Article Index

Italy’s likely PM: entering the messy world of Italian politics

By Angela Giuffrida

Health

Health watchdog finds shortcomings in breast cancer screening

By Priscilla Lynch

Perfidious Albion: an insult or an apt description of Brexit Britain?

By Denis Staunton

Environment

Almost 100 vacant sites listed in Dublin city ahead of June 1st deadline

By Olivia Kelly

Court of Appeal judge nominated to European Court of Justice

By Harry McGee

Minister worried No campaigners may try to ‘undermine’ vote

By Fiach Kelly

Opinion

Suzanne Lynch: Trump attacks on FBI starting to pay off

By Suzanne Lynch

State Claims Agency disputes CervicalCheck version of events

By Martin Wall

Nearly nine out of 10 murdered women knew their killer

By Sorcha Pollak

Irish ‘backstop’ provisions cannot be used for Britain, says EU

By Patrick Smyth

History of referendums shows turnout will be crucial

By Pat Leahy

Only 8% surveyed ‘very ready’ to deal with challenges of people analytics

By Olive Keogh

Heroes in Hiding: Actor review – seriously accomplished debut

By Lauren Murphy

‘I am appalled at my own generation leaving things in such a mess’

By Donald Clarke

Martyn Turner

Lindi Ortega: Liberty review – echoes of Morricone

By Joe Breen

Chvrches: Love is Dead review – Pleasant but boring bubblegum pop for the masses

By Eamon Sweeney

Opinion

Noel Whelan: UK immigration minister’s scary Border ignorance

By Noel Whelan

Culture

Saoirse Ronan, how could you? I almost fell off the couch

By Donald Clarke

Even When I Fall: ex-circus slaves on a tightrope to recovery

By Tara Brady

Zama: Halting drama makes for a unique viewing experience

By Tara Brady

Father John Misty: God’s Favorite Customer review – spiritual search

By Dean Van Nguyen

Smurfit Kappa Dutch deal piles pressure on unwanted US suitor

By Joe Brennan and Colin Gleeson

Books

Hills like Hemingway’s, a short story by Lauren Foley

By Lauren Foley

Firms committed to final salary pension plans, survey shows

By Dominic Coyle

Economy

‘Dirty Brexit’, trade deadlocks and Facebook’s ‘monster’ questions

By Laura Slattery

Farming & Food

Sainsbury’s to stock Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin

By Peter Hamilton

Farming & Food

Aryzta hits record low as profit warning stokes bank covenants fears

By Joe Brennan

This is the revolutionary age of machines that can understand

By Paul Buitelaar

Economy

John FitzGerald: Gender, lifestyle and sociocultural economics

By John FitzGerald

Transport

Inside Track: Sorcha O’Grady, co-founder of TruckScience

By Olive Keogh

Financial Services

Australian investment bank Macquarie set to expand Irish operation

By Cliff Taylor

Isa Nacewa fit for Pro 14 final send-off against Scarlets

By Gavin Cummiskey

Sinéad McSweeney: Taking Twitter through the tough times

By Ciara O'Brien

Pro14 Final head-to-head James Ryan v Tadhg Beirne

By Johnny Watterson

Buckley calls on St Pat’s to bounce back against Cork

By Paul Buttner

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

By Donald Clarke and Tara Brady

Shefflin sympathises with TJ Reid having to cope with ‘football’ tactics

By Seán Moran

Wild Geese: a love of horses took a Galway student to Kentucky

By Michelle Jackson

Ken Early: Kiev still bears the scars of revolution

By Ken Early

Fashion

‘People are getting in touch because of the work, not because of Uncle Bono’

By Tanya Sweeney

Vaudeville and grand piano make for a strange legacy

By Bob Barry

Pope to grant indulgences at Dublin World Meeting of Families

By Patsy McGarry

What’s making you happy? Chickens, new taps and driving test success

Connacht coach Friend brings a wealth of experience to new role

By Gerry Thornley

Professional rugby helping to drive standards for elite GAA athletes

By Seán Moran

Things to do with children this weekend: they are in for a treat

By Róisín Ingle

Ten HR strategies to boost productivity and retain talent

Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and rated

By Donald Clarke and Tara Brady

Residential

From Kilbride to Mugla, what can you buy for €180,000?

By Emma Cullinan

The movie quiz: Do you know your Tom Cruise wives?

By Donald Clarke

Fit for purpose? Can the data regulator handle GDPR

By Simon Carswell

Keane says Ireland’s more established players still need to deliver

By Emmet Malone

Digiweb founder looks to cash in on data centre demand in US

By Charlie Taylor

Books

Ireland’s own 5th-century female bishop: Brigid of Kildare

By Maeve Callan

Arytza stock plunges, Macquarie plans expansion and Smurfit makes €460m move

By Conn Ó Midheach

Jackie Tyrrell: Kilkenny will be desperate to take Galway down a peg or two

By Jackie Tyrrell

‘Lots to do’ to ensure Facebook meets European standards

By Barry O'Halloran and Charlie Taylor

Property

Know your builder’s limits – they can’t do everything

By Damian Flanagan

Liam Toland: Leinster’s ability to mix and match a huge asset

By Liam Toland

Warning that GDPR will lead to a surge in insurance claims

By Charlie Taylor

Polls open in referendum on Eighth Amendment

By Pat Leahy, Fiach Kelly and Sarah Bardon

International aspect a real positive for Irish crews this weekend

By Liam Gorman

Abortion referendum: The dos and don'ts of casting your vote

By Sarah Bardon

Three held for questioning over death of fisherman in Co Down

Draper Esprit raising £176m to invest in more tech firms

By Charlie Taylor

My mum’s ashes have been in the urn for nine months. ‘She’s bored. She wants to move on’

By Hilary Fannin

Change to Scottish football atmosphere as Rangers cut tickets

Dublin council admits voter forms went ‘astray’ due to demand

By Ronan McGreevy

Abroad

Can we make voluntary PRSI payments while working abroad?

By Ask the Experts

Bambali, Senegal will be be decked in Liverpool’s red on Saturday

By Andy Hunter

Ovoca Gold deflated by long-running legal battle to secure Russian debt

Disappointment as life sciences start-up programme leaves Cork

By Charlie Taylor

Travel

The cheapest place to holiday in Europe this year

By Conor Pope

Schrems wants big tech to explain why they do what they do

By Derek Scally

Beefed up Garda Road Policing Bureau launches new safety campaign

By Vivienne Clarke

World Cup moments: Mussolini’s black shirts retain crown in 1938

By Simon Martin

Interest in Johnson Controls values company at $12bn

Boxing trainer Brendan Ingle has died at the age of 77

By Johnny Watterson

Isa Nacewa starts as Leinster name Pro14 final team

Courts

Progress reported in three CervicalCheck cases, court told

By Aodhan O'Faolain and Ray Managh

SSE Airtricity blames increased competition as profits fall

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Your guide to the weekend’s best sporting action

By Eamon Donoghue

Economy

Uncertainty over apartment standards hinders supply of new homes

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

James Bond: Daniel Craig with Danny Boyle directing confirmed for 007’s latest mission

Amazon reviewing Echo after conversation allegedly sent to third party

Ryanair plane in minor collision at Stansted Airport

By Emer Handly

Environment

Penalties for missing climate change goals to be less than claimed, Minister says

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Grid girls return in Monaco as Formula One goes into a bit of revolt

By Kate Walker

Golf

Rory McIlroy’s stunning 65 leaves him three clear at Wentworth

By Ewan Murray

Orange Order member goes against institution and calls for Yes vote

By Ronan McGreevy and Amanda Ferguson

Environment

Bathing restrictions lifted over E.coli at Doonbeg beach

By Jack Power

Asia-Pacific

Violent tackle hints at dark side of Japanese society

By David McNeill

First family secures home in Dublin under repair and lease scheme for landlords

By Olivia Kelly

Spanish opposition seeks to unseat corruption-plagued Rajoy

By Guy Hedgecoe

Leinster coach Leo Cullen faced some tough calls for Scarlets clash

By Gerry Thornley

The troubled history of the Eighth Amendment

By Sarah Bardon

Abortion vote: Referendum result ‘still all to play for’, Harris says

By Barry Roche and Tim O'Brien

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump says North Korea summit may take place after all

By Suzanne Lynch and Clifford Coonan

Russia and Opec agree to boost oil production

Doctor told abortion story for ‘all the women who could not tell theirs’

By Tim O'Brien

Jastine Valdez family pay tribute to ‘caring daughter and friend’

By Sarah Burns

Abroad

'There’s a very deep history with Ireland as an emigrant nation'

By Emer Handly

Galway woman completes 13,000km trip to vote in referendum

By Anne Lucey

Samsung ordered to pay Apple $539m in patent fight

Brendan Ingle obituary: Trainer whose influence reached far beyond the ring

By John Rawling

Harry Arter keen to ‘cement’ his place in Ireland’s midfield

By Emmet Malone

Wesfarmers concedes defeat with £1 sale of Homebase

Woman charged with theft of over €400,000 from Co Cork credit union

By Barry Roche

Netherlands and Australia formally blame Russia for MH17 downing

By Peter Cluskey

Science

Familiar problem for feathered forebears: Dinosaurs had dandruff too

By Kevin O'Sullivan

School’s out for Conor O’Malley as French exam looms

By Emmet Malone

Irish Times exit poll to give projected abortion referendum result tonight

By Pat Leahy

Commercial Property

Deutsche Bank acquires Dublin’s Westend Retail Park for €148m

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Liverpool to refund Champions League final tickets for fans with cancelled flights

By Frances Perraudin

Facebook under fire over ‘failure’ to police referendum ads

By Peter Geoghegan

World

Polarised Colombia prepares for polls amid lukewarm links with US

By John Paul Rathbone and Gideon Long

Chris Froome’s stunning lone attack secures Giro d’Italia lead

By Sean Ingle

Irish regulator will oversee Google’s European GDPR compliance

By Patrick Smyth

Social welfare not enough to keep people out of poverty, warns charities report

By Mark Hilliard

Jeremy Corbyn made aware of unhappiness in Derry over Brexit

By Freya McClements and Michael McHugh

Education

Martin Naughton: Garda’s son became philanthropic radiator billionaire

By Mark Paul

TV & Radio

On TV this weekend: Jurassic Park meets Graham Norton and Mrs Brown chats up hard man Danny Dyer

TDs line up ‘tally people’ to scrutinise voting trends

By Michael O'Regan

Max Schrems files first cases under GDPR against Facebook and Google

By Derek Scally

Klopp only concerned with the here and now of Salah’s brilliance

By Andy Hunter

Harvey Weinstein appears in court charged with rape

By Amanda Holpuch and Jamiles Lartey

Middle East

Iran sets deadline for EU to present measures to save nuclear deal

Boy (13) charged with murder of Ana Kriegel in Dublin

By Conor Gallagher and Conor Lally

Markets

Bank of Ireland attracts interest as markets generally flat

By Ciara O'Brien

World

Police seek three suspects after bomb attack in Canadian city

Middle East

Border protests by Palestinians continue for ninth weekend

By Mark Weiss

Inch-perfect driving for 78 laps makes Monaco Grand Prix the drivers’ race

By Giles Richards

Education

Trinity College Dublin announces €60m campus development

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Belfast DUP councillor pleads guilty to drink-driving charge

By Alan Erwin

World Rugby to trial rule changes that lower tackle height

Courts

David Drumm ‘donned the green jersey’ during financial crash

By Sarah-Jane Murphy

More than 12 gardaí sustain injuries on the job each week

By Gordon Deegan

Trump hints that North Korea summit may still go ahead

By Suzanne Lynch

Giuseppe Conte struggling to form Italian cabinet as markets slide

Jastine Valdez: ‘It’s just so sad what happened to her’

By Peter Murtagh

Climbers to mark 25th anniversary of first Irish ascent of Everest

By Lorna Siggins

Zinedine Zidane says his Real Madrid side are ready for some chaos

By Sid Lowe

Digicel tells bondholders of its plans to reduce debts

Giro d’Italia: Froome leads after obliterating rivals with solo escape

By Sean Ingle

Dublin church hosts prayer vigil for No result in referendum

By Patsy McGarry

Poll to introduce Eighth Amendment in 1983 had 53.7% turnout

By Fiach Kelly

World

Get your voice heard on Brexit talks, Corbyn urges NI politicians

By Freya McClements

Italian man paralysed after Dublin attack sells memoir

By Nick Bramhill

Religious symbols at polling centres spur complaints

By Marie O'Halloran and Mark Hilliard

Transport

Belgian labour inspectors reportedly question Ryanair staff

Child charged with Ana Kriegel’s murder first arrested on Thursday

By Conor Gallagher

Gardaí appeal for help in locating missing teenager (16)

Leinster MHC round-up: Kilkenny make it three from three

Children charged with serious crimes face different criminal justice process to adults

By Conor Gallagher

Instructions were issued for Project 2040 ads to be ‘clearly identified’

By Jack Power

Guard threatened with hammer during Dublin cash-in-transit robbery

Seán McKenna shrugs off knee pain to claim stage six of Rás Tailteann

By Shane Stokes

Abortion referendum: Turnout hits 70% in some areas as polls close

By Irish Times Reporters

Bairstow says England still have ‘real fighting chance’ against Pakistan

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16652 by Crossheir – Friday, May 25th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

Five-star Dundalk bury Bray as Cork City keep up hot pursuit

Rob Cornwall earns Bohemians a point as derby comes to life late on

By Paul Buttner

Yes vote shows overwhelming desire for change that nobody foresaw

By Fiach Kelly

Exit poll analysis: remarkable strength of support for repeal of Eighth

By Kieran O’Leary

Miriam Lord: Yes, Yes, Yes. A resounding, emphatic Yes

By Miriam Lord

Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth

By Pat Leahy

All right on the knight

Write on

An Irish Diary

Shellfish Politics – An Irishman’s Diary about the diplomatic complications of Lough Foyle

By Frank McNally

Thinking Anew: The Blessed Trinity – harmony in unity

By Michael Commane

Language test for would-be citizens

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Judicial Appointments Bill: how not to enact a law

Cycling – the best circles

House prices and public transport

Taking care of urban trees

Education

‘I’m petrified. I can’t eat.’ Ireland’s teenage anxiety problem

By Carl O'Brien

Taking a stand on heels

Schools and polling stations

Prince Harry’s Irish ancestors

Moving out and moving on

Open disclosure and the health service

Editorials

The Irish Times view on crimes against women: we must never become inured to such violence

Ryanair and European integration

European Health Insurance Card

Broadcasting live referendum debates

Bibles at polling stations