Article Index

Books for Living by Will Schwalbe

By Brian Maye

Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations edited by Sarah Cleave

By Ruth McKee

Irish crafts are ready for their close-up

By Gemma Tipton

In a word . . . Ides

By Patsy McGarry

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

By Seán Hewitt

Thinking Anew – ‘The brazen serpent’

By Gordon Linney

Editorials

John Redmond: An essential contribution

Editorials

Social democracy: a political project worth fighting for

How the Irish were complicit in Native American suffering

By Suzanne Lynch

Pressure on McDonald to hold ardfheis ahead of referendum

By Fiach Kelly

Event honouring Magdalene laundries survivors gets go-ahead

By Sarah Burns

Government to consider introducing free contraception for all

By Fiach Kelly and Sarah Bardon

Maurice McCabe: An honest perfectionist, ‘prone to exaggeration’

By Colm Keena

Blane McIlroy’s attitude to women comes into focus

By Susan McKay

A sign of summer?

A pressing matter of equality

Mary Lou’s ascension

Garda figures

Ireland light, or dark Ireland?

Trump’s decision to meet Kim Jong-un

John Redmond and the path of violence

Rights and recriminations in Eighth debate

Mary McAleese on ‘codology’ and theology

Garda’s dysfunction is harming child sexual abuse victims

By Carol Coulter

Obituaries

Judge who led first investigation into Dunnes Stores payments to Haughey

Dublin on a knife-edge when it comes to water supply

By Harry McGee

Martyn Turner

Golf

Tiger Woods’s comeback ramps up a gear as McIlroy bows out

‘We are against direct provision and how it was forced on us’

By Gordon Deegan

Obituaries

The face of Bata whose museum of shoes told a story

Three accused in rape trial say texts were ‘exaggeration’ and ‘banter’

By Conor Gallagher

Miriam Lord: No sour grapes as catering staff recall Haughey

By Miriam Lord

Niall Horan, Rejjie Snow, CupcakKe, Stereophonics: the best rock and pop this week

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Commercial Property

Cardinal plans second €300m property finance fund

By Joe Brennan

Media

What price reputation?

Poem of the Week: Turning the Tune (for Steve Cooney)

By Paddy Bushe

Andy Bell: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

I love you, Paul Hollywood, I say, while spitting cake and crying icing sugar

By Patrick Freyne

Janelle Monáe: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

New Artist of the Week: Caroline Rose

By Niall Byrne

An Irish Diary

Church services

Planning your St Patrick’s weekend events? Better read this

By Deirdre Falvey

TV & Radio

Ryan Tubridy’s Cheltenham quiz should have been a non-runner

By Mick Heaney

Weekend in West Cork with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh: the best trad music this week

By Siobhán Long

This Album Changed My Life : Little Richard – Little Richard (1958)

By Damien Jurado

Varadkar’s spin strategy undermines his leadership

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Joaquin Phoenix: The man who wasn’t really here? He’s still here

By Donald Clarke

The best art shows this week – perspectives on a great flock in felt

By Aidan Dunne

Art in Focus: John Butts – View of Cork from Audley Place

By Aidan Dunne

Time to tap the mute button

By Seamus O'Reilly

Fever Ray: ‘There is a lot of work to do within #MeToo to include everybody’

By Dean Van Nguyen

Breda O’Brien: Feminist oppressors rejoice at denial of rights to unborn

By Breda O'Brien

Cliff Taylor: After Brexit – the danger of a ‘Boris Border’

By Cliff Taylor

Can Parnell Square become Dublin’s cultural hot spot?

By Gemma Tipton

Bassist Barry Donohue takes on sternest of challenges with new group

By Cormac Larkin

Stage

Fine, feathered friends and neighbours: The week’s best theatre

By Peter Crawley

See the Derry Girls sights or experience spring delights in Zurich

By Jo Linehan

Lynne Ramsay: From Ratcatcher to revenge thriller

By Tara Brady

Anti-Semitism is on the march across Europe

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

TV & Radio

Podcast of the Week: Nocturne – The Dream You Should Be Having

By Sarah Griffin

Stage

A revue with a view: three days in New York with ‘Riot’

By Una Mullally

Pat Leahy: Eighth retainers find unusual allies in Taoiseach and Tánaiste

By Pat Leahy

‘All drama is about identity’: Irish artists never truly leave home

By Ciara Kenny

Women composers find a voice: The week’s best classical music

By Michael Dervan

Racing

JP McManus profile: Cheltenham, the gift that keeps on giving for the man who has everything

By Brian O'Connor

World

Farc party faces a drubbing in its first Colombian election

By Tom Hennigan

Europe

Food bank row exposes resource battle among German poor

By Derek Scally

Economy

Fears growing over Brexit disruption

The Dinner Guest review – An angel at the table

By Sarah Gilmartin

Markets

Core Industrial Reit pulls its €225m Irish IPO – is this an inflection point?

By Joe Brennan

Tom English: Scotland have a newfound hope and pride in their team

By Tom English

Orange and Campari sorbet

By Carmel Somers

Fine Art & Antiques

After Emma and ‘the Beast’, a bumper week for antiques sales as 8,000 lots go for sale

By Michael Parsons

Carmel Somers: The best potato dish ever in this tasty time machine

By Carmel Somers

In praise of older books: If This Is a Man, by Primo Levi (1959)

By Julie Parsons

Racing

Cheltenham 2018: Ireland’s major Grade One hopes

By Brian O'Connor

Rescue 116: ‘It’s been a tough year, very tough’

By Lorna Siggins

Asymmetry review: A novel that puts a refreshing trust in its readers

By Seán Hewitt

Dauphinoise potatoes

By Carmel Somers

Why don’t Americans know how to use a knife and fork?

By Aoife McElwain

The Republic of Conch

By Joan Scales

Judging Redmond & Carson review: It could all have been so different

By John Bruton

Sean Moncrieff: ‘My mother died as she would have liked, with no nonsense’

By Sean Moncrieff

Lost and Found: Want to understand the human brain? Read this

By Paul D’Alton

New floral dress from M&S is a real season winner

By Deirdre McQuillan

Life & Style

What’s hot and what’s not this week

By Una Mullally

Create a pastry for the new Shelbourne afternoon tea menu

By Marie Claire Digby

David McWilliams: Third-level education is yesterday’s idea

By David McWilliams

Dining 1990s-style: €1,000 wines, copious courses and butlers by the dozen

By Rosita Boland

A literary landmark: New Irish Writing turns 50

By Ciaran Carty

Upstate review: warm novel of confident quietness

By Jonathan McAloon

‘Where before I had, and indeed needed a mother, now I have a friend’

By Dominique McMullan

Fintan O’Toole: The problem isn’t the SCU. It’s Leo Varadkar

By Fintan O'Toole

‘People make assumptions about my work because of leather’s association with sex’

By Deirdre McQuillan

The local hubbub of history – and the eerie silence of the past

By Caitriona O'Reilly

Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Mother’s Day cards are for no women I know’

By Jennifer O'Connell

Property

Priced out of Killiney? Nearby Ballybrack is a good value alternative

By Tadhg Peavoy

The Growth Delusion review: Insightful look at a growing dilemma

By Paschal Donohoe

Farming & Food

When business meats family at FX Buckley steakhouse

By Mark Paul

Twice-baked cheese souffles

By Carmel Somers

Migration and the Making of Ireland: a fresh and fascinating read

By Piaras Mac Éinrí

Get ready for the ‘Irish biennale’ as architects take on Venice

By Frank McDonald

Alternative St Patrick’s Day: hill hikes and coastal walks

By Heather Snelgar and Roisin Finlay

Miami spice: glitz and glamour in south Florida’s melting pot

By Rachel Collins

Ideas for Mother's Day gifts (and self-gifting is a good idea too)

By Laura Kennedy

Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaard: the terrifying beauty of the everyday

By Peter Murphy

Gardening

Time to plant perennials – but choose flowers that get along

By Fionnuala Fallon

Fine Art & Antiques

Jeffrey Archer seeks ‘nutcase’ to buy from his collection of political caricatures

By Michael Parsons

‘An arts degree? What are you going to do with that?’

By Irene Falvey

Drink

Puglia: the last of the winter wine

By John Wilson

Italy ‘desperate’ to end championship losing streak in Cardiff

By Paul Rees

Tyrrell and Moloney bolster Ireland for Scotland encounter

By Gavin Cummiskey

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Find another sucker – Mother’s Day or not’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Fine Art & Antiques

Auctions & Fairs – Triptych by Francis Bacon goes for £10m at Christie’s

By Michael Parsons

Valuable life lessons while sailing Ireland’s coast

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Europe

Patrick Smyth: Europe’s crisis of social democracy

By Patrick Smyth

Heady days for Tipperary as footballers edge towards the summit

By Keith Duggan

South Florida road trip: A mix of adventure and relaxation

By Eamon Donoghue

Environment

Mammal mysteries in sorties of the squirrel and sailing of the shrew

By Michael Viney

A couples holiday the Oroko way

Isabella Rossellini: My job was ‘be beautiful and shut up’

By Caroline O'Donoghue

Environment

I spotted this very exotic duck on the Dodder: readers’ nature notes and queries

Fitzmaurice the guiding light as new dawn beckons for Kerry

By Malachy Clerkin

Drink

A Wicklow beer with a Nordic twist

By Sorcha Hamilton

‘P***ing people off’ through satire thriving in Spain’s political chaos

By Guy Hedgecoe

Hennessy 2018 nominees: First Fiction, Emerging Poetry, Emerging Fiction

By Ciaran Carty

The Cow Book: A farmer’s son uneasy return to Longford

By Henrietta McKervey

Five years of Pope Francis: Lots of style, little substance

By Patsy McGarry

John Dory with mushrooms and orange

By Carmel Somers

Eddie Jones looking for the appropriate response from England

By Robert Kitson

Restaurants

Where avo-toast meets a full fry: a delicious day in Galway

By Catherine Cleary

Stage

Gate Theatre report: ‘I want Michael Colgan to say sorry’

By Deirdre Falvey

Baking: A simple and quick recipe for perfect buns

By Vanessa Greenwood

‘Enjoy an enormous array of firearms, knives and so much more’

By Suzanne Lynch

Travelling in a Strange Land review: Grief and redemption in the bleak midwinter

By Catherine Taylor

Interiors

The suite life: Irish hotels get a style lift

By Joan Scales

Interiors

Kelly, emerald, jade or mint: 8 ways to decorate with green

By Alanna Gallagher

Racing

Doctor Adrian McGoldrick all too aware of Cheltenham's dangerous side

By Malachy Clerkin

Concentrated Ireland can clear penultimate hurdle with aplomb

By Gerry Thornley

Give Me a Crash Course In . . . the Supreme Court abortion decision

By Mary Carolan

‘Strong, smart, confident’: Dan Leavy is the young man for the big occasion

By Gerry Thornley

An Irish Diary

Fighting Talk – An Irishman’s Diary about the languages of Ireland, Scotland, and Mickey Spillane

By Frank McNally

Abroad

When emigrants return: ‘I really wonder if I made the right move’

By Ciara Kenny

Life & Style

Nature Diary: Spring wildflowers

By Sylvia Thompson

Interiors

The classic phone design used in 250m homes

By Bernice Harrison

Matt Williams: Pack can ensure Irish victory but don’t underestimate Scotland

By Matt Williams

Transport

Ireland's second-largest hotel group, Tifco, on the market for €600m

By Jack Fagan

Richie Sadlier: Sense in Michael O’Neill’s suggestion lost in translation

By Richie Sadlier

Business

Donald Tusk lays into London with both barrels on Brexit

By Colin Gleeson

Man dies after car collides with truck in Co Cavan

Rugby has made huge strides but GAA is still the people’s game

By Keith Duggan

Belfast trial: Paddy Jackson ‘last person in the world who would rape someone’

By Conor Gallagher

Asia-Pacific

Australian police seek Irish tourists accused of scamming and stealing

By Niamh Towey

Injured Paul Pogba left out of Manchester United squad

Media

INM has ‘work to do’ to understand what audiences want

Economy

Trump’s trade war, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing

By Paul Krugman

‘Time is running out’: call for inquest in case of Mary Boyle

By Stephen Maguire

Novelist Val Mulkerns dies aged 93

‘I am devoted to my hair. If it is unhappy then so am I’

By Marian Keyes

Rashford’s early double enough for United to hold off Liverpool

Golf

Wallace joins in-form Sharma on top of Delhi leaderboard

Courts

High Court refuses to allow disclosure of teen’s HIV status to girl

By Mary Carolan

Alan Dukes says Taoiseach should close his Twitter account

By Michael O'Regan

Asia-Pacific

Warning over rocks flying out of Japan’s ‘James Bond’ volcano

Ronaldo keeps up scoring streak with two in win over Eibar

Elizabeth Hurley’s nephew is stabbed in ‘brutal attack’

Sport

Powell and Roach star as West Indies beat Ireland in Harare

Four dead after siege at US veterans home in California

Mourinho insists United deserved win after ‘complete performance’

Ireland secure bonus point and pave way to Six Nations title

By Gerry Thornley

Middle East

Syrian army has splintered rebel enclave, reports claim

Irish player ratings: Ireland 28 Scotland 8

By John O'Sullivan

Leicester put four past West Brom at The Hawthorns

Pitch invasions and protests at West Ham as Burnley secure win

Team spirit the key as Ireland take title in their suits

By Gerry Thornley

Seanie Maguire scores again while Cardiff keep up the chase

British police identify over 200 witnesses in nerve agent attack

Gregor Townsend rues Scottish generosity with final pass

By Johnny Watterson

Abroad

Distance between ma and me is stretched taut on Mother’s Day

By Yvonne Watterson

Eddie Jones says England going through ‘tough period’ after French loss

First half blitz sees Chelsea send Crystal Palace into drop zone

Voices from ‘Rally for Life’: ‘If something is growing it is alive’

By Louise Roseingrave

Johnny Sexton keen to grab Grand Slam opportunity with both hands

By Gavin Cummiskey

Micheál Martin accuses Varadkar of a ‘deep’ obsession with spin

By Michael O'Regan

Cavan’s top-flight promotion push continues apace

Four arrests over murder conspiracy linked to Kinahan-Hutch feud

Tyrone leave Donegal with real relegation scrap after Omagh win

Armagh looking up after victory over Derry

Offaly footballers beat winless Wexford for first points

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16587 by Crossheir – Saturday, March 10th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan