Article Index

Inheritors of the Earth review: A bold theory of biodiversity

By Nora Mahony

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate – a novel approach

By Freya McClements

In a word . . . Holocaust

By Patsy McGarry

Ryan Tabloidy? Tubridy veers close to scaremongering

By Mick Heaney

The nature of nature

Thinking Anew – The freedom to do what is just

By Gordon Linney

Cocoa nuts

An Irish Diary

Widow’s weeds – An Irishman’s Diary about poppies, war, and John McCrae

By Frank McNally

Editorials

Stepaside Garda station: the price of stroke politics

One small step

Arts degrees

Sounds familiar?

Teaching recruitment crisis

Opinion polls and political popularity

Editorials

Housing crisis: short memories will cost us dear

Sinn Féin and abstentionism

Pope’s visit and the public mood

Vision of Social Democrats

‘A night at the Dorchester’

Financial difficulties of students

Sale of alcohol on Good Friday

Distinguished academic who became first female professor of politics

Blackpool footballer who was a member of England 1966 World Cup squad

Storehouse of folklore was Donegal Sinn Féin’s first female elected representative

Africa

Time trickling away for Cape Town’s water supply

By Bill Corcoran

‘The Post’, set in Nixon era, resonates in Trump’s US

By Suzanne Lynch

Six-week rule disqualifying Irish citizenship ‘could be unlawful’

By Mark Hilliard

Coalition could be the next big issue for the Social Democrats

By Harry McGee

New human rights appointments face legal challenge

By Kitty Holland

Middle East

Egyptians depressed and divided as uprising comes full circle

By Michael Jansen

An, er, racy Irish angle on the Dorchester Presidents Club debacle

By Miriam Lord

Kerry babies tribunal report presents Government with dilemma

By Don Buckley and Joe Joyce

Woman (73), who moved to Ireland when she was three, refused citizenship

By Mark Hilliard

Rise in subsidies ‘creeping privatisation’ of social housing

By Simon Carswell

Payments to landlords surge as social housing scheme rolled out

By Simon Carswell

Martyn Turner

Life on rent allowance: ‘Mould gets into the toothbrushes’

By Kitty Holland

Garda ‘needs more powers’ in online child sex cases

By Mark Hilliard and Sarah Bardon

Publisher with a deep spirituality rooted in Gaelic tradition

Fifth of voters more likely to back SF with McDonald as leader

By Pat Leahy

Voters want to stay in EU even with hard border, poll shows

By Pat Leahy

Decline in number favouring second term for President Higgins

By Pat Leahy

Micheál Martin urges appointment of digital safety watchdog

By Sarah Bardon

Minister suggests 10-week abortion limit at FG meeting

By Sarah Bardon

Erasure, Jeff Tweedy and Gus Dapperton: The best rock and pop this week

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Departments asked to prepare ‘hard Brexit’ contingency plans

By Simon Carswell

EU should help Tunisia fulfil its Arab Spring

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

An Irish Diary

Church services

History

Thinking of Biafra in inner-city Dublin

By Arminta Wallace

The best of the week’s classical music

By Michael Dervan

The best jazz this week

By Cormac Larkin

Grey’s Anatomy: breaking barriers for hot doctors with complicated social lives

By Patrick Freyne

Dua Lipa: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

This Album Changed My Life: The Skatalites meet King Tubby – Heroes of Reggae in Dub (1999)

By Niall Byrne

Film

Directing Daniel Day-Lewis: ‘I know. I’ve killed off the world’s greatest actor’

By Tara Brady

Out of date Razzies are really beginning to stink

By Seamus O'Reilly

Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray

By Brian Maye

New Artist of the Week: Sudan Archives

By Niall Byrne

The Young Offenders: Breaking into the English Market

By Donald Clarke

NFL Division Two: All you need to know ahead of the new season

By Keith Duggan

Diarmaid Ferriter: Abortionist Mamie Cadden was no Vera Drake

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Hennessy New Irish Writing: January 2018’s winning poets

By Ilyana Kuhling and Maresa Sheehan

Sticking plaster that held Brexit talks together about to be prised off

By Cliff Taylor

Such Small Hands by Andres Barba

By Kevin Gildea

Walden of Bermondsey by Peter Murphy

By Claire Looby

Eoghan McDermott: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Breda O’Brien: Down syndrome abortion debate must be based on facts

By Breda O'Brien

Podcasts Of The Week: the impact of Potter, and burned out by mindfulness

By Sarah Griffin

Varadkar’s success hangs on what he learns from Bertie Ahern

By Pat Leahy

After the deluge: Art exploring flooded landscapes

By Aidan Dunne

Event of the Week: Brian Maguire – ‘War Changes its Address’

By Aidan Dunne

Longtime foe to help Denis O’Brien’s case against Red Flag

By Peter Murtagh

Colm Keaveney: the politician who switched sides

By Peter Murtagh

Economy

Trump takes Davos by surprise – by talking business

Business

Global elite tackles ‘fractured world’ at snowy Davos

By Colin Gleeson

‘There is an openness’ – Fianna Fáil in flux on abortion

By Harry McGee

Economy

Europe rediscovers its mojo in Davos

By Joe Brennan

Commercial Property

Carval subsidiary netted €4.7m profit in 2016 from Irish property loans

By Barry O'Halloran

Family, faith and football – the Mickey Harte interview

By Keith Duggan

Travel

Winter camping: There’s snow feeling like it

By Roisin Finlay and Heather Snelgar

Fine Art & Antiques

Mystery donor gives valuable Yeats art to Sligo arts centre

By Michael Parsons

When your marriage depends on being able to kitesurf

By Dominique McMullan

Travel

Pucker up for the ultimate Valentine’s island escape

By Jo Linehan

Travel

A walk on the real wild side of New York

By Paddy Woodworth

There’s more to Henry Thoreau than the mysteries of Walden

By NJ McGarrigle

Lord help us and save us from the fallen women and the silly, stupid girls

By Jennifer O'Connell

Drink

Where do Ireland's favourite wines come from?

By John Wilson

Paschal Donohoe on ‘What Is Populism?’: Essential reading for political minds

By Paschal Donohoe

Prunes with orange and cardamon – Carmel Somers’ recipe

By Carmel Somers

Sinéad Kissane: ‘Sport is my downtime, it’s my up-time. It’s kind of everything’

By Una Mullally

Environment

Eight ways to kill our passion for plastic

By Ciara O'Brien

With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial book review

By Paul D’Alton

Live and kicking: Why nothing compares to the live music experience

By Cormac Larkin

Treacle pudding in seven steps

By Vanessa Greenwood

Life & Style

Sharon Horgan is hot; Kardashian Konspiracies are not

Drink

My old drinking haunt now has craft beers and they're great

By Sorcha Hamilton

The Saturday Poem: The Night Hardening

By John W Sexton

Seven sideboards that will suit any living space

By Alanna Gallagher

Fintan O'Toole: Questioning Nóirín O’Sullivan is like playing handball against a haystack

By Fintan O'Toole

Fine Art & Antiques

U2 bellydancer’s kit and Napoleon’s hair: the bizarre items in a Dublin auction

By Michael Parsons

Property

Making a home in Ireland: What’s an immersion? Why is it so expensive?

By Arlene Harris

Walking Wounded, by Sheila Llewellyn review – a great sense of war-time Manchester

By Martina Evans

Property

A good plumber is for life, if you can find one

By Tanya Sweeney

A grim dystopian Ireland that is all too believable

By Sarah Gilmartin

The Saturday poem: Thanks though

By Bernard O’Donoghue

Fashion

‘Man pants’ with go-faster stripes and Christian Louboutin's new bags

By Deirdre McQuillan

Business

Eir’s next owner is dreaming big

By Lara Marlowe

Fine Art & Antiques

Fine Art Auctions & Fairs

By Michael Parsons

Hollywood Hills style in a Dublin railway cottage

By Liz Dwyer

Disturbing Remains: A story of Black ’47

By Breandán Mac Suibhne

Health

What are ‘energy drinks’ and should they be banned?

By Sylvia Thompson

A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey – A resoundingly worthwhile journey

By Arminta Wallace

Stage

The best theatre shows this week

By Peter Crawley

In praise of older books: The Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden (1997)

By Julie Parsons

David McWilliams: Rising house prices suit too many people

By David McWilliams

Gardening

Reasons to be cheerful in the garden: Snowdrops are in

By Fionnuala Fallon

Hennessy New Irish Writing: January 2018’s winning story - Flipping Burgers by Eamon Doggett

By Eamon Doggett

Lights, sound and broadband: How to create a home cinema

By Alanna Gallagher

Restaurants

Review: Indian restaurant with no frills, loads of thrills

By Catherine Cleary

How to turn Harry Potter’s favourite dessert into a pudding. . .

By Vanessa Greenwood

Rise Above! Letters from Tyrone Guthrie review: an admirable collection

By Fintan O'Toole

Mickey Harte unconcerned by criticism from likes of Joe Brolly

By Keith Duggan

What do jelly beans and manicures have in common?

By Aoife McElwain

Dublin taxi drivers have a secret: it’s called the Phoenix Park

By Daithí Ó Drónaí

Vitality porridge – Carmel Somers’ recipe

By Carmel Somers

Sean Moncrieff: Might it be time to consider changing our flag?

By Seán Moncrieff

Property

Priced out of Dublin? Consider buying in Drogheda instead

By Tadhg Peavoy

Environment

Michael Viney: Murderous mink, menacing muskrats and the marksmen who keep them in check

By Michael Viney

Slow Horses and Whitehall Masters

By Declan Hughes

The Book of Joan, by Lidia Yuknavitch review – an uncanny prescience

By Paul McVeigh

Fashion

Heavenly dresses for Holy Communion

By Deirdre McQuillan

Environment

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney

By Ethna Viney

Do Irish vegetarians understand how quinoa and avocado damage human lives?

By JP McMahon

Bombay eggs – Carmel Somers’ recipe

By Carmel Somers

The Border blockages: ‘The rage and anger of the local people was so evident’

By Fionola Meredith

‘We’re from South Dublin – none of us want to work for anything’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

My friend said: ‘Heroin will get rid of the pain.’ And it did

By Patrick Freyne

Shot because his name was Hutch: The propaganda war

By Conor Lally

Your Family

A ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ horror tale for the internet age

By Sheila Wayman

Larry Nassar: An ugly snapshot of American life

By Suzanne Lynch

Richie Sadlier: Phil Neville’s record adds up to tweet nothing

By Richie Sadlier

Allianz National Football League: Weekend previews

By Seán Moran

Design Moment: American Modern dinnerware, 1937

By Bernice Harrison

The best art exhibitions this week

By Aidan Dunne

Allianz National Hurling League: Weekend previews

By Ian O'Riordan

Pádraig Amond dreaming of another cup shock with Newport

By Emmet Malone

Build it and they will come: just be careful where you build it

By Ian O'Riordan

‘We cook, we freeze, we deliver, all you have to do is reheat’

By Marie Claire Digby

Rejoice! Winter is over and the GAA is back

By Malachy Clerkin

Farming & Food

Clock ticking for new Aryzta management team

Rugby

Can Jacques Brunel fix France’s ‘mess’ before Ireland clash?

By Gerry Thornley

Jason Killeen nurturing hoop dreams of the next generation

By Keith Duggan

NHL Division 1A: All you need to know ahead of the new season

By Keith Duggan

Powerful ingredients to add a kick to your cooking

By Carmel Somers

Man in his 30s dies in Co Louth after car hits pole

Dublin's league dominance partly built on move to Croke Park

By Malachy Clerkin

Europe

River Seine levels rise further as Paris braces for flooding

Fashion

‘Europeans can’t believe we Irish maraud through our homes in outdoor footwear’

By Marian Keyes

Two men injured in shooting outside Dublin boxing stadium

By Colin Gleeson

Manchester’s Mark E Smith had music, wit and football in the soul

By Keith Duggan

Man in his 40s dies in Co Mayo house fire

By Tom Shiel

Varadkar says he will ‘campaign for liberalisation’ of abortion laws

Man stabbed 28 times, put in car boot and pushed into canal, court told

Courts

‘I was afraid he was going to come and get me,’ says victim of Matthew Horan

By Patsy McGarry

Health

One in four women over 45 not up to date with cervical screening

By Elaine Edwards

Caroline Wozniacki secures first Grand Slam title in Melbourne

By Christopher Clarey

Racing

Rich Ricci admits Douvan is ‘50-50’ to make Cheltenham Festival

Racing

Tributes paid to colourful trainer Peter Casey following his death

Irish heavyweight pair finish fourth in New Zealand

By Liam Gorman

Daryl Murphy announces his retirement from international football

Diabate’s debut double helps Leicester pound Posh to pieces

‘I was molested by Larry Nassar’: How the gymnastics scandal unfolded

Drip feed of information may backfire and damage Varadkar

By Sarah Bardon

Inside Irish restaurants: Bullying, burnout and sex harassment

By Marie Claire Digby

Golf

Rory McIlroy trails Li Haotong by one in Dubai

Girl (17) took her own life ‘after accidental Snapchat message’

O’Malley gets Michael Glavey’s over the line

Clare let Cavan off the hook

Birthday boy Jack Stephens keeps Saints marching on

Motorist under fire for driving a car with three tyres

By Eoghan MacConnell

Leigh Griffiths strikes to edge Celtic past Hibernian

Man in his 50s charged over suspected crystal meth ‘lab’

Jon Stead earns Notts County a deserved replay against Swansea

Moyes furious with Masuaka as West Ham crash out

Madrid get back to winning ways against Valencia

Health

Did ‘Dry January’ make you feel like a wet blanket or was it water off a duck’s back?

By Damian Cullen

Offaly show Gilroy’s Dublin no mercy

By Rónán Mac Lochlainn

Liam McGrath grabs two goals as Tipperary take down Cork

Newport and Amond prove tough nuts to crack

Dublin gun attack: ‘The kids were really scared’

By Ronan McGreevy

Moy leave it late against An Ghaeltacht

Convicted armed robber believed to be target of boxing club gun attack

By Conor Lally

Europe

Populist Miloš Zeman wins Czech presidential election

Middle East

Saudi prince released from imprisonment in hotel

Same as it ever was for Dublin against Kildare

By Malachy Clerkin

Cork prevail in tit-for-tat clash with Kilkenny

By Denis Hurley

Financial Services

Over €400m worth of virtual money stolen in cryptocurrency hack

Liverpool dumped out of FA Cup as VAR takes centre-stage