Article Index

Curling

Taxi

Editorials

Kosovo: tough decisions lie ahead

Strategy plans

Longer trams and long delays

A Joycean antecedent

A brighter future

Sale of PTSB loans

Boycott, divestment and sanctions

Tory Islanders and the ‘Queen of Aran’

Plastic spells deep trouble for marine life

Editorials

Sentencing: judges must be given guidelines

The Eighth Amendment

Making sense of Brexit

Fianna Fáil insists ‘vulture funds’ be regulated before mortgages sold

By Fiach Kelly, Cliff Taylor and Michael O'Regan

Cabinet takes first legislative step in Eighth Amendment referendum

By Sarah Bardon

Belfast rape trial: Courtroom 12 atmosphere was stuffy and close

By Finola Meredith

UN envoy warns of Aleppo repeat after scores killed in Syria

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

TDs should be sanctioned for abusing parliamentary privilege, Agsi says

By Sarah Bardon

Cabinet agrees heads of Bill for referendum on abortion

By Sarah Bardon

Supreme Court case could derail abortion referendum timetable

By Mary Carolan and Pat Leahy

Rural crime is rising but many incidents go unreported, say TDs

By Harry McGee

‘They told me they’d shoot me. They said I’d never see the children again’

By David Raleigh

Derek Byrne: The Catherine Nevin I knew

By Derek Byrne

Opinion

Denis Bradley: How do you solve a problem like unionism?

By Denis Bradley

Europe

A writer, his ashes and Paris’s delay in giving him a final resting place

By Lara Marlowe

Banks should have agreed debt deals, says insolvency director

By Simon Carswell

President Higgins intends to seek second term of office

By Fiach Kelly

Opinion

Ross Maguire: Borrowers have little to fear from vulture funds

By Ross Maguire

Why oesophageal cancer survivors must learn to eat again

By Sheila Wayman

Subaru’s XV continues in its iconoclastic, but likeable, way

By Neil Briscoe

Martyn Turner’s cartoon

By Martyn Turner

Art

Human bodies taken over by anxiety

By Aidan Dunne

Opinion

Kathy Sheridan: Holding mainstream media to account in era of fake news

By Kathy Sheridan

Czech Philharmonic aquires middle-aged paunch

By Michael Dervan

Economy

Economy forecast to grow by stronger-than-expected 4.7% this year

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

If Elon Musk can send a car to Mars, can I drive a Tesla to Austria?

By Ian Beatty

Connemara land for sale for €1.7m

Kennedy Wilson expected to buy Cork’s Elysian Tower

By Barry O'Halloran

Gordon D'Arcy: Where Wales see a weakness, Chris Farrell must see opportunity

By Gordon D'Arcy

Notre Dame’s ‘En Plein Air’ course at Kylemore Abbey could be the perfect retreat

Andy Farrell: Defensive slips against Italy actually leave Ireland in a good place

By Gerry Thornley

Travel

Walk for the Weekend: Experience Alpine ambience here in Ireland

By Tony Doherty

Longer leases rewarding investors with rent stability

By Justin Comiskey

Le Pain Quotidien to give us our daily bread on Molesworth St

By Jack Fagan

Food

Cold weather alert – this soup is like a warm smoothie

By Lilly Higgins

Seán Cronin determined to help Ireland over finish line

By John O'Sullivan

Film

‘I, Tonya’: Figure skating was out to get Tonya Harding way before ‘the incident’

By Tara Brady

Tomás Ó Sé: the Kerry footballer at home in a Cork dressingroom

By Ian O'Riordan

Farming & Food

Food and drink industry calls for State aid rules to be relaxed over Brexit

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Residential

Mountain views in pristine surrounds beside Herbert Park for €1.295m

By Alanna Gallagher

Residential

Beautifully upgraded redbrick in Orwell Park for €2.95m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Damned if they do, damned if they don’t: should banks sell their bad mortgages?

By Ciarán Hancock

100 not out: Stephen Cluxton to set another GAA record

By Ian O'Riordan

‘If you want the sound of a nervous breakdown, what do you do?’

By Seamus O'Reilly

Books

The healing power of poetry

By Alice Kinsella

‘Iconic but accessible’: The Ivy readies summer launch on Dawson Street

By Fiona Reddan

Adolescence: how we’ve brought its stresses bang up to date

By Pádraig O'Moráin

A much older man made a drunken pass at me at a work event

By Trish Murphy

Restaurant across from Dublin Castle for sale for €725,000

Media

CJ Fallon shareholders set for windfall after €25m refinancing

By Mark Paul

Ballsbridge house divided into 15 apartments sells for €9m

PTSB’s bad loans, Elysian Tower sale, foodie heaven and Irish business on the export trail

By Dominic Coyle

Eleven Merrion Road apartments for sale for €3.4m

Wicklow restaurant/bar on 1 acre for sale for €2.25m

Technology

Irish led ‘kid tech’ company valued at $100m

By Charlie Taylor

Seán Moran: Waterford roll the dice in most significant league for 20 years

By Seán Moran

Residential and retail scheme in Cork city centre for €28m

By Justin Comiskey

Volvo Ocean Race Diary part 12: Roaring back into contention

By Annalise Murphy

William Hill mistakes a thief for a high roller. What are the odds?

By Fiona Walsh

Jamie Oliver to open new restaurant in Dublin

By Fiona Reddan

Fear far outstrips reality of violent burglary statistics

By Conor Lally

Two office units in south docklands for sale for €10.8m

By Jack Fagan

Plan to name and shame disqualified drivers stalls

By David Labanyi

NIBRT teams up with US college for $10m biologics facility

By Charlie Taylor

Serena Williams says she ‘almost died’ after giving birth

Ireland needs 480,000 new homes by 2031, says peer-to-peer lender

By Peter Hamilton

Lloyds Banking Group profit hits record £5.3 bn but misses estimates

Michael D rides once more

By Pat Leahy

Property

We have no paperwork to show for our attic conversion, will it affect our house sale?

Health planners should be left to decide location of new Cork hospital

By Barry Roche

Books

Edna O’Brien: Lolita author Nabokov was ‘scathing of women’

By Martin Doyle

Antonio Conte says ‘something incredible’ on the cards at Camp Nou

By Dominic Fifield

People

‘It’s been very quiet around here’ apart from the half-naked people in the ditch

By Michael Harding

People

Irishness is a coat you can’t take off, and it can smother you

By Laura Kennedy

Home loans should be sold to ethical co-operatives, says Master of High Court

By Vivienne Clarke

Film

The Touch: Ingmar Bergman’s lost drama of an extramarital affair

By Tara Brady

Environment

Batten down the tulips, a ‘sudden stratospheric warming’ may bring snow

By Ronan McGreevy

South Koreans furious after speed skaters hang team mate out to dry

Social Affairs

Two members of Caranua resign alleging ‘mistreatment’ of survivors

By Kitty Holland

Jacob Stockdale has signed a new deal with Ulster

Film

First look: Galway’s new art-house cinema, a ‘beautiful tower of song’

By Lorna Siggins

Porsche scraps all diesel options, for now, amid annoyance with Audi

By Neil Briscoe and Michael Taylor

Ex-Anglo official tells Drumm trial she amended minutes because bank chiefs told her

By Sarah-Jane Murphy

Golf

Out of Bounds: Should we (Europe) be worried?

By Philip Reid

Want to lose weight? New study says reducing calories not the answer

By Anahad O'Connor

Asia-Pacific

North Korea pulled out of high-level Olympics meeting , says US

By Demetri Sevastopulo and Bryan Harris

Scotland name unchanged team for Calcutta Cup clash

Jared Kushner and John Kelly in security clearance stand-off

By Julie Hirschfeld and Maggie Haberman

RaboDirect to quit Irish market in May

By Mark Paul

Abroad

Measures to make driving easier for returning emigrants

By Ciara Kenny

Belfast trial: Doctor criticises medical examination of alleged rape victim

By Conor Gallagher

Inside Politics: This autumn, a reluctant race for the Áras?

Abroad

The Tipperary 'gangs of New York' fighter who became Champion of America

By Patrick M Geoghegan

Electric vehicle boom drives Apple to stock up on cobalt

Chelsea and Premier League lagging behind in local talent

By Emmet Malone

Children’s charity campaign to aid one in seven children who are ‘lost’

By Ronan McGreevy

Luas trams moving at ‘slow jogging pace’ through city centre

By Tim O'Brien

AA’s new direction puts shares into reverse

Phone record use in Graham Dwyer murder case ‘a breach of privacy’

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Fire destroys one of Co Donegal’s best-known country houses

By Stephen Maguire

Glencore says it has capacity for deals despite $2.9bn dividend

Offbeat

Bananas with edible skin created by Japanese farm

Sade to release first new music in eight years

Billy Graham, preacher and adviser to US presidents, dies aged 99

By Laurie Goodstein

HSE apologises after death of man transferred from hospital without oxygen

By Mark Hilliard

Technology

ISIF invests €10m in US-based cybersecurity start-up

By Peter Hamilton

Oireachtas

Puppy farm owners making ‘huge profits’ from ‘horrific cruelty’

By Marie O'Halloran

Brunel praises Bastereaud as he changes backline for Italy clash

Turkey warns of consequences after pro-Assad forces enter Afrin

Donohoe to check protections for PTSB mortgage holders

By Simon Carswell

Man who raped foreign student jailed for 10 years

By Isabel Hayes and Declan Brennan

People

‘Reaching dreams in the Congo was impossible, in Ireland it’s exciting’

By Sorcha Pollak

Four changes to Ireland Women’s side for game with Wales

Stage

Porcelain review: The perils of being someone else

By Peter Crawley

Stage

Macbeth review: felled by a fatal obsession with ‘Game of Thrones’

By Miranda Fay Thomas

Economy

Britain’s Brexit destiny is to become Canada

By Martin Wolf

Internet safety recommendations ‘not implemented’, committee told

By Ronan McGreevy

Archie Kane to step down as Bank of Ireland chairman later this year

By Ciarán Hancock

Belfast trial hears findings of DNA analysis on alleged rape victim’s clothes

By Conor Gallagher

Irish Curling Association’s plan to grow sport remain on ice

By Ian O'Riordan

Property

Grafton Architects wins RIAI gold medal for Milan university

St Michael’s take down Clongowes to set up Belvedere semi-final

Economy

Theresa May braced for Unilever decision on unified headquarters

Michael Lynn to be extradited to Ireland next week

Technology

Kastus and Trinity Amber centre unite to tackle spread of superbugs

Inside Business podcast: Are ‘vulture funds’ part of the solution?

By Jennifer Ryan

Preliminary inquests into deaths of Rescue 116 crew to open in March

By Tom Shiel

Racing

Meri Devie hits form to book her ticket to Cheltenham in style

Full constitutional rights begin at birth, Supreme Court told

By Mary Carolan

Vulture funds: can more be done to protect mortgage borrowers?

By Cliff Taylor

Higher costs may lead to sporting events shunning Britain after Brexit

By Martha Kelner

Asia-Pacific

Justin Trudeau’s visit to India overshadowed by Sikh issue

By Rahul Bedi

Obituaries

One of Ireland’s leading religious artists of the 20th century

INBS executives didn’t have enough information to run bank, inquiry hears

By Barry O'Halloran

Farming & Food

Glanbia shares slide despite double-digit growth

By Peter Hamilton

Ryanair expects Easter week strike in Ireland or Portugal

Markets

Glanbia tumbles as European shares recoup losses

By Barry O'Halloran

Q&A: What do Karen Bradley’s hints on Stormont collapse mean?

By Gerry Moriarty

Telecoms executive named as Bord na Móna chief

By Barry O'Halloran

Man jailed after trying to rob shop with fake gun while gardaí inside

By Alison O'Riordan

Europe

Juncker’s right-hand man made secretary general of European Commission

By Patrick Smyth

Culture

Jennifer Lawrence hits back at ‘sexist, ridiculous’ dress remarks

David Drumm claims regulator aware of Anglo efforts to ‘protect itself’

By Sarah-Jane Murphy

Miriam Lord: Dáil fraud squad leave Leo unfazed

Man jailed for assaulting ex-girlfriend while driving around Dublin

By Aoife Nic Ardghail

Abroad

I’ve moved back to Ireland in retirement. Can I transfer my pension?

UK’s post-Brexit transition phase will have an end date, says Downing Street

By Denis Staunton

Europe

UK insists it wants to see firm date agreed for Brexit from time transition begins

By Patrick Smyth

Police liable for inquiry failures after landmark Worboys ruling

John Horan: the new man from Dublin at the helm of the GAA

By Ian O'Riordan

Blow to Netanyahu as close associate turns state’s witness

By Mark Weiss

Gerrard thrilled as Liverpool U19s knock Man United out of Uefa Youth League

By Andy Hunter

America at Large: Bubba leading the drive for diversity in Nascar

Paul Pogba left out of Manchester United side to face Sevilla

Dublin daily hotel rates up 4% in January

By Peter Hamilton

Man found dead wife under beach towel after Tunisia terror attack

By Louise Roseingrave

Social Affairs

Concerns about Caranua to be raised with Government by Irish in Britain group

By Kitty Holland

Suspended term for man who threatened to kill children like Anders Breivik

By Ann Healy

Barman awarded €710,000 over brain injury in street assault

An Irish Diary

Taoiseach moots post-Brexit State aid for UK exporters

By Michael O'Regan

Andrew Porter and Chris Farrell in line for first Six Nations starts

By Gerry Thornley

Brexiteers using Belfast Agreement to further ‘ideological agenda’

By Denis Staunton

Social Affairs

Seven Citizens’ Assembly members not randomly recruited

By Colin Gleeson

Oireachtas

Abortion will remain restricted ‘to certain circumstances’ even with repeal - Minister

By Marie O'Halloran

Golf

Rory McIlroy hoping it’s time for another feast at Honda Classic

Racing

Robbie Power set to be first jockey for Alan Potts’s Cheltenham runners

By Greg Wood

Thomas Barr flat out the best 400m runner in Athlone

By Ian O'Riordan

New solicitors can restore values that ‘slipped’ in profession, says AG

By Colm Keena

UN condemns ‘annhilation’ of civilians in Syria

Border checks may still be needed with Brexit customs deal, says Creed

By Simon Carswell

Cork City’s Graham Cummins will serve just a one-match ban

By Emmet Malone

State ranked behind the UK and nordic states for corruption

By Colin Gleeson

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16572 by Crossheir – Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

Roma freeze as Shakhtar’s South Americans turn up the heat

Five arrested in Belfast as cannabis seized

By Colin Gleeson

Oireachtas

Taoiseach expresses ‘deep regret’ at treatment of patient by ‘our health service’

By Marie O'Halloran

Manchester United overrun by Sevilla but De Gea stands firm

By Sid Lowe

Ciarán Murphy: Group loyalty still the driving force for individual sacrifices

By Ciarán Murphy

Nelson Oliveira secures point for Norwich against Wolves

Real Madrid move up to third after come from behind win

Conte admits need to settle differences with Chelsea board to see out contract

By Dominic Fifield