Article Index

Our favourite children’s and YA books of 2016

By ER Murray

Editorials

A row on rental strategy that underlines the fragility of the Government

Drink

Dessert wines: a sweet alternative to Christmas pudding

By John Wilson

Conor McGregor fever shows no signs of stopping

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Interiors

Building books, for the design enthusiast in your life

By NJ McGarrigle

An Irish Diary

Record Achievement – An Irishman’s Diary on ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’

By Frank McNally

Occupy Nama: City property taken over to house homeless

By Kitty Holland

Martyn Turner

Environment

Ex-NI minister was ‘overruled’ on renewable heat scheme

By Gerry Moriarty

Airtricity League: 10-club Premier League to be implemented

By Emmet Malone

Over 4,500 submissions on abortion made to Citizens’ Assembly

By Pat Leahy

Success of rent cap policy is what matters, not political win

By Pat Leahy

Elite rowers prepare for Ireland Assessment in Cork

By Liam Gorman

Miriam Lord: Simon Coveney turns up thermostat and calls FF bluff

By Miriam Lord

Health

Nursing case study: On front line of hospital ward crisis

By John Fallon

New Bill makes it an offence to drive under influence of drugs

By Marie O'Halloran

Shadows of Aleppo and Putin hang over final EU summit of 2016

By Suzanne Lynch

2016 – a positive year for women’s sport in Ireland

By Cliona Foley

Health

Threat of hospital bed closures as nurses vote for action

By Martin Wall

Trump’s election challenges Britain’s status as top US ally

By Denis Staunton

Environment

Up to 3,000 homes to be built on former Irish Glass Bottle site

By Olivia Kelly

Tommy Bowe believes attack will be best form of defence against Clermont

By Johnny Watterson

Matt Healy determined to regain lost ground as Wasp come calling

By Linley MacKenzie

Forcing the issue

Wasps see clear window of opportunity in Connacht return match

By John O'Sullivan

Trolleys and cranes revisited

Cartoon time – Turner’s calendar

‘The Crossing’ and the Naval Service

Gerry Adams and ‘cynical opportunism’

The housing crisis and capping rents

Charities – ‘guilt-tripping’ the public or a force for good?

Leinster young guns find strength in numbers

By John O'Sullivan

Gaelic Games

Inter-pro hurling: Munster empty bench and Leinster with storming finish

Annalise Murphy in running for top sportswoman’s award

By David O'Brien

FAI's League ‘brand’ report heavy on sparkle, light on substance

By Emmet Malone

Road Warrior: whizzing to Oz and Trump trouble

By Joan Scales

Noel Whelan: We must resist SF’s efforts to whitewash over its bloodstained past

By Noel Whelan

Work

Wild Geese: Travelling solo after reaching Japan’s glass ceiling for expats

By Michelle Jackson

Large student housing scheme in Dublin 7 gets green light

John FitzGerald: Economic forecasters must factor in surprise

By John FitzGerald

Permission sought for hotel on Andrews Lane Theatre site

By Ciarán Hancock

Futureproof: A top-flight team of father and sons

By Michelle Jackson

In under-nines soccer, as in life, winning is everything

By Ed O'Loughlin

Cut in oil production won’t immediately end world glut

By Grant Smith, Javier Blas and Alex Lawler

Music

Ticket Awards: the best Music of 2016

By Jim Carroll

Charting a course for growth at Cork’s Mainport Holdings

By Lorna Siggins

Why does the HSE continue hiring such bad doctors?

By Roger Murray

Property

Coming home for Christmas . . . for the first time ever

By Liz Dwyer

People

‘How can it be Christmas? Again? It was Christmas about 20 minutes ago, wasn’t it?’

By Hilary Fannin

Film

Alejandro Jodorowsky: ‘I never seek money. I make films to lose money’

By Tara Brady

Belated happy birthday to Mike Ashley but what are his plans?

By Mark Paul

Film

Ticket Awards: the best Film of 2016

By Donald Clarke

Dublin office rents could rise to new record by 2018

By Ciarán Hancock

Tullow Oil may have the last laugh in 2016

By Joe Brennan

Planet Business: Danbury Street, diplomacy and the ‘dot plot’

By Laura Slattery

Work

Start-up dreams: What happens to companies that don’t make it?

By Fiona Alston

Taoiseach dismisses proposals for bilateral agreement with UK

By Denis Staunton

Dollar near 14-year peak as Fed Reserve targets more hikes

Foster and Bell give conflicting accounts of energy scheme

By Gerry Moriarty

Rent rise cap of 4% on the way as FF drops objections

By Sarah Bardon and Pat Leahy

Norwegian Air aims to fly to US from Germany from 2018

Five things you need to know today

Media

UK local newspaper groups see strong share price gains

Food

Christmas cookbooks: 10 of the best

By Marie Claire Digby

Salary of new chief executive of UDG rises to €650,000

By Colin Gleeson

Retailers unhappy with 30-80% rise in parcel deliveries from UK

By Colin Gleeson

Redbreast Lustau: an old friend with a new whiskey perspective

Chris Megahey shares Christmas spoils in London

By Margie McLoone

‘A debt of gratitude’: Richard Murphy pays tribute to John Montague

By Richard Murphy

Fáilte Ireland announces €1.6m fund for festivals

By Colin Gleeson

Gardaí investigate if Maynooth student’s injuries due to fall

By Conor Lally

Farming & Food

Mixed success for Dylan McGrath’s restaurant empire

By Charlie Taylor

Malky Mackay hoping to unite Scottish football

Musgrave to export SuperValu own-brand products to China

By Colin Gleeson

Liam Toland: Connacht can exploit Kurtley Beale’s enthusiasm

By Liam Toland

The Morning Sports Briefing

Nintendo’s mustachioed gaming legend Mario arrives on iPhones

Italy’s Monte dei Paschi sees costs of rescue deal at €558m

Nama set to sell €1.5bn Project Tolka loans to Californian firm

By Joe Brennan

UK business confidence recovers in November, survey finds

New Everton contracts for Gareth Barry, Leighton Baines and Mason Holgate

TV & Radio

Barry review: a bittersweet vision of young Barack Obama

By Peter Crawley

People

‘You just feel happy and all your sad thoughts are gone’ - Podcast

By Jennifer Ryan

Lidl to create 5,000 jobs in UK and invest £70m in new HQ

Property prices rise by more than 7% despite lending rules

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Lending to SMEs jumps by €359m as property funding rises

By Charlie Taylor

Additional funding of €450m secured for SMEs

By Colin Gleeson

Bernadette Scully found not guilty of daughter’s manslaughter

Culture

Going out this Christmas? Here's our full seasonal gig guide

YouTube’s Manny Man enters the history books

By John D Ruddy

Recipes

Donal Skehan: Red velvet roulade with redcurrants

By Donal Skehan

Food

Donal Skehan’s alternative Christmas dinner

By Donal Skehan

People

Give up yer aul tings: decluttering for Christmas

By Justine King

Recipes

Irish Cheddar and thyme gougères

By Donal Skehan

Recipes

Donal Skehan: Jewelled pot roast Moroccan turkey breast

By Donal Skehan

Cheaper energy holds euro zone inflation down in November

Munster stick with same team for return leg at Leicester

Nama cautions on profits as new property taxes bite

By Joe Brennan

Matt Healy and Rory Parata in from start for Connacht

Offbeat

ISPCA says it found no cruelty in Co Laois Zebra case

By Eoghan MacConnell

Syria’s war is a different story through lens of Russian media

By Daniel McLaughlin

Franco van der Merwe in for Robbie Diack as Ulster look to repeat trick

Battered euro and yen recover after dollar surge

By Colin Gleeson

No Joey Carbery or Rob Kearney for Leinster

A French take on Irish history: ‘Histoire de l’Irlande: De 1912 à nos jours’ review

By Eamon Maher

And the nominees are . . . 12 different sports and 16 great athletes

By Mary Hannigan

Food

Feeling saucy? Try Béarnaise with food other than steak

By JP McMahon

Man who stabbed mother to death committed to Central Mental Hospital

Switzerland approves watered-down law to curb EU migrants

Media

How Google’s search algorithm spreads false information with a rightwing bias

‘I was tortured’: Woman shares her migrant experience

By Peter Murtagh

2016 rewards Andy Murray perseverance in Novak Djokovic chase

By Andy Bull

South Dublin student loses claim over hockey injury

By Mary Carolan

Complaints about Carphone ‘pro-choice’ adverts upheld by authority

By Patsy McGarry

BoI admits overcharging on thousands of tracker mortgages

By Charlie Taylor and Colin Gleeson

Restaurants

Going out: Kildare restaurant is a star in the making

By Catherine Cleary

TV & Radio

Radio review: Matt Cooper stands back as Simon Coveney sets low bar

By Mick Heaney

New wording of rent Bill ‘legally sound’, says Coveney

By Marie O'Halloran

America’s undocumented Irish who can't come home for Christmas

By Simon Carswell

Foreign banks in Britain pay fraction of corporate tax rate

History not a thing of the past, says Historopedia’s John Burke

By John Burke

Jose Mourinho says Ibrahimovic is ‘impossible’ to drop

Two ex-British soldiers to face murder trial over IRA man’s killing

By Gerry Moriarty

Joe McCann: Official IRA leader had sought a socialist Ireland

Digicel hires consultants to help in massive cost-cutting plan

By Joe Brennan and Mark Paul

Protesters take over vacant Nama building for use by homeless

By Tim O'Brien

Showdown looms in Israel over eviction of illegal settlement

By Mark Weiss

Asia-Pacific

Nurofen fine for misleading customers increased by Australian court

Christmas comes early for the nimblest toymakers

Abroad

Flying nuns to Olympic coaches: 100 years of the Irish in Kenya

By Brona Ní Mhuirí

Annalise Murphy is the Irish Times/Sport Ireland 2016 Sportswoman of the Year

Fishing groups concerned over opening of territorial waters

By Lorna Siggins

Environment

Irish fishermen ‘face wipe-out’ unless fishing rules changed

By Lorna Siggins

Jurgen Klopp taking inspiration from Rocky for Goodison trip

Landlords may quit State rent scheme over ‘severe’ cap plans

By Sarah Bardon

State taps Bank of America, Deutsche and Davy for AIB IPO

By Joe Brennan

Man City’s Ilkay Gundogan to be out for majority of season

Antonio Conte says spending power of China a ‘danger’ to football

Ashers’ bakery to take ‘gay cake’ case to Supreme Court

By Alan Erwin

Man jailed for five years over punches that caused brain injury

By Conor Gallagher

Steep rise in drink-driving arrests in period before Christmas

By Tim O'Brien

Leinster should cruise against apathetic Northampton

By Gavin Cummiskey

US authorities close to criminal settlement with VW

By David Lynch

Bernadette Scully criticises lack of services for people with disabilities

By Natasha Reid

Life & Style

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

By Una Mullally

Women and sport: New thinking needed for more female involvement

By Mick O'Keeffe

Boy (12) held on suspicion of trying to bomb German market

By Derek Scally

Hacked Yahoo data is for sale on the dark web

Student fell while scaling 80ft cliff without safety gear

By Louise Roseingrave

Is the future bright for Irish oil?

By Joe Brennan

Regency murder accused has motor neuron disease, extradition hearing told

By Alan Erwin

Joan Collins loses Supreme Court appeal on promissory notes

By Mary Carolan and Colm Keena

Palmyra again in sights for Syrian army after Aleppo engagement

By Michael Jansen

Amendment introducing rent rise cap passed in Dáil

By Marie O'Halloran

Man (25) who raped his niece over seven years is jailed

By Declan Brennan and Isabel Hayes

Catalan speaker prosecuted for allowing debate on secession

By Guy Hedgecoe

Drunk driver who injured mother has sentence cut on appeal

Pep Guardiola’s obsessive tinkering taking its toll on City

By Barney Ronay

Emotional FF TD urges heating be provided to Apollo House

By Marie O'Halloran

Asia-Pacific

China warship seizes US sea-drone in South China Sea

Trump picks pro-settlement supporter as Israeli ambassador

By Simon Carswell

The weekend’s Premier League team news

Munster primed to find weak points in Welford Road citadel

By John O'Sullivan

Martin McGuinness calls for Arlene Foster to stand aside

By Gerry Moriarty

European stocks climb to 11-month high

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Annalise Murphy crowned Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year

By Johnny Watterson

Church fears Luas works will decimate ‘Black Santa’ appeal

By Patsy McGarry

Sonia O’Sullivan presented with outstanding contribution award

By Ian O'Riordan

Youth faces Central Criminal Court trial over rape of girl (14)

By Tom Tuite

Siptu will ask for more money if nurses get it

By Martin Wall

The weekend’s Champions Cup team news

By John O'Sullivan

EU leaders meet without Britain to discuss Brexit

By Denis Staunton

Man who robbed prostitute has sentence cut on appeal

Man who took part in takeover of council offices avoids jail

Sale of Dragon’s Den star’s house raises €273,000 for charities

By John Fallon

Citizens’ Assembly deluged with abortion submissions

By Pat Leahy

JP McManus and John Magnier sell Paris building for €1bn

By Barry O'Halloran and Joe Brennan

World

Brazil’s newly minted president already under siege

By Tom Hennigan

Christmas return from Mediterranean for LÉ ‘Samuel Beckett’

By Olivia Kelleher

Fine Gael TD calls for vacant house tax to solve homelessness

By Michael O'Regan

Apollo House occupation ‘not the solution’ to homelessness crisis

By Conor Lally and Pat Leahy

Connacht living on edge – but edge is where they like it

By Gerry Thornley

Ganley’s Rivada wins bid to force testimony on $7bn contract

By Mark Paul

Brendan Ogle: Why we have occupied Apollo House

By Brendan Ogle

Aleppo evacuation suspended amid dispute over villages

Health

Bernadette Scully: ‘Colleagues had the height of praise for her’

By Paul Cullen

Court sided against the people in ruling against her, says Collins

By Pat Leahy

Unions meet Independent News and Media pension trustees

By Barry O'Halloran

Shane Ross halts gender quota penalties plan for sports bodies

By Ruaidhrí Croke and Sarah Bardon

Monte dei Paschi in last-ditch effort to lure retail investors

Judge rules Dublin emergency homeless hostel can open

By Aodhan O’Faolain

Protesters commit to not interfering with housing project

Germany: AfD backs election strategy of ‘targeted provocation’

By Derek Scally

Racing

Record prizemoney of €60.5 million for Irish racing in 2017

By Brian O'Connor

Chelsea announce net loss of £70.6m for 2016

May hiding Brexit views ‘behind barricade of clichés’ – Hogan

By Mark Hilliard

Calls for more women in leadership roles in Irish sport

By Ian O'Riordan

Obama has ‘great confidence’ Russia behind Democratic hacks

Judge says courtroom ‘stinking of perjury’ after drivers walk away

By Gordon Deegan

Coveney: Emergency beds available for anyone who wants one

By Marie O'Halloran

Deaths of Sinéad Higgins and son indicate murder-suicide - police

By Mark Hilliard

Boxing Clever: IABA publishes its four-year strategic plan

By Johnny Watterson

Three arrested in Cork to appear at Special Criminal Court

By Barry Roche

Offbeat

Hometown’s Brendan Murray to be Irish Eurovision singer

By Mark Hilliard

Barack Obama defends response to Russian hacking

By Simon Carswell

Tony Pulis wields whip to remind West Brom the war is never won

By Paul Doyle