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An Irish Diary

Travelling right – An Irishman’s Diary on John Joyce’s journey

By Terence Killeen

Shovel

Editorials

South Africa: A swift departure needed

Waterford’s Greyfriars Municipal Gallery

‘Dublin Port is a waste of space’

Editorials

Brexit: Ominous signs for deal

Private income and public hospitals

EU and Irish corporate tax

Status of the Border after Brexit

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

Israeli-Palestinian peace process?

The Eighth Amendment

Government told to spruce up pay rates to attract cleaners

By Martin Wall

Call for consultants who are ‘acting up’ to wear special ID

By Martin Wall

Car owners who allow learner drivers drive unaccompanied face prosecution

By Sarah Bardon

Strong nerve needed to get Stormont deal over the line

By Gerry Moriarty

Varadkar and May urge DUP, Sinn Féin to make ‘one final push’

By Gerry Moriarty

Time for Brexiteers to let us in on their sovereign vision

By Janan Ganesh

Social Affairs

Council paid rent hikes to 64 landlords over 4% cap

By Simon Carswell

Culture

In praise of the political U-turn

By Joe Humphreys

Your Fitness

Pole fitness: ‘Firing up the abs was more enjoyable than I’d imagined’

By Fiona Alston

Education

Playing with the curriclum: What should your children learn and how?

By Peter McGuire

Opinion

Fintan O'Toole: Irexit would be the end of Irish nationalism

By Fintan O'Toole

Art

An astronaut light years from home lands in Dublin gallery

By Aidan Dunne

McCann Fitzgerald recruits Luas Cross City adviser

By Colin Gleeson

Opinion

Vincent MacNamara surpassed theology’s closed circuit

By Fergus Armstrong

Commercial vacancy rates outside Dublin ‘stubbornly high’

By Peter Hamilton

Workforce at Irish aircraft refurbishment company to more than double

By Peter Hamilton

Opinion

‘Bungalow Blitz’ another nail in the coffin for towns and villages

By Frank McDonald

Martyn Turner

Watchdog’s role in homicides controversy to be examined

By Conor Lally

Dublin rents to rise to €2,500 before they start to slow

By Fiona Reddan

‘Visually obtrusive’ development denied planning permission in Foxrock

By Peter Hamilton

More than 1,300 free travel passes confiscated in 2017

By Sarah Burns

Metro North plan change considered by Government

By Fiach Kelly, Martin Wall and Sarah Bardon

Books

Jess Kidd: ‘Gabriel Garcia Marquez meets The Pogues’

By Tanya Sweeney

Lancaster: Decision on Ringrose fitness will be down to Schmidt

By John O'Sullivan

Michael Lundy: Why I laid my health on the line for Corofin

By Ian O'Riordan

Culture

‘Black Panther’: sparking a revolution in black culture

By Donald Clarke

Food

10 romantic restaurants for Valentine’s Day (it’s tomorrow)

By Marie Claire Digby

Residential

Straight and narrow: Cleverly reworked Dublin 8 two bed for €545K

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Dave Kilcoyne returns to Munster with eye on Six Nations

By John Fallon

Cairn Homes plans for Stillorgan a ‘monstrosity’

By Fiona Reddan

Stobart Air to spend almost €14m boosting fleet

By Barry O'Halloran

Lack of support for suicidal teens exacts a terrible cost

By Richie Sadlier

‘Well, how are you?’ When an unoriginal conversation does just fine

By Pádraig O'Moráin

Food

Keep cynic’s hat on when it comes to cereals

By Rose Costello

Aviation authority leadership left hanging in the air

Minister has not approved IAA appointment, months after deputy CEO offered the job

By Barry O'Halloran

Media

Logan Paul and YouTubers like him are not just Google’s responsibility

By Laura Slattery

Donald Trump learns downside of stock market cheerleading

By Proinsias O'Mahony

‘It’s addictive’: why investors are still flocking to bitcoin and crypto

By Fiona Reddan

Dublin rents going one way, objections to Stillorgan development, Stobart to invest €14m

By Conn Ó Midheach

Lattes and litecoin: it’s Dublin’s crypto cafe

By Fiona Reddan

Appetite for work keeps Galway captain Damien Comer on track

By Keith Duggan

Gerry Thornley: This new Italy team won't be built in a day

By Gerry Thornley

Me & My Money: ‘I make a greater effort to buy Irish and local’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Government-subsidised services can be turbulent on land, sea and air

Science of kissing: why a kiss is not just a kiss

By Sylvia Thompson

Markets

Nikkei falls to four-month low as strong yen bites

Antonio Conte thanks Chelsea fans for show of support

Gardaí saw Bailey’s libel action as opportunity, says barrister

By Barry Roche

Smartphones take centre stage for business, leisure

By Ciara O'Brien

Don’t blame the quants for market turbulence

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Three-year catch-22 battle for a home after spinal injury

By Marese McDonagh

Seamus O’Connor slips just short of snowboarding final

I left the workforce in 1989 to have children. What pension can I expect?

By Dominic Coyle

H&M abandons plans to get shareholders to reinvest in stock

Leaders take to stage in North show

By Harry McGee

Markets

Global rebound stutters as dollar weakens

Property

Rent or buy? Five rentals in hot spots that may cost less to buy

By Orna Mulcahy

Paul O’Donovan impresses in New Zealand Rowing Championships

By Liam Gorman

Measles outbreak worsens with cases in Limerick and Dublin

By Sorcha Pollak

Travel

Co Kildare seeks a new CEO

By Conor Pope

Parking meter plan for Knock slated by councillors

London City Airport reopens after WW2 bomb removed from Thames

Japan’s second-largest bank leases new HQ in London

England facing Tri-Series elimination after latest loss

Ryan Mason forced to retire from football after skull fracture

Funeral brawl sees three stabbed at graveyard

By David Young

UK inflation sticks at nearly six-year high in January

Not every tracker mortgage refusal will yield redress

By Dominic Coyle

Film

The Shape of Water: Most Oscar nominated movie is a lovely thing

By Donald Clarke

Food

Casanova: A man with a healthy appetite for all of life’s pleasures

By Mei Chin

Argentina want Messi to play less for Barcelona

Social Affairs

Family homelessness a ‘national emergency’, children’s rights campaigners say

By Carl O'Brien and Jack Power

Roger Federer on balancing what’s next and what’s too much?

By Kevin Mitchell

Paddy Cosgrave: US tax changes mere ‘rounding errors’ to tech giants in Dublin

By Charlie Taylor

Ben Stokes - accused of affray - is rejoining England squad

Toyota launches new finance arm for Irish car buyers

By Fiona Reddan

West Bromwich Albion sack chairman and chief executive

Serving Garda pleads guilty to sex assault

By Tom Shiel

MSD to create 350 jobs at new Dublin plant

By Dominic Coyle

Theme of St Patrick’s Festival will be ‘home’

By Colin Gleeson

Music

Video of Moyross primary school choir singing Rise Up goes viral

By Niamh Towey

2017 a record year for installing wind energy capacity in Ireland

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Abroad

The Kildare woman who blazed a global trail for female scientists

By Enda Leaney and Linde Lunney

‘Chaos theory’ blamed at tribunal for errors

Dublin closes gap on London in top European FDI rankings

By Fiona Reddan

Asia-Pacific

Kim Jong-un hails ‘warm climate’ between two Koreas

World Rugby confirm they made a mistake over Wales try

Twin settles case against HSE over birth at Wexford hospital

Ireland set for Cricket World Cup royal rumble in South Africa

By Simon Burnton

Russian plane crash may have been caused by pilot speed data error – investigators

Damages of €27,500 for child scalded in Chinese restaurant

By Ray Managh

Jury asked to consider duress in impeding prosecution case

By Natasha Reid

Thomas among nine France players dropped for ‘inappropriate behaviour’

One in every 100 emergency department patients experience severe sepsis

By Jack Power

Middle East

Trial of Palestinian girl who slapped Israeli soldiers begins

By Mark Weiss

Brother attacked sister with hurley in row over family holiday

By Aoife Nic Ardghail

Brexit will hit lower paid workers the most, report finds

By Pat Leahy

Motors

Rolls-Royce SUV gains a glittering name

By Neil Briscoe

David Drumm trial hears of tremors in financial world

By Sarah-Jane Murphy

Software company Autodesk to create 200 jobs in Dublin

By Charlie Taylor

Residential

Ready for a makeover on Beechwood for €860K

By Alanna Gallagher

Direct flights between Hong Kong, Dublin could be ‘game changer’

By Ciara O'Brien

PTSB presses start button on ‘Project Glas’ loan sale

By Joe Brennan

Student wrongly arrested over TV licence settles action for damages

Electric Ireland pushes for smarter homes with new bundles

By Ciara O'Brien

WikiLeaks founder Assange loses bid to halt legal action against him

Markets

Botswana Diamonds to commence work on ‘priority targets’

By Peter Hamilton

Roscommon woman’s death from CJD a ‘most unusual thing’

By Darragh Kelly

Teenager accused of sexual assaults on girl aged six

By Tom Tuite

Flag festival sets enthusiasts aflutter

By JCOLLINS

Nine Ballymun apartments with €1.3m reserve for auction

Seachtain na Gaeilge adds glamour, glitter and grit

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Ryanair’s pilots union deal opens up France

Racing

Douvan entered for Saturday’s Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park

Dún Laoghaire restaurant space for rent

By Justin Comiskey

Foster insists DUP will not sign off on Irish Language Act

‘I’ve just seen a threesome’ - partygoers give evidence at Belfast rape trial

By Conor Gallagher

Pay your property tax in bitcoin? Dublin council says no

By Fiona Reddan

Penthouse office suite off Capel Street

By Justin Comiskey

Spain ordered to pay Eta bombers compensation for police abuse

By Guy Hedgecoe

Taoiseach has no answer for Joan Burton on lack of women in North talks photo

By Marie O'Halloran

Science

Nanoscience – doing small wonders for Ireland’s economy

By Kevin Courtney

Blackrock office block to be rented at €349 per sq m

By Justin Comiskey

World

World View podcast: Colombia’s difficult path to peace

By Declan Conlon

Regency shooting: Court pays tribute to lead investigating garda

By Daniel Hickey

DIT Hothouse scheme to bring R&D resources to small firms

By Ciara O'Brien

Farmer admits dumping 12 animal carcasses over 300 ft cliffs

By Gordon Deegan

Social Affairs

State faces ‘tsunami’ of cyber abuse cases that will ‘only get worse’

By Colin Gleeson

US fund taps former Nama and Applegreen executives for Irish IPO

By Joe Brennan

UK police seeking two Irish men after death of 87-year-old after burglary

By Mark Hilliard

Supreme Court to finalise Brexit questions for European Court of Justice

By Mary Carolan

Benefits of playing music can last a lifetime

By Sheila Wayman

Saakashvili vows to return to Ukraine to oust ex-ally Poroshenko

By Daniel McLaughlin

How best to introduce your child to playing music

By Sheila Wayman

What is the best starter musical instrument for a child?

By Sheila Wayman

Nurse in baby Molloy case was worried ‘no sign of baby being delivered’

By Brian Hutton

You know the saying . . . couples who argue together, stay together

By Amelia Hill

Farming & Food

PepsiCo’s snacks pick up the slack for its ailing beverages

Hoteliers sue Dublin City Council over planning rejection

By Barry O'Halloran

Shell campaigner challenges Corrib gas pipeline permission

By Mary Carolan

Former soccer coach Barry Bennell guilty of sex offences

FBI flagged concerns about aide’s security clearance in March 2017

By Suzanne Lynch

Over 600 dogs and cats rehomed from closed testing lab in Mayo

By Jack Power

Pain relief policy should not be decided by radio shows, says Minister

By Marie O'Halloran

Dutch foreign minister quits after lying about Putin meeting

Chewing gum, insects and glass featured in food complaints in 2017

By Tim O'Brien

Sean Gallagher appointed president of US pharma firm Nutriband

By Mark Hilliard

Five Star politicians accused of reneging on salary-donation pledge

By James Politi

Digicel sells 215 French West Indies communications towers

By Joe Brennan

Rás Tailteann 2018 is the most mountainous route in years

By Shane Stokes

Man dies in collision between a car and a truck in Mayo

By Mark Hilliard

Africa

Zuma to respond to ANC call for him to stand down

By Bill Corcoran

Former secretary general to chair mother-and-baby home forum

By Michael O'Regan

Taoiseach warns against ‘rigid’ rent controls to help tenants

By Michael O'Regan

Racing

Blaklion installed as 10-1 favourite for Grand National

By Brian O'Connor

An Irish Diary

Ministers should not have lost State cars and drivers, says FG Senator

By Michael O'Regan

DCU too good for DIT as they reach Fitzgibbon Cup final

Plan to move late-night ‘Oireachtas Report’ to web

By Harry McGee

Racing

Mullins may run Douvan in warm-up at Gowran Park

By Brian O'Connor

University Limerick power into Fitzgibbon Cup final

Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners and HSE at cyber attack risk

By Marie O'Halloran

Growing UK concern over pre-Christmas Border agreement

By Fiach Kelly

€6 million plan designed to regenerate Morrison’s Island in Cork

By Barry Roche

It’s all in the mind as PSG put Barcelona defeat behind them

By Sid Lowe

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16565 by Crossheir – Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

Former sports coach faces 99 counts of indecent and sexual assault

By Barry Roche

Spurs stage stirring comeback to gain upper hand against Juve

By David Hytner

Middle East

Netanyahu vows to stay in office after police recommend bribery charges

By Mark Weiss

Miriam Lord: Leo asked to explain his boy-lateral team

By Miriam Lord

Manchester City make light work of tame Basel challenge

By Jamie Jackson

Commissioner to decide if Nama withheld data on O’Flynn brothers

By Mary Carolan

Minister rejects allowance for public service staff in Dublin

By Martin Wall

Liverpool will make Porto suffer, warns Roberto Firmino

Education

‘Irish Times’ debate focuses on censorship of ‘historically insensitive’ literature

By Carl O'Brien