Article Index

John Flynn - innovative property developer who let his work do the talking

By Ronald Quinlan

Most stroke patients go to hospital too late for emergency interventions

By Paul Cullen

Economy

Irish consumers believe worst of pandemic ‘firmly behind them’

By Colin Gleeson

Number of victims of ‘online pimping’ grows since first lockdown

By Mark Hilliard

Irish hauliers warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ post-Brexit

By Simon Carswell and Pat Leahy

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says he will apologise to Leo Varadkar over remarks

By Jennifer Bray and Marie O'Halloran

Covid-19 vaccine: Ireland could get 5,000 doses by end of year

By Paul Cullen and Jack Horgan-Jones

Ireland's vaccination plan a major step, but there's a long road ahead

By Paul Cullen

Kathy Sheridan: Le Carré embodied a basic English decency that will outlast Brexit

By Kathy Sheridan

Cian O’Sullivan eyes Dublin return in All-Ireland final

By Ian O'Riordan

Michael McDowell: Canada trade deal shows Government’s breathtaking arrogance

By Michael McDowell

Cost of public sector pensions surges to €150 billion

By Pat Leahy

Martyn Turner

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh ‘keen’ to take Covid-19 vaccine

By Simon Carswell

State pays almost €1m in fees to Ben Dunne’s Moriarty tribunal legal team

By Ken Foxe

Social Affairs

Scouting Ireland chief scout calls for his suspension to be lifted ‘immediately’

By Jack Power

Equal funding high on agenda as GPA and WGPA join forces

By Paul Keane

We must manage the Border to stop the spread of Covid-19

By Julien Mercille

Seamus Heaney celebrated hope and not old divisions

By Susan McKay

A helping hand?

Greetings and salutations

Reading to children

Anti-church bias in Covid-19 restrictions

No ticket for Christmas Mass

Politicians and Catholic teaching

Politicians and Catholic teaching

A test for live performances in the arts

Bin bags

Strand Road cycleway

EU-Canada free trade agreement

Brexit negotiations

Protecting the welfare of college students

Are face masks effective?

Vaccine roll-out worldwide

Making vaccination work

Ongoing housing shortage drives demand for development land

By Evan Lonergan

Commercial property sector demonstrates resilience in face of Covid-19

By Fergus O'Farrell

Aer Lingus workers to discuss Manchester-US flights with management

By Barry O'Halloran

Carechoice buys Cork nursing home for estimated €12m

By Barry O'Halloran

Film

Angela’s Christmas Wish: Netflix brings Limerick’s charms to millions of viewers

By Donald Clarke

Culture

Reimagining a different future for urban communities

By Gemma Tipton

December Road: Dublin players can emulate Jack Lynch

By Seán Moran and Ian O'Riordan

Pandemic accelerates growth in online property auctions

By Johnny O'Connor

Friend ignoring the Muldoon and Lam factor ahead of Bristol clash

By Linley MacKenzie

Questions posed by Covid-19 will frame our approach to business in 2021

By Aidan Gavin

Your Money

Consumers need more than another report on insurance pricing

By Fiona Reddan

Better year in prospect for 2021 as range of European investors eye Ireland

By Kenneth Rouse

Stephen Coen ready to face old college friend Con O’Callaghan

By Seán Moran

Strength and depth of occupiers to determine future of retail market

By Eoin Feeney

Gordon D’Arcy: My dementia fears for the future after rugby and the damage done

By Gordon D'Arcy

Resilience shown in 2020 paves way for robust recovery

By Myles Clarke

Work

All Iseq executive directors appointed over 18-month period were men

By Laura Slattery

The office has a definite future but it will be more flexible

By Marie Hunt

Against all odds: The Top 10 commercial property deals of 2020

By Ronald Quinlan

Residential

Leap of faith pays off in revamped Dún Laoghaire home for €1.595m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Dublin's private rented sector the standout performer of 2020

By Ken MacDonald

2020: An unprecedented year for the investment market

By John Moran

People

Michael Harding: I drenched the garden with vulgar Christmas light

By Michael Harding

New initiative tells story of vaccines and role of scientific advancement in society

People

‘Morocco is in my heart but Ireland is always in my mind’

By Sorcha Pollak

Dogpatch confirmed as winner of €17m contract to run NDRC

By Charlie Taylor

Film

Wonder Woman 1984 review: The best superhero film to see cinemas in 2020

By Donald Clarke

Books

Daddy by Emma Cline: Looking at the melancholy of modernity

By Niamh Donnelly

Supply will be biggest obstacle for private rented sector in 2021

By Tim MacMahon

Racing

Willie Mullins eyes Tramore hat-trick with Al Boum Photo

By Brian O'Connor

Racing

Leopardstown to water steeplechase track ahead of Christmas festival

By Brian O'Connor

‘My homophobic husband has banned my daughter’s girlfriend from our home’

By Trish Murphy

Your Family

Helping children – and adults – to explore and understand grief

By Sheila Wayman

Period poverty: ‘It’s important products are readily accessible at no cost like toilet roll or soap’

By Sylvia Thompson

Motors

Millennials set to drive boom in car ownership in 2021

By Michael McAleer

Music

The Music Quiz: What was Paul McCartney’s first Beatles-era side project?

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Board jobs for the boys, fines for Twitter, and the biggest commercial property deals of 2020

By Ciara Kenny

Doireann O’Sullivan hopes Cork can flip tables on Dublin

By Mary Hannigan

Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo must learn from the past but Dublin should still find a way

By Darragh Ó Sé

Motors

Ford’s new all-electric Mustang to be sold online directly

By Michael McAleer

Relief for airlines as Europe suspends ‘use it or lose it’ rules until March

Sport

Gordon D’Arcy on his dementia fears; Darragh Ó Sé on Mayo learning from the past

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Covid-19: Queues of ambulances at Antrim hospital as North’s health service comes under pressure

By Paul Cullen and Freya McClements

Slaven Bilic set to be sacked by West Brom after draw at Man City

By Mark Dobson

Motors

BMW’s 5 Series proves its worth amid plugin-hybrid controversy

By Neil Briscoe

Dyson profit jumps 17% as company abandons car project, moves to Singapore

People

‘Are you living your dreams through us?’ my daughter asked

By Róisín Ingle

Coronavirus: Cases surge in Germany, US and South Korea

Covid-19: Will the Government be able to roll out the vaccine quickly enough?

By Pat Leahy

Clearing hospital waiting lists exacerbated by Covid-19 could cost €1bn - ESRI

By Mark Hilliard

Rental car fleet halves as bookings slow to ‘trickle’

By Ellen O'Riordan

Farming & Food

Aryzta activist Veraison recoups money selling more than half its shares

By Joe Brennan and Ciara O'Brien

Advertising Feature

Sending the right message

‘We were very lucky’: Relief as Cork city escapes heavy flooding

By Barry Roche

Film

Tom Cruise erupts on Mission: Impossible set over crew’s breach of Covid-19 rules

By Mike Ives

Sport

For one night only: Ally Pally falls silent as the darts gets going

By Barry Glendenning

Seán Moran: Limerick prove that the best win out even in strange year

By Seán Moran

Markets

Global stocks climb on optimism over US deal

Africa

Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region regains some services

Almost one quarter of world’s population will not get Covid-19 vaccine until 2022

Vaccine certificates part of implementation plan, says Donnelly

By Vivienne Clarke

How Irish is Norwegian Air Shuttle?

By Richard Milne

Economy

Euro zone economy exceeded expectations in Dec but still shrank – PMI

Drink

Latest release of new Irish whiskeys are well worth trying

By John Wilson

Britain’s top court gives go-ahead for £14bn Heathrow expansion

Joe Biden campaigns for Democrats in key Georgia Senate race

By Lauren Fedor

Economy

Residential property prices fell again in October

By Ciara O'Brien

Covid ferry outbreak: Over 320 passengers bound for Ireland stranded overnight

By Gerry Moriarty

Lost artefact from Great Pyramid of Giza found in cigar box in Scotland

‘Like nothing seen in nature before’: Scientists discover strange dinosaur

Religious leaders urge global decriminalisation of LGBT+ people

By Harriet Sherwood

Markets

There is no stock market bubble

By Martin Wolf

Til death do us Dart: Train driver says ‘I choo’ after platform proposal

By Ronan McGreevy

West Brom appoint Sam Allardyce to replace sacked Slaven Bilic

By Paul Doyle

BMW warns no-deal Brexit will cost carmaker ‘hundreds of millions’ of euros

Future pay hikes passed on to retired public servants driving surge in State’s pension cost

By Pat Leahy and Martin Wall

McGuinness seeks to make it easier for banks to sell bad loans

By Naomi O'Leary

Woman who killed partner fails to get Christmas release from jail

By Eoin Reynolds

Leo Varadkar says ‘we have lost our way’ in the decade of centenaries

By Ronan McGreevy

Irish start-up FoodMarble raises €2.1m to grow digestive health business

By Ciara O'Brien

Asia-Pacific

Dying from overwork: Strain on South Korea’s delivery workers gets too much

By Choe Sang-Hun

Covid-19: Government urged to listen to questions from public about vaccine

By Marie O'Halloran

Books

Desmond FitzGerald on TS Eliot: a revolutionary taste in poetry

By Karl O’Hanlon

Vaccine uptake will be driven by consensus not penalties, Nphet told

By Jack Horgan-Jones

People caught with cannabis may now avoid criminal charge

By Conor Lally

Join Jim McGuinness and Kevin McStay for a preview of the All-Ireland final

Nearly 300 patients waiting for admission to hospital beds, nurses say

By Martin Wall

Senior Green Party ministers united in backing EU and Canada trade deal

By Harry McGee

Facebook moves legal responsibilities of its UK users out of Ireland

Teams to get two concussion subs per match in FA Cup from January

US will prioritise post-Brexit trade deal with EU over UK, says congressman

By Simon Carswell

North’s Covid crisis could repeat in State if situation allowed ‘go out of control’ - Taoiseach

By Vivienne Clarke, Marie O'Halloran and Gerry Moriarty

Retired businessman charged with sexually assaulting boy scouts

By Barry Roche

Ben Healy ruled out of Munster’s tough away day against Clermont

By Gerry Thornley

Market, not State, best placed to solve Brexit issues, committee hears

By Colm Keena

Two gardaí assaulted in separate attacks in Dundalk

By Conor Lally

Covid-19: All nursing home residents, staff could be vaccinated by February, taskforce head says

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Dispute between Johnny Ronan and Kenny family is settled

NI Executive to consider ‘decisive’ interventions to address Covid-19 pressures

By Gerry Moriarty

Covid situation in Northern Ireland ‘very worrying’ - Martin

By Marie O'Halloran

WHO urges Europeans to wear masks when meeting family over Christmas

Final warning to exchange UK or NI driving licences before Brexit

By Simon Carswell

Redacted version of report that led to Alan Shatter resignation, placed in Oireachtas library

By Marie O'Halloran

Patient who fell twice at Beaumont hospital settles case for €145,000

High Court orders Waterford discount stores to close

Photographers and astronomy lovers invited to ‘reach for the stars’

By Ellen O'Riordan

Hospital not seeking to ‘accelerate’ child’s death, Supreme Court told

By Mary Carolan

State did not bail out banks during economic collapse, Taoiseach says

By Marie O'Halloran

Asia-Pacific

At least 250,000 suffered abuse in New Zealand’s state care system, inquiry finds

By Eleanor Ainge Roy

China worst offender in record year for jailing of journalists

By Helen Davidson

Jordi Murphy will always Goal the extra mile in memory of his grandfather

By Ian O'Riordan

Austrians stay away from Covid-19 mass test programme

By Derek Scally

Exeter’s Champions Cup game with Toulouse called off after coronavirus outbreak

Bog rehabilitation scheme: ‘This is only a beginning’

By Paddy Woodworth

Man threatened football coach after son dropped from team

Nature prompts hope during pandemic

By Alex McMaster

Kingspan boss tells staff it will take time to rebuild trust after Grenfell inquiry

By Barry O'Halloran

Azeris ‘capture dozens’ of Armenian troops despite Nagorno-Karabakh truce

By Daniel McLaughlin

Hauliers fear full direct ferries to EU if Brexit checks block UK routes

By Simon Carswell

Middle East

Yemen tops IRC emergency watchlist as most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe

By Michael Jansen

Hines seeks permission for 732 homes at Player Wills site in Dublin 8

By Ciara O'Brien

Golfer who hit spectator with ball says he did not see reason to shout ‘fore’

Hairdressers told to wear masks not visors to combat Covid-19

By Ronan McGreevy

Draft Facebook decision did not ‘land like a spacecraft’, court told

Government to hold off on insurance dual pricing laws until late 2021

By Joe Brennan

Social Affairs

Legislation for investigations into child sex abuse ‘unfit for purpose’

By Kitty Holland

Q&A: What is the story with the cost of public sector pensions?

By Cliff Taylor

Media

TG4 calls for major change to media funding as news industry seeks support

By Laura Slattery

Asia-Pacific

WHO team to travel to Wuhan to investigate origin of coronavirus

By Helen Davidson

Brexit: Sides see way forward to deal as Johnson says there is ‘every hope’

By Naomi O'Leary

Central Bank warns firms to clean up their anti-money laundering act

By Joe Brennan

A face mask feelgood moment

Holohan warns Covid-19 moving in ‘wrong direction’ as 431 cases, 6 deaths reported

Charlie Hebdo trial: 14 accomplices found guilty over 2015 terror attacks

Social Affairs

Gardaí presence in rape crisis centres may encourage reporting

By Kitty Holland

Sport

Charley Pride: The country music star with a baseball dream

By Dave Hannigan

Teenager sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend

Vaccine compensation scheme should be set up ‘urgently’ , report says

By Colin Gleeson

O’Leary Insurances acquired in multimillion euro deal

By Charlie Taylor

Johnson draws back from cancelling easing of UK restrictions for Christmas

By Denis Staunton

Markets

European shares rise after better than expected economic data

DAA chief hopeful of 16m travelling through Dublin Airport in 2021

By Ciarán Hancock

Covid-19 protocols around school closures may be amended if necessary - Taoiseach

By Marie O'Halloran

Trial of Jim Mansfield Jnr adjourned for almost six months

By Alison O'Riordan

Environment

Phibsborough residents and businesses seek change to BusConnects plans for village

By Olivia Kelly

An Irish Diary

Not all Greek: A pandemic-inspired addiction to language courses

By Frank McNally

The truth behind the false idea that the Brexit talks have dragged on and on

By Naomi O'Leary

Everton impress again as they exploit Leicester City’s weak points

By Paul Doyle

Leeds snap out of their winter blues in stunning fashion with win over Newcastle

By Louise Taylor

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans, Irish-led research says

Arsenal’s problems on show again as they rescue point against Southampton

By David Hytner

Trump attack on McConnell signals growing distance from party

By Suzanne Lynch

Cross-Border health treatment in North to continue in new year despite Brexit

By Marie O'Halloran

Clare too strong for Limerick as they set sights on Kerry in Munster final

Miriam Lord: TDs weren’t banking on Taoiseach’s parting Yuletide gift

By Miriam Lord

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17448 by Crossheir – Wednesday, December 16th, 2020

By Lorna Kernan

Editorials

Irish Times view: Abuse on a massive scale in New Zealand

History

Mystery of Sligo shipwreck solved 250 years after it sank

By Ellen O'Riordan

Roberto Firmino’s bullet header shoots Liverpool clear at the summit

By Andy Hunter

Editorials

Irish Times view of €450,000 Twitter fine: One-stop shop system under pressure

Sebastien Haller’s stunning strike earns point for West Ham

State paid €50m for modern-day religious ‘indulgences’ on renewable energy, TD says

By Marie O'Halloran

Woman killed in hit and run incident in Co Galway

By Colin Gleeson