Article Index

Elvis – it’s now or never

Unfranked stamps

Early risers

The pipes, the pipes are calling

Pay and the public service

Women-only professorships

Removal of blasphemy law

Jesus and welcoming the stranger

The Black and Tans

State commemoration of the RIC

Former CoI bishop of Derry Dr James Mehaffy dies aged 88

By Freya McClements

RIC commemoration not appropriate - victims' descendant

By Andrews Hamilton

Johnny Sexton unlikely to play before start of Six Nations

By Johnny Watterson

Sharp rise in work permit applications triggers backlog

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Environment

Dublin land hoarders face €30m bill from January

By Olivia Kelly

Government forced to confront complicated history of two police forces

By Ronan McGreevy

Paddy McKillen drops case over €300m fees linked to Anglo wind-up

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Social Affairs

Inquiry report into mother and baby homes may be delayed

By Patsy McGarry

Environment

Permission sought for 11-storey block to enclose Dart line in central Dublin

By Tim O'Brien

FAI sub-committee to discuss appointment of independent directors

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Varadkar and Martin keen on head-to-head election TV debate

By Fiach Kelly

Delays to child porn inquiries put abused at further risk

By Conor Gallagher

Backlogs a dangerous flaw in child porn and abuse inquiries

By Conor Gallagher

Irish judge will join protest march over curbs on Polish judiciary

By Conor Gallagher

Opinion

Finding the divine in every moment: Epiphany and the meaning of life

By Rev Prof Thomas Casey

Farming & Food

Wright seafood records loss due to €500,000 redundancy bill

By Gordon Deegan

Electricity prices for businesses likely to fall this year, says independent supplier

By Barry O'Halloran

Homeowners missing out by not switching mortgages, brokers say

By Dominic Coyle

Art

Tai Shani’s Tragodía tells of life, death and intense emotional bonds

By Aidan Dunne

Music

10 Irish rock and pop acts to watch in 2020

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Tech stocks driving the markets higher in 2019

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Martyn Turner

Can stock markets keep rising in 2020?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Opinion

Fintan O’Toole: Trump administration weaponises its talent for lying

By Fintan O'Toole

Opinion

Suleimani killing of zero benefit to Iran, Middle East or US

By Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hanisek

Irish-led T5 Oil & Gas warns of business risk after aborted IPO

By Joe Brennan

Financial Services

‘Effective’ tax rate paid by companies here last year was 12.4%

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Irish oil groups enter new year with their work cut out

Forecasting tomorrow’s big winners in the stock market

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Media

Alexa, get my song to number one

By Laura Slattery

Vikings settling well in Irish retail sector

Five new year resolutions for investors

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Stocktake: Investors should not be spooked by 2019’s big gains

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Five ways to supercharge your finances for the year ahead

By Joanne Hunt

Books

Leopold Kerney, Ireland’s revolutionary diplomat

By Barry Whelan

Will I be able to choose between systems for calculating size of State pension?

By Dominic Coyle

Aunt has bequeathed a house intended for my son to me

By Dominic Coyle

Leinster’s winning streak the last thing on Stuart Lancaster’s mind

By Johnny Watterson

Red Rock: How the bold Garda soap-drama died a slow, painful death

By Ed Power

Property

Can I rent out the parking space that comes with my rental apartment?

LaLiga hoping to reignite Spanish football in Ireland and UK with new channel

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Fashion

January joys: Self-gifting for some new year cheer

By Laura Kennedy

People

‘I felt incredibly lost’ in Dublin after leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses

By Sorcha Pollak

Gaelic Games

‘It’s the stuff of dreams’: Borris-Ileigh prepare for big day at Croker

By Ian O'Riordan

Books

Reading Brendan Behan: Penetrating essays on the Dubliner’s writing

By Laura Hackett

Five hot sporting tickets for €30 or less in January and February

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Marcell Coetzee, Jordi Murphy and John Cooney give Ulster fitness boost

By Michael Sadlier

Your Fitness

I’m hobbling like an auld fella, and I only have myself to blame

By Conor Pope

Mental illness is dark. It should never be a fashion statement

By Bronagh Loughlin

Food

Is ‘healthy’ muesli just another sugar-laden cereal?

By Rose Costello

Your Family

As a parent, should I still be playing video games?

By Darragh Geraghty

How to eat and drink healthily, with tips from the experts

By Sylvia Thompson

T5 Oil & Gas’s woes, a lack of mortgage switching, and corporate tax rates

By Ciarán Hancock

Winter of 2018/2019 warmest since records began in 1900

By Ronan McGreevy

Gerry Thornley: In-form Stuart McCloskey on track for Six Nations promotion

By Gerry Thornley

Environment

Wind warning in place for counties in west, north and east

United and City set for Old Trafford first leg; The logjam at Ireland’s inside centre

Revenue appointed 586 staff last year to Brexit roles

By Ciara O'Brien

Culture

Just a minute - when will Larry get his due?

Film

Baftas 2020: Saoirse Ronan nominated for best actress award for Little Women

Revenue: P60 and P45 to be replaced by online tax system changes

By Conor Pope

Asia-Pacific

Australia: Further hot and dangerous conditions due this week

Film

Baftas 2020: The full list of nominations

European champions Liverpool will wear Nike from June 2020

Uber and Hyundai Motor team up to develop flying taxi

By Song Jung-a

Samsung demonstrates ‘world’s first artificial human’

Larry Gogan’s just-a-minute quiz: the answers that became part of Irish folklore

Tesla kicks off push for electric-vehicle domination in China

Science

Young Scientist Exhibition entrants have ‘astounding’ achievements

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Glenn Whelan has left Hearts after just four months

Middle East

Iran faces dilemma over retribution for Suleimani killing

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr

Hospital beds crisis: ‘It's like trying to put out a fire with a tea cup’

By Sarah Burns

Revenues rise at Glenveagh as home sales increase

By Ciara O'Brien

Abroad

Irish in Australia: My partner is a firefighter. He told me it looked like the end of the world

By Rachel Flaherty

Significant use of restriction in Oberstown, report says

By Shauna Bowers

Male pedestrian seriously injured after Co Galway crash

By Shauna Bowers

State looks to raise €3bn as Middle East tension helps bond markets

By Peter Hamilton and Joe Brennan

Glen Quinn was assaulted week before he died, PSNI says

By Freya McClements

House prices to grow marginally this year - Lisney

By Peter Hamilton

Nissan prepares for Ghosn attacks ahead of press conference

Celtic’s Scott Sinclair set to have talks with Preston

Eight dogs rescued from appalling conditions, ISPCA says

By Shauna Bowers

Net new jobs created by Enterprise Ireland firms halved in 2019 to 4,700

By Charlie Taylor

UK supermarkets suffer worst Christmas since 2014

Ryanair claims to be ‘greenest and cleanest’ major airline in Europe

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Larry Gogan: The man who made Ireland swing

By Mick Heaney

Bielsa-ball looks right at home in Premier League surroundings

By Barney Ronay

CRH extends share buyback amid talk of emerging market sales

By Joe Brennan

Pensions deliver decade-best growth of 20.6% in 2019

By Dominic Coyle

Financial Services

Q&A: What is happening with the PAYE tax system?

By Colin Gleeson

Crisis deepens at Aston Martin as profit shows steep decline

Number of patients on trolleys remains at 760 on Tuesday

By Martin Wall

Larry Gogan tributes: ‘The greatest music DJ in Irish broadcast history’

By Deirdre Falvey

British teenager to appeal conviction for false rape claim

Tech company led by NI entrepreneur secures $100m+ investment

By Charlie Taylor

Pedro Sánchez wins vote to form new Spanish government

By Guy Hedgecoe

Paul Pogba undergoes surgery on injured ankle

Naval divers to join recovery operation for missing fisherman

By Shauna Bowers, Vivienne Clarke and Olivia Kelleher

New EU rules to boost consumer protection now in force

By Conor Pope

Courts

Woman grabbed school principal by throat in row over daughter, court told

Obituaries

Barry O’Donnell obituary: As consummately Cork as the River Lee

Bill Michael has a long fight on his hands to restore KPMG UK’s image

By Tabby Kinder

Cyprus rape case lays bare island’s issues with investigations involving women

By Michael Jansen

Ikea to pay $46m to parents of child crushed to death by a dresser

Irish pharma group says sales of heart drug will top projections

By Dominic Coyle

Lift off at Norwegian Air after it cuts capacity by a quarter

Ben Stokes seals South Africa’s fate as England break Newlands spell

By Vic Marks

Brandon Miele banned for two years for anti-doping violation

By Johnny Watterson

J&J agrees $2 million-plus talcum powder settlement with Irish woman

Judge threatens to revoke Weinstein’s bail over phone in court

By Ed Pilkington

Man (20) arrested over attempted abduction of woman in Dublin

By Conor Gallagher and Conor Lally

Russian patriarch blames West for church rows in Balkans and Ukraine

By Daniel McLaughlin

Employees working in digital tech see big salary gains

By Charlie Taylor

Trolley crisis: ‘He was sitting on a chair for 10 hours’

By Shauna Bowers

Emergency departments like ‘war zone’ due to overcrowding

By Shauna Bowers

Financial Services

Woodford and partner shared €16.3m in dividends before fund crisis

By Owen Walker

Irish unemployment rate at 13-year low of 4.8%

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

RIC controversy: Fine Gael councillors hit out at decision to hold commemoration

By Jennifer Bray and Fiach Kelly

Marian Finucane funeral: ‘She made the world easier to live in’

By Simon Carswell and Jennifer O'Connell

Tayto Park’s plan for €15.5m rollercoaster suffers major setback

By Gordon Deegan

Courts

Chef who cooked at Áras an Uachtaráin spared conviction for growing cannabis

By Tom Tuite

RIC controversy: Minister for Justice defers commemoration event

By Jennifer Bray and Fiach Kelly

Untested Conservative-Green coalition takes office in Austria

By Derek Scally

Markets

European stocks gain as technology shares buoyed by US chipmakers

By Joe Brennan

Losses at Irish arm of Gap increase 33 per cent

By Gordon Deegan

Racing

Watering could begin at Leopardstown next week for Dublin Racing Festival

By Brian O'Connor

Student (13) arrested after pupil stabbed at Co Antrim school

By Freya McClements

Trolley crisis: Harris averse to cancelling planned admissions

By Martin Wall

State accused of ‘anti-rural bias’ over number of IDA site visits

By Mark Hilliard

An Irish Diary

A meeting of minds – An Irishman’s Diary on Brendan Ó Cathaoir and the diary of Elizabeth Mathew Dillon

By Stephen Collins

Marian Finucane funeral: ‘The only thing I can give you are my tears’

By Jennifer O'Connell

Indian Relay a revered tradition for Native Americans

By Victor J Blue

Film

Bafta nominations lose their sparkle over lack of diversity

By Donald Clarke

How did plans to remember the RIC and DMP become so controversial?

By Ronan McGreevy

Governments primed to release text of deal to restore Stormont

By Gerry Moriarty

Editorials

The Irish Times view on hospital overcrowding: at breaking point

Motors

Mazda 3: Handsome saloon’s clever engine tech doesn’t stand up in court

By Neil Briscoe

North’s chief constable sorry for provocative Crossmaglen photograph

By Freya McClements

Swansea fans facing bizarre 200-mile trip for south Wales derby

Moussa Sissoko out until April after knee ligament surgery

By David Hytner

Education

Hundreds of childcare providers may shut for ‘day of protest’

By Carl O'Brien

Books

Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies aged 52

Science

Climate change projects make up two-thirds of Young Scientist entries

By Kevin O'Sullivan

President leads tributes to RTÉ broadcaster Larry Gogan

By Sarah Burns, Sean McCárthaigh and Simon Carswell

Stefanos Tsitsipas injures father in on-court meltdown

Britain takes ‘urgent measures’ to protect nationals and interests in Middle East

By Denis Staunton

Shannon Airport owning group appoints new company secretary

Fine Gael’s Maura Hopkins withdraws as candidate in Roscommon-Galway

By Darragh Kelly

Micheál Martin says ‘no question’ of his party voting for Government

By Fiach Kelly

CES 2020: Carmakers move from cars to building cities

By Patrick McGee

Historian accuses Government of using advisory group ‘like a mud guard’

By Ronan McGreevy

Editorials

The Irish Times view on US-Iran tensions: Washington’s strategic blunder

Middle East

At least 56 killed in stampede at Iranian general’s funeral

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17153 by Crossheir – Tuesday, January 7th, 2020

By Lorna Kernan

First Division clubs may take legal action over Shamrock Rovers B

By Emmet Malone

Man City have Wembley in sight but Rashford gives United hope

By Jamie Jackson

Lyra McKee posthumously awarded masters degree

By Sean McCárthaigh