Article Index

Sparks expected to fly as Ronaldo and Co take on Uruguay’s finest

By Sid Lowe

In a word . . . June

By Patsy McGarry

Sport

Wimbledon 2018: Change in the air as the old order falters

By Johnny Watterson

Courts

Emma Mhic Mhathúna: ‘I wasn’t going to come into court the victim’

By Peter Murtagh

Dublin hose pipe ban could be extended nationwide

By Olivia Kelly

Democrats at sea as confidence falters during challenging week

By Suzanne Lynch

Transport

Airlines should not have to fight French air traffic controllers’ strike alone

The weekend's football and hurling previews

By Seán Moran

Long hot summer ahead as Brexit negotiations drag on

By Pat Leahy

Declan Flynn ‘queer-bashing’ murder ‘still very raw’ 36 years on

By Simon Carswell

Papal visit

Delivering aid to the people of Syria

Dublin Zoo staff help animals bear tropical conditions

By Aoife Walsh and Emer Handly

Clever birdie

Running a business from a car on main street

Saving water

Ireland’s response to refugees

Stopping fascism in its tracks

Norris’s ‘ageist’ comment on Michael D

Structural defects in Dublin council flat block due to excessive corrosion

By Olivia Kelly

Varadkar urged to take hard line with Fianna Fáil

By Sarah Bardon and Pat Leahy

Women’s role in the Catholic Church

Obituaries

Voice of Irish fishing industry for more than 40 years

Thinking Anew: Jesus sets the standard of care in a just and Christian society

By Gordon Linney

Head of Defence Forces to walk in Dublin Pride Parade

By Peter Murtagh

Obituaries

Ground-breaking journalist behind the ‘Diary of a Farmer’s Wife’

Forcing GPs to give abortion referrals is wrong and pointless

By Maria Steen

Markets

Rumours of GE’s demise may have been exaggerated

By Vincent Boland

Business

After the scarves and jerseys, the laughter ended in Brussels

By Colin Gleeson

Cliff Taylor: A disjointed EU may not worry too much about Ireland

By Cliff Taylor

New artist of the week: Nakhane

By Niall Byrne

History

The boy who won a plane for a day

By Arminta Wallace

Poem of the week: Stillness by Pat Boran

By Pat Boran

Pat Leahy: Policing of online ads must be Government priority

By Pat Leahy

Diarmaid Ferriter: Pope’s visit might save us from Mother Mary Madigan

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Oliver Callan: I was a gay Boo Radley in 1980s Monaghan

By Oliver Callan

TV & Radio

Podcast of the Week: This Podcast Has Fleas

By Sarah Griffin

Christina Aguilera: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

Property

The sinister smell of a septic tank gone very wrong

By Philip Judge

Victoria Beckham meets Rubens as old masters move into her boutique

By Arminta Wallace

Angela Merkel: Once-dominant figure is exhausted and out of step

By Derek Scally

Martyn Turner

Charlie Murphy: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

World Cup fans in Russia agree ‘this is nothing like I expected’

By Keith Duggan

The five best traditional music gigs around Ireland this week

By Siobhán Long

Four jazz concerts to check out in Ireland this week

By Cormac Larkin

Trump cuts US a bad deal in leaving UN Human Rights Council

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this week

By Michael Dervan

West Cork Chamber Music Festival: big ideas, big subjects, big music

By Michael Dervan

How to paint a volcano: Carmel Mooney’s new show is hot with colour

By Arminta Wallace

15 of the best rock and pop gigs in Ireland this week

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Art

Five must-see visual art exhibitions this week

By Aidan Dunne

Stage

Two theatre shows to see this week

By Peter Crawley

Art

Art in Focus: Self-portrait at Noon, Marlene Dumas

By Aidan Dunne

This Album Changed My Life: Grace by Jeff Buckley

By Niall Byrne

Fear stalks German borders as police face renewed wave of migration

By Derek Scally

TV & Radio

Ivan Yates complains about people who complain all the time

By Mick Heaney

Media

RTÉ plots recovery from big Brexit hit and flight to digital

By Laura Slattery

Madrid seeks to cool Catalan crisis by moving jailed leaders closer to home

By Guy Hedgecoe

Business

Will institutional investors cause the next Irish property crash?

Business

Glenveagh to spend €120m on purchase of four sites

Media

UK cinema advertising group passes between Irish investors

By Mark Paul

Crudo review: novel enters the mind of Kathy Acker

By June Caldwell

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

By Jo Linehan

Michael Viney: The beauty of weeping beeches

By Michael Viney

Your Fitness

Why I Love . . . marathons

By Ash Senyk

Seán Moncrieff: The insanity of shoe shopping with a toddler

By Sean Moncrieff

The Balearic blowout: What Leaving Cert students do in Magaluf and Santa Ponsa

By Rosita Boland

Life & Style

Our couture coffee culture leaves a bitter taste

By Claire Micks

Glucose for a lethargic bee and bird kill in the garden

Charleton evidence raises questions about damaging claims made

By Colm Keena

‘Girls are just as into sport as boys if they get the chance’

By Patrick Freyne

Four vegetarian-friendly Irish restaurants you’ll love

By Catherine Cleary

Five fantastic Irish fish and seafood restaurants

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

Health

Not guilty by reason of insanity: Inside the Central Mental Hospital

By Conor Gallagher

Try a rich slice of coffee heaven

By Vanessa Greenwood

Abroad

‘Growing up Irish’ helped me empathise with migrants to the US

By Anna Joyce

History

‘The boatyard was behind our home. We walked out of our door and into the water’

By Gemma Tipton

Obituaries

An actor and a gentleman, with a gift for comedy and living well

By Deirdre Falvey

Van Morrison to Jeff Buckley and the Secret DJ: the latest in music books

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Gardening

First look at Helen Dillon’s new seaside garden in Monkstown

By Fionnuala Fallon

Poetry about life’s ‘also-rans’ and the joy of nature

By Caitriona O'Reilly

World Cup's serious contenders take centre-stage

By Emmet Malone

11 great world food restaurants around Ireland

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

Convenience Store Woman review: a deeply engaging debut novel

By Sarah Gilmartin

Drink

A birthday beer for the famous pink elephant

By Sorcha Hamilton

Caitlin Moran: ‘There are so many more good men than bad’

By Una Mullally

Fancy a swim in Ireland’s highest lake, halfway up Carrauntoohil?

By Helen Fairbairn

Seven mighty Irish meat restaurants

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

Outlander star Caitriona Balfe talks with Paul Lynch about ‘Grace’

By Caitriona Balfe

Now We Know: When is a taco not a taco?

By Aoife McElwain

A fully immersive food experience at Glovers Alley

By Marie Claire Digby

13 fabulous Irish restaurants for a special occasion

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

Hot tickets the only topic as Newbridge gears up for big clash

By Ian O'Riordan

Fashion

Create 2018: Four of Ireland’s most innovative knitwear designers

By Deirdre McQuillan

‘It takes nine months to make a baby, and nine months to recover’

Don’t dip your pen in someone else’s blood: writers and ‘the other’

By Kit de Waal

Interiors

Pave the way for a perfect patio

By Alanna Gallagher

24 casual Irish restaurants to savour

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

Fintan O’Toole: The long Irish 19th century is finally over

By Fintan O'Toole

Fashion

Long healthy hair: the habits and products to achieve it

By Laura Kennedy

Food you can forage: recipes with nettles, sorrel and mushrooms

By Carmel Somers

Recipes

Italian stuffed mushrooms

By Carmel Somers

How to start an Irish art collction for under €100

By Arminta Wallace

Hennessy New Irish Writing: June 2018’s winning poems

By Laura McKenna and William Leo Coakley

Drink

Cheap white wines for summer

By John Wilson

‘Leo shouts “This is focking bullshit!” and he’s not wrong – 2½ years old or not’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Inventors getting ideas from the strategies of plants, birds, fish and mammals

By Sylvia Thompson

19 great Irish coffee shops ... where the food’s not bad either

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

Stacking the Coffins: Influenza, War and Revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 review

By Christopher Kissane

Seven of Ireland’s best family-friendly restaurants

By Catherine Cleary and Aoife McElwain

The magic of Irish mussels

By JP McMahon

Jennifer O’Connell: You’re ‘failing’ at life. Here are 47 reasons why

By Jennifer O'Connell

Give Me A Crash Course In . . . Michael Lowry

By Colm Keena

Getting to know Asian art in Rathmines

By Arminta Wallace

David McWilliams: Ireland needs to nourish its creative class

By David McWilliams

In praise of older books: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1962)

By Julie Parsons

The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets review: insightful essays

By Seán Hewitt

Recipes

Nettle risotto with sorrel

By Carmel Somers

Restaurants

Cavistons of Glasthule: In desperate need of a refresh

By Catherine Cleary

A long journey: The first Spiritan priest to be ordained in Ireland since 2001

By Patsy McGarry

Seamus Heaney, our dad the poet, by Catherine, Chris and Mick Heaney

By Deirdre Falvey

Recipes

Sea beet fritters

By Carmel Somers

Time for France to deliver on their ample potential

By Emmet Malone

World Cup 2018: Day 17 and 18 at a glance

By Patrick Madden

Drumm’s guilty pleas end nine years of Anglo criminal cases

By Simon Carswell

Hennessy New Irish Writing: June 2018’s winning story – Smoke

By Michelle Coyne

TV & Radio

Chris O’Dowd: From big Irish teddy bear to American hard man

By Kevin Courtney

Caitlin Moran’s novel is bubbling with pop culture, featuring a hero every girl needs

By Caroline O’Donoghue

Patrick Freyne's summer: Watch ‘Jaws’, eat a Brunch, listen to Meatloaf – just don’t wear shorts

By Patrick Freyne

Tim Winton: The Shepherd’s Hut review – a man on the run in the outback

By Neil Hegarty

Galway Capital of Culture: first the euphoria, now the questions

By Lorna Siggins

Fashion

Marian Keyes: Frida Kahlo gave great hope to oddballs like me

By Marian Keyes

Ken Early: Friendly Russians, magnificent football, cheap beer – what’s not to like?

By Ken Early

Light, easy, healthy Indian summer recipes

By Marie Claire Digby

Colombia could block England's ‘easy’ path to final

By Keith Duggan

More than 1,000 attend vigil for murdered journalists in Annapolis

Courts

Girl (9) with cerebral palsy settles action against Rotunda Hospital for €2.2m

By Mary Carolan

Nicky English: Galway have to show that there are no chinks left

By Nicky English

Education

Thousands expected to make CAO choices ahead of change of mind deadline

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Africa

More than 100 migrants feared drowned off Libya coast

Homeless families: ‘Often they have nowhere to go after 5pm’

By Kitty Holland

Prankster calls Donald Trump, White House puts him through

Trump to announce supreme court nominee on July 9th

Doubts persist about Cork despite unbeaten streak in Munster

By Malachy Clerkin

Africa

Congo to allow oil drilling in two Unesco listed national parks

Great white shark spotted off Spain’s coast for first time in decades

Eoin Murphy so much more than just a safe pair of hands

By Malachy Clerkin

Gardaí seek help finding teenager missing from Tallaght

Masked men escape with cash box after Co Meath robbery

By Colin Gleeson

Legislation for public service pay cuts still needed, Donohoe says

By Martin Wall

Man fatally injured in Co Mayo farm accident

By Tom Shiel

Asia-Pacific

Rape of seven-year-old sparks angry protests in central India

Teen arrested after brick thrown through window at Pantibar

By Colin Gleeson

Changes to Scouting Ireland structures backed by ‘clear majority’

By Jack Power

GAA players cross cultural divide to visit Belfast Orange hall

Ireland will be main US-Europe bridge after Brexit, Ambassador claims

Sport

Hamilton gets boost after Bottas drops three places over collision

Racing

Battle Of Jericho takes thrilling finish to land Rockingham

Antrim keep their place in Joe McDonagh Cup

By John Martin

Foster urges Scots to back plan for bridge to Northern Ireland

Asia-Pacific

Thai cave search for missing soccer team gathers pace

Dublin dethrone Kilkenny in goal-fest

By Rónán Mac Lochlainn

Kylian Mbappe stars as France dump Argentina out in thriller

By Emmet Malone

Armagh stage remarkable late revival to end Clare’s summer

Monaghan not forced to break sweat against Leitrim

Temperatures to dip but ‘once in a blue moon’ heatwave to go on

By Mark Hilliard

Racing

O’Brien boys make Irish Derby a family affair

By Brian O'Connor

Golf

Wood battles back to keep Kinhult in his sights at French Open

Tyrone make heavy weather of it against Cavan

By Paul Fitzpatrick

Sampaoli admits Argentina couldn’t handle magical Mbappé

By Emmet Malone

Record numbers attend Dublin Pride Parade

By Conor Gallagher

Three missing children may be travelling to Ireland

All you need to know about the draw for round four of the qualifiers

By Eamon Donoghue

White-hot Kildare stand their ground to send Mayo crashing out

By Ian O'Riordan

Cavani sends Portugal and Ronaldo home

US protests over Trump’s ‘zero humanity’ immigration policy

Dublin Pride takes to the streets amid fears it is losing its edge

By Conor Gallagher