Article Index

CAO countdown: Getting to grips with grants

By Brian Mooney

Editorials

Baptism barrier: time to dismantle outdated admissions rules

An Irish Diary

‘The man who lost America’ – An Irishman’s Diary about soldier and writer John Burgoyne

By Frank McNally

New cars

Cyclists and pedestrians

‘Old Time’ marmalade cat right at home

Assembly elections

Higgins celebrates ‘peacemaker’ Hume on 80th birthday

By Colin Gleeson

John Hume at 80

Martyn Turner

‘Trump’s silent majority’

Concerts and ticket touts

Pay in the public service

Paying for free travel?

Theresa May’s Brexit speech

UCC conference and Israel

‘Baptism barrier’ and schools

Making children heard: A day in the life of a guardian ad litem

By Fiona Gartland

What is the truth about ‘bed blocking’ in Irish hospitals?

By Paul Cullen

Social Affairs

Unite’s former HQ offered up for social housing three years ago

By Colin Gleeson

Contentious role of guardians representing children in court

By Fiona Gartland

Rules for court-appointed guardians approved

By Fiona Gartland

Tale of two Islamic State cities: Mosul and Raqqa

By Michael Jansen

Miriam Lord: Ross reports . . . but not about Bus Éireann report

By Miriam Lord

End of Istanbul manhunt fails to hide Turkey’s security failings

By Stephen Starr

May says not all member states backed offer on EU citizens’ rights

By Lisa O'Carroll and Kate Connolly

Kenny says €1,000 for public servants is annualised salary rise

By Marie O'Halloran

Social Affairs

Modular homes to be used in Dublin as permanent housing

By Olivia Kelly

Irish researchers make stem-cell cancer breakthrough

By Dick Ahlstrom

Italy’s Five Star Movement has a Groucho Marx moment

By Paddy Agnew

James Tracy in strong position to fill Sean Cronin gap

By Johnny Watterson

Environment

Campaigners criticise Government scheme for pyrite-affected homes

By Mark Hilliard

Michelle O’Neill seen as likely successor if McGuinness retires

By Gerry Moriarty

Racing

Turf Club’s new ‘running and riding’ rules causing concern

By Brian O'Connor

More than 8,500 customers covered in tracker mortgage inquiry

By Michael O'Regan

Racing

Donagh Meyler to pilot Heartbreak City in Leopardstown feature

By Brian O'Connor

Retiring with financial security to the serenity of the Wicklow hills

New GPA CEO Dermot Early not to be underestimated

By Malachy Clerkin

Government welcomes May’s speech on Brexit

By Pat Leahy and Gerry Moriarty

Motors

Irish racer Carroll prefers adventures in electric cars

By Neil Briscoe

Yew Tree fund buys two industrial units at Airways estate in Dublin

By Jack Fagan

Fenward House in Sandyford bought for €5m by new property fund

By Jack Fagan

Motors

Audi Q2 review: Small car making a big statement

By Michael McAleer

Art

Eugeen Van Mieghem: Docklands denizen who drew a world on the move

By Gemma Tipton

Facebook and AIB among top firms seeking Dublin office space

By Jack Fagan

European Champions Cup: What’s needed to progress?

By Gerry Thornley

IFSC office investment sells for almost 20% over guide price

By Jack Fagan

Media

RTÉ Player live streams surged 74% in 2016

By Laura Slattery

Why Trump is making some business leaders nervous

By Ciarán Hancock

Irish Life acquires Rathcoole distribution centre for €28m

By Jack Fagan

Eir secures buyers for two Dublin sites

By Jack Fagan

People

Philosophical questioning can be made child’s play

By Laura Kennedy

Recipes

Pearl barley and black bean stew

By Lilly Higgins

People

‘I felt Asian here, not European and sometimes I tended to avoid crowds’

By Sorcha Pollak

Food

Lilly Higgins: the perfect stew for flirting with veganism

By Lilly Higgins

RTÉ NSO and Nathalie Stutzmann – love at second sight

By Michael Dervan

Residential

From office to supersize home on Wellington Rd for €3.25m

By Bernice Harrison

Residential

Three-bed villa in Dublin 6 with asking price of €950,000

Residential development site in North Dublin for €700,000

By Jack Fagan

Infill redevelopment site in Dublin to go on sale for about €1m

By Jack Fagan

Claregalway warehouses and serviced sites for €4m

By Jack Fagan

HubSpot rents third floor of Two Docklands Central in Dublin

By Jack Fagan

Rolls-Royce shares climb following bribery case settlement

By Fiona Walsh

Enniscorthy shopping centre cornerstone for €850,000

By Jack Fagan

SilverCloud raises $8.1m from VC firm led by Facebook co-founder

By Charlie Taylor

GPA needs to change from curing issues to preventing them

By Seán Moran

Gordon D’Arcy: Murray will have to cope with being a marked man

By Gordon D'Arcy

Five things you need to know today

The Morning Sports Briefing

Golf

Ryder Cup changes will see more form players selected

Jürgen Klopp seeks legal advice over Joël Matip saga

By Andy Hunter

Environment

Father killed, daughter injured in west Dublin collision

Donald Trump fighting all the way to the Oval Office

By Simon Carswell

HSE issues health warning about deadly drug being sold as cocaine

By Barry Roche

Gardaí believe new synthetic drug killed Cork teenager

By Barry Roche

TV & Radio

Homeland review: necessary escapism as we succumb to the coming darkness

By Patrick Freyne

North needs ‘special status’ to avoid hard Border, says Adams

By Vivienne Clarke

Brexit speech leaves Government in unknown territory

By Sarah Bardon

Man charged in relation to murder of Gareth Hutch

Questioning the state of Israel is not anti-Semitic

By John Reynolds

Dublin among costliest cities globally for relocation

By Charlie Taylor

Travel

Airline introduces women-only rows to tackle harassment

Irish-listed group invests a further $6.9m in TrustPilot

By Charlie Taylor

60 jobs to be created by new solar-power joint venture

By Charlie Taylor

Lucan-headquartered Nostra to create 50 new jobs

By Charlie Taylor

Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s all-out wiseguy whirlwind, is back in cinemas

By Tara Brady

InsideSales.com to create 120 jobs after $50m funding round

By Charlie Taylor

Books

Backstreet abortionist delivers history lesson

By Ray Kavanagh

Seven months after Brexit vote, Britain now has a plan

By Denis Staunton

One-third diagnosed with asthma do not have condition, study shows

Golf

Rory McIlroy’s injury will frustrate but it could be far worse

By Ewan Murray

AIB likely to pay €285 million says Goodbody

By Joe Brennan

Orlando attack: New photographs show destruction in nightclub

Orlando attack: Gunman’s wife charged with assisting husband

Chelsea Manning to be released from prison

Elderly being left in hospital beds to ‘shelter family inheritance’

By Paul Cullen

Theresa May’s 12 objectives for Brexit negotiations

Criticism of Get Cancer ad campaign is ‘pedantic and perplexing’

By Dr David Robert Grimes

Nick Kyrgios’ inevitable self-destruction sees him crash out

By Russell Jackson

World

‘New Iron Lady’: World media reacts to May’s Brexit speech

TV & Radio

Heartbreak: Emmet Kirwan's dazzling short film shows pressures on young Irish women

By Laurence Mackin

Books

Bernard O’Donoghue: from byres to spires

By Colette Lardner-Browne

UK report warned of Tunisia risks months before terrorist attack

Podcast: Martin doubts Government is prepared for hard Brexit

Matt Scott recalled as Scotland name Six Nations squad

Brexit speech: Six issues that Theresa May didn’t settle for us

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Assange ‘ready for extradition’ after Manning release

Property

Stove Safety: 11 tips to avoid a stove-related fire in your home

By Arlene Harris

Carrickmines residential site expected to generate strong interest

By Jack Fagan

Davos: HSBC to move some staff to Paris after Brexit

By Suzanne Lynch

Four uncapped players named in France Six Nations squad

Environment

Pyrite scandal: Widowed with two children in a crumbling home

By Mark Hilliard

Vacant homes tax could help solve housing crisis

By Francis Doherty

Jackie review: extraordinary portrait of doomed American icon

By Donald Clarke

Travel

Walk for the weekend: The Irish Kilimanjaro

By Tony Doherty

Will the new festival from Glastonbury organisers be all that Bazaar?

By Dean Van Nguyen

Andy Murray shakes off niggling ankle to win in straight sets

By Kevin Mitchell

U + I unveils €300m venture to refurbish Dublin properties

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

John Muldoon puts pen to paper on new Connacht deal

Martin Wolf: Nationalism is the great enemy of capitalism

By Martin Wolf

Ireland ease into Desert T20 semi-finals with win over UAE

Kathy Sheridan: Media wakes up to the danger of Trump tactics

By Kathy Sheridan

DUP adviser’s father-in-law availed of ‘cash for ash’ scheme

By Gerry Moriarty

Bertie Ahern says PM’s Brexit speech played to the gallery

By Vivienne CLARKE

Robbie Keane unsure on next stop but doubts it will be China

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Art

Grafton Architects chosen to curate Venice Architecture Biennale

By Aidan Dunne

Audi Dublin International Film Festival launches its programme for 2017

By Donald Clarke

Strong earthquakes hit central Italy, closing schools and metro

Abroad

Irish community in Canada has changed a lot in five years

By Cathy Murphy

Farming & Food

JD Wetherspoon reports strong trading conditions in Ireland

By Charlie Taylor

China’s economic growth to cool slightly this year, poll shows

Kenny and Noonan in Davos to secure Ireland’s economic position

By Suzanne Lynch

Neil Reilly killing leaves Glebe estate locals reeling

By Dan Griffin

Russia extends Edward Snowden’s asylum by ‘a couple more years’

By Andrew E Kramer

Stage

Danse, Morob review: a magical-realist imagining of a dark time in the Troubles

By Peter Crawley

Markets

Sterling consolidates gains after May’s speech

Books

Jacqueline Wilson, can I ask you a question?

Caution on spending key due to ‘hard’ Brexit fears - Martin

By Fiach Kelly

Unemployment in Northern Ireland grew to 50,000, or 5.6%, in Q4

By Francess McDonnell

US data shows record global temperatures in 2016

Camilla George Quartet - Isang album review: Lighting a fire under the melting pot

By Cormac Larkin

Cannabis worth £120,000 seized before transfer to North

Luckily for Apple, €1.5bn in interest is but a pip

Sea to the West classical album review: Layered sounds for solo soprano

By Michael Dervan

The best gigs and art to see this weekend

Courts

Burglar caught after falling asleep on homeowner’s bed

By Sonya McLean

Aberdeen turn down second Cardiff City bid for Jonny Hayes

Offbeat

Donald Trump has newly discovered moth named after him

Judge likens Volkswagen crisis to ‘horse meat in lasagne’

By Derek Scally

The ‘Journey of a Playboy’ goes online

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Residential

LA home for €250m comes with helicopter, candy wall and €30m worth of cars

Abroad

Trump phenomenon is eye-opening for this Irishman in Georgia

By Cormac Lambe

Student (15) shoots classmates at American school in Mexico

Permanent TSB chief operating officer Toby Clements quits

By Joe Brennan

Man punished for failing to prevent dogs from eating sow

By Tim O'Brien

Wolfgang Munchau: populists can get the economy right

By Wolfgang Munchau

War of words as library books contracts go outside Ireland

By Laura Slattery

Antonio Brown apologises for streaming Steelers locker-room talk

Ladbrokes Coral remains on track for rise in profits

Foul play not suspected in fatal hospital grounds shooting

By David Raleigh

Iraqi forces gain control of eastern half of Mosul from Isis

Union warns of transport chaos as Bus Éireann proposes cuts

By Martin Wall

Cutting US tax rate ‘biggest tool’ to attract foreign firms

By Simon Carswell

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Q4 profits beat forecasts

Patrick Bamford’s move to Middlesbrough could revive career

By Emmet Malone

Q&A: How will changes to provision of disability supports affect my child at school?

By Carl O'Brien

Thousands to join protests at inauguration of Donald Trump

Lithuania builds Russian border fence as Nato boosts Baltic defences

By Daniel McLaughlin

Two people killed in clashes at Israeli Bedouin village

By Mark Weiss

Big changes in special needs supports due in September

By Carl O'Brien

Mad Cow Disease: Atypical BSE found in cow in Galway

By Aine McMahon

Bus Éireann’s rural routes to be retained, says Kenny

By Michael O'Regan

Michael Conlan to make pro debut at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick’s Day

Science Gallery’s Davos installations draw the crowds

By Suzanne Lynch

Heartbreak a ‘rage against hypocrisy of Ireland in 2016’

By Kitty Holland

Joe Biden: Putin working to undermine European project

By Suzanne Lynch

Man stabbed, slashed and run over in Lucan murder

By Conor Lally and Dan Griffin

Lyon to end Memphis Depay’s miserable stay at Manchester United

Greece Letter: Skilled workers the main export as bailout gains fail to show

By Richard Pine

Kenny rejects Mary Lou McDonald claims he has no plan for Brexit

By Marie O'Halloran

Ireland must forge better links with small EU states, forum hears

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Ex-Ireland rugby player acquitted of harassing estranged wife

US ex-president George HW Bush in hospital with pneumonia

Donald Trump’s inauguration: what’s happening and when

By Nicholas Fandos

Leinster’s Hayden Triggs hit with three-week suspension

Jonathan Sexton continues to make his points in Europe

By John O'Sullivan

John Muldoon and Connacht braced for ‘huge task’

By Linley MacKenzie

May says she and Taoiseach ‘on a single page’ on Border

By Denis Staunton

Editorials

Trump inauguration: what is it to be presidential?

Anglo Irish employee tells of shock at first ODCE letter to bank

Late French writer Michel Déon remembered at Paris Mass

By Lara Marlowe

Conor Murray confirms he suffered neck injury against Glasgow

By John Fallon

Man and woman appear in court over alleged Clare brothel

Residents lose challenge over Cork wind farm permission

Galway bioengineer designs pump to help beat heart failure

By Dick Ahlstrom

Professor Ronan Fanning: A giant of Irish historiography

By Ted Smyth

CBC ease past Crescent in Munster Senior Schools Cup

Climate statistics paint a bleak picture for the environment

By Dick Ahlstrom

Russia joins forces with Turkey to bomb Syrian militants

Transport

Bubble in aircraft values could hit Irish leasing, conference hears

By Barry O Halloran

Markets

European shares stable as mining gains offset media losses

By Ciarán Hancock

Bruton may highlight suicide services in student journals

By Michael O'Regan

Opioid drug believed to have caused death of Cork youth

By Barry Roche

Heather Humphreys appoints Katherine Licken to key role

America at Large: Aaron Rodgers in a world of his own

By Dave Hannigan

Media

Media threatened by small group of rich people, says Press Council

By Colin Gleeson

Halligan urges FF no confidence motion over cardiac services

By Marie O'Halloran

Markets

Sterling falls as investors take second look at May’s speech

By Joe Brennan

Stormont official claims DUP adviser pushed cash-for-ash

By Gerry Moriarty

Unpaid working hours by healthcare staff saves over €73m

By Martin Wall

Host family ordered to pay au pair over €2,250

By Gordon Deegan

Courts

Shane Geoghegan’s killer loses appeal against conviction

By Mary Carolan

Residents object to Dublin parish hall’s use as homeless hostel

John Delaney’s easy ride in front of Dáil committee

By Emmet Malone

13 cancers missed in Wexford hospital colonoscopies

By Paul Cullen

Africa

Senegal troops to enter Gambia if president refuses to leave

Fleming fumes over tobacco hazard for State agencies

By Marie O'Halloran

Africa

At least 60 die in suicide bomb attack on north Mali camp

Racing

Annie Power and Faugheen set for Champion Hurdle clash

Shane Long bundles Southampton past Norwich with late winner

Lucas Leiva rediscovers scoring touch to put Liverpool through

By Stuart James

Former president and taoisigh attend funeral of Dermot Gallagher

By Elaine Edwards

Nursing home location cited as factor in hospital bed retention

By Mark Hilliard

Death of Ronan Fanning: Tributes paid to ‘wonderful talent’

By Dan Griffin and Ronan McGreevy

Munster HL: Cork keep up unbeaten run after late charge in Mallow

Obama defends role of media in final press conference

By Simon Carswell