Article Index

Government looks to push closer German ties ahead of Brexit

By Derek Scally

Government claims it has cut apartment build costs by 15%

By Fiach Kelly

Brexit is no excuse to start misunderstanding the EU

By Patrick Smyth

Ross Molony has sights locked on European game time

By Johnny Watterson

Environment

Traffic ban causing chaos according to Cork traders

By Olivia Kelleher

Facebook’s seven-year Irish legal marathon enters latest round

By Derek Scally

Opinion

Newton Emerson: Too little hand-holding of North’s politicians brings problems

By Newton Emerson

Government to remove 17,000 from hospital waiting lists under initiative

By Martin Wall

Taoiseach wants cystic fibrosis treatment to be ‘best in world’

By Kitty Holland

Children’s hospitals urged to support overstretched staff

By Sheila Wayman

Commercial Property

North’s economy to grow at slower pace to rest of UK

By Francess McDonnell

Banking on success: BoI’s use of robots allows it to be more human

By Charlie Taylor

New smartphone anamorphic lens targets budding film-makers

By Ciara O'Brien

‘You could spend all your time steaming your vagina’

By Patrick Freyne

Calor Gas launches renewable product for domestic and business use

By Peter Hamilton

Bots on the march in takeover of Twitter links

By Ciara O'Brien

Clearly, some people want to move on from Brexit already

New developments by Kastus in commercialisation of its innovation

By Barry McCall

Stand back: hand dryers may be blowing bacteria your way

By Marie Boran

Research remains key to Irish tech entrepreneur pipeline

By Dick Ahlstrom

Review: Apple’s 2018 iPad a great alternative to pricier Pro model

By Ciara O'Brien

Katie Walsh has grand designs after Cheltenham success

By Mary Hannigan

Commercial Property

US firm Quadrant targets €1bn of Irish property lending

By Joe Brennan

Financial Services

Bank of Ireland widens UK Post Office proposition

By Joe Brennan

CitySwifter targeting bus companies with high frequency urban routes

By Olive Keogh

‘We always vote Redmond in this house’

By Pat McCarthy

Mastercard to create 175 new high-tech jobs in Dublin

By Charlie Taylor

US entrepreneur opts for Dublin again as home for new start-up

By Charlie Taylor

The complex impact of sterling on the Irish economy

Investigation criticises Scouting Ireland handling of rape allegation

By Jack Power

Garden the star of bespoke Merrion Avenue home for €1.35m

By Rose Doyle

No expense spared waterside refurb in Co Mayo for €950,000

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Joanne O'Riordan: Football fans are passionate, let's not sanitise that

By Joanne O'Riordan

St Vincent's opener could provide hint as to future of Diarmuid Connolly

By Ian O'Riordan

Model efficiency of Sandymount two-bed for €850k

By Alanna Gallagher

A Fistful of Dollars: ‘See, my mule don’t like people laughing’

By Tara Brady

Making the Grade: Irish documentary is one of the great, affecting films about teaching

By Tara Brady

Do film critics like me still matter? Occasionally, yes

By Donald Clarke

Food

One million packets of Keogh's crisps to be served to first-class Emirates passengers

By Marie Claire Digby

Timber is the new concrete. It's time to get over our fear of building with it

By Amanda Geard

Sea views assure the dolce vita at Dalkey's Amalfi €2.4m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Irish Accountancy Awards return for third year as shortlist announced

Garden temptation in Dalkey’s Eden for €1.95m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Sutton home offers bay views and Brent geese for €1.075m

By Alanna Gallagher

Edwardian values with a modern twist in Monkstown for €1.495m

By Rose Doyle

Marlet sell-off of development sites in Dublin banking on impressive returns

Live full-time in this AirBnB earner for €675,000

By Bernice Harrison

Rampage review: the Rock v a giant ape. It’s worse than it sounds

By Donald Clarke

Newgrange in Kilternan? The 1970s version

By Tim O'Brien

Kerry waterfront guesthouse with amazing views for €1.95m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Blank canvas in Portobello classic with garden potential for €615K

By Bernice Harrison

Modernist-inspired house with 21st-century finish in Foxrock for €2.25m

By Bernice Harrison

Can I stop my landlady storing stuff in my attic, and coming in uninvited?

Bright side of life along sunny Sandymount stretch for €1.9m

By Rose Doyle

Meet the rock stars of the international wine world at O’Briens Wine Festival

Racing

Blackmore expecting the unexpected ahead of Grand National debut

By Brian O'Connor

Major difference in ticket prices for Leinster and Munster Euro ties

By Johnny Watterson

Media

‘Mature’ Irish digital advertising market nears half a billion euro

By Laura Slattery

Your Family

‘You want to care for children but you spend all day hurting them’

By Sheila Wayman

‘Long Gaze Back: We need to keep an eye on our contemporary women writers’

By Margaret Kelleher

Facebook: appearance at odds with reality

Space, the final frontier for the hospitality industry

By Justin Bachman

Irish firm in vanguard as 360° virtual reality is deployed in combat zones

By Ciara O'Brien

Markets

Rusal’s IFSC vehicle caught up in US sanctions move

By Joe Brennan

App under development in Ireland aims to silence cyber bullies

By Olive Keogh

Arnotts in line for €11m refurbishment funded by Selfridges

By Mark Paul

Arnotts to get €11m refurbishment; pay rises for workers and Rusal feels the heat

By Conn Ó Midheach

Rugby Stats: Tadhg Beirne is one of the Pro14's ironmen

By John O'Sullivan

Sonia O’Sullivan: We need a new category in women’s athletics

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Your Family

Are your eyes glued to slime too?

By Hannah Jane Parkinson

Zuckerberg endures tough questioning over data

‘Minimal chance’ for German billionaire missing in Swiss Alps

Club player award nominees announced for football

Is it game over for third party Twitter apps?

By Marie Boran

Irish workers in line for biggest pay hike since crash

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Mercedes-Benz to challenge Tesla with new electric sedan

TV & Radio

What will it take to rein Facebook in? Not this sorry excuse for a public grilling

By Jennifer O'Connell

Britain’s Carpetright seeks to close 92 stores in restructuring

The one fitness tracker ring to rule them all?

By Ciara O'Brien

Night owl or early bird? It can make a big difference to your health

An Irish Diary

Week beginning Saturday April 7th, 2018

Arlene Foster to give evidence at inquiry into ‘cash-for-ash’ scandal

Things trumps Wunderlist as the ultimate planning app

By Marie Boran

Farming & Food

Keogh’s Crisps secures major Emirates contract

By Colin Gleeson

Buffon says referee has a ‘rubbish bin’ where his heart should be

By Sid Lowe

What will €255,000 buy in Malahide and Leitrim?

By Emma Cullinan

WH Smith to focus on stationery as profits fall

John McCormack home on Rock Road goes for more than a song

Psychiatric nurses to consider strike action over pay

By Martin Wall

Old Trafford expansion unlikely as club aim to improve atmosphere

Rugby must deal with ‘derogatory’ behaviour - Rape Crisis Centre

By Brian Hutton

Shots fired into house in Finglas by motorbike gunman

By Ronan McGreevy

Keith Lee found dead in prison after being charged with wife’s murder

Roma comeback keeping Arsenal on their toes in Russia

Smart new Carrickmines scheme in the foothills is close to Luas and M50

By Alanna Gallagher

Sunderland look to prevent Newcastle fans from turning up

By Louise Taylor

Snacks make up fifth of supermarket ‘weekly shop’

By Conor Pope

Investment consortium proposes $25bn Fifa shake up

Irish inflation remains weak at 0.2%

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Jim Daly says he was not slapped down over Sinn Féin remarks

By Brian Hutton

Pope Francis acknowledges ‘grave mistakes’ in Chile sex abuse crisis

Paddy Jackson applies for legal costs after Belfast rape acquittal

No vote in referendum will mean ‘backstreet abortion’ retained

By Denis Staunton

Music

It Takes A Village festival: everything you need to know

By Louise Bruton

Travel

Mountain views, festivals and luxury train trips in India

By Joan Scales

BBC coverage of raid an ‘invasion of Cliff Richard’s privacy’

Middle East

Syria crisis: Nerve agents experts rush to smuggle bodies out of Douma

By Martin Chulov

Farming & Food

Hogan to ban ‘unfair’ contracts for food suppliers

By Patrick Smyth

World Trade Organisation warns of risk if spats escalate

Daughter of Korean Air chief apologises over behaviour

Media

Disney must make offer for Sky, UK Takeover Panel rules

Simon Zebo and eight others come into Munster XV

People

Women’s Podcast: ‘I declared out loud that I wanted to be chief executive of eir’

By Jennifer Ryan

Bundee Aki is back for Connacht’s trip to Scotstoun

Facebook rolls out fake news education programme

By Ciara O'Brien

‘If there is a savage and sadistic way to be eliminated, then this is it’

By Paolo Bandini

Abroad

‘We found a three-month-old baby on the side of the road’

By Ciara Kenny and Marie-Claire Digby

High Court sets out 11 questions for ECJ on EU-US data transfers

By Mary Carolan

Call to tie future Scouts funding to child protection standards

By Jack Power

Ulster make four changes for visit of Ospreys to Belfast

Cannes 2018: line-up features Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and fresh faces

By Donald Clarke

German court bars Facebook from deleting post

Fashion

‘Breath of fresh air’ Trinny Woodall's new make-up brand

By Laura Kennedy

Joanne and Keith Lee: Dead after a spiral of drugs, betrayal and violence

By Conor Lally

Cannes 2018 film festival: the full list of films

Weather forecast forces Skibbereen Regatta to be cancelled

By Liam Gorman

Fáilte Ireland to lure tourists to midlands with ‘Ireland’s hidden heartlands’ brand

By Peter Hamilton

Recipes

Deborah Ryan’s Mushrooms on Toast

By Deborah Ryan

Gerald Kean says Martin Callinan ‘used me’ against Maurice McCabe

By Gerard Cunningham

Hearst pays $2.8bn for control of ratings agency Fitch

Eir to cut 750 jobs after French takeover of phone company

By Joe Brennan

Chemical weapons body confirms UK findings on Skripals attack

Bula Resources shareholder cannot pursue losses claim

By Mary Carolan

Science

Paul Kammerer may have been an honest scientist

By William Reville

Racing

Might Bite impresses as Henderson enjoys Grade One treble at Aintree

House prices continue to rise with 13% hike in past year

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Dublin Airport expecting record summer with 14 new routes

By Colin Gleeson

Science

An Irish Twist on ‘The Secret of Life’

By Mark Lawler

Warning of industrial action at Aer Lingus

By Martin Wall

UK’s Playtech buys stake in Snaitech for €291m

Report urges EU to punish Hungary over dwindling democracy

By Daniel McLaughlin

Germany supports Irish insistence on Border backstop, says minister

Edna O’Brien and Fergal Keane honoured

Waterford quiet on whether they will appeal brawl suspensions

By Emmet Malone

Stage

First look: Bewley’s Cafe Theatre reopens after stylish re-fit

By Deirdre Falvey

Brexit’s ‘deeply profound’ effects could cost 40,000 jobs

By Colin Gleeson

Abroad

‘The Bad Times’: Visualising the Famine in a graphic novel

By Christine Kinealy

Media

Three Ireland extends sponsorship of 3Arena in major €55m deal

By Laura Slattery and Ciara O'Brien

Irish envoy summoned over Dublin Mayor visit to ‘anti-Israel’ event

By Mark Weiss

Phase one of battle for Hockey League promotion gets under way

By Mary Hannigan

‘He’s back!’: Tyson Fury’s comeback fight set for June 9th in Manchester

Dunne was beneficial owner of ‘Walford’, court told

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Fourfold increase in ‘extreme exploitation’ of migrant workers last year

By Michael O'Regan

Court stops jailed Catalan leader Sànchez facing investiture vote

By Guy Hedgecoe

Arlene Foster defends role in energy scandal that led to Stormont collapse

Aer Lingus owner IAG considers bid for Norwegian Air

Johnny Glynn ditches New York commute and will stay in Galway

By Ian O'Riordan

Girl injured on Luas tram gets €72,000

Glenanne have chance to clinch first Hockey League title this weekend

Your Money

IFA calls for independent retail regulator to protect producers

By Elaine Edwards

Woman who claims she slipped in Marks & Spencer sues for damages

‘In Europe, you have to kill Madrid six times’

By Sid Lowe

Accessibility to medication a key issue in addiction among medics

By Marie O'Halloran

Family of tourists killed in Kerry arrange US repatriation of ashes

By Barry Roche

Fáilte Ireland unveils Hidden Heartlands brand for the midlands

By Eoghan MacConnell

English rugby agent Matt Hart handed 22-month ban over betting

Work

Irish entrepreneur’s business-training firm thriving in Abu Dhabi

By Barbara McCarthy

Markets

Shares rally after Trump signals strike on Syria not imminent

By Peter Hamilton

Road safety boss told Leo Varadkar of McCabe rumours, tribunal told

By Gerard Cunningham

Racing

Minella Rocco to carry top weight in Grand National

Taoiseach expresses concern over INM controversy

By Pat Leahy and Bernie Ni Fhlatharta

Fixating on hospital overcrowding figures not helpful – Taoiseach

By Bernie Ni Fhlatharta

Belfast Feminist Network to stage rally at Ulster Rugby game

By Amanda Ferguson

Karlin Lillington: How the High Court threw a huge curveball at Facebook

By Karlin Lillington

Middle East

Trump says decision on Syria strike to come ‘fairly soon’

Facebook executives to face questioning at Dáil committee

By Pat Leahy

Pompeo says he’ll put US diplomacy back on the world map

By Katrina Manson

Golf

Paul Dunne takes share of lead in Madrid after closing eagle

Ireland not getting recognition for tax reforms, says Donohoe

By Derek Scally

Rescue 116 inquest: ‘Everything that could be done was done’

By Lorna Siggins

Trump says he backs ‘co-operative’ approach to Russia inquiry

New dissident group issues execution threat to drug dealers

By Freya McClements

Cracking senior eights clash in store at University Championships

By Liam Gorman

Annalise Murphy clarifies she has not ended her Olympic ambitions

By David Branigan

Recording of €7.2bn Anglo deal ordered in case ‘something goes pop’

By Sarah-Jane Murphy

Murder accused may have wrestled knife from self-harming nephew, court told

By Natasha Reid

Macron to persevere with rail reform ‘until the end’

By Lara Marlowe

Diarmuid Connolly absent as Vincent’s open Dublin defence

By Rónán Mac Lochlainn

Women in Ireland should not take abortion pills, says Harris

By Pat Leahy

Stoic Eir staff take job cuts in their stride

By Mark Hilliard

Education

Cork secondary school investigates ‘rape list’ found in boys’ toilets

By Olivia Kelleher and Carl O'Brien

UK cabinet agrees to take action over Syrian chemical attack

By Denis Staunton

Former Ulster Farmers’ Union president expected to win Seanad seat

By Michael O'Regan

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16615 by Crossheir – Thursday, April 12th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

Danny Welbeck comes up trumps yet again to ease Arsenal nerves

By Stuart James

Keith Lee made prison bed to look as if he was in it before suicide

By Conor Lally

Martin in optimistic mood before first of Ardennes Classics

By Shane Stokes

Seattle Seahawks rescind Colin Kaepernick invite over kneeling

‘Fake news’ will not be tackled without financial penalties

By Elaine Edwards

Drinking over a bottle of wine a week ‘will shorten your life’

By Conor Pope

Education

School-building programme: where the new schools will go

By Carl O'Brien

Education

Forty-four schools to be built as hundreds of upgrades put on hold

By Carl O'Brien

Mental health issues make premature birth more likely - study

By Mark Hilliard

An Irish Diary

Making an exhibition of ourselves – An Irishman’s Diary about Slow Art Day

By Frank McNally

Rhetorical questions

Editorials

Scouting Ireland: the need for transparency

Cliftonville memories

Trial by social media?

Time for more ‘divorce leave’?

Duplication of Garda vetting

Dublin’s lord mayor in Israel

‘New to the Parish’ and direct provision

The UN and international crises

Syria and chemical weapons

Editorials

Economic outlook: hazards on the horizon