Article Index

‘Financially it made no sense but emotionally it made great sense’

By Jacqui Corcoran

Sláintecare job could be Laura Magahy’s toughest challenge yet

By Martin Wall

Trump under pressure as Russians indicted for hacking emails

By Suzanne Lynch

Sinn Féin to play anti-establishment card with choice for presidency

By Fiach Kelly

Memorial honouring Kilkenny dead of first World War to be unveiled

By Conor Kane

Las Vegas offers a brief glimpse of an alternative United States

By Suzanne Lynch

Brexit will mean new customs checks in Ireland, Tánaiste says

By Pat Leahy

Miriam Lord: A daring U-turn on occupied territories

By Miriam Lord

Why is the ‘women’s place’ referendum so controversial?

By Sarah Bardon

Health

GPs may demand ‘significant’ fees for providing abortions

By Fiach Kelly

GAA Super 8s: Previews to all of the weekend’s action

By Seán Moran and Ian O'Riordan

Economy

How much will the trade war cost a typical American family? About $60 (so far)

By Neil Irwin

Transport

Ryanair and Lufthansa in row over Laudamotion aircraft

By Barry O'Halloran

Pat Leahy: Higgins may face a tougher test in the next presidential contest

By Pat Leahy

Commercial Property

US paid Ballymore £120m for UK embassy site criticised by Trump

By Joe Brennan

Business

Trump tears into Theresa May and Brexit plan during UK visit

By Colin Gleeson

Economy

Does the CSO have another leprechaun on the loose?

Technology

#Twittercull: Katy Perry loses 1.5m followers, Trump sheds 400,000

Business

Dáil politicians energised by possibility of stranded assets as Bill passed

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Economy

Mortgage rates in Ireland are highest in Europe

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Carnival atmosphere at annual Battle of the Boyne Sham Fight

By Finola Meredith

Transport

Amaris Hospitality to seek more Irish hotels after £600m takeover

By Joe Brennan

Business

Fish industry leader denies conflict of interest claims from French role

By Lorna Siggins and Peter Hamilton

Why Donald Trump is right about Brexit

By Cliff Taylor

Art

Five of the best art shows to see this week

By Aidan Dunne

This Album Changed My Life: Slint – Spiderland (1991)

By Niall Byrne

Culture

SZA: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

16 rock and pop concerts to catch in Ireland this week

By Tony Clayton-Lea

TV & Radio

Mario Rosenstock finds that being himself is a tricky act

By Mick Heaney

TV & Radio

Drake and Spotify: a match made in a frustrating hell?

By Seamas O'Reilly

New Artist of the Week: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

By Niall Byrne

Was Michael Collins’s death a cover-up?

Autechre: ‘Something happens when you listen to music in the dark’

By Éamon Sweeney

Sale of original Winnie the Pooh map sets world record

By Arminta Wallace

Culture

Michael D Higgins, President for life – and nine other losers who need not apply

By Patrick Freyne

Breda O’Brien: Thai cave rescue masks larger scandals

By Breda O'Brien

Ban on Israeli settlement goods will be hard to police

By Conor Pope

Two classical music concerts to see in Dublin this week

By Michael Dervan

History

Let’s dance: David Bowie’s space oddities at Slane Castle, 1987

By Arminta Wallace

Pulse of America: Democrats fight back in Nevada ghost towns

By Suzanne Lynch

Four traditional music concerts to see in Ireland this week

By Siobhán Long

Eight ways to win a UN election: Vote-trading, bananas and ‘lying bastards’

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

An Irish Diary

Church services

Art

Art in Focus: ‘Light Painting, Orange’ (detail), by Catherine Owens

By Aidan Dunne

Three jazz concerts to catch in Dublin this week

By Cormac Larkin

Stage

Three theatre shows to catch in Ireland this week

By Peter Crawley

Culture

Steve Wickham: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Nature Diary: Common seals are becoming a rare sight

By Sylvia Thompson

Obituaries

A pioneering hotelier who never forgot a face or tired of her garden

Ireland must take urgent action on water to cope with climate change

By John Sweeney

Simon Coveney: Ireland’s Brexit strategy is kicking up a gear

By Simon Coveney

Obituaries

Belfast funeral director in difficult, troubled times

Fintan O'Toole: There is nothing undemocratic about voting again on Brexit

By Fintan O'Toole

The oil that's been taming frizzy Irish hair for a decade

By Laura Kennedy

Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the environmental wisdom of children’s literature

By Seán Hewitt

First Look: Inside the Ivy restaurant on Dawson Street

By Marie Claire Digby

Clifftops have given me some of the high point of my life

By Michael Viney

Sean Moncrieff: ‘Love Island’ is a spooky avatar of our fake news universe

By Sean Moncrieff

Poached chicken with spicy red pepper mayonnaise

By Carmel Somers

In Praise of Older Books: Age of Iron by JM Coetzee (1990)

By Julie Parsons

Ratatouille tart

By Carmel Somers

Poem of the week: Let the Child Play

By John F Deane

Marty Morrissey: The most famous man in GAA

By Patrick Freyne

Throwing shapes in Kilkenny: what’s new in ceramics

By Arminta Wallace

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

By Jo Linehan

Kerber faces tough ask against Williams in battle of comeback queens

By Johnny Watterson

Priced out of Skerries? Consider Rush

By Tadhg Peavoy

Life & Style

‘Our inability to read images permits our mass manipulation’

By Julia Gelezova

Interiors

Prints charming – how Lucienne Day created the pattern of modern Britain

By Bernice Harrison

Fraise Escoffier

By Carmel Somers

Abroad

‘The Irish diaspora is not a resource. It’s a community’

By Ciara Kenny

Tabbouleh

By Carmel Somers

Testament review: a sad and beautiful novel about Holocaust

By Kathleen MacMahon

JP McMahon: Countless things to do with courgettes

By JP McMahon

Trump meets Putin: Is this another ‘deal between dictators’?

By Gerard Toal

History

A magical vision is hidden in the Irish language – we need to rediscover it

By Manchán Magan

Restaurants

Pearl Brasserie: A traditional occasion restaurant without the heart-attack bill

By Catherine Cleary

Savour the scenery around Antrim’s Causeway Coast Way

By Helen Fairbairn

Living with my father: ‘It is hard to love an addict’

By Emilie Pine

‘Would you ever whisht up while I catch up on the death notices?’

By Amy O'Connor

Drink

Pale pink or cherry-red? Dry or sweet? How to choose the right rosé

By John Wilson

‘The Lost Letters of William Woolf’ by Helen Cullen: A romantic adventure

By Sarah Gilmartin

Stage

Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution

By Deirdre Falvey

Georgian barometer achieved a hammer price of €7,400 at Mullens Laurel Park

By Arminta Wallace

Brexit: The dream is over. The nightmare continues

By Denis Staunton

Crime fiction round-up: astute Brexit analogy in a ‘Wicker Man’ setting

By Declan Hughes

The Indian restaurant that’s spicing up brunch in Greystones

By Marie Claire Digby

‘I don’t eat breakfast. I eat within an eight-hour window so my first meal is at 1pm’

David McWilliams: Croatia wins at football, loses in economics – the opposite of Ireland

By David McWilliams

Meghan Markle is far from a feminist icon

By Kitty Holland

What do you do when life gives you lemons?

By Aoife McElwain

Modric gives Croatia hope of completing astonishing journey

By Emmet Malone

Kylian Mbappé: a ‘new god’ to rival the best in the world

By Emmet Malone

Asia-Pacific

How rescuers pulled off the impossible in a treacherous Thai cave

By Richard C Paddock

No room for regrets as England face last test against Belgium

By Dominic Fifield

Race is not yet run for Ireland’s young track and field stars

By Ian O'Riordan

Galette: The best a pastry fan can get

By Vanessa Greenwood

The wonder of the local stream

By Paddy Woodworth

Drink

Fridge to gallery: when beer becomes art

By Sorcha Hamilton

Recipe: Summer berry galette

By Vanessa Greenwood

The scene-stealer dress is all you need for summer

By Corina Gaffey

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela review – the authentic voice of Mandela

By Tim Butcher

Hurling previews: Wexford and Limerick can go for broke

By Seán Moran

Interiors

Eight ways to nail French style at home

By Alanna Gallagher

Have Galway found the perfect way to showcase Shane Walsh

By Keith Duggan

Declan Bonner has achieved the unimaginable at Donegal

By Keith Duggan

The luxury mascaras that justify their price tag

By Laura Kennedy

Film

Dwayne Johnson: Can ‘The Rock’ save Hollywood?

By Donald Clarke

Summer fiction: A City of the Past, by Kathleen MacMahon

By Kathleen MacMahon

The other Camino: Blisters and bonding on the Tuscan trail

By Margaret Ward

Paper London, the label loved by Taylor Swift, hits Brown Thomas

Vernon Subutex 2 by Virginie Despentes: more vicious wit and stark insight

By Eileen Battersby

Government may ‘do everything in its power’ to block occupied territories Bill

By Pat Leahy

Margaret Drabble: ‘What you choose to see is important, to catch the spirit of change’

By Mary Leland

Iceland: travel by boat for a spectacular entrance

By Jeanette Farrell

The Children’s Court cases: The boy with the hammer, the girl in the dress

By Patrick Freyne

‘The hosepipe ban isn’t for People Like Us. The fine is only €125’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

‘We got lazy and let the gazebos blow away’

By Philip Judge

Long ago view of Carton House among top London sales

By Arminta Wallace

Your Fitness

Why I Love To ... Walk the dogs

By Jo Linehan

Stage

‘Everyone had girls’ names in the seminary’

By Peter Crawley

Fenianism: a hard movement to pin down

By Matthew Kelly

My Year of Rest and Relaxation review: an arresting, original read

By Belinda McKeon

An expert on the whale we featured, plus readers’ nature queries

By Ethna Viney

Easy recipes for bringing on a picnic

By Carmel Somers

Giving up corporate life for art: "I wish I'd had the balls to do it years ago"

By Liz Dwyer

Joe O’Connor: Bob Dylan the punk and me

By Joe O'Connor

A ‘dry’ oil that is suitable for face, hair and body? Witchcraft!

By Marian Keyes

Ken Early: Mourinhoball will be real winner of the World Cup

By Ken Early

Nicky English: Limerick will never have a better chance to take down Kilkenny

By Nicky English

Keith Duggan: Super 8s will bring about scenes previously unimaginable

By Keith Duggan

World

How Brazil’s militias wield terror to seize power from drug gangs

By Dom Phillips

Football may not have come home, but then it never really left

By Keith Duggan

Dozens hospitalised after Ryanair flight from Dublin makes emergency landing

By Niamh Towey

‘I thought we were done for’ - passengers on Ryanair flight describe emergency landing

By Niamh Towey

Russia 2018: the Google Translate World Cup

By Rory Smith

Billy Twomey and Irish riders on form in Sweden

By Margie McLoone

Golf

Michael Kim forges ahead at weather-hit John Deere Classic

Irishman (30) extradited to US over charges of working on ‘dark web’ marketplace

Gerry Adams calls for those who attacked his home to meet him

By Amanda Ferguson

Chelsea announce Sarri and Jorginho to complete Napoli raid

Hospitalised Ryanair passengers must take 18-hour bus to Croatia

By Niamh Towey

Gardaí appeal for help in locating missing Drogheda teenager

By Dean Ruxton

Obituaries

Nancy Sinatra, first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101

By Margalit Fox

History

Newgrange: More ‘unparalleled’ prehistoric sites discovered

By Brian Hutton

Ireland women secure stunning 100m relay silver in Finland

By Ian O'Riordan

Africa

Eritrea’s president starts landmark trip to Ethiopia

Racing

Aidan O’Brien enjoys red-letter day as Kew Gardens blooms in Paris

Ireland’s premier boats look set for medal assault in Lucerne

By Liam Gorman

World

Huge iceberg threatens to swamp Greenland village

Offbeat

The ship formerly known as Boaty McBoatface is launched

Wimbledon: Djokovic holds nerve to see off great rival Nadal

By Johnny Watterson

Tour de France: Dan Martin suffers after spill on stage eight

By Shane Stokes

Police suspect masked gang behind ‘sectarian’ arson attack on Belfast school

By Patrick Logue

Ryanair emergency: German investigation starts

By Jack Power

Mayo women put week of turmoil behind them to thrash Cavan

World Cup 2018: Belgium see off England to take third place

Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win first Wimbledon title

By Johnny Watterson

Bray Head blaze threatens to engulf nearby homes

By Brian Hutton

Pilots and passengers have just minutes before decompression knocks them out

By Gerry Byrne

Mayo Under-20s edge out Derry to reach All-Ireland final

Rugby

Samoa complete Ireland’s Rugby World Cup pool

Jimmy Hyland inspires Kildare Under-20s to All-Ireland final

Super-hot Tyrone give Roscommon a roasting in opener

By Ian O'Riordan

Sinn Féin to run presidential candidate against Michael D Higgins

By Jack Power

Clare jump-start their summer as they punish hesitant Wexford

By Seán Moran

Hundreds protest against far-right rally in Belfast

By Amanda Ferguson

Middle East

Israel carries out heaviest strikes on Gaza since 2014

Golf

Russell Knox looking for dream double with home win in Scotland

Four-year-old child rescued after boat capsizes off Co Cork

Trump takes golf break on UK visit as thousands protest

Simon Coveney and Arlene Foster visit Derry after violent unrest

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16695 by Crossheir – Saturday, July 14th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan