Article Index

Brandy not rum

Social Affairs

80% of eight-year-olds own smart devices connected to the internet

By Mark Hilliard

‘New History of the Irish in Australia’

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Pope Francis in the Gulf: Inter-faith gestures

Pavement warning

Chess challenge

Concrete beauties

Editorials

The Irish Times view on cancer control programmes: Taking stock a decade on

‘Slowbalisation’ and economies of scale

Uncontrolled access to Bull Island by dog owners

Housing and local authorities

Parking charges and town centres

‘Irish sympathy for the Palestinians’

The National Children’s Hospital

Backstop – no time for fuzzy compromise

Home-loan debtors and the fear factor

HSE complains to Google over myoptions.ie website

By Harry McGee

Nurses' strike: HSE warns of pressure on services as nurses stage second stoppage

By Martin Wall

Legal experts cast doubt over ‘naming and shaming’ in hospital overruns

By Paul Cullen

Martyn Turner

Public expenditure official not required to report on spiralling costs

By Paul Cullen

Calls for PwC to expand review on location of children’s hospital

By Paul Cullen

May to vow during Northern Ireland visit to keep Border open

By Denis Staunton and Patrick Smyth

€800 million: Ex-garda is behind biggest maritime drugs bust in history

By Conor Gallagher

Social Affairs

Land Development Agency should stop spending and focus on State sites

By Olivia Kelly

Celebrating Chinese New Year does not make Ireland inclusive

By Hazel Chu

I’m a contented atheist. My conscience is my only god

By Cauvery Madhavan

Environment

New peat-cutting rules mean bog destruction will continue, says action group

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Transport

Parc Aviation’s profits soared to €3.8m last year

By Gordon Deegan

Accreditation board expects rise in UK firms seeking EU certification

By Simon Carswell

Art

Bauhaus: design and ideas of utopia

By Gemma Tipton

Fintan O’Toole: Jamie Bulger film a serious and moral piece of work

By Fintan O'Toole

Me & My Money: ‘I can’t stand the thought that I’m overpaying’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Investors benefit from less stress and better information

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Art

The Liberties: where the past and present collide

By Aidan Dunne

US software group Sedgwick to add 250 jobs in Ireland

By Peter Hamilton

How not to worry about . . . relationships, work, family and money

By Kate Thompson, Otegha Uwagba, Dr Reenee Singh and Rupert Jones

Accountant Alan Hynes loses disciplinary appeal

By Peter Hamilton

Books

Tackling Ireland’s air pollution

By Gary Fuller

Farming & Food

Has Aryzta turned the corner?

Housing costs: How Dublin compares with other global cities

By Fiona Reddan

Transport

Ryanair: O’Leary’s move is succession planning by another name

By Barry O'Halloran

Stocktake: Markets may have driven Powell’s policy U-turn

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Will Greencore buy back all my shares and when will I get paid?

By Dominic Coyle

Hong Kong’s EU trade envoy says freedom fears over China ‘overdone’

By Joe Brennan

Media

Disney entertainment empire joins battle for streamers’ credit cards

By Laura Slattery

Selling a property I bought with my sister

By Dominic Coyle

Fashion

Why are Korean skincare products so popular and what can they do for your skin?

By Laura Kennedy

Golden gets chance to shine for Clare after injury frustration

By Keith Duggan

Property

Do I need planning permission to erect a yurt in my garden?

Residential

Smart styling at this Terenure two bed (with dreamy kids' attic) for €595k

By Alanna Gallagher

Gerry Thornley: Henshaw deserves another game at fullback

By Gerry Thornley

Another fine mess: Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch deemed ‘unacceptable’

By Ian O'Riordan

Jim Gavin showing little interest in Dublin making their mark

By Ian O'Riordan

Residential

Pretty as a picture beside Glasnevin Cemetery for €295k

By Alanna Gallagher

Services sector activity slows to lowest level since May 2013

By Fiona Reddan

Joe Schmidt has a number of selection puzzles to solve

By Johnny Watterson

Finn Russell will be Scotland’s key man in Murrayfield

By Gerry Thornley

Peter O’Mahony: ‘That bit of hurt will be there this week’

By Johnny Watterson

Lack of lock stock leaves Ireland looking down the barrel

By John O'Sullivan

Food

Are fruit drinks healthy for children?

By Rose Costello

Your Fitness

‘I find myself strangely looking forward to the next run’

By Claire McMahon

Food

This one-pot dinner is a lifesaver at mealtimes

By Jolene Cox

Abroad

Irish in Queensland: Have you been hit by the floods?

Technology

Alphabet shares dip as higher spending worries investors

Hynes’ membership revoked, Sedgwick’s 250 jobs, and Michael O’Leary’s new role

By Ciarán Hancock

Disabled people have been made to believe they are the problem

By Rosaleen McDonagh

Gardaí seek help tracing missing man (26) from Galway

Nurses’ pay dispute steps up a gear

By Fiach Kelly

Liverpool’s lead down to three; Ireland need to stick rather than twist

UK music retailer HMV sold to Canada’s Sunrise Records

Injury ravaged defence means Liverpool not fit to win it clean

By Barney Ronay

Irish student (21) killed in road collision while on US exchange trip

Campaign for Twitter messages in Irish hopes to beat record

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Flooring retailer Carpetright CFO to step down amid restructuring

Klopp: ‘I see you are feeling sorry for us but we are fine’

By Jacob Steinberg

Racing

Cheltenham Festival: fence change revealed to reduce risks

By Chris Cook

Four children aged eight and under killed in house fire in England

Pierce Brosnan: ‘It was a great irony playing a British cultural icon as an Irishman’

By Phil Hoad

State’s longest serving prisoner continues legal bid for temporary release

By Ruadhrí Giblin

Interiors

Meet the ‘cleanfluencers’: Marie Kondo isn’t the only Insta-friendly tidier

By Arwa Mahdawi

Parents: Does your child own a smartphone?

Middle East

At least 21 killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

El Chapo trial: The 11 biggest revelations from the case

By Emily Palmer and Alan Feuer

Abroad

The Westmeath emigrant who found himself at the heart of the Napoleonic wars

By Nathan Mannion

Music

Mariah Carey announces Dublin concert as part of ‘Caution’ tour

Middle East

Tens of thousands attend first papal Mass on Arabian Peninsula

Fashion

Who are the two Irish fashion designers making dresses for the Oscars red carpet?

By Deirdre McQuillan

Timeline of national children’s hospital development

By Paul Cullen

The Lego Movie 2: Everything is a little less awesome than last time

By Tara Brady

Super League and Australia’s National Rugby League deregister Ben Barba

Mitch Darling retires from the men’s international hockey team

By Stephen Findlater

Second day of nurses strike has ‘dramatic impact’ on services

By Martin Wall and Vivienne Clarke

Ex-minister for justice settles defamation action against ‘Irish Times’

Books

Irish author on Wellcome Book Prize 2019 longlist

Changes needed before bonuses restored, says banking lobby

Congress 2019 to vote on opening all grounds to foreign games

By Ian O'Riordan

‘Very vulnerable’ woman to remain detained in psychiatric unit

By Mary Carolan

Jose Mourinho accepts guilty plea for tax fraud in Spain

Offbeat

USB stick found in defrosted seal poo in New Zealand

By Alastair Reid

Should Liam Neeson be cancelled?

By Brian Boyd

Australian banking in a right royal mess

By Pádraig Collins

Profiles: Who is on National Paediatric Hospital Development Board?

By Sarah Burns

Garda kicked by ‘aggressive and abusive’ woman gets damages

By Ray Managh

FF would collapse Government over children’s hospital but for Brexit

By Jennifer Bray

Technology

Weak iPhone demand prompts AMS to suspend dividend

By Ciara O'Brien

Stab victim reassured family before his condition deteriorated, surgeon says

By Aoife Nic Ardghail

Marcus Rashford in talks with United about improved contract

Garry Ringrose and Devin Toner confirmed out of Scotland clash

By Johnny Watterson

Culture

How to find your inner Zen Buddhist

By Joe Humphreys

Estee Lauder stock jump as skincare products boom in Asia

Liam Neeson: ‘I’m not a racist’

Tesco appoints Irishwoman Christine Heffernan as group communications director

By Laura Slattery

Trevor Francis 40 years on from breaking ‘magical’ £1m barrier

By Simon Burnton

Tipperary murder accused knew of tank where body found, court told

By Eoin Reynolds

Asia-Pacific

Two bodies found after major flooding in Queensland

New DNA test can help to fight food fraud – Food Safety Authority

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Pep Guardiola ignoring City’s new tag as title favourites

Workshop built by couple beside home was unauthorised, High Court rules

Peter Horne: Pressure is on Ireland coming to Scotland

Romania’s ousted anti-graft prosecutor tipped for EU comeback

By Daniel McLaughlin

Fred Barry to chair development board of children’s hospital

By Marie O'Halloran

Colorado jogger fights off mountain lion before killing it

Paris fire: ‘I see my neighbours crouched on their balconies, screaming for help’

By Lara Marlowe

Tickets sell out for Ireland’s clash with Gibraltar after huge delays

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Man (22) charged with murder of grandfather in Cork

By Barry Roche

World

Maduro issues threat to jail Venezuela’s opposition leader

By Tom Phillips

Residential

This Skerries cottage with a secret garden has it all for €515k

By Alanna Gallagher

Sodexo appoints new head of corporate services

By Ciara O'Brien

France fines GE €50m for failing to deliver promised jobs

Eden Hazard will seek move to Real Madrid, according to reports

Gardaí raid 23 addresses over child sex abuse images

By Conor Lally

Unemployment remains at 5.3% as ‘dark cloud’ of Brexit looms

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Strong operating profit growth for DCC in third quarter

By Ciara O'Brien

Mother whose baby died 12 hours after birth recalls ‘worst day of our lives’

By Elaine Keogh

Liam Neeson’s ‘Good Morning America’ interview fails to address the key question

By Donald Clarke

No guarantee pay rise will solve nurse recruitment problem, Varadkar says

By Marie O'Halloran

Irish workers now ranked as most productive in world

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Italy asks Sudanese officials to testify in mistaken identity case

By Lorenzo Tondo

Julian Edelman’s MVP shows NFL doesn’t care about drug use

By Dave Hannigan

Michael Shine tells trial he has ‘got some senile dementia’

By Brian Hoban

Ireland must become low-carbon economy sooner, says Central Bank chief

By Kevin O'Sullivan

‘This alarms us,’ key Irish-Americans write to May, Varadkar on Brexit

By Suzanne Lynch

Theresa May says her commitment to avoiding hard border ‘unshakeable’

By Gerry Moriarty

Oireachtas

‘It would have been helpful’ to know about children’s hospital overspend – Donohoe

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Six Nations tickets on Viagogo for total value of €419,000

By Pamela Duncan, Rob Davies and Rachel Obordo

Lawyers query if they got woman’s correct cervical smear slide for testing

Referendum on voting rights for Irish abroad due in autumn

By Fiach Kelly and Marie O'Halloran

Yellow Door wins €6.8m contract for Hillsborough Castle

By Francess McDonnell

Media

BBC and Discovery to pool wildlife programmes

Eleven Sports battling on despite rights losses

Russia to develop land-based intermediate missiles within two years

By Andrew Roth

Markets

Markets hit two-month highs after good news from corporates

By Barry O'Halloran

An Irish Diary

Sing Street - Frank McNally on the Irish contribution to modern Singapore, which is 200 years old today

By Frank McNally

Garda Harrison disciplinary investigation halted by consent at High Court

By Aodhan O Faolain

Australia regrouping just as England’s confidence suffers a major dip

By Matthew Engel

Garda Commissioner accepts arrested man acted lawfully

England hope Itoje will return for final stage of their Six Nations

Denis O’Brien claims articles defamed him and injured his reputation

By Mary Carolan

May’s Belfast speech marks important shift in Britain’s position on backstop

By Denis Staunton

State loses €21.4bn each year through ‘tax expenditures’

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

World

Venezuela: Maduro blocks aid, denounces it as US invasion stunt

By Tom Hennigan

Commercial property deals in North on hold over Brexit uncertainty

By Francess McDonnell

Asia-Pacific

Taliban and Afghan politicians hold talks in Moscow

By Mujib Mashal

UK services sector cuts jobs for first time in six years

State of the union address: How important is it and what will Trump talk about?

Technology

US investigators subpoena Limerick tech firm for Trump information

By Suzanne Lynch and Charlie Taylor

New running track planned for Dundrum South Dublin AC

By Ian O'Riordan

Niall Quinn closer to unveiling full plan for League of Ireland

By Emmet Malone

Social Affairs

Attacks on cars of pro-choice supporters investigated by gardaí

By Barry Roche

Apple to pay hundreds of millions of euro in French back-taxes

By Tim Bradshaw

Court challenge to refusal by IRBC to recognise £113m judgment

By Aodhan O'Faolain

The Coombe begins abortion services for women in catchment area

By Paul Cullen

Taoiseach says no guarantee 12% pay rise would end issue of nurse recruitment

By Martin Wall and Marie O'Halloran

Family unhappy over review of contentious Shane O’Farrell killing

By Conor Lally

‘We want our patients to be safe and we want them to have good care’

By David Raleigh

Message from May’s Belfast speech is she wants EU to blink

By Gerry Moriarty

Irish Water ordered to pay fine for fish kill on River Shannon

By Gordon Deegan

German minister calls for fund to counter foreign takeovers

By Guy Chazan

New ‘Irish FBI for white-collar crime’ to have broad search powers

By Mark Paul

Former Watford midfielder Sean Murray signs for Dundalk

By Emmet Malone

Oireachtas

Number of women needing cervical screening retest revised from 6,000 to 4,600

By Marie O'Halloran

Matt Doherty shines as Wolves squeeze into fifth round

By Paul Wilson

Pádraig Amond sets up Newport’s dream tie with Man City

By Ben Fisher

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16868 by Crossheir – Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

By Lorna Kernan

Third person dies following road collision in Tyrone on Sunday

Miriam Lord: Government knows value of everything but cost of nothing

By Miriam Lord

Pep Guardiola urges City to attack and take their chance

By Jamie Jackson