Flynn make final bids for €400m Ulster Bank loans portfolio

By Ciarán Hancock

Nothing Clear about RBS bidding process

Strange timing for speedy sale of Topaz

By Mark Paul

Children in childcare learn ‘just as well’ as those at home

By Rachel Flaherty

Klitschko takes up option of a rematch with Tyson Fury

Your Money

Present hunters to get crafty at RDS Christmas fair

By Conor Pope

Concerns grow over freedom of press in Turkey

By Stephen Starr

Fee-paying schools dominate high-points courses

By Nora-Ide McAuliffe

Injury worry for Munster as Francis Saili may miss Leicester games

New database to link car ownership to driving licences

By Fiach Kelly

Racing

Un De Sceaux to miss Sandown’s Tingle Creek Chase

Lucy Mulhall: ‘This is the year to get Ireland back on the Sevens map’

By Malachy Clerkin

Feeder schools: Social class still drives school league tables

By Carl O'Brien and Deirdre Falvey

Decision on next High Court president within days

By Mary Carolan

Science

Improve your golf game by taking the rough over the smooth

By Peter Lynch

More members withhold payments to IFA

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Mark Zuckerberg crafts new approach to philanthrophy

Gaelic Games

Manager Sean Kelly proud of response of Leinster players

By Ian O'Riordan

Sinéad Jennings: Doctor and mother of three takes long hard row to Rio

By Ian O'Riordan

Les Kiss will bring a lot to Ulster, says Craig Gilroy

By John O'Sullivan

More Frank advice

Slovakia and Hungary attack EU refugee plan

By Daniel McLaughlin

An Irish Diary

An Irishman’s Diary about Hiberno-Yiddish and other dialects

By Frank McNally

‘So’ and other verbal tics

Michael Foot’s ‘donkey jacket’

A sectarian school system?

Does astrology have a future?

Gender quotas in politics

Time for a third-level loan scheme?

COP21 climate change conference

Obscene salaries or incentivised pay?

Abortion and the law

Paddy Power-Betfair merger may be delayed by State’s competition watchdog

By Barry O'Halloran

UK Syria vote: Divisive debate that ignored party positions

By Denis Staunton

Cyber Monday continues to spread to all of December

By Karlin Lillington

Conor O’Mahony: NI abortion ruling unlikely to affect Republic

By Conor O'Mahony

Ex-IMF chief Ajai Chopra criticises Ireland’s bailout

By Simon Carswell

Eamonn McCann: Cameron latest prime minister in thrall to the jingo-warriors

By Eamonn McCann

Web Log: Celebrating 100 years of general relativity

By Marie Boran

New homes schemes permissions fall 59% in Dublin

By Madeleine Lyons

Web Log: Crafty Irish Etsy gifts for Christmas

By Marie Boran

Life & Style

Pantos, grottos and great places to see Santa

By Sandra O'Connell

Life & Style

Cracking Christmas events from carols, to drama to drag

By Sandra O'Connell

Howth house sells for €5m – the highest price paid for northside property in 2015

Residential

Sleek finishes and generous balconies: two apartments in D4

By Alanna Gallagher

Looking for . . . a pre-’63 property ripe for conversion in Dublin

By Aidan Murphy

Bold ideas to stay ahead of the curve

By Alanna Gallagher

Fixing chimney issues in newly built houses

Buildings at Risk: Ammunition fort in Phoenix Park fires up for revival

By Sylvia Thompson

Interiors

New conservation manual for period home restoration

Four design practices on shortlist for new children’s playground in Ballyfermot

Product placement is the gaudy reality of TV today

By Laura Slattery

Science

Prize parasites: how an Irish man won the Nobel

By Claire O'Connell

Cantillon: US court ruling puts Killilea and Dunne on back foot

The ghosts in James Joyce’s modern machine

By Luke Gibbons

Abroad

‘Australia is getting hotter and our weather more extreme’

By Philip Lynch

Marriage of artists and technologists drives Pixar’s success

By Karlin Lillington

Music

Record labels want to find the formula for Adele’s success. They’re wasting their time

By Jim Carroll

Number26 to launch mobile-first bank account in Ireland

By Pamela Newenham

New acceleration model links established firms with start-ups

By Ciara O'Brien

Sonia O’Sullivan: Variety can spice up your training regime

By Sonia O'Sullivan

David Drumm files fresh appeal on failed bankruptcy bid

By Simon Carswell

Irish services sector growth hits nine-year high in November

‘Star Wars’ puts screen tourism centre stage

By Laura Slattery

Falcon receives $3.7m settlement over Hungary contract

By Charlie Taylor

Providence agrees 60% interest in Celtic Sea basin option

By Charlie Taylor

Shane Lowry: It has definitely been the best year of my career

By Shane Lowry

Transport

Ryanair nears 100m passenger milestone in November

By Ciara O'Brien

The Morning Sports Briefing

Farming & Food

AB InBev seeks to sell SABMiller’s Grolsch, Peroni

‘Sindo’ rankings slip for ex-INM director

By Laura Slattery

Facebook’s taxes would be more use than Zuckerberg’s philanthropy

By John McManus

Real Madrid face cup expulsion for fielding ineligible player

Paris attacks prompt Sky News Irish peak

By Laura Slattery

Kick Off 2 developer to give 25-year-old football game the reboot

By Joe Griffin

Africa

Oscar Pistorius found guilty of murder after appeal upheld

How Gary Neville and the Class of 92 fit into Peter Lim’s business plan

By David Conn

O’Brien sells Topaz for more than double what he paid

By Mark Paul

Heyneke Meyer steps down as South Africa coach

People

Family Fortunes: Pay talks with our mother turned us into skilled negotiators

By Mary Flynn

TV3 seeks ‘magic’ in arrivals

By Laura Slattery

Asia-Pacific

China says their commitments to cut emissions are ‘pragmatic’

By Clifford Coonan

Kudos to Katie’s kerpows, but . . .

By Anthea McTeirnan

World Cup set to expand to 40 teams from 2026

By Owen Gibson

Siteserv expecting turnover of €400m in 2015

By Charlie Taylor

Victor Frankenstein review: a bloated exercise in opportunistic grave robbing

By Donald Clarke

Donations to Rehab fell by €2 million in wake of pay scandal

By Dan Griffin

Putin accuses Turkey of trading oil with Islamic State

Couple kept tight lid on plans for fatal California shooting

Science

William Reville: Transplants from pigs to people might not be far off

By William Reville

Euro zone business growth rises as firms cut prices again

Student Hub

USI calls on parents to send children to Gaelscoileanna

SMEs prepare for growth but access to finance still an issue

By Ciara O'Brien

Decline in number of long-term claimants on Live Register

By Charlie Taylor

TV & Radio

Alan Yentob quits BBC role amid Kids Company controversy

By Helen Pye

Ireland thrash Scotland to reach T20 World Cup

Russia to meet with Turkey over downing of fighter jet

Do You Know Who’s Dead?: a list of things that are uniquely Irish

By Paddy Duffy

Nama plans €7.5bn development of offices and 20,000 homes

By Ciarán Hancock

Gardening

The best presents for the gardener in your life

By Fionnuala Fallon

TV & Radio

Who wants an “idiot sandwich”? The best and worst food shows on TV

By Aoife McElwain

Sporting Advent Calendar #3: Shane Lowry wins WGC Bridgestone Invitational

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Offbeat

Arthritic penguin moved to special pool with ramp in Norfolk

11 Minutes review: a bold experiment that winds up breaking its own ground rules

By Donald Clarke

Paul Dunne battles the wind to stay in touch on the Gold Coast

Civil servants ‘should be paid based on performance’

By Martin Wall

Off-duty garda killed in Co Wexford car crash

By Rachel Flaherty

Transport

North hopes to attract 2m overseas visitors next year

By Francess McDonnell

How to be somewhere else: Louise Beech on great writing’s power to transport us

By Louise Beech

Concerns over 2016 budget ‘exaggerated’, says Chopra

By Simon Carswell

How to be Brave, a short story by Louise Beech

By Louise Beech

Gaelic Games

Dub Sub Confidential named Setanta Sports Book of the year

Tech Tools: Domino’s introduces ‘easy order’ button

By Ciara O'Brien

Tech Tools review: iPad Pro

By Ciara O'Brien

Food

Culinaria: JP McMahon’s hay smoked ham

By JP McMahon

Tech Tools: FixMeStick

By Ciara O'Brien

Doherty says banking inquiry needs general election date

By Sarah Bardon

O’Brien asks court to order Red Flag to identify its client

By Mary Carolan

EU to investigate McDonald’s tax deals with Luxembourg

Student Hub

UCC campaign on gender identity launched

Rob Herring to captain Ulster from hooker against Edinburgh

Work

Government shared services plan to save €50 million

By Barry O'Halloran

Current spike in corporation tax no temporary windfall, says department

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

ECB extends asset-buying programme into 2017

Pat Lam makes eight changes to league leaders Connacht's line-up

Alex White denies rift with Alan Kelly over wind turbine rules

By Marie O'Halloran

Nama provides €170m to fund Boland’s Mills redevelopment

By Ciarán Hancock

Student Hub

Life as a masters student tempered by workload

Trial of mother for cruelty to eight children collapses

By Ann Healy

People

Leavetaking: Memory of the phone call has me breaking out in a sweat at night

By Laura Kennedy

Gollum bad, Sméagol good: Peter Jackson defends Turkish doctor's tweet

By Aoife Valentine

Accumulated profits of €500,000 at firm owned by John Giles

By Darragh McDonagh

Bombing of Syria is a trap by Islamic State, says ex-hostage

By Caroline Davies

Bill removing LGBT discrimination passes final Dáil stages

By Michael O'Regan

World

Brazil president Dilma Rousseff faces impeachment proceedings

By Tom Hennigan

Health

Drug-resistant bacteria a ‘growing health problem’

By Paul Cullen

Man charged after Cork pensioner punched, kicked on ground

By Barry Roche

Bishop who ‘aided peace process’ retires aged 75

By Patsy McGarry

Poetry Bus Magazine: bang on the money

By Martina Evans

Abroad

Dave Tynan: ‘I’ve a lot of friends who will never live in Ireland again’

By Ciara Kenny

Music

Album reviews: The best of the week’s new releases

Transport

Aer Lingus traffic grows in November

UK jets carry out ‘successful’ attacks on Isis targets in Syria

By Denis Staunton

Majority in North favour all-Ireland soccer team

By Gerry Moriarty

Bogus self-employed ‘cost State €600m since 2007’

By Martin Wall

Gareth Graham case against Cerberus may enter mediation

Syed Rizwan Farook: ‘He was real quiet ... He looked completely normal’

Fashion

Wear it out: Darren Kennedy and that Louis Copeland collection

By Emma Fraser

Asia-Pacific

Death toll from persistent rain in Chennai, India, rises to 269

By Rahul Bedi

Aid for climate change damage a ‘red line issue’ for developing countries

By Frank McDonald

NI ban on same-sex marriage ‘corrosive’ for society

By Alan Erwin

Markets

European stocks slump as ECB disappoints

IRA Disappeared victim Brendan Megraw ‘shot in head’

By Louise Roseingrave

Pacific islanders seek recognition as climate ‘refugees’

By Frank McDonald

Tiger Woods reconciled to possibility his career may be over

Health

Boys ‘should receive’ vaccine for cervical cancer virus

By Elaine Edwards

Sunset Song review: A model of Scottish misery

By Donald Clarke

Hostage-raids timeline: Latest is first in more than a year

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Respite services in ‘disarray’, say carer groups

By Elaine Edwards

Derry man guilty of murdering pregnant mother-of-four

Meat factory worker awarded €415,0000 over back injury

Court approves €100m Quinn Insurance repament to State fund

By Mary Carolan

Farming & Food

Goodman’s ABP to buy 50% stake in Slaney Foods

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Web Log: Get emojional with YouHue

By Marie Boran

Owner of property adjoining Kennedy lands seeks share of award

Why British air strikes in Syria will not have a serious impact

By Michael Jansen

The Lesson review: Debt-related stress has seldom seemed so entertaining

By Tara Brady

Man extradited from France awarded costs of legal challenge

Analysis: Labour in turmoil after divisive Syria vote

Detectives seek armed gang in Dublin kidnap robbery

By Conor Lally

Cushnahan did ‘sterling job’, Wilson tells inquiry

By Francess McDonnell

Gay teachers say law change removes ‘chill factor’ on sexuality

By Carl O'Brien

Alan Kelly defends ‘welling up’ at Labour meeting

By Sarah Bardon

Judge adjourns bid to halt Tallaght hospital investigation

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Leeds fans to stage walk out in protest at owner

Fifa arrests: 16 officials charged by US department of justice

By Les Carpenter

Three arrested after attempt to open post office safe fails

Drumm tells extradition judge of fresh bankruptcy appeal

By Simon Carswell

‘Jewish terror group’ members arrested over arson attack

Medical device maker Medtronic’s profit beats estimates

Businessman fined for racially abusing Donegal hotel manager

By Stephen Maguire

Muslim Americans fear demonisation after mass shooting

California shootings: Authorities work to determine motive

By Simon Carswell

‘Privileged’ civil servants afraid to say where they work

By Patsy McGarry

UL tops gender equality table for academic staff

By Lorna Siggins

Guildford Four lawyer Gareth Peirce gets Irish honour

By Ronan McGreevy

Call for parties to be pressed on constitutional rights

By Colm Keena

Ex-clerk of Wicklow Town Council guilty of corruption

Jack Lynch Tunnel flooding leads to major delays

By Simon Bracken and Barry Roche

Effective ban on marriages of Irish to non-EU citizens lifted

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Sinn Féin in election promise to build 100,000 homes

By Fiach Kelly

Fewer children of low-income families in childcare

By Rachel Flaherty

White Paper to address concerns over wind power – Minister

By Marie O'Halloran

Dail scenes a warning to voters of climate change perils

By Michael O'Regan

Passing of climate Bill in Dail ‘historic’, says Kelly

By Michael O'Regan

Seanad leader criticises Department of Justice over amendments

By Marie O'Halloran

Yahoo’s internet arm draws interest

World Cup set to expand to 40 teams

By Owen Gibson