Article Index

Ash Wednesday and St Valentine’s

Remember the 1980s?

Editorials

Tenant rights: the State’s duty to protect

Gaelscoileanna and School Admissions Bill

Female genital mutilation

Consultants and badges

Every minute counts in heart attack treatment, study finds

Irexit and Irish nationalism

Judge blocks Trump’s move to end Dreamers programme

Referendum on the Eighth Amendment

Is Dublin Port really a waste of space?

Editorials

Crime data: a slow and partial Garda response

Offbeat

Plans to dim Fastnet Lighthouse cause upset in west Cork

By Lorna Siggins

Why do some unionists fear the Irish language?

By Gerry Moriarty

DUP alarmed by unionist reaction to potential Irish language legislation

By Gerry Moriarty

Government unlikely to oppose FF motion on roads

By Harry McGee

Suspicious deaths all properly investigated, says acting Garda chief

By Sarah Bardon

What’s the best way to secure a long and happy marriage?

By Conor Pope

Education

State-run secondary school pupils may opt out of religion classes

By Carl O'Brien

Offbeat

Love divided as European cities compete over St Valentine’s remains

By Derek Scally

An insider’s view of the Macron administration

By Lara Marlowe

Maurice McCabe accepts Tusla error not malicious

By Gerard Cunningham

Ulster’s injury woes persist as pivotal Edinburgh clash looms

Finlay Bealham set to earn his 100th cap for Connacht

By Linley MacKenzie

Social Affairs

Students claiming religious bias urge further investigation

By Lorna Siggins

Film captures 'war footing' of farmer battling to keep his land

By Mark Hilliard

A long, long romance: ‘I suppose I am glad he asked me to dance that night’

By Conor Pope

Ministers urge tax breaks for landlords providing social housing

By Sarah Bardon

Martyn Turner

Opinion

Kathy Sheridan: Ireland was ahead of the curve on hacking

By Kathy Sheridan

No time for dilemmas as Moorefield focus on Corofin semi

By Ian O'Riordan

Opinion

Dangers of Nazi-era xenophobia stalk Europe again

By Alexandra Senfft

Opinion

Frances Ruane: Planning framework must be founded on courage

By Frances Ruane

Music

French Baroque back in vogue at the National Concert Hall

By Michael Dervan

Overseas funds circle up to €11bn of Irish loans

By Joe Brennan

Smithfield investment adds to US firm’s Dublin residential portfolio

By Justin Comiskey

Why Tesco now feels it is time to take on discounters

By Fiona Walsh

Bill to tighten law on compulsory purchase of land for industrial use

By Mark Hilliard

Brexit’s huge threat to rural Ireland and its beef and dairy industries

By Cliff Taylor

‘If my name wasn’t Valentine, I might enjoy the day’

By Kevin Courtney

High-density residential site near Navan for sale for €8.5m

By Jack Fagan

Pechstein’s seventh Olympics not the fairytale story it first seems

Fallon & Byrne to expand to Dundrum village centre

By Jack Fagan

Smiggle pays €7,000/sq m for Grafton Street premises

CBRE quoting €2.1m for Lower Baggot Street building

By Justin Comiskey

‘The General says I only go to Warsaw to get away from the Beloved’

By Michael Harding

‘I’ve never met my young son. To him I’m a picture on screen’

By Sorcha Pollak

Ranelagh land zoned for housing on sale from €4.9m

By Jack Fagan

Residential

Old meets new at classic Sandycove villa for €1.435m

By Frances O'Rourke

Big lump-sum payoffs for public-sector retirees

By Gordon Deegan

Food

Comfort food: Sweet potato fries with harissa yoghurt

By Lilly Higgins

Property

We have gone ‘sale agreed’ on a house, what type of survey does it need?

AEW buys landmark Ulster Bank building on O’Connell Street

By Jack Fagan

Food

The Quorn revolution: The rise of ultra-processed fake meat

By Joanna Blythman

Residential

RTE ‘Home of the Year’ contender could be a home for life for €545,000

By Alanna Gallagher

Valentine’s Day: The perfect time to pick your relationship apart

By Laura Kennedy

Fashion

What is the best foundation of the year so far?

By Laura Kennedy

FAI comes up with €250,000 to support youth development

By Emmet Malone

Books

Love poems: ‘For one night only naked in your arms’ – 14 poets pick their favourites

By Martin Doyle

Leinster’s Max Deegan ready to emulate Under-20 musketeers

By John O'Sullivan

Music

Mark E Smith: family reveal cause of death

Volvo Ocean Race Diary part 11: Getting to sleep is a problem, but getting wet is guaranteed

By Annalise Murphy

Talent Summit: finding the ‘holy grail’ of recruiting

TV & Radio

How The Simpsons predicted 9/11, Trump and Disney-Fox

Stock investors should brace for lower returns, fund managers say

By Joe Brennan

Am I wasting my boyfriend’s time by staying with him?

By Trish Murphy

Motors

Has Opel come too late – and with too little – to the crossover party?

By Michael McAleer

Brexit woes; 550 new jobs; Permo’s bad loans; and Fallon & Byrne for Dundrum

By Dominic Coyle

Oil prices stable on weak dollar, healthy economic growth

Asian markets mixed as investors wary of US inflation report

Science

Meet the all-female fish wowing the world of science

New site for apartments in Dublin 15 on sale for €2.85m

Seán Moran: GAA must get serious on match brawls

By Seán Moran

Gordon D’Arcy: Ireland’s new Holy Trinity key to Six Nations hopes

By Gordon D'Arcy

TCD moving from bonds to investments in property and infrastructure

By Charlie Taylor

Credit Suisse posts third straight annual loss on US tax writedown

Motors

Why the car price you see is definitely not what you will pay

By Neil Briscoe

Farming & Food

Origin seeks new chief financial officer as Hurley to depart

By Ciara O'Brien

Paul O’Donovan and four qualify for finals at New Zealand Championships

By Liam Gorman

Botswana raises €560,000 in new share placing

By Ciara O'Brien

‘I feel so proud’ - Mauricio Pochettino on Spurs comeback

By David Hytner

Dublin footballers put in place RTÉ media ban

By Declan Bogue

Leinster House love is in the air

By Sarah Bardon

Media

Sky strikes bargain for Premier League rights

By Ciara O'Brien

Minnie Driver quits as Oxfam ambassador in protest after sex scandal

Fashion

Calvin Klein, The Matrix and 9 other New York Fashion Week talking points

By Corina Gaffney

England coach backs Ben Stokes to put ‘off-field issues’ aside

By Vithushan Ehantharajah

Government takes hit over ‘rural bias’ claims

By Harry McGee

H&M forecasts return to growth for store sales next year

Co Dublin girl (3) dies in hospital after alleged assault on Saturday

Irish schoolgirl (6) demands Nasa make Pluto great again

By Ronan McGreevy

Women smokers wanted for Trinity research programme

By Ronan McGreevy

TV & Radio

Romantic Ireland: A very Irish St Valentine’s Day Love Quiz

By Jennifer O'Connell

Middle East

Israel’s attorney general: the man who will decide Netanyahu’s fate

By Isabel Kershner

TV & Radio

Other Voices: line-ups revealed for new season of TV shows

By Fiachradh McDermott

Abroad

I met a man playing Mafia Wars online, and followed him to Australia

By Ciara Kenny

Innovation

New €500,000 fund for regional start-ups unveiled

By Colin Gleeson

Sky wins bulk of Premier League rights as value slips

By David Conn

Donegal flood victims cannot return to homes this year

By Chris McNulty

Sterling slips to five week low ahead of Johnson speech

Robust growth for euro area economy at end of 2017

Offbeat

Varadkar takes transparency in politics to a whole new level of crêpe

By Conor Pope

Philip Lane unlikely to beat Spain to ECB job - survey

Eddie Jones accuses World Rugby of undermining officials

By Gerard Meagher and Paul Rees

Film

Saoirse Ronan will win actress Ifta – unless a meteorite hits Dublin

By Donald Clarke

‘Utter scum’ - Belfast rape trial hears of text exchange

By Conor Gallagher

From the first time I set eyes on Narin and Portnoo, I was smitten

By Philip Reid

Travel

Walk for the Weekend: North Bull Island, Dublin

By Michael Guilfoyle

Hosting Amateur Championship at male-only Portmarnock does golf no favours

By Ewan Murray

Adams fails to overturn convictions for attempted prison escape

By Alan Erwin

Winter Olympics: British skeleton suits given seal of approval

Revenue from League of Ireland broadcast rights is hopeful thinking

By Emmet Malone

Bill Haas released from hospital after fatal Los Angeles car crash

Dyson bets £2bn on electric cars to shake up industry

Technology

Games firm Supercell profit drops as Clash of Clans sales cool

Human error may have caused Russia plane crash, say investigators

Trump’s lawyer admits paying $130,000 to Stormy Daniels

By Maggie Haberman

Chris Froome insists he has played by the rules

Government accused of ‘skulduggery’ on National Development Plan

By Sarah Bardon

Six Nations: Irish Times readers’ team of the weekend

General practice is ‘just hanging in there’, TDs told at committee

Inside Politics podcast: Best laid national plans

By Jennifer Ryan

‘Cheapo stag dos’ will still exist post-Brexit, says Boris Johnson

By Jessica Elgot

Property

UK couple’s ploy to disguise garage conversion backfires

Social Affairs

Domestic abuse: ‘I don’t think people realise the full horror of it’

By Sorcha Pollak

Disabled man secures €4m payment from HSE after ‘torturous’ journey

Dublin GAA club seeks halt to eviction from Nama-controlled pitch

By Ronan McGreevy

Transport

Losses balloon at Uber but profitability nearer

Voluntary codes to restrict advertising of ‘high fat sugar salt’ foods

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Africa

South African drought is declared a national disaster

By Bill Corcoran

Young love is a game we are playing wrong

Permanent TSB triples size of non-performing mortgages sale to €4bn

By Joe Brennan

Prince Henrik, husband of Danish queen, dies aged 83

Tory Island residents bring their campaign for a better ferry to Dublin

By Ronan McGreevy

Woods gets down to business as comeback continues

Life through rose tinted filters

Frightened barista threatened with ‘HIV syringe’ during robbery

By Isabel Hayes and Sarah-Jane Murphy

Opt-In SU referendum petitions invalid

Court of Appeal rules Moore St buildings not 1916 national monument

By Mary Carolan

Students’ Unions should advocate for decriminalisation of drug use, says Labour senator

Sky and BT paying less but Premier League party far from over

By David Conn

Transport

Court refuses leave to appeal in airport runway challenge

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Food tech and the search for disease cures

President Higgins calls on EU to embrace diversity

Homeless man died of alcohol withdrawal in prison, inquest told

By Louise Roseingrave

Residential property prices rise 12.3% in year to December

By Conor Pope

North talks collapse over Irish language

By Gerry Moriarty

Technology

Inside Business Podcast: ‘All you can eat’ data proves appetising for Three

By Declan Conlon

Man shot dead while cooking pancakes for children

By Gerry Moriarty

Dublin Port to build customs checks ahead of expected ‘hard Brexit’

By Colin Gleeson and Tim O'Brien

Man punched woman pushing buggy and stole her phone

By Aoife Nic Ardghail

Ex-TD ‘hugely defamed’ Sinn Féin activist on RTÉ radio show

Books

Ruth McKee flash fiction: Bocca Baciata

By Ruth McKee

Labour says Johnson’s blueprint for Brexit will strip workers’ rights

By Denis Staunton

Surplus of hungry buyers ensures house prices keep going up

By Cliff Taylor

Garda ‘influencer for the good’, funeral hears

By Peter Murtagh

AllianceBernstein looking to set up Dublin office

Racing

Coneygree ruled out for the rest of the season

Wind farm developer wins order preventing wind-up petition

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Shaun White’s redemption song not exactly pitch perfect

By Bryan Armen Graham

Residential

Head over heels in Monkstown for €385,000

By Frances O'Rourke

Brentford’s John Egan: second concussion ‘hit me for six’

By Emmet Malone

Man convicted of partner’s murder loses Supreme Court appeal

By Mary Carolan

Education

TCD to provide alternative Arabic teacher for students following complaints

By Carl O'Brien

European Commission warns budget choices hard but urgent

By Patrick Smyth

Remains of child who disappeared from Alps wedding six months ago found

Boris Johnson gags fall flat as Brexit speech short on content

By Denis Staunton

Jury deliberating in case of woman accused of staging suicide

By Natasha Reid

Middle East

Netanyahu indictment depends on attorney general’s decision

By Mark Weiss

Plastic bottles ‘most common form of marine litter’

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Ciarán Murphy: Derry’s fall from grace a cautionary tale

By Ciarán Murphy

Varadkar wants legally-binding agreement on Border

By Michael O'Regan

Tottenham have improved beyond all recognition – Eriksen

Woman settles action over car crash in which her parents died

Luas-style tram system for Galway is ‘not appropriate’

By Tim O'Brien

Africa

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies aged 65

By Jason Burke

Chief Justice’s garda driver attacked while sitting in car

By Mark Hilliard

US stocks move back into black after inflation jitters

Taoiseach rejects claim of ‘political stroke’ over development plans

By Marie O'Halloran

Moore Street Rising centre is still a ‘top priority’

By Mark Hilliard

Garda management under pressure over homicide figures

By Conor Lally

Anti-abortion group paid for Mattie McGrath to visit US

By Sarah Bardon

Italian president says cultural bonds key to ‘common European future’

By Jack Power

NUI Galway too good for DIT as they reach Sigerson Cup final

Sinn Féin Bill would make it a crime to lie to Central Bank

By Michael O'Regan

Register shows extensive property and outside interests of TDs

By Pat Leahy

World

Jacob Zuma resigns as president of South Africa

By Bill Corcoran

Volatile European markets following strong US inflation data

By Barry O'Halloran

Tributes paid to former senator John Robb

By Gerry Moriarty and Harry McGee

Minister says zero-hour contracts to be all but prohibited

By Marie O'Halloran

Nobody notified in advance of DUP’s decision to leave talks

By Gerry Moriarty

Anglo executive believed regulator ‘not looking’ at ILP loan

By Sarah-Jane Murphy

Wenger urges change in rule that robs Arsenal of Aubameyang

By Amy Lawrence

Trump toughens stance as immigration impasse continues

By Suzanne Lynch

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16566 by Crossheir – Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

France cleared by Review Panel over Antoine Dupont HIA

By Patrick Madden

Former city architect for Limerick and Dublin James Barrett dies

By Mark Hilliard

Minister plans hub network to drive rural reboot

By Harry McGee

Real Madrid strike late twice to remind PSG of European order

By Sid Lowe

Liverpool hit pitiful Porto for five to all but seal place in quarters

By Andy Hunter

Court of Appeal overturns ruling on interpreters contract

European Council transparency criticised by Emily O’Reilly

By Harry McGee

UCD finally edge University Ulster after two lots of extra-time

‘Super-ranger’ badgers may hold key to limiting spread of bovine TB

By Kevin O'Sullivan