Article Index

Anyone for Ikea Kama Sutra? Seductive caress of designer satisfaction

By Deirdre Falvey

What’s a cloffice when it’s at home?

By Philip Judge

Gardening

In the pink: why I’m weak at the knees for spring flowering trees

By Fionnuala Fallon

Christine Dwyer Hickey: I lost a kidney and gained a novel

By Christine Dwyer Hickey

Fine Art & Antiques

Forthcoming auctions: lots include Yeats typescript and African artefacts

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

The look of the Irish: Eight traditional designs

By Alanna Gallagher

The Snakes review: well-written thriller about race, class and family

By Jonathan McAloon

Fine Art & Antiques

Rare Beckett poem among library lots from a downsizing professor

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Property

Nine ways to stop your renovation costs going through the roof

By Fiona Reddan

Design Moment: Brooks B17 saddle, 1882

By Bernice Harrison

Property

How to clean your filthy disgusting laptop

By Liz Dwyer

'Our kitchen extension went over budget but the result is priceless’

By Alanna Gallagher

An Irish Diary

Church services

Technical solution could be ‘piloted’ during post-Brexit transition period

By Denis Staunton

Sofa so good?

Editorials

Watts next: Irish Times view on the switch to electric cars

Thinking Anew – Silence in the face of evil is a dangerous option

By Gordon Linney

Three in four voters blame Government for hospital cost overrun

By Pat Leahy

Uniform appearance

Project Brexit

Too much information?

Hobsbawm’s shelf-life

Editorials

Irish Times view on defamation legislation: Charlie Flanagan must act

Save our urban trees

Donaldson’s moving tribute to Hume

Direct provision system is inhumane

Rise in use of antidepressants

A way back to the EU for NI

Bradley’s apology for comments

Obituaries

Magenta Devine obituary: Face of ‘yoof tv’ in the 1980s and 90s

Israel and the Eurovision

Catherine Murphy yet to give evidence to Siteserv sale investigation

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Obituaries

Kevin Roche Obituary: Irish architect who rose to global prominance

Little optimism in Brussels as talks between EU and UK continue

By Pat Flynn, Patrick Smyth and Denis Staunton

Courts

Daughter assaulted mother and tried to strangle brother, court hears

By Sarah Burns

Dáil structure is very male, anti-family and anti-women, says Minister

By Jennifer Bray

Electric scooters: The future of urban transportation?

By Conor Pope

Abroad

‘I felt quite emotional’: The new Irish citizens in Britain

By Ciara Kenny

Obituaries

Austin Gaffney obituary: Gifted baritone and stalwart of Jury’s cabaret

Pelosi tries to quell Democrat divisions following anti-Semitism accusations

By Suzanne Lynch

Miriam Lord’s week: Coveney poetically tightens British ties over dinner

By Miriam Lord

In a Word...

By Patsy McGarry

Europe

Prospect of UK seeking Brexit extension has risen significantly

By Patrick Smyth

Meyler happy new league format will benefit teams’ real objectives

By Seán Moran

Macron issues EU rallying call as Brexit talks rumble on

By Colin Gleeson

Tories have abandoned pretence of impartiality on North

By Susan McKay

Law means electric scooters are a non-starter on Irish roads

By Conor Pope

‘Strong argument’ to retain strict mortgage borrowing rules

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Macron is no saviour of Europe

By Breda O'Brien

Diarmaid Ferriter: SDLP now a pawn in southern politics

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Irish-American relations at crossroads as Varadkar goes to Washington

By Suzanne Lynch

Transport

Greencoat Renewables pays investment manager €3m-plus

By Barry O'Halloran

What trad music is on over St Patrick’s weekend?

By Siobhán Long

Algeria’s gerontocracy may have had its day

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Irish-led legal cannabis firm looks to IPO to establish clinic network

By Charlie Taylor

Economy

Fears that updated R&D tax credit guidelines could work against SMEs

Toxic language is defining the attempt to reach a Brexit deal

By Cliff Taylor

Delayed Brexit could help Government prepare for election

By Pat Leahy

Carval strikes deal with McFadden to keep Market Bar out of examinership

By Mark Paul

Transport

O’Leary adopts soft-landing tone for latest interview

Fingers crossed for a dry Paddy’s weekend

By Deirdre Falvey

This best jazz gigs in Dublin for the week ahead

By Cormac Larkin

Stage

This week’s theatre: Country Girls hit the Abbey while Alice returns to Wonderland

By Peter Crawley

This Album Changed My Life: Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (1998)

By Niall Byrne

TV & Radio

Podcast of the week: The Memory Palace

By Sarah Griffin

Sonya Kelly: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Film

Trauma porn or delicate portrayal? Filming the trans experience

By Donald Clarke

No room for squares: 80 years of Blue Note jazz

By Cormac Larkin

Stella Donnelly: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

Welcome to the Minajerie: This week’s big pop and rock gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

TV & Radio

Patronising Ivan Yates sounds like a 1970s soccer player

By Mick Heaney

New artist of the week: Julia Jacklin

By Niall Byrne

TV & Radio

The meming of life: Sometimes it would be better if conspiracy theories were true

By Seamas O'Reilly

Thomas Zehetmair and William Howard: the best classical music concerts this week

By Michael Dervan

Art

Art in focus: Away by Patricia Burns

By Aidan Dunne

Have we reached peak housing?

‘I would probably go back and just be gay much earlier’

By Una Mullally

History

Fintan O’Toole: The Irish priest who paved way for Donald Trump

By Fintan O'Toole

Michael Walker: before Declan Rice, only one man had played for Ireland and England

By Michael Walker

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite review

By Anne Harris

‘We would have beaten you with or without Fr Fehily’s doping programme’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

‘Marriages are messy. Our lives are messy. Convenient truths don’t exist’

By Jennifer O'Connell

Take Five: What is Tunnel Vision?

By Kevin Breathnach

David McWilliams: The fall of the Berlin Wall led to the rise of Ireland

By David McWilliams

Education

Sharp drop in CAO applications from UK amid Brexit uncertainty

By Carl O'Brien and Education Editor

Kevin Barry: The belligerence and brilliance of Flann O’Brien

By Kevin Barry

Carrots with black sesame and satay

By Jess Murphy

Environment

Storm petrels: why we have no idea how many are left

By Michael Viney

Sean Moncrieff: Daughter #2 is this year’s Leaving Cert victim

By Seán Moncrieff

Philadelphia: The US hotspot for sports, food and history

By Leonie Corcoran

Abroad

Football fans unite to fight poverty in Liverpool

By Emmet Malone

From Connemara walks to movies in Cork

By Jo Linehan

Rhubarb with seafood? Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it

By JP McMahon

Men on Trial review: An effective rethink of Irish masculinity

By Rebecca Anne Barr

Your Fitness

Why I Love … Golf

By Jo Linehan

Welcome reissue of Ann Quin’s gloriously twisted debut Berg

By Andrew Gallix

If the only tolerable level of risk to our children is zero, we’d better call off life

By Jennifer O'Connell

Environment

Did this painted lady butterfly survive the winter? Readers’ nature queries

By Ethna Viney

Drink

New season, new beers: stouts and sours for spring

By Sorcha Hamilton

The Saturday poem: The Wedge

By Patrick Deeley

Last Ones Left Alive review: Survival thriller in dystopian Ireland

By Sarah Gilmartin

Derry Girls’ blackboard scene is the TV moment of 2019

By Donald Clarke

What a dump – the landfills that became parks

By Sylvia Thompson

Max Porter: Pushing the boundaries of the written word

By Shilpa Ganatra

Fried spring onions with dried chilli

By Jess Murphy

It’s in our DNA: sharing secrets with the incredible Ingebrigtsens

By Ian O'Riordan

The disappearance of the Protestant accent from Ireland

By Roy Foster

Mint chocolate bars that are all about the filling

By Vanessa Greenwood

Life & Style

Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week

By Una Mullally

Figuring by Maria Popova review: A musical, poetic modern classic

By Martina Evans

But Beautiful (1991) by Geoff Dyer: art read by art

By Rob Doyle

Mint chocolate bars

By Vanessa Greenwood

Europe

Putin’s expected exit raises questions as to who will succeed him

By Isabel Gorst

Lanny by Max Porter review: The accessible follow-up does not disappoint

By John Boyne

Crispy duck legs with clementine and sherry

By Jess Murphy

Fateful day dawns for the Faithful County hurlers

By Keith Duggan

Drink

Tired of sauvignon? Bored with Pinot Grigio? Try these classy whites

By John Wilson

Browser reviews: From Sir Walter Raleigh to Sir Basil Brooke

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez: A mansize problem

By Susan McKay

History

Westmeath was a hotbed of ‘leprechaun’ activity in 1908

By Una Mullally

‘F**k this, we’re not dead yet’: Colm O’Regan’s small-town Ireland

By Una Mullally

Health

Dr Muiris Houston: Talk of a ‘cure’ for HIV is premature

By Dr Muiris Houston

Abroad

Britain’s shrinking, ageing Irish population

By Ciara Kenny

Married to Alzheimer’s review: A brave, painfully honest account

By Julia Kelly

Bia Rebel: Dazzlingly perfect ramen where you might least expect it

By Catherine Cleary

Fashion

Men at work: 7 tips to nail tricky office dress codes

By Deirdre McQuillan

Marrakesh: An unfaltering sense of place and people

By Aoibheann MacNamara

Poetry round-up: Mary Noonan’s second collection is a bit of a surprise

By John McAuliffe

World

Scandal threatens to make Justin Trudeau a one-term prime minister

By Aime Williams

With a fair wind, back-to-strength Ireland can sink France

By Gerry Thornley

Trevor Brennan: passing the baton to the next generation

By Gerry Thornley

Manafort sentencing a watershed moment for Mueller inquiry

By Suzanne Lynch

Health

Dementia, Tony and me: Steph Booth on being married to Alzheimer’s

By Steph Booth

How to cook perfect crispy duck in 30 minutes at home

By Jess Murphy

Matt Williams: There is still hope for French rugby to return to glory

By Matt Williams

Ireland’s most difficult restaurant diners? ‘I call them adult children’

By Marie Claire Digby

Health

Matt Haig: How to survive in this age of anxiety

By Sylvia Thompson

Will France be making it up as they go along? We sincerely hope so

By Keith Duggan

For Keith Earls it's about ‘winning the game no matter how you do it’

By Johnny Watterson

Racing

Punter predictions: Cheltenham festival tips and fancies

By Brian O'Connor

Racing

Teenage sensation Jack Kennedy targeting Cheltenham glory

By Brian O'Connor

Martyn Turner

Equestrian: Mikey Pender’s Portugese success continues

By Margie McLoone

Declining number of priests is a ‘sign of the times,’ says Bishop of Ossory

By Brian Hutton

Man arrested in relation to hijacking of woman’s car in Co Meath

By Elaine Keogh

Meghan Markle says she hopes for feminist royal baby

Coast Guard searching for missing fisherman on Lough Mask

By Colin Gleeson

Environment

‘Rather unpleasant’ weekend of snow promised as weather warning issued

By Brian Hutton

Allianz League: The weekend’s hurling previews

By Seán Moran

Munster hurling championship dates are revealed

Garda appeals for information on two vehicles used in murder

By Colin Gleeson

Racing

Presenting Percy heads field of 20 for Cheltenham Gold Cup

Ireland’s Rory Best set to retire after Rugby World Cup

Police believe mother and daughter found dead in Newry were strangled

By Gerry Moriarty, Sorcha Pollak and Brian Hyland

Prisoner (24) dies in custody, NI Prison Service confirms

By Amanda Ferguson

Four arrested by police investigating paramilitary style shooting in Belfast

Brighton keep revival going as they storm Palace for three points

Golf

Wilson leads by one in Qatar

Up to €300 vet bills for pets travelling between Ireland and UK in no-deal Brexit

By Aine McMahon

UCD and Trinity share the spoils in Colours races

By Liam Gorman

Women’s rights activists call for coercive control and stalking legislation

By Amanda Ferguson

Asia-Pacific

Japanese woman (116) honoured as world’s oldest living person

Wales make it 13 in a row and eye Grand Slam date with Ireland

Celtic held by Aberdeen but remain eight points clear

Patrick Bamford on target as Leeds win at Bristol City

EPL round-up: Newcastle turn it around against Everton

Tottenham’s domestic woes continue at Southampton

Ulster Unionist Party leader says NI will not be EU ‘dowry’ for Brexit delivery

By Amanda Ferguson

Efrem Gidey and Sarah Healy defend Irish Schools Cross Country titles

By Ian O'Riordan

Thousands march in support of homeless in Dublin

By Colin Gleeson

Gatland: Wales were perhaps thinking about ‘that Irish game’

England crush Italy at Twickenham

R Kelly leaves jail after child support payment made on his behalf

UL claim record 12th O’Connor Cup crown after victory over UCD

By Declan Rooney

Raheem Sterling’s 13-minute hat-trick pushes Man City four points clear

Barcelona restore seven-point La Liga lead after comeback win

World

Venezuela: Maduro and Guaido’s supporters return to the streets

Woman detained in Syria believed to be former member of Irish Defence Forces

By Conor Lally, Jennifer Bray and Aine McMahon

Golf

Rory McIlroy makes telling move on the back of 66 at Bay Hill

By Emmet Riordan

Limerick have too much in the tank for Laois as they book semi-final slot

Women’s 6N: Ireland well beaten as France run in seven tries

By Daire Walsh