Article Index

Locals express ‘shock’ at Supermac’s campaign revelations

By Peter Murtagh

Health

First heart bypass surgery using a robot is performed in Ireland

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Monosyllabic Mourinho’s minimum joy as United prepare for Spurs

By Jamie Jackson

Environment

Galway environmental group to appeal new hospice site

By Lorna Siggins

Klopp hails Firmino but wants more from his attack

By Andy Hunter

Supermac’s service station plan not very tasty and tempting for locals

By Peter Murtagh

Europe must save the British from themselves on Brexit

By Chris Johns

Irish-American philanthropist who helped peace process

Obituaries

Soft-spoken and patrician diplomat who redefined United Nations

Motors

Tesla’s Irish operation records €2.8m turnover for last year

By Michael McAleer

Economy

Will Ireland’s booming economy entice another influx of migrants?

Report into death of Caitríona Lucas finds no evidence of ‘effective management’

By Lorna Siggins

‘Caitríona Lucas could still be alive, if we had known what we should have known’

By Lorna Siggins

O’Gorman children get shares in Kilkenny Group as part of settlement

By Mark Paul

Why are Canadian oil groups investing in Irish forecourts?

An Irish Diary

Church services

Will the Tories betray the DUP to avoid a no-deal Brexit?

By Fiach Kelly

Transport

Insurance growth drives up revenues and profit for the AA

By Ciarán Hancock

Can Ireland really afford to cut taxes in Budget 2019?

By Cliff Taylor

Frodo Baggins was my moral guide, Rick Astley my hair hero

By Patrick Freyne

Deportation of family puts Dutch immigration policy in spotlight

By Peter Cluskey

Film

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ comes early to Ireland. Why?

By Donald Clarke

Diarmaid Ferriter: Irish Catholicism is rooted in class prejudice

By Diarmaid Ferriter

PiL, thrills and Picnic treats: this week’s best rock and pop gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

Podcast of the week: An emotional journey into the Muppets

By Sarah Griffin

Stage

In the new theatre space, there’s no room for an emotional vacuum

By Joe Devlin

The Saturday poem: The Loneliness of Flesh

By Michael Coady

Glen Matlock: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Hennessy New Irish Writing: August 2018 winning poems

By Stephen Sexton and AM Cousins and Emily S Cooper

Art

Touching up: are we wrong to colourise old photographs?

By Sean Sheehan

Could happen to a bishop: Excruciating seconds of dead air

By Mick Heaney

Cameron Cuffe: ‘I’d pretend to be Superman’

By Shilpa Ganatra

Books in brief: Wilde sentences and a Palahniuk satire

Minister Ross vows action over rescue agencies review

By Lorna Siggins

Art

The best art exhibitions to see in the coming week

By Aidan Dunne

This Album Changed My Life: Nirvana – Unplugged in New York (1994)

By Niall Byrne

Yikes! A troubling window into the mind of Nicki Minaj

By Seamas O'Reilly

History

The Times We Lived In: The wonder of a new shopping centre in 1960s Dublin

By Arminta Wallace

Film

The Happytime Murders: the Muppets get soaked in sleaze

By Tara Brady

Reality TV: The grimly fascinating plastic world of Katie Price

By Jennifer Gannon

Gig of the week: Electric Picnic

By Louise Bruton

Art

Art in Focus: Your Cyclical Nature by Michael Cannning

By Aidan Dunne

New artist of the week: Nilüfer Yanya

By Niall Byrne

Kofi Annan era was the UN at its best and its worst

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Sally Rooney: The Man Booker contender on dealing with the new normal

By Catherine Conroy

Breda O’Brien: Pope Francis is promoting a radical economic vision

By Breda O'Brien

St Vincent: Our forever VBF

By Louise Bruton

Macron is left reeling after summer of scandals

By Lara Marlowe

Downing Street warns businesses to ready Brexit hard hats

By Colin Gleeson

A generation of John Pauls: growing up the pope’s namesake

By Conor Pope

Unravelling Ariadne’s ball of red thread

By Michael O'Loughlin

Pontifacts: All the papal questions you never thought to ask

By Jennifer O'Connell

Ideas take flight: Gabhann Dunne on his new art show

By Gemma Tipton

Racing

Ryan Moore facing transatlantic dash as Mendelssohn bids for glory in Saratoga

By Brian O'Connor

Carmel Somers: The simple beauty of tomatoes

By Carmel Somers

Take Nothing With You review: empathetic coming-of-age novel

By Paul McVeigh

Clafoutis: a baked cherry pudding full of of French rustic charm

By Vanessa Greenwood

The Shoemaker and His Daughter review: a personal glimpse of Soviet Union

By Kathleen MacMahon

Vox by Christina Dalcher: A dystopia where women are gagged

By Nicole Flattery

Fine Art & Antiques

Can you tell your art deco from your mid century modern?

By Arminta Wallace

Why Repeal tops, not Lolli-Popes, should define 2018

By Darragh Martin

Picking porcini: explore the wild side of mushrooms

By JP McMahon

How do you get the caffeine out of a coffee bean?

By Aoife McElwain

In a word ... Pope

By Patsy McGarry

Fine Art & Antiques

What’s on in antiques: this week’s upcoming auctions and fairs

By Arminta Wallace

Shane Horgan believes Ireland and Leinster face bumpier rides this season

By Gerry Thornley

Environment

The Kerry slug trail leads all the way from Spain

By Michael Viney

All-Ireland women’s semi-final previews

Property

The bustling Dublin suburb you have never heard of

By Olivia Kelly

Sean Moncrieff: You can’t be holy and have a sex life

By Seán Moncrieff

Fine Art & Antiques

Catch a bargain at Russborough's vintage car boot sale

By Arminta Wallace

The time of my life: Deciding to run that first 10km

By Emily Glen

Environment

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney

By Ethna Viney

Film

#HimToo: What happens if the aggressor is a woman?

By Jennifer O'Connell

Who is Pope Francis: Radical reformer or ineffectual figurehead?

By Patsy McGarry

Head to the northside for a truly boutique hotel experience

By Jo Linehan

Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey: Cult territory well worth traversing

By Sarah Gilmartin

Politics

Trump fans, artists and farmers: The people who would be Ireland’s president

By Fiach Kelly

Now Legwarmers review: A rural Irish tale of mismatched parts

By Caroline O’Donoghue

Sound Off: Why are we still glorifying princesses?

By Denise Blake

Fashion

Marian Keyes: Do you get cold sores? This beeping yoke is your only man

By Marian Keyes

Great Sunday night stays around Ireland

By Mimi Murray

What was the last gift you bought? ‘I bought someone a toll tag’

A tropical retreat where kids are welcome

By Alanna Gallagher

Nuisance littering taking heavy toll on our beauty spots

By Heather Snelgar

A seismic task: Istanbul awaits a once-in-a-century earthquake

By Stephen Starr

Your Fitness

Why I Love To… Go To the Gym

By Jo Linehan

Drink

Vineyard tours: Where to visit for beauty and taste

By John Wilson

World

Want to sell stuff to Generation Z? Call in the teenage consultants

By Rainesford Stauffer

Hennessy New Irish Writing: August 2018’s winning story

By Lauren Mackenzie

US-Irish food lands on Crow Steet

By Marie Claire Digby

In praise of older books: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (2003)

By Julie Parsons

What’s hot this week: B*Witched comeback and vegan fast food

By Una Mullally

Ronan McNamee is a luxury Tyrone haven’t always had

Review: The Schism of ’68: Catholicism, Contraception and Humanae Vitae in Europe, 1945-1975

By John Horgan

Fashion

What’s new with Loulerie? You can now find the jewellery at Arnotts

By Deirdre McQuillan

How Limerick’s trip to hurling paradise brought its people along for the ride

By Malachy Clerkin

Could Donald Trump really be spying for Vladimir Putin?

By Hugh Linehan

‘‘Goys, this is Tayto Pork!’ The triplets’ faces light up’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Education

With 67 nationalities, is this Ireland’s most diverse school?

Drink

Are cans more environmentally friendly than bottles?

By Sorcha Hamilton

How liberalism is enslaving Ireland as a colony of Silicon Valley

By Angela Nagle

Poetry: finding rhymes in ecology

By Caitriona O'Reilly

World

Copacabana: An urban playground for the Rio locals

By Tom Hennigan

The pope’s visit: some numbers you’ll be sickened to hear

By Jennifer O'Connell

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller: inescapably great storytelling

By John Boyne

Gerry Thornley’s Pro14 team-by-team guide

By Gerry Thornley

Sport

Jason Smyth still rising above the challenges and prejudices

By Ian O'Riordan

Elon Musk says Tesla will remain a public company

Two women arrested after €674,000 drug seizure in Dublin

Can hurling now become the true national game?

By Keith Duggan

Why I’m going to see the pope: Four people explain the draw of the papal visit

By Conor Pope

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Restaurants

Masa: New Dublin Mexican is nearly there with signs of improvement

By Catherine Cleary

Pope Francis is expected to draw crowds of more than 600,000

By Simon Carswell and Patsy McGarry

Beauden Barrett runs in four tries as New Zealand retain Bledisloe Cup

UN agency says Venezuelan exodus nearing a crisis point

Papal visit to Ireland: protest over clerical child sexual abuse

By Niamh Towey

Syrian family of asylum seekers meet Pope Francis at Áras an Uachtaráin

By Conor Pope

Failure to address ‘repugnant crimes’ of clerical abuse shames church, pope says

By Simon Carswell

Golf

Brooks Koepka roars into share of the lead in New Jersey

Frustrated Michael Cheika rues turnovers after another loss

Russian opposition leader detained in Moscow, says spokeswoman

Agüero convinces Guardiola of his enduring value to City

By Jonathan Wilson

Taoiseach tells Pope Francis there must be zero tolerance for those who abuse

By Simon Carswell

YouTuber McSkillet reportedly dead after motorway crash

Yannick Bolasie completes loan move to Aston Villa

David McWilliams: The past is a sexually repressed, tax-dodging, country

By David McWilliams

Sport

Rain king Hamilton secures pole in Belgium after wet-weather masterclass

‘Lusitania’ owner pays tribute to those who helped recover artefact

By Barry Roche

Politics

Former taoisigh react to Pope Francis comments at Dublin Castle

By Simon Carswell

Cork hold off Donegal revival to seal return to Croke Park

By Declan Rooney

Joanne O’Riordan says papal visit a chance to learn from mistakes

By Louise Roseingrave

Racing

Muntahaa’s Ebor victory completes dream week at York for John Gosden

Racing

Flag Of Honour leads all the way to take Irish St Leger Trial

Pope’s speech ‘an incredible missed opportunity’ says abuse survivor

By Simon Carswell

Pep Guardiola refuses to criticise referee over Boly’s handball goal

Bournemouth rescue point against Everton to keep up strong start

Arsenal fight back to give Unai Emery a first taste of victory

Championship roundup: James McClean off the mark for Stoke

Several thousand march through Derry for city’s annual Pride parade

By Freya McClements

Crime & Law

Submachine gun and €160,000 worth of drugs seized in Co Clare

Sinéad Aherne to the fore as Dublin ladies return to All-Ireland final

Unai Emery denies training-ground row with Mesut Ozil

Sport

Lara Gillespie adds gold to collection at European junior championships

By Shane Stokes

Thousands line Dublin city streets to catch glimpse of Pope Francis

By Conor Pope

Liverpool continue winning start at home to Brighton

Fintan O’Toole: This visit feels too much like a ceremonial procession

By Fintan O'Toole

Miriam Lord: Zappone puts Tuam scandal to the fore during pontiff’s visit to Ireland

By Miriam Lord

Flashback to 1979: Remembering when Pope John Paul II came to Ireland

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16731 by Crossheir – Saturday, August 25th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

Pope Francis warns 80,000 at Croke Park of social media dangers

By Conor Pope