Article Index

In a word . . . Bilbao

By Patsy McGarry

Matt Williams: Leinster deserve the ultimate praise

By Matt Williams

Who ordered the assassination that started the Civil War in Ireland?

By Ronan McGreevy

Woman with two incorrect smear tests calls for reassessment of waiting lists

By Sorcha Pollak

Politics

Varadkar: ‘Nobody immune from being held to account’

By Sarah Bardon and Martin Wall

Referendum advertising rules hit strategies for final fortnight

By Peter Murtagh

Rock-solid convictions about what really matters

By Malachy Clerkin

Football Championship 2018: Connacht county-by-county guide

By Keith Duggan

Championship 2018 Football: Time to play it again for Sam

By Keith Duggan

Refugee reunification scheme opens to bring family members to Ireland

By Sorcha Pollak

Football Championship 2018: Ulster county-by-county guide

By Keith Duggan

Clif House Hotel offers new organic spa products and package

By Marie Claire Digby

Melania Trump growing in popularity, unlike her husband

By Suzanne Lynch

Abortion legislation: the really contentious bits

By Sarah Bardon

Nature Diary: Wildflower food

By Sylvia Thompson

Pakistan to meet their Waterloo in Malahide?

Tackling the rugby anthem question

Driven to drink

A fall in house prices

Congo, cobalt and electric-car owners

Voting in the referendum

Fallout from CervicalCheck revelations

An Irish Diary

Cape Crusader – An Irishman’s Diary about the writer WG Dowsley

By Frank McNally

Lord Iveagh: My vision for St James’s Gate

By Arthur Edward Guinness

All smiles, Donnacha Ryan shines in the spotlight at Racing 92

By Gavin Cummiskey

Commercial Property

Irish Life unit buys 262 south Dublin apartments for rental

By Ciarán Hancock

Costs of court challenge over Athenry data centre may run to €1m

By Barry O'Halloran

Financial Services

Cerberus said to lead race for AIB bad-loans portfolio

By Joe Brennan

Hedge funds hike Smurfit Kappa positions amid takeover deal hopes

By Joe Brennan

Slow planning process delays €100m investment by Lidl

By Peter Hamilton

World View: Debate on future of Europe is only beginning

By Paul Gillespie

The best jazz this week: The Savage Five perform in Belfast and Dublin

By Cormac Larkin

Instruments of change: how an orchestra is changing lives

By Michael Dervan

Stage

‘The Good Father’ and ‘Minding Frankie’: this week’s best theatre

By Peter Crawley

Stuart Bailie on ‘Trouble Songs’: ‘I wanted to do something beautiful and pure’

By Peter Murphy

Springsteen on Broadway: humour, honesty and gut-punch emotion

By Shane Hegarty

Soccer

Premier League season has ended with a whimper not a bang

By Barney Ronay

Rolling Stones, Johnny Marr, We Are Scientists: this week’s rock/pop highlights

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Patrick Freyne: Billy Ocean and Paula Abdul changed my world

By Patrick Freyne

Diarmaid Ferriter: Life goes on in the Valley of the Squinting Windows

By Dairmaid Ferriter

Commercial Property

Tetrarch looks to stock market listing in autumn

By Ciarán Hancock

This week’s best traditional gigs: including Mick Hanly and Dónal Lunny

By Siobhán Long

A livid John McGuirk has all the nuance of a grenade attack

By Mick Heaney

Film

Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nation

By Tara Brady

Anne-Marie: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

New artist of the week: serpentwithfeet

By Niall Byrne

Martyn Turner

Cliff Taylor: Apple data centre fiasco casts doubt on national plan

By Cliff Taylor

Cervical cancer scandal convulses Government

By Pat Leahy

Now is the time for Emmett J Scanlan

By Shilpa Ganatra

Football Championship 2018: Leinster county-by-county guide

By Seán Moran

West Wicklow Festival at Russborough House: the best classical music this week

By Michael Dervan

Gig of the Week: Rolling Stones

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Breda O’Brien: Abortion for Down syndrome looms as real threat

By Breda O'Brien

Art

Art in Focus: Kevin Cosgrove – Cabin

By Aidan Dunne

Art

This week’s visual art highlights

By Aidan Dunne

An Irish Diary

Church services

Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’: Explainer Culture goes into overdrive

By Seamas O'Reilly

How to be Sound: A glimpse into ‘influencer’ culture

By Sarah Griffin

This Album Changed My Life: The Beatles – Revolver (1966)

By Steve Wall

History

Frank Carson plays a cracker for charity

By Arminta Wallace

Gaz Coombes: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

French outrage after woman died following ‘mocking’ phone call

By Lara Marlowe

Arnotts eyes the future as it revels in its past

By Mark Paul

Technology

Digicel’s bonds badly hit by market moves

By Joe Brennan

Asia-Pacific

Sixteen years on from independence, Timorese go to polls after bitter campaign

By Mary Boland

Farming & Food

With China in our hands, is it time to beef up embassy staffing?

Football championship 2018: Munster county-by-county guide

By Seán Moran

Penny finally drops as tech giants drop referendum ads

By Colin Gleeson

Speeding up the planning process could be a long, slow slog

Fintan O'Toole: On abortion we are subjects of Brexit Britain

By Fintan O'Toole

What’s this animal washed up in Dublin Bay? Readers’ nature queries

Obituaries

Broadcaster and judge who became a household name

Fine Art & Antiques

Auction results and what’s coming up

By Arminta Wallace

Catholic Boy review: Author’s own sense of Belfast shines through short stories

By Martina Evans

Drink

The micro IPA: a new lower-alcohol craft beer

By Sorcha Hamilton

Travel Bag: The week’s top travel news

By Jo Linehan

Mustardy salad of marinated spelt with beetroot and orange

By Carmel Somers

Interiors

Mucky swan or stirrup steel? Decor experts reveal the colours that really work

By Liz Dwyer

Beet it: Bright summer recipes

By Carmel Somers

Brexit and Ireland: The Border is a sideshow, if you’re an eel

By Patrick Smyth

David McWilliams: Highly paid bosses make us all feel small

By David McWilliams

Eurovision in Dublin, 1971: hotpants, ‘women’s lib’ and boycotts

By Brian Boyd

Fashion

Meghan Markle’s wedding bouquet: our expert picks the perfect posy

By Lamber de Bie

Life & Style

What’s Hot and What’s Not

By Una Mullally

Restaurants

Páng: Fast food, but not as we know it

By Catherine Cleary

‘I can say this is the happiest I’ve ever been and my family will say that, here on the farm’

By Manchán Magan

Your Family

How to raise boys in the 21st century

By Steve Biddulph

Interiors

Props guru living the vintage life in Clontarf

By Deirdre McQuillan

Interiors

Summer sizzlers: Eight of the best barbecues and outdoor cookers on the market

By Alanna Gallagher

Luke Tredget’s debut novel is sharp, witty and full of tension

By Sarah Gilmartin

I said to Charlie Haughey, ‘No thank you, Mr Haughey, I don’t want that job’

By Mary O'Rourke

Be One. Inspire One: ‘Make yourself a priority’

Milkman by Anna Burns review: Impressive, wordy and often funny

By Adrian McKinty

Baked Alaska: A retro dessert where less is more

By Vanessa Greenwood

Jacqueline Rose’s fascinating insights into the distortions of motherhood

By Susan McKay

Fine Art & Antiques

Sale of the centuries in Tipperary mansion

By Arminta Wallace

May’s young adult picks: from the terror of violence to the electricity of love

By Claire Hennessy

How to reduce cycling deaths and accidents in Ireland

By Olivia Kelly

Brendan O’Regan: Irish Visionary, Innovator, Peacemaker

By Anne Chambers

History beckons for Leinster great Isa Nacewa

By Gerry Thornley

Dan Carter’s flame may be fading but his legacy is secure

By Gavin Cummiskey

Recycling on the menu for food businesses

By Marie Claire Digby

Middle East

Homeless since 1948: 70 years since the creation of Israel

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Jennifer O’Connell: ‘It’s troubling to discover how much I enjoy a communion bash’

By Jennifer O'Connell

JP McMahon: Many men do not like flowers with their food

By JP McMahon

Humans of Ireland: the stories behind the new Irish

By Bryan Fanning

Fashion

The Michael Mortell collection: suede, spots and silk

By Deirdre McQuillan

Beetroot puree

By Carmel Somers

Property

Make an entrance: choosing the best surface for your driveway

By Arlene Harris

The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath review

By Sinéad Gleeson

Russian borscht

By Carmel Somers

Drink

Summer glugging: it’s time for lighter red wines to shine

By John Wilson

Overcome by the pong of a pine-marten den? Count yourself lucky

By Michael Viney

Your Fitness

Why I love... the Soi

By Jo Linehan

‘I love being in the company of people, it’s my favourite thing to do’

Shifting seashores seen through a child’s eye

By Paddy Woodworth

The Order of Time review: Where physics and philosophy meet

By John Banville

Break.up by Joanna Walsh review: intimacy in the digital age

By Houman Barekat

Kudos review: A novel of ideas, people and stories

By Eilis Ni Dhuibhne

Life & Style

‘Contrary to popular belief, what goes online does not stay there forever’

By Fintan Warfield

Sean Moncrieff: ‘Your average wine buff is a middle-aged stoner, dude’

By Sean Moncrieff

Gardening

Cappoquin House is worth a detour in Waterford

By Mary Leland

Gardening

From basil to tarragon, how to get your herb garden going

By Fionnuala Fallon

‘Ross, Munster isn’t an ethnicity.’ ‘What about Limerick?’ ‘Limerick isn’t either’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Poem of the week: Communion

By Rachael Hegarty

London’s dithering means messy ‘no deal’ Brexit still possible

By Patrick Smyth

The state of Britain: myths, lies and identity crises

By Andrew Hadfield

The cycling fatalities: ‘Never cycle in Ireland’

By Sorcha Pollak

The Neighbourhood by Mario Vargas Llosa: who is writing this?

By Michael O'Loughlin

Baked Alaska

By Vanessa Greenwood

Fine Art & Antiques

Fancy a pub or pulpit? This D8 monster salvage sale has just the thing

By Arminta Wallace

Nuala O’Faolain: My powerful, idiosyncratic, crude friend

By June Caldwell

Politics

Miriam Lord: Denham portrait a picture of slow change at King’s Inns

By Miriam Lord

Screening crisis brings O’Brien’s long goodbye to abrupt end

By Martin Wall

Leinster keep their cool as they seek glory in Basque country

By Gerry Thornley

Irish cycling accidents: a graphical guide

An insider’s guide to Gran Canaria

By Fiachradh McDermott

An image of God the father

By Fergal Mac Eoinín

Fashion

Marian Keyes: The face mask that makes my skin feel bouncy

By Marian Keyes

Johnny Heaney ready to lead Galway fight against Mayo

By Keith Duggan

Racing

O’Brien looking for more Epsom Derby back-up to Saxon Warrior

By Brian O'Connor

On the hunt on an Irish food safari

By Marie Claire Digby

2018 GAA football championship: new structures

By Seán Moran

One sentence to sum up the entire football championship . . .

By Keith Duggan

Yoga at dawn as 10,000 turn out for Galway’s Darkness Into Light

By Lorna Siggins

Farming & Food

Will the Border break the all-Ireland food chain?

Health

Over 4,000 CervicalCheck callers seeking call-back still waiting

By Sarah Burns and Martin Wall

Darkness into Light: More than 200,000 take part worldwide

By Sorcha Pollak

Asia-Pacific

Malaysia’s former PM and wife barred from leaving country

Serious fire damages Dundalk secondary school

Racing

Gordon Elliott to return to normal service next week

By Brian O'Connor

Dermott Lennon wins the Derby qualifier in Hamburg

By Margie McLoone

Member of Defence Forces involved in Mediterranean rescue honoured

By Peter Murtagh

Rafael Nadal loses his world No 1 ranking in Madrid

Film

Cannes 2018: Could there be an all-female Black Panther?

By Donald Clarke

Brexit: May expected to push for a ‘customs partnership’

By Fiach Kelly and Pat Leahy

Soccer

Jurgen Klopp tells players to just get the job done against Brighton

Crime & Law

Gardaí seize cannabis worth €250,000 in Ennis and Limerick

Abortion: Over 1,000 doctors call for Yes vote in referendum

By Sorcha Pollak

Dan Carter ruled out of Champions Cup final

World

Cyclists on round-the-world trip feared murdered in Mexico

Woman’s body found on church grounds in north Dublin

Asia-Pacific

North Korea to dismantle nuclear test site in May ‘ceremony’

Lewis Hamilton takes pole in Spain

Health

Cervical cancer scandal: Coveney says State must learn from ‘tragic lesson’

Art

John Magnier in line for €100m profit on Modigliani nude

By Rupert Neate

Aer Lingus apologises after two Leinster fans stranded in Dublin

By Niamh Towey

Ireland's first day of Test cricket starts and ends with a bang

By Emmet Riordan

Thousands gather for ‘Love Both’ rally in Dublin

By Elaine Edwards

Leinster reign in Spain with fourth Champions Cup win

By Gerry Thornley

Soccer

Jedinak’s header puts Aston Villa in driving seat

Leinster 15 Racing 12: Leinster player ratings

By Gavin Cummiskey

Crime & Law

Police investigating ‘suspicious’ death in Derry hostel

Rusty Galway take their time before blowing Offaly away

By Malachy Clerkin

Nacewa gets the party started in Bilbao

By Mary Hannigan

Kingston inspires thrilling comeback for Laois

Golf

Tiger Woods rolls back the years with 65 at TPC Sawgrass

Leinster 15 Racing 12: Racing 92 player ratings

By Patrick Madden

Stuart Lancaster Basques in the warm glow of redemption

Leinster’s muscle memory sees them past Racing

By Gerry Thornley

Leo Cullen and Leinster’s Champions Cup love affair continues

By Gavin Cummiskey

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16641 by Crossheir – Saturday, May 12th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

UK’s Eurovision song interrupted by ‘stage invasion’

Body found in search for missing Killarney poet

By Anne Lucey

Man attacks bystanders with knife in central Paris