Article Index

Poem of the week: Jim Cronin Recalls his Parting from Denis Hickey

By Bernard O’Donoghue

Property

From dustbusters to a soda fix: 20 health hacks for your home

By Arlene Harris

What’s coming up in the auction rooms

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Décor Decoded: Chinese ceramics surface at Sheppard’s

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Design Moment: Nelson Platform Bench, 1946

By Bernice Harrison

Fashion

‘We didn’t want west Wicklow to look like the Serengeti’

By Deirdre McQuillan

Take a walk on the Wilder side

By Deirdre McQuillan

Is this a good time to pile your money into a Persian carpet?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Switch it up with these nine new lighting ideas

By Alanna Gallagher

In a Word . . .

By Patsy McGarry

Commercial Property

The Chrysler Building is for sale, but does anyone want it?

By Ginia Fellafante

The collecting bug: ‘I’ll have to ask my husband for more shelves’

By Ally Bunbury

Gardening

Plant the seed: How to grow a career in gardening

By Fionnuala Fallon

Thinking Anew – Integrity will shine forth

By Fergal Mac Eoinín

A song for the season

Man convicted of terror offences attempts to stop stripping of Irish citizenship

By Conor Gallagher

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the killing of Pawel Adamowicz: a culture war’s first fatality

Tackling litter at the source

Miriam Lord: TDs fume over golden tickets to Varadkar’s birthday do

By Miriam Lord

Dear Diary

‘Complexity’ of fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis underlined

By Jennifer Bray and Sylvia Thompson

Out, damned popcorn

Drink-driving checkpoints

The picture of health

Meat, health and climate change

The law and funding of Irish NGOs

Brexit – deal or no deal?

Editorials

The Irish Times view on child poverty: hidden in plain sight

Obituaries

Peter O’Reilly obituary: Understated doyen of Irish angling

Catherine Murphy to give oral evidence regarding Siteserv sale

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Obituaries

Mark Killilea obituary: Understated but effective politician

Zach Parker: The violent death of a ‘cardboard gangster’

By Conor Lally

Education

Consideration of student loan scheme for third-level to be delayed

By Carl O'Brien

No Child 2020: Fintan O’Toole on a new Irish Times initiative

By Fintan O'Toole

Martyn Turner

No Child 2020: The project and its five policies

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Stage

Abbey leads the field in Irish Times Irish Theatre Award nominations

By Hugh Linehan

Despite Trump’s policies, US-EU relations still strong and valued

By Suzanne Lynch

Brother and sister’s brewing company and restaurant business thriving

By Marie Claire Digby

No need for 90% drop in meat consumption, says Irish professor

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Champions Cup previews: Racing determined to restore dented pride

By Gavin Cummiskey

Free meals every day for the Finnish kids. A packet of noodles for the Irish kids

By Kitty Holland

Brexit: Dublin starting to think about a move on backstop

By Pat Leahy

World View: Ireland plots a course for the next 100 years

By Paul Gillispie

Monaghan sinkhole information forum established

By Peter Murtagh

Official refuses to attend hearing on cost of children’s hospital

By Fiach Kelly and Martin Wall

Golf

Late birdie run keeps Mickelson ahead at Desert Classic

Diarmaid Ferriter: Tory Brexiteers should study War of Independence

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Breda O’Brien: The Benedict Option – or how to save Christianity

By Breda O'Brien

Woman refused abortion says she was told of fatal abnormality

By Kitty Holland, Paul Cullen and Jennifer Bray

Fab foursome on tour: This week’s traditional music highlights

By Siobhán Long

Coombe letter refusing abortion ‘suggests chilling effect’ of law

By Kitty Holland

Obituaries

Carol Channing obituary: Hello, Dolly! star of stage and screen

British politics is falling apart – the Tories are to blame, but Labour is also a shambles

By Pat Leahy

Counterparts review: disturbing portrayals of human condition

By Michael O’Higgins

It’s way too early to be writing off the risk of a no-deal Brexit

By Cliff Taylor

Fintan O’Toole: Hard Brexiteers think Germany will blink first

By Fintan O'Toole

Blackpink: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

Life & Style

Jennifer Zamparelli’s is hot, Ed Sheeran’s hairy lyrics are not

By Una Mullally

YA fiction reviews: Explore horrors of different kinds

By Claire Hennessy

Art

The five best art exhibitions to visit in Dublin this weekend

By Aidan Dunne

Book your death cab now: the week’s best rock and pop gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

‘The Simpsons’ at long last is finally dead

By Seamas O'Reilly

Isis ‘mentor’ attended Dublin mosque, claims former sympathiser

By Colm Keena

Gillette ad: If you can annoy Piers Morgan you are guaranteed free publicity

By Donald Clarke

Podcast of week: The Beef and Dairy Network

By Sarah Griffin

Alexandr Bekmirzaev: ‘A victim of true Islamic brainwashing’

By Colm Keena

Stage

The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees

Islamic radicals met on camping trips to Wicklow mountains

By Colm Keena

Kevin McGahern: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

This Album Changed My Life: Tegan and Sara – The Con (2007)

By Suzanne Purcell

Brexit ‘has unleashed such a set of demons’ on the UK

By Jennifer O'Connell

New artist of the week: Tebi Rex

By Niall Byrne

Sean O’Rourke and the judge who is ‘a law unto himself’

By Mick Heaney

Houseworks: quick fixes for draughty windows

By Liz Dwyer

Art

Art in Focus: Brian Eno – 77 Million Paintings

By Aidan Dunne

Trump-Pelosi relations hit new low as shutdown nears second month

By Suzanne Lynch

Business

Anthony O’Reilly was almost €150m in the red in 2016

By Simon Carswell

Old favourites: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1864)

By Rob Doyle

Drink

A spirit of success: the women of Irish whiskey

By John Wilson

Hogget/lamb casserole with herby dumplings

By Jess Murphy

‘How does this sound? The O’Carroll-Kelly Institute of Rugby!’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Film

M Night Shyamalan: The unbreakable spirit of ‘the twist guy’

By Donald Clarke

GAA weekend previews: Tyrone eager to reclaim McKenna Cup

By Seán Moran

Plenty at stake for Connacht as they bid to secure quarter-final spot

By Linley MacKenzie

Plum pud: Baked fruit in red wine

By Vanessa Greenwood

The Wall review: Riveting dystopian thriller

By Jonathan McAloon

Travel

Train reaction: Why I’m encouraging my son to go Interrailing

By Arlene Harris

Travel

How to holiday with kids: Entertaining breaks with pre-teens

By Sarah Walsh

The Sopranos Sessions review: how David Chase changed TV forever

By NJ McGarrigle

Roasted red onions, rocket and peas

By Jess Murphy

Toner and Henshaw return to buttress Leinster’s challenge

By John O'Sullivan

Turbulence by David Szalay review: Minor work from a major talent

By Rob Doyle

Debate over mackerel quotas grows as Atlantic nations flout advice

By Michael Viney

The origin of lentils and how they arrived in Ireland

By JP McMahon

Racing

Robbie Power seeks to end Altior’s winning streak on Fox Norton

By Brian O'Connor

Baked plums in red wine

By Vanessa Greenwood

Camelot’s End review: throwing shade on saint Jimmy Carter

By Stephen Phillips

What are these clear, gelatinous cylinders housing small zooplankton?

By Ethna Viney

‘Break up on social media too’: How to be happily single

By Tanya Sweeney

Horseradish and blood orange creme fraiche

By Jess Murphy

Not Working by Josh Cohen review – The madness of work

By David Hayden

Mutton dressed as lamb: The hot water bottle of dinners

By Jess Murphy

Pascale Casanova: A French champion of Irish literature

By Joe Cleary

Art

Mary Swanzy: From strait-laced girl to first Irish cubist

By Aidan Dunne

Out of the Woods Review: A brave sort of intimacy

By Seán Hewitt

Golden Child review: A book with the Midas touch

By Sarah Gilmartin

Was there a badger in my garden? Learn to read animal tracks

By Paddy Woodworth

Seán Moncrieff: Welcome to the death of satire

By Seán Moncrieff

My Coney Island Baby: unpretentious romance about a middle-aged love affair

By John Boyne

Restriction on hand-passing teetering on the brink of rejection

By Seán Moran

A woman walks into a bar and walks out writing a novel

By Anne Griffin

Travel

Cross the pond for a date with Dior

By Jo Linehan

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma review: Dive right in

By Henrietta McKervey

History

Flaming poteen herring! Ireland’s long-standing fish aversion

By Una Mullally

Sick of your job? Why you should consider an ‘encore’ career

By Tanya Sweeney

‘This was not our war’: Life as a punk in 1980s Derry

By Geraldine Quigley

Racism remains a perennial problem in Irish sport

By Johnny Watterson

‘I want to say something nice, but I think I’m a bit of a control freak’

By Una Mullally

Irish grassroots activists leading the climate change uprising

By Sylvia Thompson

David McWilliams: Brexit is terrible for Ireland? I don’t buy that

By David McWilliams

Drink

Heartwarming wines for a cold winter’s evening

By John Wilson

Drink

Brewers united: three collaboration beers to try

By Sorcha Hamilton

Sharon Van Etten: ‘I felt alone. I was done with music’

By Ed Power

Variety Jones review: Already one of my meals of the year

By Catherine Cleary

Racing

Tout Est Permis will try to make it three in a row for Noel Meade

By Brian O'Connor

Jennifer O’Connell: Having children eased my anxiety

By Jennifer O'Connell

Your Fitness

Why I Love . . . Tennis

By Michael Jennings

Mike Haley believes Munster move was a case of perfect timing

By Gerry Thornley

Munster in good shape for another crucial Thomond showdown

By Gerry Thornley

Summer of ’69: When the city boys from Belfast brought All-Ireland glory to Antrim

By Keith Duggan

Sex, lies and beetroot juice: true confessions of a vegetarian runner

By Ian O'Riordan

Ulster on the threshold of joining European elite

By Gerry Thornley

What is child poverty and why must we try to solve it?

By Kitty Holland

Life as a child in Ireland: ‘Here’s phones. Here’s alcohol. Here’s weed’

By Patrick Freyne

Irish childhood in six scary charts

‘I was not a human being’: A history of Irish childhood

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Farming & Food

UK paper plays the man not the ball in attack on meat study

Katalin Street review: Magda Szabó’s piercing exploration of the effects of severe trauma

By Catherine Taylor

Transport

Norwegian Air plans to cut 150 jobs, slash pay and reduce craft at Irish base

By Barry O'Halloran

Business

Eason’s sales grow but consumer migration to online made for ‘challenging’ year

By Ciarán Hancock

Business

Eddie O’Connor’s stake in Mainstream jumps to 55%

By Joe Brennan

Transport

Headwinds hit Ryanair with profit expectations lower

GAA complacent to the point of contempt in its treatment of media coverage

By Keith Duggan

Transport

Study to examine tourism brand potential of Dublin canals

By Charlie Taylor

Nottingham Forest shirt could prove the perfect fit again for O’Neill

By Michael Walker

Australian Open: Serena Williams continues to dominate in Melbourne

Pioneering science students chosen as Cork Persons of the Year

By Barry Roche

Agitated Djokovic regains calm to see off Shapovalov challenge

Woman (40s) dies in house fire in Co Galway

By Brian Hutton

Two arrested after drugs worth €500,000 seized in Dublin

By Brian Hutton

Student Hub

Trinity students object to pressure of ‘impossible’ exam changes

By Carl O'Brien

Europe

Murdered Polish mayor's funeral draws crowd of 45,000 in Gdansk

Education

Dublin’s King’s Hospital school marks 350th anniversary

By Carl O'Brien

Brexit: Labour must not rule out second referendum, says Starmer

By Gavin Cordon

Golf

Shane Lowry claims Abu Dhabi crown after day of high drama

By Philip Reid

Hard choices face every part of society on climate change, Bruton says

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Offbeat

‘Revolver rule’: A post-Treaty warning about a ‘gang of motor thieves’

By Dean Ruxton

Mueller disputes report that Trump directed Cohen to lie

By Mark Mazzetti and Sharon LaFraniere

Call for lifting of death threat to Belfast journalist

By Amanda Ferguson

Saracens overcome loss of Owen Farrell to take top seeding

Belfast yellow vest protest derailed by counter demonstration

By Amanda Ferguson

Sanita Puspure and Paul O’Donovan set new Irish indoor records

By Liam Gorman

Mick Schumacher follows his father into Ferrari colours

Vicky Phelan says doctors give her ‘dirty look’ due to campaigning

By Ronan McGreevy

Rossport to Soloheadbeg: Vincent McGrath recalls fallen relative

By Ronan McGreevy

Joe Canning leads Galway home in fiery Walsh Cup decider

Irishman sought for 387 alleged sexual offences against teens, held in US

By Brian Hutton

Murder of father-of-two described as ‘senseless and callous’

Ulster come alive in the second half to claim quarter-final slot

By Johnny Watterson

Julian Speroni’s error gifts Liverpool victory in topsy-turvy battle

Hand-pass experiment axed ahead of national league

By Seán Moran

Solskjær’s magnificent seven breaks Busby’s old Man United mark

Detectives ‘closing in’ on killers of 21-year-old policeman in Derry

No dream start for Martin O’Neill on Nottingham Forest return

World

Mexican fuel pipeline explosion leaves at least 66 dead

Schar double helps Newcastle out of drop zone at Cardiff’s expense

McFarland praises Ulster about-turn as they march on in Europe

By Johnny Watterson

Woman (80) dies following fatal road collision

Munster eventually find a way past Exeter to secure their passage

By Gerry Thornley

Arsenal close gap on Chelsea and top four with crucial win

Thousands turn out for cardiac care upgrade in Waterford

By Eoghan Dalton

Klopp praises ‘world class’ Mohamed Salah after chaotic win

CervicalCheck patient Orla Church dies just days after court hearing

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tells players to be proud of form

Johann van Graan reflects on ‘toughest game since I came to Munster’

By Gerry Thornley

Trump offers extension for ‘dreamers’ in exchange for border wall

By Suzanne Lynch

Three red cards in McKenna Cup final as Tyrone edge Armagh

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16854 by Crossheir – Saturday, January 19th, 2019

By Lorna Kernan