Article Index

Airtricity League could be set for August 1st restart with more money for clubs

By Emmet Malone

Social Affairs

People of colour in Ireland need allies ‘not bystanders’

By Patrick Freyne

Revealed 100 years on: The letters of a British general kidnapped by the IRA

By Ronan McGreevy

Two more nursing homes query their inclusion on HSE list of Covid-19 deaths

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Simon Carswell

Greens wary over lack of detail in ‘vague’ programme for government

By Keith Duggan

‘One nurse for 76 patients’: Taoiseach warned about care home staff shortages

By Simon Carswell

Travellers must be central to conversations about racism

By Kathleen Sherlock

Greens to discuss coalition deal in eight-hour online convention

By Harry McGee

‘Coalition’ parties to meet Independents as they seek further support

By Jennifer Bray

Hillary Clinton and the decline and decline of liberal democracy

By Anne Harris

Irish medics likely to start treating Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Programme for government offers credible green pathway

By Diarmuid Torney

Inside the programme for government

‘A qualification that students can trade as a global currency’

Bioflex: Making smart fabrics smarter to help diabetes sufferers

Helpful home technology to keep in touch with family and friends

By Ciara O'Brien

Culture

What to do about George Berkeley, Trinity figurehead and slave owner?

By Joe Humphreys

Innovation

Nikola Motor takes a big-money punt on the hydrogen future

By Neil Briscoe

Innovation

Interactive courses help teens stay on top of own wellbeing

By Olive Keogh

Science

Are societies really ageing?

By William Reville

Transport

O’Leary to the fore as Ryanair ramps up its marketing machine

Riddle me this: are puzzles good for the brain?

By Gareth Moore

Nearly a third of company bosses planning to downsize office, survey shows

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

A beginner’s guide to the British, from tattoos to hoity-toityness

By Jason Hazeley and Nico Tatarowicz

The Deficit Myth review: Flipping the script on how we think of public finances

By Victor Duggan

Music

Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’

By Kevin Courtney

Historic lodge with guesthouse comfort at Spanish Point for €595k

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Conference industry could collapse, event organisers warn

By Charlie Taylor

Unusual woodlands retreat in Blackrock, Co Dublin, for €2.25m

By Bernice Harrison

What will €395,000 buy in Dublin and west Cork?

Maggie Haney’s abusive regime just another stain on USA Gymnastics

By Dave Hannigan

Beware surveillance technology in combating Covid

By Karlin Lillington

Great gardens and space aplenty on golf course edge for €2m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Bountiful Waterford estate where gardens earn their keep for €3.25m

By Madeleine Lyons

Boutique Blackpitts scheme with designer finish for €750k

By Alanna Gallagher

Property

What can you buy for €60k in France, Italy, Slovenia, the US and Co Carlow?

Resolution leaves Connacht set for next season’s Champions Cup

By Gerry Thornley

Racing

Gosden: Stradivarius’s Gold Cup preparation ‘not ideal’

By Brian O'Connor

Financial Services

Debt investors more optimistic about Irish banks than the stock market

That’s cheesy: 3 summer family recipes that are bound to please

Science

Prof Denis O’Sullivan: the Irishman who shone light on cosmic rays

By Dick Ahlstrom

Your Fitness

Lockdown, the marathon and me

By Conor Lane

Kidnap of Brig Gen Lucas: 100 years on

Papalook AF925 webcam: A smart addition to your remote desk set-up

By Ciara O'Brien

Postponed Olympics could allow Grainne Walsh a shot at glory

By Johnny Watterson

Back to the office, events horizon and second helpful home tech for Covid-19 second wave

By Conn Ó Midheach

SuperMini charger looks like it could be a winner

By Ciara O'Brien

Joanne O’Riordan: Daniel Kinahan is now part of boxing but at what cost?

By Joanne O'Riordan

Food

What better way to eat fresh and local fish than in a ceviche?

By Jess Murphy

John Bolton book: Trump willing to halt criminal investigations as ‘favour’ to dictators

By Julian Borger and Maanvi Singh

Mikel Arteta explains why he did not start David Luiz or select Özil

Tesco sells Polish business for €183.5m as it retreats from global ambitions

Premier League returns with no shortage of drama; Connacht set for Champions Cup

Transport

Qantas halts most international flights until October on border closure

Operators of goalline technology apologise for embarrassing failure

By Paul Doyle

Massive spying on Google Chrome users shows new security weakness

Napoli beat Juventus in penalty shootout to claim Coppa Italia

Financial Services

Lloyd’s of London apologises for ‘shameful’ role in Atlantic slave trade

La Liga television audiences soar 48 per cent in first week back

Former England captain Chris Robshaw signs with US team

Premier League talking points: A gesture that goes around the world

By Paul Wilson

Music

Vera Lynn, the ‘Forces’ Sweetheart’, dies aged 103

Colm Horkan remembered as ‘quintessential local guard’ and ‘pure GAA man’

By Conor Gallagher

National Grid warns of £1bn cashflow hit as US bad debts rise

Your Money

The 15 ways the new government plan will affect your pocket

By Cliff Taylor

Abroad

Irish in the US: ‘No one calls themselves a racist, and yet here we are’

By Carmel McMahon

Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Ighalo available for Spurs trip

Chelsea confirm Timo Werner signing but they are not done spending

By Jacob Steinberg

NTMA raises €750m of short-term debt at negative rate

By Joe Brennan

History

Newgrange tomb body belonged to royal-like male ‘born of incest’

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Nursing home reunions: Have you visited a loved one this week?

World

Coronavirus: Peru cases surpass Italy as global deaths near 450,000

Banks rush to borrow record €1.3tn at negative rates from ECB

Asia-Pacific

Kim Jong-un’s sister takes a wrecking ball to South Korea relationship

By Choe Sang-Hun

The Room Where It Happened review: John Bolton’s tedious, slightly unhinged memoir

By Jennifer Szalai

Work

When paranoia creeps into working from home

By Emma Jacobs

Explainer: Is winning a seat on UN Security Council a big deal for Ireland?

By Simon Carswell

Two-metre guideline putting public transport under pressure, says NTA chief

By Vivienne Clarke

Irish poet wins Society of Authors’ Award and slice of £100,000 fund

By Deirdre Falvey

British oil major BP raises nearly $12bn in hybrid bonds issue

Taking the knee is ‘from Game of Thrones’, says Raab of Black Lives Matter

By Peter Walker

Markets

Shares retreat on fears of second wave

Smaller, community-friendly energy projects may be cost-effective – ESRI

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Transport

Carnival posts €4bn quarterly loss and braces for more pain

Bank of England rebuilds stimulus war chest with an extra £100bn

Tony Sherlock obituary: ‘He was loved everywhere he went’

By Patsy McGarry

Phyllis Plunkett obituary: Home was a hub for family and friends

By Patsy McGarry

Lilli Barker obituary: Taught adults literacy skills after raising family

By Patsy McGarry

William Francis Cooper obituary: Earned degrees after retiring

By Sorcha Pollak

Berna Lee obituary: Poet with sharp mind, great wit and deep intellect

By Sorcha Pollak

Brian Murrayhill obituary: Passionate tradesman and avid sports enthusiast

By Jack Power

Bernard Tormey obituary: Gentle soul who loved the simple things in life

By Sorcha Pollak

Former RSA Ireland CFO fined €70,000 and disqualified

By Joe Brennan

What are we going to do with our €840,000 UN Security Council seat?

By Alanna O’Malley

US withdrawal from digital tax talks raises Irish fears

By Naomi O'Leary

Uefa advises transfer window deadline no later than October 5th

Pro14 target resumption in late August as league reduced

Hoxton Ventures targets Irish tech start-ups after closing $100m fund

By Charlie Taylor

Greens’ deputy leader strongly endorses programme for government at party conference

By Harry McGee

‘We take the work of gardaí for granted’: Locals shocked by killing

By Conor Lally and Ellen O'Riordan

Jean Kennedy Smith, last-surviving Kennedy sibling, dies aged 92

England fans may be urged to stop singing Swing Low due to slavery link

By Gerard Meagher

Two adults taken from car after it slides off Salthill promenade in Galway

By Colin Gleeson

New US unemployment claimants top 1m for 13th week in a row

Tullow Oil shareholders to vote on Uganda deal

By Ciara O'Brien

Private nursing homes treated ‘equitably’ during Covid-19 crisis, health chief says

By Martin Wall

Ibec hires Canadian executive to lead lobbying activity in Brussels

By Ciarán Hancock

Don’t expect Biden to revive the Atlantic alliance

By Janan Ganesh

Winning €9.7 million Lotto ticket lay unchecked in handbag for almost a week

By Sarah Burns

The Irish Times shutdown sports quiz: Part 13

False widow spiders in Ireland more venomous than first believed

By Ronan McGreevy

Garda Colm Horkan is 89th member of force killed in line of duty

Wirecard shares slump on missing €1.9 billion

By Joe Brennan

Vera Lynn obituary: Singer had a lifelong connection with British wartime spirit

By Dave Laing

Racing

Closure of Irish betting shops causing devastation and frustration

By Brian O'Connor

Castleknock residents seek to overturn ‘fast-track’ permission for apartments

By Mary Carolan

Regional development plan forecasts 50% growth in population of Galway

By Sarah Burns

Africa

South African bank looting suspects plead not guilty

By Bill Corcoran

Collapse of digital tax talks is ‘not good’ for Ireland

By Charlie Taylor and Ciarán Hancock

Tributes paid to former US ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith (92)

By Suzanne Lynch

Jack Grealish charged with two offences for road accident

By Paul Doyle

Education

TCD plan will smooth the way for students to walk and cycle to college

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Europe

Serbia wants more than EU accession in return for Kosovo recognition

By Daniel McLaughlin

Killing of Det Garda Colm Horkan was random and for ‘no purpose’ - Commissioner

By Conor Lally

Intercom names new CEO as it gains Facebook and Amazon as clients

By Charlie Taylor

Votes of Northern Greens could impact on whether party enters coalition

By Freya McClements

Some 100 jobs lost in Limerick after Vodafone takes customer care in-house

By Charlie Taylor

‘A shock to us all’: President Higgins leads tributes to Det Garda Colm Horkan

By Sarah Burns and Vivienne Clarke

Racing

Peerless Stradivarius joins the greats with Gold Cup hat-trick

By Brian O'Connor

Sports Direct suffers €19.5m loss in Irish business

By Gordon Deegan

Food

Some pubs are reopening. Here’s everything you need to know about how it will work

By Rosita Boland

Ireland to angle for greater slice of EU recovery fund

By Naomi O'Leary

Sinn Féin outspent rivals in 2019 Westminster election

By Gerry Moriarty

Europe

Angela Merkel strikes optimistic note ahead of EU presidency stint

By Derek Scally

Aran Islands cattle shipped to Mayo due to severe water and fodder shortages

By Marie O'Halloran

Lotto winner sued by stepson eyes action against National Lottery

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Africa

Refugees living in limbo as pandemic halted resettlement efforts

By Sally Hayden

High Court asked to determine if documents seized from FAI are privileged

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Man dies after climbing accident on Co Antrim cliffs

By Gerry Moriarty

Markets

European shares end lower on fears of ‘second wave’ of Covid-19

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Your Money

Hairdressers and barbers to reopen at end of the month

By Fiach Kelly

Relegation a key issue as League of Ireland talks continue

By Emmet Malone

Europe

Macron indulges in self-flattery with homage to Charles de Gaulle

By Lara Marlowe

Small nations expect Ireland to be ‘pebble in shoe’ on UN Security Council

By Simon Carswell, Suzanne Lynch and Shauna Bowers

Police Ombudsman ‘overstepped mark’ in Loughinisland report

By Alan Erwin

Plan for schools, places of worship, nail bars to reopen in North unveiled

By Freya McClements

Novak Djokovic: US Open only fair if every eligible player can compete

Government extends Covid-19 travel rules for all arriving passengers

By Jack Power

An Irish Diary

How you can share in Patrick Kavanagh’s isolation at Inniskeen this year

By Frank McNally

London less reserved now that Covid-19 has ‘torn the skin off the world’

By Denis Staunton

Resurgence in new travel-related Covid-19 cases concerns health officials

By Simon Carswell

Trump’s bid to end Obama-era immigration policy blocked by court

By Suzanne Lynch

Trump denounces Bolton book as ‘lies’ and ‘pure fiction’

By Suzanne Lynch

Colm Horkan ‘was an absolute rock of integrity and sense’

By Conor Lally

UK talks with EU may conclude by autumn, Johnson tells Macron

By Denis Staunton

Older people urged to go outdoors and exercise to preserve bone health

By Shauna Bowers

Gove rejects European Union’s assertion on Northern Ireland protocol

By Denis Staunton

New High Court president and two colleagues to hear action over Seanad

By Mary Carolan

Two-thirds of speakers at Green meeting favour entering coalition

By Harry McGee

Former cemetery manager claims unfair dismissal

By Ray Managh

Suspended sentence for man who cultivated cannabis to treat pain

By Declan Brennan

Revenue seize €20,000 in vehicle boarding Holyhead ferry

By Shauna Bowers

Guidelines for how restaurants will reopen to be published

By Jack Power

Facebook removes Trump campaign ads displaying symbol used by Nazis

Fifteen shots were fired in Castlerea with four hitting Det Garda Colm Horkan

By Conor Lally, Conor Gallagher, Ronan McGreevy and Vivienne Clarke

Green Party edging towards coalition following marathon debate

By Harry McGee

Only Trump and Bolton cared about helping Brexiteers, says former US aide

By Simon Carswell

TV & Radio

O’Casey In The Estate spins a powerfully human story

By Ed Power

Abroad

‘Living abroad never felt so hard.’ The emigrants who can’t come home this summer

By Rachel Flaherty

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17294 by Crossheir – Friday, June 19th, 2020

By Lorna Kernan

Film

Four new films to stream this weekend

By Donald Clarke

A deal to form a new government

Locks under lockdown

Portrait of a poet