Article Index

Justice department says it could not have interfered in O’Higgins inquiry

By Sarah Bardon

Hip hip hooray for Conor McGregor

An Irish Diary

The best Finns in life – An Irishman’s Diary on a hundred years of Finland’s independence

By Derek Scally

Editorials

School league tables: a snapshot of inequality

By Carl O'Brien

Play your cards right for Christmas

Water charges and charity

Chairman of the board JJ Walsh

Airport car parks

Editorials

Yemen: Peace deal must be global priority

US tax reform

Israel’s wars

Pension Bill is a punitive measure

Christine Keeler: could not escape the shadow of the affair

Brexit and the Border – a question of alignment

MI5 might have been able to stop Manchester attack, report finds

Three international cricket captains report attempted fixing approaches

By Ali Martin

Kathy Sheridan: Finns show Ireland what small country can be

By Kathy Sheridan

Divided British government doesn't know what it wants

By Pat Leahy

Delhi smog causes cricket players to vomit on field

May and Davis hint at UK-wide ‘regulatory alignment’

By Denis Staunton

‘Regulatory alignment’ with EU could be called ‘soft Brexit’

By Patrick Smyth

Wexford community gathers to mourn in wake of road tragedy

By Peter Murtagh

Miriam Lord: Leo’s timing off again as TDs left under tree like unwanted gifts

By Miriam Lord

Abortion committee nears conclusion but far from consensus

By Sarah Bardon

Macron’s Arab strategy will be on display in Algiers and Doha

By Lara Marlowe

Jack Conan braced for different challenge of Exeter Chiefs

By Gerry Thornley

Environment

Donegal council begins removal of 2,000 tons of waste from illegal dump

By Peter Murtagh

New children’s hospital faces legal action over ‘Phoenix’ name

By Olivia Kelly

Martyn Turner

Kevin O’Rourke: Britain wakes up to the reality of free trade

By Kevin O'Rourke

Film

Brigsby Bear review: A strange creature of tonal shifts

By Donald Clarke

Film

Menashe review: The most emotionally honest film you'll see this year

By Donald Clarke

Film

Jake Gyllenhaal never better in moving Boston marathon drama

By Donald Clarke

Sexual misconduct controversy hits the New York Met Opera

By Michael Dervan

Ten things we learned from Other Voices 2017

By Una Mullally and Louise Bruton

40: Volkswagen Tiguan – a polished performer but price is the issue

39: Audi Q2 – As good as it gets in the world of overpriced premium baby crossovers

38: Kia Soul – Far from perfect but with a real sense of character and fun

37: Toyota Land Cruiser – simply the best true off-roader on the market

36: BMW 5 Series – still a great car but now overtaken by its rivals

35: Audi A4 – quietly impressive and now with subtle improvements

34: Nissan Qashqai – the ubiquitous Irish crossover

33: Skoda Superb – simply put, it lives up to its name

32: Mercedes-Benz C-Class – Well-thought out premium saloon

31: Lexus GS – one of the consistently satisfying big executive cars around

30: Hyundai Tucson – Ireland’s best-selling car eclipses traditiona saloons and hatchbacks

29: Ford Fiesta – Hard to notice the revamp but still very, very good to drive

28: Volvo XC90 – the frontline in the reinvention of the Swede

27: Skoda Kodiaq – pre-ordained SUV success story

26: Mazda MX-5 – reminding us all of the reason we love to drive

25: Land Rover Discovery – Much improved icon of country life

24: BMW 3 Series – Still the leader of the pack in premium sports saloon

23: Seat Ateca – Surprisingly beats its VW cousins

22: Porsche 911 – Still the benchmark for sports car fun

21: Audi Q7 – what it lacks in looks it makes up for in ability

Sr Stan: Housing charities not part of homelessness problem

By Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy

Cliff Taylor: Time for business leaders to get stuck into Brexit debate

By Cliff Taylor

Cork city population to increase to more than 200,000 under deal

By Barry Roche

Government must avoid knee-jerk reaction to Paradise Papers

By Pádraig Cronin

Residential

Art Deco delight in Dún Laoghaire for €895k

By Frances O'Rourke

Ireland reaches 820 hotels in bumper year for sector

By Joan Scales

Growth in online retail to drive market for industrial/logistics sectors

By Johnny Horgan

Rental growth potential will be key factor for investors

By Fergus O'Farrell

Industrial/logistics sector primed for growth in 2018

By Aidan Gavin

Look out for Euro-Asian invasion into commercial property

By Adrian Trueick

Another strong year for Dublin office market

By Justin Comiskey

Rugby

Gordon D’Arcy: IRFU has to pay Peter O’Mahony what he wants

By Gordon D'Arcy

Food

Be devout to the sprout with this delicious side dish

By Lilly Higgins

Shanahan’s on the Green building sells well above €4.5m guide

By Jack Fagan

Head for the ’burbs for the best office opportunities

By James Nugent

‘The more we avoid our lives, the more problems we have to avoid’

By Laura Kennedy

Commercial property market finally finishes firefighting

By Jack Fagan

‘It takes a long time for Irish people to open up beyond surface level’

By Sorcha Pollak

Residential

Seven properties to buy beside the new Luas stops in Dublin 7

By Alanna Gallagher

Life & Style

Deck the halls, walls, floors . . .

By Alanna Gallagher

Expect city centre rentals to settle at around €65 per sq ft

By Tony Waters

Recipes

Roast sprouts with homemade tahini sauce

By Lilly Higgins

Strong demand and aggressive pricing will continue in the private rental sector

By John Moran

Irish retail back to ‘more normalised level’ of investment

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

‘Brexit? What is that? Something to get rid of bad breath?’

By Michael Harding

Pat Hickey issue continues to trouble OCI

By Johnny Watterson

Gaelic Games

Luke Dempsey enjoying managerial merry-go-round

By Ian O'Riordan

I’ve had the same problem my whole life – no one likes me

By Trish Murphy

Farming & Food

Higher milk prices boost farm incomes by 30% to €32,000

By Barry O'Halloran

Desmond’s Mountain Province Diamonds aims to sell €279m of loan notes

By Mark Paul

Technology

Trump reform would slash $47bn from Apple tax bill

Australia crush England’s hopes to wrap up second Test

By Vic Marks

Weather alert: snow and Storm Caroline heading for Ireland

By Jack Power

Cerberus has collected €1.3bn from Project Eagle loans

By Barry O'Halloran

James Joyce’s ‘House of Dead’ sells for over €650,000

Gaelic Games

Seán Moran: History will judge Dublin as exceptional

By Seán Moran

McGurk’s revenue tax bill, Apple to save $47bn in taxes, and EU blacklists 17 states

By Ciarán Hancock

Jose Mourinho telling ‘the truth’ ahead of Manchester derby

Brexit: Most Britons now think UK will get a bad deal

Tottenham's Dele Alli says he is his own biggest critic

By David Hytner

One51 shareholders pave way to flotation

By Barry O'Halloran and Colin Gleeson

Fire brigade deals with blaze at Gardiner Street building

By Jack Power

Culture

Arts Council chair rejects ‘inference’ of conflict over Michael Colgan

By Hugh Linehan

UK’s easyJet takes on Lufthansa with Air Berlin takeover

Man due in court after raid on Cork halting site

By Barry Roche

Major Defence Forces training exercise in Dublin today

By Jack Power

Brexit: Bombardier against border in the Irish Sea

Hammerson to create shopping centre giant after takeover

Policeman killed in Wexford crash ‘went through life with a smile’

By Vivienne Clarke and Peter Murtagh

Kildare school closed after shooting threat written on bathroom wall

By Jack Power

Councillors claim Cork boundary deal was ‘not democratic’

By Barry Roche

Brexit: What we have, we hold

By Fiach Kelly

Johnny Hallyday, France’s Elvis Presley, dies aged 74

Rugby

Jordi Murphy signs a two-year deal with Ulster

Books

How to get published if you’re not in the know

By Ronan Colgan

Robbie Brady set for long spell out with knee tendon tear

By Emmet Malone

Shane MacGowan's 60th birthday concert: Johnny Depp, Nick Cave and more

By Laurence Mackin

A healthy workplace by design

British MPs seek amnesty for crimes linked to NI Troubles

Three charged in Malta over murder of anti-corruption journalist

Books

How Cromwell’s Irish terror made a bloodthirsty preacher teach tolerance

By Crawford Gribben

Brexit will bring ‘paradigm change’ like 2008 crash, Davis says

UK government has no sector-by-sector studies on Brexit impact

One in four lung cancers diagnosed at emergency departments

By Aine McMahon and Vivienne Clarke

Brexit: Boris Johnson calls for immediate go-ahead for second phase of talks

Technology

Google withdraws YouTube from Amazon’s speaker and video devices

Alan Shatter awarded cost of appeal in case over alleged data breach

By Mary Carolan

Steelers-Bengals shows extreme violence is at the forefront of NFL

By Bryan Armen Graham

Justice Department ‘fully complied’ with Charleton tribunal discovery orders

By Simon Carswell

Travel

Walk for the weekend: Sublime serenity of Silvermines Ridge

By John G O'Dwyer

Abroad

The Irish hands that helped make Britain what it is today

By Anne Morris

TV & Radio

Gabriel Byrne: ‘Sex pests’ and ‘abject sexism’ rife in RTÉ in 1970s

By Mick Heaney

Almost 100,000 mortgages adjusted since economic crash

By Colin Gleeson

Media

Former government press secretary Feargal Purcell joins Edelman Ireland

By Laura Slattery

Donohoe says yet to agree exact date for Apple to start transferring tax funds

Farming & Food

Glass and a half full: Cadbury’s Irish arm returns to profit

By Colin Gleeson

Baker Mayfield: Your trash-talking, crotch-grabbing All-American hero

By Dave Hannigan

Number of men reporting domestic abuse doubled last year

By Jack Power

Markets

Brexit deadlock fears push sterling to one-week lows

Inside Politics podcast: Brexit, what’s the deal?

By Jennifer Ryan

Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing deaths of two friends

By Stephen Maguire

Time magazine names ‘silence breakers’ as person of the year

Varadkar believes Ireland should join new EU military structure

By Marie O'Halloran

Varadkar says May acting in good faith on Brexit Border deal

By Michael O'Regan

Theresa May on NI: ‘We will ensure there is no hard border’

Education

Trinity College purchases Iveagh Grounds sports facility for €2m

By Carl O'Brien

Compulsory retirement age for public sector staff set to rise to 70

By Martin Wall

Your Money

Arsenic and lead found in counterfeit make-up products

By Jack Power

Man appears in court over plot to assassinate Theresa May

TV & Radio

Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menu

By Deirdre Falvey

Woman sexually assaulted by her grandfather sues for damages

Middle East

Trump’s action on Jerusalem could trigger violent response

By Michael Jansen

Media

Irish Times set to acquire Irish Examiner and other media assets

By Ciarán Hancock

Supreme Court refuses Thomas McFeely bankruptcy appeal hearing

By Mary Carolan

Facebook policy allows ‘certain forms’ of violence to be published

By Sarah Burns

Markets

United Oil records ‘positive results’ from Italian gas field

By Peter Hamilton

Man charged with murder of mother-of-one in Cork

By Barry Roche

Cyclist died after collision with pedestrian, inquest hears

By Louise Roseingrave

Offbeat

Painting at New York museum sparks ‘voyeurism’ complaint

Man involved in sale of stolen cars on Done Deal website gets suspended sentence

By Fiona Ferguson and Brion Hoban

Have your say: Do you want to work until you’re 70?

EU Commission seeks €500bn economic crisis fund and finance minister

By Patrick Smyth

Russian hoaxers fail to fool German investigative journalist

Farming & Food

Kerry Group wins upgrade from UBS

By Peter Hamilton

Ryanair faces strike as crews in Italy prepare to walk out

Rob Heffernan named as Athlete of the Year

By Ian O'Riordan

Dispute over former Zanzibar complex to be fast-tracked

By Mary Carolan

Saakashvili standoff continues as Ukraine’s security services face scrutiny

By Daniel McLaughlin

Government ‘may be underestimating impact of hard Brexit’

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Action over proposed sale of Kilkenny mansion not proceeding, court hears

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Inside Business Podcast: Is the UK waking up to Brexit?

By Jennifer Ryan

Irish second World War veteran dies in Cork aged 102

By Barry Roche

Fire in south California threatens 12,000 homes

Over 1,500 Setanta Insurance claims still outstanding

By Peter Hamilton

Technology

Irish Rail plans app to allow reservations and price checks

By Peter Hamilton

SPD leader to lobby members for renewed Merkel alliance

By Derek Scally

Woman falsely claimed €9,000 in child benefit from China

By Tom Tuite

98% of adults now have mobile phones, new research finds

By Conor Pope

AIB must hand over account details in case alleging cyber fraud

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Katie McCabe wins Sportswoman Award for November

By Mary Hannigan

Email sent by former Ryanair pilot was ‘reasonable’, court told

NTMA plans to raise €14bn-€18bn in 2018

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Bodies of four killed in Wexford crash released to relatives

By Barry Roche, Peter Murtagh and Conor Gallagher

U2 play surprise concert on German underground

By Derek Scally

Putin to seek re-election as Russian president in March

By Isabel Gorst

Focus outlines homelessness-avoidance strategies

By Kitty Holland

Jury in murder trial to resume deliberations on Thursday

Trump announces plan to move US embassy to Jerusalem

One new case of CPE superbug being detected every day

By Sarah Burns

Youth goes on trial accused of knife murder in Crumlin

By Eoin Reynolds

Public service retirement changes raise questions about private sector

By Martin Wall

Death of homeless woman in Cork not being treated as suspicious

By Barry Roche

Media

European shares cap losses as euro weakens against the dollar

By Mark Paul

‘One complete mystery’: Frank O’Neill’s big brother, Jimmy, disappeared on Waterford’s quays 70 years ago

By Mark Hilliard

Rail services delayed after truck hits bridge in Portlaoise

By Aine McMahon

Taoiseach playing ‘dangerous game’ with Ireland’s economy, says DUP

By Amanda Ferguson

Fifa’s reliance on Russia summed up by weak response to IOC ban

By David Conn

Moody, surly, sentimental, love-obsessed: how Johnny Hallyday embodied France

By Lara Marlowe

Creating a ‘bespoke’ CIA or MI6 for Ireland could cause complications

By Marie O'Halloran

US Democrats call for colleague Al Franken’s resignation

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: Cora Staunton’s Australian gamble makes sense

By Ciarán Murphy

Education

More than 1,000 extra special needs assistants allocated for next year

By Carl O'Brien

Defence Forces carry out large anti-terrorist drill in Dublin

By Peter Murtagh

Theresa May confident Brexit deal can be done in time

By Denis Staunton

Oireachtas committee set to recommend repeal of Eighth Amendment

By Sarah Bardon

Brexit: Varadkar and May speak by phone amid efforts to resolve impasse

By Fiach Kelly, Amanda Ferguson, Denis Staunton and Pat Leahy

EU warns of ‘repercussions’ from Trump’s embassy move

By Patrick Smyth

Middle East

Turkey says Trump has plunged Middle East into ‘fire with no end’

Plea for new approach to investigation of missing persons

By Mark Hilliard

Bruton accused of ‘standing idly by’ as school pitches sold

By Marie O'Halloran

Staff in health and social care organisations to ballot for all-out strike

By Martin Wall

World

Trump’s Israeli stance ‘very disappointing’, says Coveney

By Aine McMahon

Miriam Lord: Leo? The dude is a dove. Even when a Healy-Rae threatens hellfire

By Miriam Lord

Theresa May to add text to Irish Brexit deal in effort to solve impasse

By Fiach Kelly

Contrasting cost of spin unit with health funding ‘bad politics’

By Michael O'Regan

US issues warning to citizens in wake of Jerusalem decision

By Suzanne Lynch

Civil servant reported by her brother for making fake welfare claims

By Isabel Hayes and Aoife Nic Ardghail

Bishops urge Government to increase efforts to solve homelessness

By Conor Gallagher

Irish Brexit fears aired at US Capitol Hill committee hearing

By Suzanne Lynch

Shakhtar Donetsk end Manchester City’s unbeaten run

By Jamie Jackson

Fernando Llorente finally breaks his Tottenham duck in easy win

By David Hytner