Article Index

Almost 35,000 new ‘.ie’ web domains registered in Ireland

By Colin Gleeson

Electronic voting

Time to save the suburban garden

Business leaders and political leaders

Smuggling butter

Luggala and access for walkers

Evicting tenants from buy-to-lets

Stephen Donnelly joins Fianna Fáil

Kerins case – rights and responsibilities

Diplomacy and Trump’s administration

Angela Kerins was on the wrong side of the public good

By Tom Hickey

Battling anxiety: ‘Our mental health system needs to change’

By Lauren-Shannon Jones

New national development plan will test the Irish political system

By Fiach Kelly

One of Dublin’s largest Catholic churches to be demolished

By Patsy McGarry

State paid €39m to house Dublin homeless in hotels in 2016

By Olivia Kelly

The UK could use security as a Brexit bargaining chip

By Denis Staunton

Time catches up with McQuaid’s monumental church

By Patsy McGarry

Trump dooms the US to repeat its more regrettable stands

By David Woolner

No more baby steps as Garry Ringrose makes Six Nations bow

By Gavin Cummiskey

Ireland have ball-carriers to earn hard yards in wild and windy Murrayfield

By Gerry Thornley

Munster young guns can keep fire burning for Erasmus

By John O'Sullivan

Public transport users and schools face strike disruption

By Carl O'Brien and Martin Wall

Morten Espersen’s departure is blow to Irish rowing

By Liam Gorman

Cillian Gallagher plays down worries that Ireland Under-20s lack ‘grunt’

By John O'Sullivan

Gaelic Games

Rory O’Carroll unlikely to return for Dubs this season, says club-mate Cosgrove

By Ian O'Riordan

Cycling: Nicolas Roche off to strong start but still chasing form

By Shane Stokes

Women’s Six Nations: Victory in air as Ireland back at Broadwood

By Gavin Cummiskey

Arsenal stuck in self-defeating cycle as Chelsea loom large

By Amy Lawrence

Martyn Turner

Transport

Aviation numbers take off in 2016

By Joan Scales

Property

Jennifer O’Connell: The State should not buy Luggala

By Jennifer O'Connell

Film

Matthew McConaughey: ‘I will never be my hero’

By Tara Brady

Belfast-based food fraud tech firm secures £2m investment

By Francess McDonnell

Trump ‘honeymoon’ lifts Irish consumer sentiment

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Music

Nialler9's New Irish Music: New Jackson, Count Vaseline, Síomha and more

By Niall Byrne

Getting to the core of Europe’s case against Apple and Ireland

By Joe Brennan

People

My son is being castigated for having consensual underage sex

From Microsoft to setting up an adult shop and website

By Susan Clarke

Media

Culture of secrecy lifted as Snapchat files for IPO

John FitzGerald: attractive urban centre key to regional development

By John FitzGerald

Wireless pioneer battling the State on national broadband plan

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Work

War for Talent no longer just a matter of splashing the cash

By Olive Keogh

Work

Flour powers Limerick engineer to a life baked in Brooklyn

By John Breen

Transport

Ryanair’s year-on-year traffic grew 17% during January

By Colin Gleeson

Allianz to buy out minority shareholders in Irish subsidiary

By Ciarán Hancock

Brandtone forced into examinership over delayed fee

By Mark Paul

Financial Services Union asks KBC to retain Irish business

By Ciarán Hancock

Millionaire start-up owners must be crackers to do it all again

By Mark Paul

Nimbyism ‘halting key infrastructure’

Markets

European stocks dragged down by Deutsche results

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

What to watch, where to go, who to bet on – your guide to the weekend’s sport

By Ruaidhrí Croke

The lesson today? Make your own gin

By Marie Claire Digby

Abroad

Brexit may curtail my lecturing career in the UK

By Geraldine Fahy

Media

Snapchat rising: is Facebook-sized success the future?

By Olivia Solon

Noel Whelan: Theresa May cares little about Ireland’s Brexit worries

By Noel Whelan

The Morning Sports Briefing

US issues warning to North Korea over nuclear weapons

US Congress scraps Obama-era rules on gun background checks

Dirty Little Fishes, a short story by Jess Kidd

By Jess Kidd

Matt Kuchar leads in Phoenix as Hideki Matsuyama maintains form

Tiger Woods withdraws from Dubai Classic with back injury

Ibuprofen ‘not the answer’ for back pain, study finds

Saido Berahino served a drugs ban before Stoke City move

Farming & Food

SuperValu suspends food offer on foot of IFA complaints

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

‘Europe’s fate is in its own hands’: EU leaders gather in Malta

By Denis Staunton

Trump vows to 'totally destroy' law on religion and politics

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Student Hub

Lessons from a semester abroad

Where would Snapchat’s $25bn valuation rank among biggest tech IPOs?

By Colin Gleeson

Bitchy reviews? They don’t bother queen of the Aga saga Joanna Trollope

By Jennifer Ryan

Commercial Property

John Magnier picks up English estate for reported €52m

With winter’s end in sight, hope always springs eternal for Six Nations

By Robert Kitson

CSO to remove ‘leprechaun’ from economic statistics

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Health committee calls for inclusion of GP group in pay talks

By Paul Cullen

Farming & Food

NI food tech firm secures £2m Canadian investment

By Francess McDonnell

Julian Gough on The Ogham Stone, part of Munster’s renaissance

By Julian Gough

Lettuce and spinach shortage prompts supermarket rationing

By Conor Pope

From a benign tumour in 1994 - Tiger Woods’s injury timeline

EIB announces two multimillion euro forestry investments

By Charlie Taylor

Ribs? Wings? Beers? Get snack-ready for a bumper weekend of sport

By Rachel Collins

Play abandoned due to strong winds at Dubai Desert Classic

TV & Radio

#DressLikeAWoman: What will Trump's White House lady dress code entail?

By Anthea McTeirnan

Russian man who claimed Dublin birth loses citizenship case

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Virgin Media plans 120 new jobs in Limerick

By David Raleigh

Fresh legal challenge to Brexit blocked by UK high court

TV & Radio

‘I’m gay, disabled and still have sex’

By Dominique McMullan

Gatland’s Lions: The pre-Six Nations XV

By Patrick Madden

The Boatman, a short story by Billy O’Callaghan

Film

Gold review: Matthew McConaughey in Y-Fronts with a self-aware degree of sleaze

By Tara Brady

Stage

Olwen Fouéré and the Breton connection: This time it’s personal

By Fintan O'Toole

Daniel Coyle among winners at Palm Beach Masters in Florida

By Margie McLoone

Major US retailer stops stocking Ivanka Trump brand

Further charges against South Circular Road murder accused

By Tom Tuite

This week we’re talking about . . . #DeleteUber

By Ciara O'Brien

‘Editing Beautiful Pictures convinced me Mia Gallagher is one of the greatest living Irish writers’

By Dan Bolger

#DressLikeAWoman: Women respond online to Trump’s comments

US ban another sign that the world is becoming a colder place for refugees

By Dominic MacSorley

Legal action over Apollo House occupation concludes

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Drink

Where is the best off-licence in Ireland?

By John Wilson

Drink

Beerista: January is over at last. So what are you having?

By Sorcha Hamilton

Culture

Radio review: 'Dermot and Dave still talking loudly and saying nothing'

By Mick Heaney

Have you some unusual tastes? Share them with a self-published cookbook

By Aoife McElwain

Meal Ticket: Grindstone Speciality Coffee Bar

By Aoife McElwain

US employers add most staff in four months in January

Friday briefing: Five things you need to know this afternoon

Special Report

Fresh from the Pier wins Dublin heat at AIB Start-up Academy Summits

By Caitríona Mc Bride

South Pacific islands to ban ‘western’ junk food

Trump’s ‘America-first’ vow ignites a ‘Japan-first’ debate

By David McNeill

The man who knows how to make a citizen’s arrest

By Conor Gallagher

Brexit and corporate tax changes main risks to Ireland, says IMF

By Charlie Taylor

Obituaries

Obituary: Bharati Mukherjee

Insurer Beazley to set up European business in Dublin

Abroad

Building a small but proud Irish community in Houston, Texas

By Chris Bohill

Murder trial: witness admits he lied about row over chihuahua

By Eoin Reynolds

Chris Johns: Time has come to prepare for economic war

By Chris Johns

‘Grexit’ on the cards? A perfect storm is brewing in Greece

By Helena Smith

New domestic violence legislation covers people in ‘dating relationships’

By Elaine Edwards

Gaelic Games

Round-robin football quarter-finals move a step closer

By Seán Moran

Science

‘Annoying’ sounds could be due to a brain abnormality

Willis Towers Watson to create 40 jobs in Cork

By Joe Brennan

Murder victim Neil Reilly remembered fondly at Lucan funeral

By Dan Griffin

China says no to ‘currency war’ after Trump criticism of yuan

Paul Auster: ‘We should respond to Trump's stupidity with a world boycott of American goods'

By Meadhbh McHugh

Tesco rejects claims it aims to cut 1,200 employees in Ireland

By Rachel Flaherty

Gardaí on alert for further Kinahan-Hutch attacks, says Minister

By Sarah Bardon

Banks advance bond ‘bail-in’ plans under new European rules

By Joe Brennan

People

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

Services activity accelerates at sharpest rate since Brexit vote

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Struggle enters new phase as Kurdish group Tak targets Turkey’s cities

By Stephen Starr

Melania Trump’s absence from Washington raises questions

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Brussels broke the rules in its pursuit of Apple’s €13bn

By Liza Lovdahl-Gormsen

Melania Trump’s ‘Daily Mail’ lawsuit dismissed by judge

Burglar sent to prison after getting stuck in bathroom window

Environment

Howth’s red squirrel population at risk from ‘aggressive’ greys

By Dan Griffin

Trump adviser blames made-up ‘Bowling Green massacre’ on refugees

Manufacturing output in Ireland dropped 11% in December

By Charlie Taylor

Johnny Sexton: Numbers game not stacking up for injured Ireland outhalf

By Gavin Cummiskey

Racing

Stable staff reject Clare Daly ‘indentured slaves’ claims

By Brian O'Connor

Sports retailer Elverys back in profit as expansion on the cards

By Charlie Taylor

Weekend Premier League team news

Hiqa flags food and medicine issues at Bray nursing home

By Dan Griffin

US blames Russia as deadly fighting continues in Ukraine

By Daniel McLaughlin

Super Bowl scandals: six of the most memorable

By DJ Gallo

Transport

Aer Lingus January traffic up 12.3% over same month in 2016

Abroad

The Cork girl who was first through Ellis Island’s gates

By Eoin Butler

Bike accident victim’s award increased by €27,000 on appeal

By Mary Carolan

Gaelic Games

GAA may crack down on non-official email addresses

By Seán Moran

Rory Best: Conor Murray can thrive despite being Scottish target

Dutch opt for manual count after reports of Russian hacking

By Peter Cluskey

Roscrea break free to progress with defeat of CBC Monkstown

Seán FitzPatrick’s lawyer calls investigation into client a ‘shambles’

By Declan Brennan

Riskiest AIB and Bank of Ireland bonds hit record highs on new plans

By Joe Brennan

North Korea’s spy chief has been sacked, reports claim

High Court orders arrest of lawyer over failure to pay debt

By Mary Carolan

Economic drag: the staggering amount smoking costs the world

By Laura Slattery

Suu Kyi vows to investigate crimes against Rohingya

Michael Noonan urges Irish SMEs to sell online

By David Raleigh

Donald Trump voters keep the faith in Arab heartland of the US

By Patti Waldmeir

Africa

Somalia: UN calls for urgent action to avert famine

By Karen McVeigh

Bus Éireann to lose €125,000-a-day in funding during strike

By Martin Wall

Archaeologists clash over dating of Céide Fields complex

By Lorna Siggins

Bon Secours completes takeover of Barringtons Hospital

Partnership involving Gay Byrne in property sale court battle

By Mary Carolan

Ireland’s Test cricket ambitions could be realised under proposed changes

By Emmet Riordan

‘New kids on the block’ meet as Berlin reaches out to Washington

By Derek Scally

US imposes new sanctions on Iran after missile test

Your Money

Shelbourne Park greyhound racing cancelled

By Mark Hilliard

Ireland earn credible draw against Spain in final match

HSE denied appeal over damages for catastrophic injury

By Mary Carolan

Cork economy is ‘fulcrum to drive all Munster forward’

By Barry Roche

Politics

Taoiseach warns of ‘very negative consequences’ of hard Border

By Denis Staunton

Conor Dunne finishes second on stage two of Jayco Herald Sun Tour

By Shane Stokes

Ian O'Riordan: The madness of the long distance runner

By Ian O'Riordan

Markets

US stocks lifted by better than expected jobs figures

By Barry O'Halloran

Kenny to consider inviting Trump to Ireland

By Denis Staunton

Plan to curb migrants from Libya backed by EU leaders

By Denis Staunton

Marine admits making bombs for Northern Ireland attack

Education

Exams body says Junior Cert students can avoid 10% penalty

By Carl O'Brien

Seán Galvin double helps Gonzaga claim quarter-final slot

Brexit summit: Malta sightseeing soothes jangled nerves

By Denis Staunton

Marine pleads guilty to preparing Northern Ireland attack

Mother in direct provision compensated over delay in case

By Mary Carolan

Donald Trump orders review of financial crisis law

Submissions on repeal of Eighth Amendment ‘way beyond’ expected

By Ronan McGreevy

Conor O’Shea hopes Italy can build on recent win over South Africa

Six Nations Countdown: The men in the middle

By John O'Sullivan

Over 1,300 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean

Munster back on top after hard fought win in Edinburgh

Paris attacker believed to be Egyptian in France on tourist visa

By Lara Marlowe

Trump policy has revoked up to 100,000 US visas, court hears

Wenger focuses on Chelsea and sidesteps awkward questions

By David Hytner

Antonio Conte still haunted by Arsenal loss ahead of derby

By Dominic Fifield

Paul Boyle’s late try secures opening win for Ireland

By John Fallon

World

Iranian baby girl denied entry to US for urgent heart surgery