Article Index

YA fiction reviews: from suffragettes to spies

By Martin Doyle

In a word . . . Patsy

By Patsy McGarry

No Way Out: The Irish in Wartime France 1939-1945 - review

By Frank MacGabhann

It’s All Relative: Adventures up and down the world’s family tree review

By Joe Culley

Ireland in full colour – parades, poetry and a festival weekend

By Jo Linehan

Environment

Look what got washed up by Storm Emma: Readers’ nature queries

Farewell to the Horse: the final century of our relationship - review

By Joe Culley

Ships: A journey of 1980s synths and dreamy vocals

By Louise Bruton

The green bin

Thinking Anew – St Patrick’s demanding mission

By Fergal Mac Eoinín

An Irish Diary

Still in the post after 260 years – An Irishman’s Diary on a treasure trove of undelivered letters

By Oliver O’Hanlon

Sinn Féin and abstentionism

Editorials

Master and patron: traditional music loses two pivotal figures

Remembering Stephen Hawking

‘Take back Trinity’ campaign

Tom Mathews on the Dart

The Eighth Amendment

Varadkar, Trump and the wind farm

Editorials

St Patrick’s Day: pride rooted in humility

Obituaries

Ireland’s first lay speech therapist, and a prolific writer and performer

Karen Bradley on the Border: ‘We will make it work’

By Suzanne Lynch

Dagger John: Prelate a major force in 19th century Irish-America

By Suzanne Lynch

‘One punch can ruin your life. Use your brain, not your fists’

By Marese McDonagh

Scummy but proud Ireland fans hoping for St Patrick’s Day victory parade

By Frank McNally

Repeal campaigners will not accept a No vote, says Minister

By Lara Marlowe and Pat Leahy

Crime & Law

Poland accuses High Court of playing ‘political games’

By Derek Scally

Obituaries

Writer and a feminist before her time

Obituaries

Last true vaudevillian had an endless desire to make people laugh

Repeal campaign should not dodge the 12-week issue

By Kitty Holland

Sigrid, Paloma Faith, Bell X1, Joan Baez: this week’s rock and pop highlights

By Tony Clayton-Lea

How worried should we be about Trump’s comments on Irish tax rates?

By Cliff Taylor

TV & Radio

Podcast of the Week: On Drugs – Pain

By Sarah Griffin

New artist of the week: The Blaze

By Niall Byrne

Dublin Airport: The bits passengers don’t get to see

By Patrick Freyne

Stage

‘Art’ at the Gaiety, ‘Late at the Gate’: the best theatre this week

By Peter Crawley

Pat Leahy: Leo Varadkar’s wind farm storm will blow over

By Pat Leahy

Art in Focus – Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1620) by Il Guercino

By Aidan Dunne

Film

Catherine Keener: ‘I did not know about Harvey Weinstein at all’

By Tara Brady

Are these famous Patricks Irish enough? Let’s award Pat Points

By Patrick Freyne

Film

James Kelman: ‘Irish writers get cushy jobs because they never challenge a single damn thing’

By Éamon Sweeney

We must listen to civic unionism’s concerns about Irish language Act

By Diarmaid Ferriter

An Irish Diary

Church services

Gig of the Week: Bell X1, still ringing the changes

By Tony Clayton-Lea

The best traditional music this week – A world premiere at the NCH

By Siobhán Long

Stage

Enda Walsh: Grief is the Thing with Feathers floored me

By Peter Crawley

TV & Radio

Ivan Yates: liberal-baiting shock jock or rebel without applause?

By Mick Heaney

Poem of the Week: Moon Struck

By Geraldine Mills

Equal time will not guarantee fairness in Eighth debates

By Breda O'Brien

The best jazz gigs this week: Maarja Nuut graces Little Museum

By Cormac Larkin

History

The Times We Lived In: The odd ‘Bowl of Light’ on O’Connell Bridge

By Arminta Wallace

Fáilte Ireland objected to wind farm after message from Varadkar

By Simon Carswell and Suzanne Lynch

James Taylor, Tom Ó Drisceoil, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alina Pogostkina: the best classical music this week

By Michael Dervan

Where does Ireland fit in Europe now?

By Paul Gillespie

Flight of the Conchords: ‘It feels like people are consciously casting women now’

By Shilpa Ganatra

Karl Blau on the Van Halen album that changed his life

By Niall Byrne

Neil Murray: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Fake at Science Gallery: the best visual art shows this week

By Aidan Dunne

Cherry bomb: R&B singer Mabel is our new VBF

By Louise Bruton

Martyn Turner

Middle East

Arrests and torture of Syrian refugees returning home reported

By Sally Hayden

Angry Slovaks demand elections after leader quits over reporter's murder

By Daniel McLaughlin

Abortion referendum: Many minds not made up as ‘12 weeks issue’ is key

By Harry McGee

FF to insist public pay equality process begins in budget

By Martin Wall and Fiach Kelly

History

Fintan O’Toole: The British and Irish are no big deal to each other, which itself is a very big deal

By Fintan O'Toole

In praise of the food producers, who work hail rain and snow

By JP McMahon

Ireland’s history with immigrants is fraught with tough experiences

By Bryan Fanning

Drink

We’ve come a long way from the pint of plain

By Sorcha Hamilton

The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu – suffocating in the borderlands

By Suzanne Lynch

History

First look at renovated Russborough House as it reopens after €1m renovations

By Michael Parsons

Raw turnip, parsnip and carrot salad with honey and ginger dressing

By Carmel Somers

What has art to do with climate change?

By Paddy Woodworth

Time of my life: ‘The moment I knew I was a filmmaker’

By Paul Rowley

Irish stew with parsley and dulse-crusted dumplings

By Carmel Somers

Environment

Curled octopuses among the many washed-up victims of Storm Emma

By Michael Viney

Abroad

‘The emotion is incredible’: being in a St Patrick’s parade marching band

By Ciara Kenny

Cheese and stout fondue – the ultimate celebration dish for our country

By Carmel Somers

Hurling managers divided on best way to prime squads for championship

By Malachy Clerkin

England awaits as ‘scummy’ Ireland swoop on Twickenham

By Gavin Cummiskey

Giving out is the most genuinely Irish tradition there is

By Jennifer O'Connell

Property

Priced out of Castleknock? Take a look at Blanchardstown

By Tadhg Peavoy

The Maura Laverty Story: from Rathangan to Tolka Row review: a full life

By Caitriona Clear

We millennials can be guilty of overtalking, overanalysing, overeverything

By Dominique McMullan

Fashion

Aran jumper myths debunked

By Rosita Boland

Fr Malachy Finnegan: A child abuser and his victims

By Patsy McGarry

Cycle series: A rural route through Kerry’s rich heritage

By Donnacha Clifford and David Elton

A retro classic pudding that will leave you wanting more

By Vanessa Greenwood

Racing

No rest for Irish trainers as relentless pursuit of winners goes on

By Brian O'Connor

The full Irish: how B&Bs bounced back

By Sandra O'Connell

‘How we discovered the very best of Ireland’

By John McKenna

Interiors

Do you really need that extension?

By Tanya Sweeney

Abroad

DNA tests: 'According to this, we're first cousins but I've never heard of you'

By Patrick Kelleher

Drink

A fantastic four Irish whiskeys from among our very finest

By John Wilson

Property

Turning the house upside down to make the most of the Dublin Bay views

By Arlene Harris

Sound Off: What’s with all the faulty headlights on our roads?

By Maria Emily Higgins

Fine Art & Antiques

Auctions & Fairs: Autographed Ledwidge manuscript for auction in London

By Michael Parsons

Kindling the Flame: 150 years of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation by Niamh Puirséil – striking the right balance

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Seán Moncrieff: ‘The driving licence office is where dreams go to die’

By Sean Moncrieff

Fashion

Green is no longer a colour – it’s an ideology

By Deirdre McQuillan

Your Fitness

Louise O’Neill: Why I love to. . . find stillness

By Jo Linehan

Gardening

Camellias are bursting into bloom in pink, red, cream and yellow

By Fionnuala Fallon

The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda bread

By Jennifer O'Connell

Apple meringue pudding

By Carmel Somers

The Executor by Blake Morrison – a literary detective story?

By Seán Hewitt

Corofin look to repeat recent history at Croke Park

By Keith Duggan

Hurling moves centre-stage with historic club final

By Seán Moran

Inquiry highlights State failure in oversight of search for Rescue 116

By Lorna Siggins

Fine Art & Antiques

Hotelier Louis Fitzgerald pays €37k for portraits of 13 taoisigh

By Michael Parsons

Ireland’s darkest, oddest and weirdest secrets uncovered

By Manchán Magan

Dylan Hartley determined to finish Six Nations tournament on a high

By Gavin Cummiskey

Putin’s fourth term may be his most difficult yet

By Gerard Toal

A Moonless, Starless Sky review: a diligent but at times artless portrayal

By Ed O’Loughlin

This American life: the artful eye of Walker Evans

By Sean Sheehan

The Friendly Ones review: Philip Hensher skilfully combines his twin themes

By John Boyne

In praise of older books: The Shining by Stephen King (1977)

By Julie Parsons

Restaurants

Review: A restaurant with notions as big as the bills

By Catherine Cleary

Cocktail Bar by Norah Hoult review – regularly appeared on the censor’s list

By Eilis Ni Dhuibhne

Four great recipes that celebrate Irish food

By Carmel Somers

David McWilliams: In Ireland, the old get richer and the young grow poorer

By David McWilliams

Queen of puddings

By Vanessa Greenwood

Africa

Modern-day St Patricks: the child shepherds of Lesotho

By Darragh Murphy

‘Bouncy castles attract undesirables. They’re not for People Like Us’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

The Eight Mountains review: An arduous ascent into adulthood

By Sarah Gilmartin

1980s Ireland: a sad, fallen place where I found my inspiration

By Danny Denton

Interiors

Best in Class: The Look of the Irish

By Alanna Gallagher

Sport

The other Grass Arena – where the history of mortality beckons

By Ian O'Riordan

Twickenham: the best place to win, but worst place to lose

By Gerry Thornley

Crime & Law

Who is Justice Aileen Donnelly and why have her actions caused anger in Poland?

By Mark Hilliard

Give me a crash course in ... Irish economic growth

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Life & Style

Nature Diary: Shamrock

By Sylvia Thompson

US attorney general fires former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe

As Irish America celebrates it should spare a thought for more recent arrivals

By Donald McCarthy

Milking it: Bailey's ditches the dairy

By Marie Claire Digby

Interiors

A deadly shade of green with a touch of arsenic

By Bernice Harrison

Jacob Stockdale: the fearless rookie producing All Black numbers

By Gavin Cummiskey

Business

Taoiseach keeps eye on the prize in awkward Trump encounter

By Colin Gleeson

Commercial Property

Lidl seeks €46m for Ballymun student beds

By Mark Paul

Time to repay most expensive bank-rescue debt decade after St Patrick’s Day Massacre

By Joe Brennan

Sport

What could be more – or less – natural than Ireland winning at Twickenham?

By Keith Duggan

Financial Services

AIB purchase of Investec Ireland could point way forward

By Joe Brennan

Matt Williams: Ireland have a rare and beautiful opportunity

By Matt Williams

Transport

DAA goes back to market for proposed four-star hotel at Dublin Airport

By Laura Slattery

UK police launch murder inquiry over death of Nikolai Glushkov

Michael Walker: Has West Ham's new stadium seen them lose their soul?

By Michael Walker

Russia hits back by expelling 23 British diplomats

Financial Services

AIB hires banks for ‘bail-inable’ bonds under new rules

By Joe Brennan

Fashion

A kelly green Zara dress to dye for. (And it's got pockets)

By Marian Keyes

Technology

Theranos’s cautionary tale of incorrect claims

Weekend football previews: Kerry seek new dawn while Mayo prepare for fresh start

By Keith Duggan

Weekend hurling previews: Cuala target double; top counties target a semi-final spot

By Seán Moran

Farming & Food

Drumshanbo distillery to produce new ‘Sausage Tree’ vodka

By Colin Gleeson

Irish building up a head of steam in Myanmar

By Stephen Starr

Crime & Law

Two held as gardaí seize drugs worth €1.4 million in Dublin

Your Money

‘Latte levy’ could reduce disposable coffee cups by 250,000 a day

By Conor Pope

Time for London to wake up to the reality of Ireland’s trade border after Brexit

Victims of Fr Finegan should ‘not suffer in silence’, bishop says

By Jack Power

Irish flights grounded as cold snap hits London Heathrow

By Simon Carswell

Liverpool fans call for £30 cap on away tickets for Man City quarter-final

How to hide on St Patrick’s Day: dress as a leprechaun

By Patrick Freyne

Christian Eriksen inspires as Spurs stroll into FA Cup semi-finals

Panic as Virgin Media customers in Dublin lose TV3 signal

By Jack Power

Greig Laidlaw’s late penalty helps cure Scotland’s travel sickness

Varadkar’s email to Fáilte Ireland shows ‘bad judgment’

By Simon Carswell

Varadkar says he is proud to walk in New York parade with partner Matt

By Suzanne Lynch

Corofin a cut above Nemo at Croke Park

St Patrick’s Day parades: round-up from around the country

Ireland’s Grand ambition realised against England

By Gerry Thornley

England 15 Ireland 24: England player ratings

St Patrick’s Day: ‘We heard you guys have a pretty good party over here’

By Jack Power

How Twickenham ground staff aided Ireland’s victory

Twitter reacts: ‘S#%^*+ Irish will have some craic in London tonight'

England 15 Ireland 24: Five key moments from the match

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Joe Schmidt praises his ‘ordinary men’ for ‘exceptional deeds’

Premier League round-up: West Brom and Stoke slip further into relegation mire

Offbeat

Has the US army just posted the weirdest St Patrick’s Day tweet?

By Simon Bracken

TV & Radio

Aengus Mac Grianna signs off after 30 years at RTÉ

By Aine McMahon

Joe Schmidt relaxes in the relief of Grand Slam glory

By John O'Sullivan

Cuala strike late to send All Ireland hurling final to replay

By Seán Moran

England 15 Ireland 24: Ireland player ratings

By Gavin Cummiskey

Salah scores four as Liverpool blow Watford away

TV View: England’s war horses beaten by a Furlong

By Mary Hannigan

As Schmidt has taught Ireland’s rugby team, so he can teach the rest of us

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Supporters jubilant after Slamming chariot off the rails

By Frank McNally

Eddie Jones takes Ireland defeat on the chin

By Gavin Cummiskey

Record breaking Jacob Stockdale excited for crack at All Blacks

By John O'Sullivan

Abroad

'Ireland will always be my home-home': Emigrants on the meaning of 'home'

Sport

UCD Marian end 40-year wait for Super League title

By Mary McGuire

At least 16 die as boat sinks off Greek island

Tame Manchester United back to winning ways in FA Cup

By Jamie Jackson

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16593 by Crossheir – Saturday, March 17th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

David Clifford to the fore as Kerry relegate Kildare

Golf

Rory McIlroy within striking distance at Bay Hill

Higgins lauds rugby team on ‘St Patrick’s Day never to be forgotten’

By Simon Bracken