Article Index

In a word . . .

By Patsy McGarry

Interiors

No TV or singing: sisters rule the roost in Donegal pub

By Caitriona McBride

Editorials

Deadlock in Northern Ireland: The illusion of power-sharing

Fine Art & Antiques

Life’s Work: Ken Ryan, stained glass conservator, Dublin

By Michael Parsons

Has shift to cloud made Consumer Electronics Show irrelevant?

By Davin O'Dwyer

Fine Art & Antiques

Fine Art: Portraying former US presidents in a new light

By Michael Parsons

The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner

By Kevin Gildea

Our Wedding Story: ‘He promised he’d propose within a year-and-a-half. And he did’

By Sarah Geraghty

Art

STEM subjects all very well, but it’s art that will create undreamed of jobs

By Gemma Tipton

Morality and God

Thinking Anew – A sense of belonging

By Michael Commane

Motor registration

Banned drivers on the roads

Violet behaviour

Wind turbines and carbon emissions

Brexit and a ‘new Europe’

Refugees in Ballaghaderreen

The alt-right movement – a glossary

More to latest health crisis than the flu

The Untold Story of the Talking Book by Matthew Rubery

By Nora Mahony

‘I win Most Ingenious Yet Borderline Illegal Use of the Phrase “Within Commutable Distance” award’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Gardening

Permaculture: ethical gardening for a better future

By Fionnuala Fallon

Health

Ageing Ireland: Living longer and cleaner brings its own problems

By Mark Hilliard

Food

The post-Christmas one-tray wonder roast

By JP McMahon

Farah says it is ‘weird’ he missed out on top sport awards

By Sean Ingle

Internet provides ‘child-protection issue of our time’

By Conor Pope

Fine Gael leadership contest may be sped up amid snap election

By Fiach Kelly

Garda gets power to seize cars driven by disqualified motorists

By Peter Murtagh

Business

‘Slane’ registered as trademark by US multinational

By Colm Keena

Hotel set to house refugees linked to other Ballaghaderreen properties

By Colm Keena and Charlie Taylor

Cliff Taylor: Tax-take is up, so why do we feel worse off?

By Cliff Taylor

Half a millennium later the Reformation still shapes our world

By Patsy McGarry

Racing

Death Duty steps up to the highest level at Naas

Ballaghaderreen locals feel compassion for refugees but unease

By Marese McDonagh

‘Bridgets’ of Park Avenue still serve the wealthy

By Mary Boland

OPW mulled range of alternative temporary venues for Seanad

By Colum Kenny

Fine Gael’s bright young spark yet to prove his mettle

By Fiach Kelly

An Irish Diary

Church services

History

Creating a scene in the days before selfies

By Arminta Wallace

Pat Leahy: Predictable response to a predictable hospital crisis

By Pat Leahy

Conor McGregor and the UFC: who will blink first?

By Paul O'Keeffe

Olwen Fouéré on the price that revolutionaries pay

By Lara Marlowe

My Favourite London Devils by Iain Sinclair

By Tom Moriarty

Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary review: Spinning hearts in 1980s Dublin

By Sarah Gilmartin

Farewell Frank Murphy, the George Best of Irish athletics

By Ian O'Riordan

Travel

Phoenix Park among top Airbnb neighbourboods for 2017

By Jo Linehan and Joan Scales

Diarmaid Ferriter: Kenny must justify his lead role on Brexit

By Diarmaid Ferriter

History

Irish Connections: Mahonia

By Arminta Wallace

World View: It makes sense to stick closer to Brussels than London on Brexit

By Paul Gillespie

Civility and respect beat political correctness every time

By Breda O'Brien

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney

By Ethna Viney

A furry good history of the wild Irish rabbit

By Michael Viney

Travel

Travel Gear: One adapter travel, mobile photo printer and skipping the bag-drop queue

By Tom Kelly

My mother, Molly Keane: caustic chronicler of the lost Anglo-Irish world

By Mary Leland

O'Gara: Foley death hard for ex-players because ‘we’re on our own’

By Gerry Thornley

Obituary: Prof Kevin Carroll

In praise of Ivor Browne: groundbreaker, lifesaver

By Alan Gilsenan

Our Wedding Story: Love bloomed after 2009 Kildare - Dublin clash in Croke Park

By Sarah Geraghty

Navigating the labyrinth to find highest quality ebooks

By Sara Keating

To err is human: mistakes and why we make them

By Hugh Linehan

Trinity Tales: dripping with privileged nostalgia

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Cinnlínte: Saol an Iriseora – a memoir of changing times

By Cathal Póirtéir

Food

Turnip for the books

By Vanessa Greenwood and Gary O'Hanlon

Jane Austen, The Secret Radical review: familiar territory revisited

By Neil Hegarty

Recipes

Pot roast chicken with turnip, carrot and baby potatoes

By Vanessa Greenwood

Obituary: Michel Déon

Interiors

Bars, butterflies and going green - the new looks for 2017

By Liz Dwyer

Our Wedding Story: Met in Dublin, engaged in Miami, wed in France

By Sarah Geraghty

It’s our world. So why don’t we protect it?

By Paddy Woodworth

Feeling lonely? You’re far from alone

By Jennifer O'Connell

Future Sex review: How tech is changing our sex lives

By JP O'Malley

Interiors

House Rules: on Loving January

By Gemma Tipton

Your Family

Women should have babies younger? Hang on, it's not that simple

By Laura Kennedy

Obituary: Joe Kelly

Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks review: Too much gory detail

By Matthew Adams

Homegoing review: Generations united and divided by colour

By John Boyne

Transport

Travel Advice: What to do if you lose things while travelling

By Joan Scales

The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed our Minds Review

By Pete Lunn

What We Didn’t Say by Rory Dunlop

By Sarah Gilmartin

Europe

Erdogan’s Turkey: the end of democracy?

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Ireland’s Immortals review: Brave attempt to demystify Tuatha Dé Danann

By Eilís Ní Dhuibhne

Ledwidge in Manchester

By John McAuliffe

Financial Services

Canada’s CIBC plans international banking business in Dublin

By Joe Brennan

Travel

The top travel trends for 2017

By Sandra O'Connell, Manchán Magan, Catherine Mack and Joan Scales

50 people to watch in 2017

Obituary: James Prior, former Northern Ireland secretary of state

Jennifer O’Connell: Where are the older female role models to emulate?

By Jennifer O'Connell

Markets

Exuberant markets may not be factoring Trump risks

Recipes

Spiced turnip and pork pasties

By Gary O'Hanlon

The conflict between theists and atheists has become a godawful bore

By Donald Clarke

Gaelic Games

GAA previews and fixtures: New managers get first taste of action

By Malachy Clerkin

Business

Seismic shift is under way in global retail towards digital

Health

At least 1,000 extra hospital beds ‘needed immediately’

By Mark Hilliard and Ciaran D'Arcy

Hard to blame Tevez and Oscar when they may even get face on Chinese stamp

By Keith Duggan

Business

Positive signs in economy as Brexit talks and Trump loom

By Colin Gleeson

Financial Services

Will KBC drop Irish arm? Watch this space

Michael Walker: Allardyce back to Bolton and where it all began

By Michael Walker

Dalkey residents to fight ‘Costa del Sol’ style development

By Mark Hilliard

Teenager released without charge over Jobstown stabbing

Martyn Turner

Carrie Fisher’s ashes carried in ‘Prozac urn’ at funeral

Russian intervention in US election was no one off

By Scott Shane

Man (21) shot in paramilitary-style attack in Belfast

Golf

Ryan Moore and Justin Thomas set the pace in Hawaii

Australia complete 3-0 series whitewash over Pakistan

Munster must make poignant Paris return a stepping stone

By Gerry Thornley

Economy

A rock hard Brexit looks increasingly on the cards

By Chris Johns

Man (22) charged over alleged sexual assault

By Colin Gleeson

Trump says Mexico would repay US funds spent on border wall

Middle East

Iraqi forces close in on Tigris river in Mosul – military

Family wins €4.5m on Christmas Day with ticket lying in car

By Colin Gleeson

Real Madrid stroll past Granada to equal unbeaten record

Wayne Rooney’s record: By the numbers

Rooney levels Charlton record as Man United ease past Reading

Trump blames ‘gross negligence’ by the Democrats for hacking

Irish rower crosses halfway point in cross Atlantic race

By Liam Gorman

Connacht trounced by Ospreys as Jack Carty limps off

Middle East

Car bomb kills at least 43 in north Syrian border town

Wayne Rooney intent on breaking Bobby Charlton’s record

Gaelic Games

Kildare start slow but eventually cruise past Longford

Man arrested after cannabis grow house found in Leitrim

By Colin Gleeson

Citizens’ Assembly hears ante-natal screening poses ethical issues

By Ronan McGreevy

Offbeat

BBC mistakes political expert for ‘heroic’ Everest climber

Barack Obama plans return to Ireland in next year - ambassador

By Colin Gleeson

Stalemate gives Sunderland and David Moyes an unwanted replay

Bournemouth crash out at the hands of League One Millwall

Wolves end barren FA Cup run to increase pressure on Mark Hughes

Tom Ince winner sends West Brom crashing out of the cup

Leicester finally win away from home to knock out Everton

Our Wedding Story: 500 Dutch tulips sent to Ireland for our big day

By Sarah Geraghty

FA Cup round-up: Daryl Murphy nets first goal as Newcastle held to draw

Munster do Anthony Foley proud as they trounce Racing 92

By Gerry Thornley

Divisions over Trump’s win sparks uncertainty over inauguration ceremony

Europe

Mario Soares, father of democracy in Portugal, dies at 92

By Peter Wise

Florida airport shooting suspect had mental health issues – relatives

Obamas host their final White House party

Djokovic hits back by beating Murray to take Qatar Open

Health

Tallaght Hospital cancels all non–urgent elective surgeries

By Nora-Ide McAuliffe

CJ Stander: ‘Axel is in our minds in every game’

Olivier Giroud strikes late again as Arsenal reach fourth round