Article Index

What a difference (swimming) a mile makes

By Conor Pope

Hinds – Leave Me Alone: Lo-fi girl-group garage-rock

By Chris Jones

Editorials

The blame game on flooding fronts

Nadia Reid - Listen to Formation, Look for the Sign Spunk: hugely promising new talent

By Jim Carroll

Tortoise - The Catastrophist: Full of beautiful, shimmering detail and power

By Jim Carroll

New York Standards Quartet - Power of 10: New York jazzmen big on Japan

By Cormac Larkin

Clair Egan – Turning Tides: No missteps in this collection from Irish fiddler

By Siobhán Long

Villagers – Where Have You Been All My Life?: Back-catalogue ‘reimagined’ to interesting effect

By Lauren Murphy

Jim Dunloop - Opus 76 BPM: A soulful, magnetic performance

By Jim Carroll

Peter Erskine - Dr Um: Drummer’s readings of Weather Report

By Cormac Larkin

Sea Pinks – Soft Days: A bit of this and that makes for a cohesive vision

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Rod Picott - Fortune: Stripped-back granular sound

By Joe Breen

Scriabin - Symphonies 3 and 4: Even sceptics may find it hard not to be swept along

By Michael Dervan

Ron Pope – Ron Pope & The Nighthawks: Dive-bar ready, at best

By Lauren Murphy

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

People

Hilary Fannin: What’s one drunken cherry tree in a disappearing world?

By Hilary Fannin

Enda Kenny: ‘Fianna Fáil not fit for government’

By Sarah Bardon

World of Work: Five ways to reclaim your time in 2016

Merkel vows action after Cologne sexual assaults

By Derek Scally

Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of hitting embassy in Yemen

Ireland will not hold EU, ballot, says Taoiseach

By Sarah Bardon

Editorials

A threat to world peace as North Korea claims its nuclear weaponry has been enhanced

Asia-Pacific

North Korea bomb puts focus on defence options

By Clifford Coonan

Judgments: Key cases in brief

An Irish Diary

Food for thought – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, ‘The Dead’, and Ada Rehan

By Frank McNally

Irish rider Ryan Mullen starts life at World Tour level

By Shane Stokes

John DeLorean: A visionary or a charlatan?

By Glenn Patterson

Wake-up Call: Patience key to long-term success

By Karen Firestone

Culture

Fáilte Ireland announces €1.8m festival funding

By Ciarán D'Arcy

EU to press Turkey on refugee deal amid mounting concern

By Suzanne Lynch

Legal Opinion: Death of capital punishment does not end law and order

By Ian O'Donnell

Doctors becoming extinct in rural communities, meeting told

By Rachel Flaherty

An Irish Diary

‘The Irish Times’ publishes comments from international press on first World War

By Patrick Smyth

Central Bank to review mortgage rules, says governor

By Arthur Beesley

Africa

Truck bomb kills nearly 50 at Libyan police academy

London Letter: Referendum campaigns a study in contrasts

By Denis Staunton

Maggie Farrelly making history but taking it all in stride

By Orla Bannon

Volunteer medals go on sale in New York auction

By Michael Parsons

Gaelic Games

Young Scientists ask: ‘Should GAA go professional?’

By Ian O'Riordan

Billy Walsh saga forgotten as boxers focus on Rio

By Johnny Watterson

Keith Earls proves health is wealth as he enjoys extended run

By Gerry Thornley

Young Scientist Project shows crows are no mere birdbrains

By Dick Ahlstrom

Leo Cullen opts for tried and trusted as Leinster travel to Ospreys

By Gavin Cummiskey

Ireland’s preparations for Rio Olympics begin in earnest

By Johnny Watterson

Markets

China sell-off syndrome shakes markets

By Ciarán Hancock

A glimpse down the road

Ex-attorney general in Gubu case dies

By Stephen Collins

Cash and the court poor box

Responding to flooding crisis

Overcrowded hospitals

The Christian Brothers and education

Student loans and universities

The 1916 Rising and its legacy

Church, atheists and society

Noel Dempsey: Decades of policy failures led to flooding crisis

By Noel Dempsey

Planet Business

By Laura Slattery

Five striking things about CES 2016 so far

By Ciara O'Brien

Noel Whelan: Government had no option but to embrace Dáil reforms

By Noel Whelan

Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: Bob Neuwirth’s ‘99 Monkeys’ (1991)

By Donal Dineen

Culture

Going out: The best of what’s on this weekend

Chinese market wipes €2.4bn off Irish shares

By Ciarán Hancock

Time to take another ride on the Mystery Jets train

By Lauren Murphy

Fashion

Jefferson Hack: ‘The future of fashion is full of jeopardy’

By Deirdre McQuillan

Governing hand: Philip Lane takes charge of Central Bank in recovering economy

By Arthur Beesley

Gadgets galore: some of the most interesting at CES

By Ciara O'Brien

Film

Lenny Abrahamson: ‘I couldn’t bear the idea that I wasn’t the smartest’

By Tara Brady

Food

Give Me Five: Potato galette with pink peppercorns and fennel

By Lilly Higgins

Philip Lane interview: edited transcript

Wild Geese: ‘My biggest opportunity is about experiencing the wider world’

By Olive Keogh

Farming & Food

ABP ‘in contact’ with competition authorities over Slaney deal

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Irish Life aims to add 150 jobs in growth strategy

By Ciarán Hancock

Jehnny Beth on Savages’ return: ‘Each of us had a chance to get really personal’

By Jim Carroll

Food

Food File: Learning French through food, Good Things in Skibbereen and wine appreciation

By Marie Claire Digby

Arthur Beesley: Renua flat-tax proposal built on ifs and maybes

By Arthur Beesley

History

Medals awarded to Rising Volunteers to be auctioned in US

By Michael Parsons

Web Summit: Surf’s up as Lisbon prepares warm welcome

By Suzanne Lynch

How Telefónica UK chief Ronan Dunne got to the top in telecoms

By Pamela Newenham

Liam Toland: To stay alive in Europe, Munster must first be alive on pitch

By Liam Toland

Young Scientist: Five projects you should see on Friday

By Dick Ahlstrom

Environment

Family of five searches for accommodation after Midleton flooding

By Barry Roche

One More Thing: Stripe lines up new Dublin docklands home

By Mark Paul

Derek Scally: Øresund bridge may become spectacular monument to EU disintegration

By Derek Scally

Paris jolted yet again by attempted attack

By Lara Marlowe

CRH spent €8 billion on acquisitions in 2015

By Pamela Newenham

Asia-Pacific

South Korea broadcasts propaganda at North border

The Morning Sports Briefing

German trade surplus narrows as industry production falls

House purchases exceed €10 billion for first time since 2008

By Pamela Newenham

Markets

European shares inch higher after China ditches intervention

Commercial Property

One More Thing: Goodmans keep €500,000 property deal in the family

By Mark Paul

Oil prices move away from 12-year lows as China shares rise

A complex trail of corruption - the Russian doping scandal

By Sean Ingle

The Blasket Islanders and I

By Mícheál de Mórdha

Chelsea’s Oscar denies training ground bust-up with Costa

Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez ruled out of FA Cup tie with Sunderland

Student Hub

Career Path: Chartered tax adviser Lorcan Kelly

One More Thing: Directors predict the fortunes of Tom Higgins’ art company

By Mark Paul

Full transcript of Thomas Martens’s 911 call to police

One More Thing: Davy swings sponsorship deal with Paul Dunne

By Mark Paul

Farming & Food

Celtic Pure targets US water market

By Mark Paul

HP Lovecraft: love the craft, loathe the creed

By Ed Power

Healthy eating: Easy-to-find food for your New Year’s health kick

CES reveals role of internet of things in daily life

By Ciara O'Brien

One More Thing: War is over, but battle goes on after row between Paddy McKillen and Barclay brothers

By Mark Paul

CES 2016: Slendertone unveils connected ab-toning belt

By Ciara O'Brien

Your Money

One More Thing: Isis name crisis over for pensions body

By Mark Paul

People

Tomi Reichental: ‘We, as a human race, have to find ways to reconcile’

By Kathy Sheridan

Environment

Buildings at centre of Moore St protest ‘not historically significant’

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Your Fitness

Week One: Our swimmers take the plunge

Irish manufacturing output falls 0.6% in November

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Golf

Padraig Harrington impresses as McDowell struggles in Hawaii

Five men arrested in Wexford under rural crime investigation

Conor McGregor set to fight for UFC lightweight title in March

Paris attacks: bomb factory found in Brussels, police believe

Munster welcome back six players for trip to Paris

No such thing as safe level of alcohol - UK medical agency

Sports Direct warns on profits after poor Christmas sales

Drink

Plan a wine holiday for this year

By John Wilson

Craig Gilroy returns as Ulster rest their halfbacks

Orcs, pubs and evensong: a literary stroll around John Carey’s Oxford

By Berni Dwan

Talks aimed at averting nurses strike planned for Saturday

By Martin Wall

Ultan Dillane returns for Connacht’s trip to Scarlets

Man remanded over Derek Brockwell escape from hospital

CES 2016: Five more things to tickle your gadget fancy

By Ciara O'Brien

US payrolls surge in December in boost to economic outlook

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

People

Quiz: How Irish are you?

By Mary Feely

TV & Radio

Radio: Joe Duffy’s crime time brings smiles all round

By Mick Heaney

Abroad

‘Goodbye’ is the one word a mother can never get used to

By Marie Gallagher

Courts

Letter to school among items disclosed in underage sex allegations

By Fiona Gartland

Gibson and McGeady to get rare chance for Everton in FA Cup

CES 2016: US marshals raid Chinese hoverboard stand

Life & Style

So what’s hot and what’s not this week?

Film

Baftas 2016: ‘Brooklyn’, Saoirse Ronan and Fassbender nominated

By Niamh Towey and Donald Clarke

Amphetamine worth £20,000 seized in Co Antrim

Ramadi grapples with scars of war after its return to Iraqi hands

By Ben Hubbard

Jason Corbett killing: Recording of 911 call released

By Sorcha Pollak, Jordan Howse and Michael Hewlett

Offbeat

Violinist leaves €2.4m Stradivarius on German train

Environment

Emergency teams at risk from ‘flood tourists’ taking photos

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Transport

Bohai completes Avolon takeover

By Barry O'Halloran

Study finds 23% flat tax could boost Exchequer revenue by €5bn

By Harry McGee

Social Affairs

Daniel and Emily most popular infant names in 2015

By Sorcha Pollak

JJ Hanrahan: Northampton switch was to boost Ireland hopes

Courts

Court runs out of potential jurors in Anglo executive trial

In court this term: TDs, bankers, and an entire Dáil committee

By Mary Carolan

Isis member in Syria executes his mother for ‘apostasy’

Racing

Sprinter Sacre to head straight for the Cheltenham Festival

Yaya Toure angered over African Footballer of the Year snub

Louis van Gaal unflustered by Pep Guardiola announcement

Social Affairs

Church of Ireland appeals for funds to help flood victims

By Patsy McGarry

Markets

Wall St turns negative as oil resumes downward spiral

TV & Radio

Television: Who knew Tolstoy could be such a romp?

By Bernice Harrison

TV & Radio

Bloated blockbusters are forcing me out of the cinema and into the arms of boxsets

By Gerry McBride

The FA Cup third round: team news

2015 sales figures make pleasant reading for Irish booksellers and publishers

By Martin Doyle

Golf

Branden Grace’s charge halted by weather in SA Open

Call for cut in Irish alcohol limits to reflect UK change

By Paul Cullen

Cologne police chief to leave post after new year’s assaults

Luas staff to strike in bid for pay increases up to 50%

By Martin Wall

Sports Direct shares hit by profit warning

Save Roscommon opposes ‘annexation’ of parts of county

By Eoghan MacConnell

Death of man in Limerick treated as suspicious

Al-Qaeda suspect sent to Kuwait

Social Affairs

One of Europe’s biggest mosaics lined up for Knock

By Patsy McGarry

Saudi oil company considers flotation

We must stop the killing of those who stand up for human rights

By Mary Lawlor

Man who shot Philadelphia police officer cited Islam as motive – official

Judge to consider David Drumm bid for bail over weekend

Drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested after Mexican prison escape

Jason Corbett killing: Wife and father-in-law ‘performed CPR’

By Colin Gleeson

Stephen Hunt joins Coventry City on short term deal

Richie Towell named SWAI personality of the year 2015

By Emmet Malone

Free vote on abortion for Fine Gael ministers, says Kenny

By Sarah Bardon

IFA whistleblower claims he was blocked from entering election race

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Balbriggan pair named Young Scientists of the Year

By Dick Ahlstrom

Britain denied a place in the Hopman Cup final despite victory

Foreign tourists wounded by militants hotel in Egypt

Sinn Féin MLA to pay damages over defamatory tweet

By Alan Erwin

Asia-Pacific

Chinese fashion billionaire goes missing amid corruption investigation

By Clifford Coonan

Áras Attracta worker says incident was ‘poor judgment’

By Tom Shiel

IBRC inquiry suspended until April after judge’s request

By Fiach Kelly

Young Scientist winners: Biological and Ecological Sciences

Troubles never far from topic of Blair and Clinton talks

By Denis Staunton

Leinster move top of Pro 12 after first win at Ospreys since 2009

Colleagues questioned if medic a registered doctor, inquiry hears

By Liz Farsaci

Young Scientist winners: Chemical Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Young Scientist winners: Social and Behavioural Sciences

Young Scientist winners: Technology

Liverpool come from behind twice to snatch draw at Exeter

By Stuart James

Two arrested in connection with Belfast murder

On Athletics: Admitting to mental health problems is one of hardest things to do

By Ian O'Riordan