Article Index

69: Citroen C5 Aircross – French riposte to Asian rivals

Life in town and country

Time for a review

68: Volkswagen T-Roc – Stylish design not quite matched by driving flair

The future of RTÉ

67: Nissan Qashqai – Colossal sales success starting to show its age

Environmentalists say proposed Bill makes it harder to object to planning decisions

By Kevin O'Sullivan

66: Skoda Kodiaq – Big seven-seater has a lot going for it

Which Mr Tayto?

E-cigarettes damage brain, heart, lungs and blood vessels, study finds

By Paul Cullen

65: Mitsubishi Outlander – Keep the battery charged and it’s a winner

A bed tax and hotel rooms

Tea bags and compost

64: Mazda MX-5 – a welcome reminder of what motoring should be like

63: Tesla Model S – Top end electric power but lags on the luxury front

A legacy of underinvestment

Gardaí were ‘victims of intimidation’ in Cavan-Fermanagh area

By Simon Carswell

62: BMW 8 Series – Best-looking Beemer in a long time

SF and abstentionism

The EU and smaller states

61: Peugeot 208 – Update as an all-electric surge to the little lion

60: Mercedes-Benz GLC – smooth and refined 2-litre diesel is the centrepiece

Education – North and South

59: Audi A5 – slinky coupe offers you multiple personalities in one model lineup

Private patients and public hospitals

58: Volkswagen Tiguan – surprisingly its more popular than the Golf

57: Toyota Land Cruiser – our Armageddon car and now it’s affordable

56: Honda CR-V – Should be a star but losing out to Japanese rival

55: Seat Arona – sidesteps our criticisms of these cars and is quite good to drive

Raw sewage from 36 areas released into Irish waters daily

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Brother of Dublin Jimmy wanted Garda to share intelligence with him

By Conor Lally

Social Affairs

Scouting abuse victim: ‘I thought I was participating because I was afraid to say no’

By Jack Power

Grealish accused of ‘disgraceful racism’ after questioning source of money sent to Nigeria

By Harry McGee and Marie O'Halloran

Travel

Walk for the Weekend: Hook Head, Co Wexford

By Michael Guilfoyle

House prices not overvalued despite 85% hike since 2013, ESRI says

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Finn McRedmond: Good people are leaving British politics

By Finn McRedmond

Why the Dáil should support my bill to cut insurance costs

By Pearse Doherty

Your Money

Lord Mayor says he cannot support Dublin city budget

By Olivia Kelly

Fully-let Dublin 7 rental investment guiding at €1.4m

By Ronald Quinlan

South Dublin mixed-use investment at €700,000

By Ronald Quinlan

Fine Gael set to take TD Maria Bailey off general election ticket

By Fiach Kelly

Martyn Turner

Film

Marriage Story: A bitter divorce war with a surprisingly soft heart

By Donald Clarke

Film

Last Christmas: Emma Thompson film inspired by George Michael songs is seasonal splat

By Tara Brady

Music

Silence is golden: Softly-softly approach to music gets your attention

By Michael Dervan

Film

Le Mans ’66: ‘If the sponsors are staying away, we’ve done something right’

By Donald Clarke

Kenyan census results a ‘big win’ for intersex people

Former Guineys department store seeks €4.25m

By Ronald Quinlan

Urban Life property group brings €2.2m windfall to Larry Goodman’s son

By Mark Paul

€50m fund launched for small and medium property developments

By Peter Hamilton

Prime Dublin residential portfolio guiding €10m

By Ronald Quinlan

IDA pays €10m for Kildare site suited to ‘mega-client’ investor

By Mark Paul

Davy closes in on €35m deal for Athlone’s Golden Island shopping centre

By Ronald Quinlan

How do you write a novel? A draft in time saves nine

By Declan Burke

Tech industry should not be deciding on political advertising

By Marietje Schaake

Recipes

Nigel Slater’s noodles, lentils, soured cream

By Nigel Slater

Avestus lines up €214m purchase of south Dublin apartments

By Ronald Quinlan

People

I rejoice when I meet people from Riga, Lagos or Aleppo in Leitrim

By Michael Harding

Gaelic Games

GAA still hopeful of resuming International Rules series in 2020

By Ian O'Riordan

Nigel Slater’s bowls of deep, wholesome soup-stew goodness

By Nigel Slater

JJ Hanrahan remains a 'slight possibility' for Munster's European opener

By Johnny Watterson

People

'It's hard to be black in Ireland. When you're a kid, you want to fit in'

By Sorcha Pollak

Property

Can our apartment block’s sinking fund be used to replace hall carpets?

Gordon D’Arcy: natural changing of the guard is imminent

By Gordon D'Arcy

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout: prepare your heart and mind for some beautiful blows

By Helen Cullen

Residential

Baker’s brilliant North Strand two-bed for €425k

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Judge says qualifying would be even sweeter than ’16

By Emmet Malone

People

The seclusion of the suburbs can be freeing but there are downsides

By Laura Kennedy

Kathy Sheridan: It is too late for Ana Kriégel but nettles must finally be grasped

By Kathy Sheridan

Gaelic Games

Kerry hurlers to join Munster pre-season competition

By Ian O'Riordan

Robbie Brady backs Troy Parrott for breakthrough against New Zealand

By Emmet Malone

Stephen Kenny switches to plan B for Ireland’s clash with Armenia

By Emmet Malone

Fully loaded Ulster aiming to make it three out of three at Bath

By Michael Sadlier

Refreshed O’Mahony ready to get back in the groove with Munster

By Johnny Watterson

Your Family

We need to redefine ‘having it all’ because there’s a fast one being pulled

By Jen Hogan

‘I’m 6ft 2in, weigh over 14st and I’m a trans woman. I don’t fit in this world’

By Trish Murphy

‘It’s hard to come out as intersex . . . people still don’t know what it means’

By Chris O'Donnell

No house price bubble; bankers bashed; and red-faces at Revenue over ROS

By Dominic Coyle

Think protein bars are good for you? Think again

By Colin Gleeson

Man caught with child porn ‘fortunate’ to retain support of his family, judge says

By Barry Roche

Asia-Pacific

Pell granted final appeal against child sex abuse conviction

Abroad

The Irishman roasting coffee for the caffeine-loving Swedes

Gaelic Games

Seán Moran: Mayo will have some explaining to do when Croke Park come calling

By Seán Moran

Peace Walls: Increasing contact between communities on either side of wall

By Freya McClements

JD Wetherspoon first-quarter sales rise on higher demand

Project Nightingale: Google's secret project gathers health data of millions

Ford v Ferrari, Le Mans ’66: Real racing beats celluloid every time

By Neil Briscoe

Brady ready for All Whites; Natural changing of the guard imminent in Irish rugby

‘Probably the best match I ever played’ - Thiem beats Djokovic

Financial Services

EBS cuts fixed mortgage interest rate to 2.9%

By Ciara O'Brien

US impeachment hearings: Five points to look out for

By Suzanne Lynch

How top health websites are sharing sensitive data with advertisers

Some bright spots for Government on housing issue

By Jennifer Bray

World

Bolivian senate head assumes interim presidency

Asia-Pacific

Australians ordered to flee flames as bushfires rage in east and west

Elon Musk announces plans for Berlin Tesla plant

By Derek Scally

Transport

Wizz Air forecasts better annual profit range as rivals struggle

Best buys: The Irish Times Top 100 cars for 2020

‘Unbroken residence’ decision to be ruled on by Court of Appeal

By Mary Carolan

Unilever's Marijn Dekkers to step down as chairman

Sterling was on a warning and Southgate is right to take a stand

By Barney Ronay

Trump campaign treated WikiLeaks email dump as ‘a gift’, court told

By Sarah N Lynch

Boris Johnson to pressure Farage on Labour-held marginal seats

By Denis Staunton

Five graphs that tell the story of the Irish rental crisis

By Cliff Taylor

What does Burger King’s new veggie Whopper taste like?

By Conor Pope

Sarah Crossan wins Young Adult award at the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards

By Tony Murray

Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises €2.45m

By Charlie Taylor

Lord Puttnam: Politicians must ensure RTÉ is funded to serve its purpose

By Barry Roche

Troy Parrott and Jack Byrne to start against New Zealand

By Emmet Malone

Leading US tech entrepreneur invests €500,000 in Cork start-up

By Charlie Taylor

Euro zone industrial output records second month of expansion

TV & Radio

Star Wars: The Mandalorian is just a spaghetti western in space

By Charles Bramesco

Golf

Out of Bounds: who'll emulate Kitayama and will they be Irish?

By Philip Reid

Chef whose food wowed patients at the Rotunda shares her favourite recipe

By Joyce Timmins

NFL invite Colin Kaepernick to workout for clubs to evaluate him

Tullow Oil shares in freefall on production concerns in South America and Africa

By Mark Paul

Minister queries Noel Grealish’s focus on money sent to Nigeria

By Vivienne Clarke

Obituaries

Niall Tóibín obituary: Leading Irish actor known for his Brendan Behan roles

Financial Services

AIB boosts State’s special dividend hopes with capital-enhancing bond sale

By Joe Brennan

Just one new home for every 12 jobs created in past five years – Central Bank

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Nurse who provided false references has registration cancelled

By Mary Carolan

CRH shares rally on talk of Philippines unit sale

By Joe Brennan

Irish slowdown under disorderly Brexit would still be ‘huge shock’

By Joe Brennan

Irish Water granted permission for €500m north Dublin sewage plant

By Olivia Kelly

Man in court over Drogheda cocaine and cannabis seizures

By Elaine Keogh

Culture

Tributes paid to actor and comedian Niall Tóibín, who died aged 89

By Deirdre Falvey

Current recruitment pause in the HSE is crippling the health service – INMO

By Martin Wall

Man faces 12-year prison term for rape of foster daughter

By Isabel Hayes and Declan Brennan

Salazar makes part-apology for ‘insensitive’ comments to female athletes

By Sean Ingle

Chelsea’s player fines revealed: £20,000 for being late to training

Vaping firms accused of trying to get young people ‘addicted to nicotine’

By Sarah Burns

Nigerians send €17m home from Ireland annually, CSO says

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Man jailed for 12 months for trying to poison co-worker

By Barry Roche

Conference warned of dangers of facial recognition technology

By Colm Keena

Silva banned for one game over Mendy tweet

By Jamie Jackson

Unauthorised migrants ‘make up less than 1%’ of Europe’s population

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Family believes Lisa Smith innocent of all charges, TD says

By Vivienne Clarke

Eddie Jones regrets not making changes for World Cup final

Modern slavery is going on right under our noses

By Declan Breathnach

DraftKings to hire 30 software engineers as it opens Dublin operation

By Charlie Taylor

Fed chief Jay Powell says ‘sustained expansion’ likely for US economy

More than 600 on hospital trolleys, says INMO

By Sarah Burns

Solicitor entitled to €150,000 judgment in fees dispute with couple, court rules

By Mary Carolan

US inflation ticks higher in October

Revenue’s online service back in action after further technical issues

By Charlie Taylor and Peter Hamilton

Reid to make long-awaited comeback against Ireland

Culture

Niall Tóibín in his own words: ‘I’m not proud of being a Cork man, just grateful’

By Deirdre Falvey

Macron sets scene for vigorous debate on future of Nato

By Lara Marlowe

Garmin Fenix 6S Pro smartwatch: more power to your wrist

By Ciara O'Brien

Employees could face ‘nasty shock’ in January pay packets, Dáil hears

By Marie O'Halloran

Junction changed to make it safer after death of boy, inquest told

By Louise Roseingrave

Financial Services

Makhlouf New Zealand budget ‘hack’ inquiry scrapped over conflict of interest

By Kate MacNamara

France’s EU partners question Macron’s rapprochement with Putin

By Lara Marlowe

Magee blames Brexit for Ballymena closure

By Gordon Deegan

Tech Tools: Charge all your devices with just one cable

By Ciara O'Brien

Paschal Donohoe told he ‘needs to get hands dirty’ in dealings with insurance industry

By Marie O'Halloran

Care home master franchise holder secures temporary injunction in High Court

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Most older people not prepared to downsize, study finds

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Sepsis death rate rises again after falling for a decade

By Paul Cullen

Jason Smyth continues remarkable gold rush in Dubai

By Ian O'Riordan

Campaigners to seek judicial review of sewage plant

By Shauna Bowers

Average house price in North rises to highest level in 10 years

By Francess McDonnell

Three-year-old girl fatally injured after truck driver’s ‘bad move’, court told

By Gordon Deegan

Grealish urged to apologise for ‘exaggerated’ remittance figures

By Marie O'Halloran

Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit by ‘apocalyptic’ floods

Two of three men who drowned had high levels of alcohol in their blood

By Anne Lucey

Court rejects insolvency plan for retired taxing master

By Mary Carolan

Democratic hopefuls being held to an impossible standard

By Janan Ganesh

Wenger takes up new role with Fifa

By David Conn

Wrightbus plant completes first order under new ownership

By Francess McDonnell

Markets

European share retreat on US-China trade worries and unrest in Hong Kong

Bono-backed truck-tracking company raises $400 million

By Charlie Taylor

Fact Check: What do the figures on money sent to Nigeria from Ireland reveal?

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee

Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong protesters dig in on university campuses

Tech Tools: Minimise cable clutter with wireless charger

By Ciara O'Brien

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Hong Kong crisis: too little, too late

Whiplash injuries in low-impact accidents have become a social disease, court told

By Ray Managh

Sewage likely to be released into Dublin Bay for some time to come

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Tension and drama as Trump impeachment public hearings begin

By Suzanne Lynch

Middle East

Egypt and UN try to intervene as death toll in Gaza rises to 24

By Mark Weiss

Scouting: Taoiseach says statutory inquiry into abuse may be considered

By Jack Power and Marie O'Halloran

Nadal roars back to beat Medvedev from brink of defeat

Footballer by trade, golf pro by vocation: the extraordinary life and times of Ronnie O’Brien

By Dave Hannigan

Nigerians in Ireland shocked and concerned by Grealish comments

By Seán McCárthaigh

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Noel Grealish’s comments: a dangerous intervention

Lucy Ellmann wins the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize for Ducks, Newburyport

Jury to assess damages in Aer Lingus pilot’s action

By Mary Carolan

Fossil fuel reliance remains ‘stubbornly high’, report finds

By Anjli Raval

Expansion costs eat into profits at part of Press Up

By Gordon Deegan

Questions on salary cap breaches off limits at Saracens

By Paul Rees

Micheál Martin goes canvassing with Senator in hot water over derogatory comments

By Fiach Kelly

Social Affairs

Drug-related intimidation causing ‘havoc’ in Traveller community

By Kitty Holland

State ‘outlier’ in Europe for absence of seasonal work-permit scheme

By Mark Paul

Trump’s warm welcome to Erdogan at odds with wider US sentiment

Wexford man loses home in Australian wildfires

By Maria Pepper

Racing

Douvan all set for Clonmel comeback after 18-month absence

Man printed out intimate texts from ex-girlfriend and left them in local pub

By Barry Roche

Former credit union official used son’s name to steal from branch

By Barry Roche

Education

Teachers criticise new Junior Cycle Irish exam

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

‘Should society criminalise intimate relations between people in their mid-teens?’

By Colm Keena

Johnson hailed at taxi factory following Yorkshire reversal

By Denis Staunton

World needs to move away from neoliberal model, says President

By Barry Roche

Johnson afraid of Labour-SNP ‘nightmare on Downing Street’

By Denis Staunton

TD whose car was set on fire says Government must not give in to ‘bullies’

By Marie O'Halloran

Social Affairs

Dublin family centre closed after botched burglary damages building

By Mark Hilliard

Miriam Lord: Noel Grealish cuts remarkable figures with his loose grasp on facts

By Miriam Lord

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17109 by Crossheir – Wednesday, November 13th, 2019

By Lorna Kernan

Government to consider licensing laws to improve ‘night culture’

By Colin Gleeson

Southgate stands by decision to drop Sterling for Montenegro match

By Jacob Steinberg

Gardaí investigate attacks ‘on sex workers primarily in the Dublin area’

By Mark Hilliard

Trump heard asking about ‘Ukraine investigation’, impeachment hearing told

By Suzanne Lynch

Snow and sleet cause difficult road conditions amid ice threat

By Jennifer Cosgrove and Ronan McGreevy