Article Index

Frozen cobwebs

The upper paw

Official excuse

The final straw

Missing syllables

Wind farms and energy needs

The cost of recycling

Skilled labour

Snow, ice and fog

Planning system in crisis

Facts, rhetoric and the unity debate

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas as US files criminal charges

Cartoon

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Recipes

Barry’s porchetta

Books

Superheroes are harmless monsters, spruced-up freaks, who exist in order to inspire

By Jan Grue, translated by BL Crook

Wall Street predicts a rough ride for stocks in 2023

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Books

Second Voyages: Writers on Poems by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

By Clíona Ní Ríordáin

A crystal ball on earnings is of little use

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Science

Curse words around the world have something in common (we swear)

By Elizabeth Preston

Food

The Christmas selection box you’ll be dipping into every mealtime

By Marie Claire Digby

Limerick hurlers hope for respite from injuries as they prepare to go again

By Paul Keane

McBryde insists Leinster pack must be braced for a very different test

By Daire Walsh

Markets fret over US recession

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Auto-enrolment pensions: What questions remain about new worker scheme?

By Fiona Reddan

McGrath to seek Cabinet approval for review of ethics legislation

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn

Golf

Different Strokes: Cavan planning to honour popular Maguire

By Philip Reid

Travel

How to get the best out of self-catering accommodation

By Conor Pope

Food

Not into turkey at Christmas? Cook this fennel stuffed porchetta instead

By Marie Claire Digby

Dublin

Dublin Airport investigated over alleged non-compliance with planning permission for new runway

By Cormac McQuinn and Olivia Kelly

Who benefits from a united Ireland? Expectations are mixed

By Brendan O'Leary and John Garry

Books

What’s in a name? The ups and downs of book titles

By John Self

Dublin

Dublin’s Portobello Plaza to be redesigned under €2.6m pedestrian plan

By Olivia Kelly

Gerry Thornley: Formidable usual suspects make strong cases at start of European campaigns

By Gerry Thornley

What does future hold for Irish bricks and mortar retail?

By Cantillon

Cabinet reshuffle: Final plans for ministries may not be discussed by Coalition leaders until Friday

By Cormac McQuinn

Majority of northern voters reject need to become Irish citizens in the event of unity, poll shows

By Pat Leahy

Stephen Rochford criticises GAA decision to not let Mayo wear rainbow numbers on jerseys

By Paul Keane

United Ireland comes with dilemmas for British who don’t want to become Irish

By John Garry and Brendan O'Leary

Owen Doyle: Another weekend of dangerous hits, does anybody really care?

By Owen Doyle

Your Wellness

Orla Tinsley: I am deeply concerned about education around the organ donation opt-out system

By Orla Tinsley

An Post row with UK Post Office causing return of online purchases

By Mark Paul

Investors still focused on past performance

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Northern Ireland’s economy expected to fall into recession next year

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Your Family

‘I kind of fixated on people who I thought were slimmer than me’

By Sheila Wayman

Irish online customers with smaller UK retailers need to check if their purchases can get through customs

By Cantillon

Can I share inheritance tax thresholds with family to cut tax bill?

By Dominic Coyle

Business Today Newsletter

Social media influencers fail to label half of advertisements, watchdog finds

By Laura Slattery

Your Wellness

I’m a ‘syringe half-full’ kinda girl

By Sheilagh Foley

Your Family

How do I spot if my child has . . . an eating disorder?

By Sheila Wayman

Lockerbie bombing suspect will not face death penalty, US court told

People

‘Try Ireland,’ they said. ‘Ireland? I’d never been there. It’s so far from Ukraine,’ I said

By Jade Wilson

Postal row threatens Christmas, North’s recession and pension auto enrolment

By Ciarán Hancock

Desert Outtakes: Bargain England World Cup winners T-shirts for sale

By Eamon Donoghue

Dominik Livakovic banishes jitters to become Croatia’s man for the big moment

Morning Sports Briefing

Does anyone care about head contact anymore? Argentina defend antics against the Netherlands

Inside Politics Newsletter

Keywords Studios acquires tech PR company LabCom in €1m cash deal

By Ciara O'Brien

North and South: United on a Border poll, poles apart on being united

By Harry McGee

Century

Bertie Ahern says lessons to be learned from studying Civil War

By Barry Roche

Asia-Pacific

Jacinda Ardern caught calling minor opposition party leader an ‘arrogant pr**k’

By Eva Corlett in Wellington

SYS Group enters strategic partnership with PGM Financial Services

By Ciara O'Brien

Australia

Six people killed in ambush and siege at remote Australian property

Recent killing of up to 70 sheep by dogs in Offaly and Kildare investigated

By Olivia Kelleher

Goldman Sachs considers hundreds of job cuts at consumer business

By Joshua Franklin

Eddie Jones to coach Barbarians at Twickenham next May

By Nathan Johns

Ulster’s Andy Warwick cited after Manu Tuilagi collision

EU clear to implement 15% corporation tax rate after Hungary drops veto

By Naomi O'Leary

Music

Jet Black obituary: drummer helped to give the Stranglers their unique sound

By Adam Sweeting

Financial Services

Bank of Ireland to invest €11.5m to refurbish and upgrade its branch network

By Ciara O'Brien

Half of main Ulster Bank and KBC current accounts remain open – Central Bank

By Joe Brennan

What happens next to arrested FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried?

By Josh Taylor

Ministerial reshuffle will be decided on Saturday, says Taoiseach

By Harry McGee

Michael Fingleton asked to disclose financial means in IBRC case

By Joe Brennan

Stage

Polar Bear and Penguin review: A warm tale of melting ice

By Sara Keating

Sport

Tyrone Kane earns recall as Simi Singh is left out of squads for Zimbabwe tour

By Nathan Johns

Most learner drivers fail to hand over permits when disqualified

By Marie O'Halloran

Africa

Somalia in crisis but not yet at famine levels

EU parliament strips Eva Kaili of vice president role amid Qatar corruption scandal

By Olivia Kelleher

‘True need’ for law to recognise international surrogacy, judge warns amid fresh case

By Ellen O'Riordan

Farming & Food

Average dairy farm income in Ireland surges to record €148,000

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Jonathan Dowdall says Gerard Hutch was ‘lying’ about not knowing those involved in Regency Hotel attack

By Mary Carolan

Over 300 abuse allegations to date against Spiritan priests

By Patsy McGarry

United Airlines buys 100 Boeing 787s in bet on long-haul rebound

Dublin car traffic volumes still below pre-Covid levels, CSO figures show

By Ian Curran

Enoch Burke to remain in jail as he refuses to purge contempt

By Aodhan O’Faolain

Fighting for Ukraine: ‘I wasn’t sure that we could hold out and defend Kyiv’

By Daniel McLaughlin

Social Affairs

Sexually harassed worker ‘not entitled’ to get copy of report upholding her complaint

By Stephen Bourke

Two men hospitalised after a fire in Co Wexford

By Jade Wilson

Consumer Tech

Apple launches Emergency SOS via satellite for Irish users

By Ciara O'Brien

‘Strategic lies’ do not mean Aaron Connolly is guilty of murder, defence says

By Fiona Magennis

German coup plot’s rarity shows democracy’s strength

By Janan Ganesh

HSE and hospital apologise for substandard care as boy’s case settles for €9m

Minister Eamon Ryan says it could be two years before utility bills drop

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Work

Accountant who went to rehab for cocaine addiction dismissed in ‘underhanded way’

By Stephen Bourke

Andy Friend warns Connacht that Brive will be a different beast on home turf

By Linley MacKenzie

Health

Navan hospital set to receive 50% fewer ambulances as patients diverted

By Paul Cullen

Irish diplomat to head up enforcement of EU’s Russia sanctions

By Naomi O'Leary

Supreme Court reserves decision in Quirke murder conviction appeal

By Ellen O'Riordan

US shares and bonds surge as inflation hits lowest level since December 2021

By Colby Smith

Farming & Food

‘Alarming’ uncertainty over veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland

By Seanín Graham

Racing

Irish Derby reverts to Sunday slot with increased prize money of €1.25m

IDA Ireland CEO put on garden leave ahead of departure from State jobs agency

By Ken Foxe

High Court strikes out Gemma O’Doherty’s defamation case for being brought too late

Prem hotels group to operate 92-bedroom hotel in Brussels

By Ian Curran

Teenager settles case over acid splash in science class for €45,000

Climate Crisis

Marine Bill will protect 30% of Irish waters and encourage development of offshore windfarms

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Science

What is nuclear fusion and what have scientists achieved?

By Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Christina Anderson trial hears she appeared ‘very severely impaired’ after stabbing

By Ryan Dunne

Morocco set to pose toughest test of France’s ability to find a way to win

By Jacob Steinberg in Doha

People

Dún Laoghaire Baths finally reopen: ‘We’re here courtesy of people power’

By Deirdre Falvey

Asia-Pacific

Chinese and Indian soldiers clash at Himalayan border

By Helen Davidson in Taipei and Aakash Hassan in Delhi

Brennans bakery ‘never’ intended to end catering contract on Christmas Eve, court hears

By Aodhan O'Faolain

French film star entitled to €4.87m damages arising from fraud, rules judge

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Middle East

Palestinians call for international intervention following death of girl (16) during Israeli raid of West Bank

By Mark Weiss

More than a quarter of Irish-based businesses now selling online

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Van driver attempted to ‘abduct’ young boy in south Dublin

By Conor Lally

Jockey Rachael Blackmore’s company enjoys record profits

By Gordon Deegan

Profits at Blackrock Clinic more than doubled last year

By Gordon Deegan

International conference pledges €1bn in aid to Ukraine

By Lara Marlowe

Lisbon residents told to stay home as floods hit Portugal

Rally on cost of living at Leinster House to coincide with appointment of new Taoiseach

By Harry McGee

Hospitals ‘no place’ for protest says Taoiseach in wake of comments by Archbishop of Armagh

By Marie O'Halloran

SEC charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors

By Joshua Oliver

Anti-corruption powers proposed over Qatar claims

By Naomi O'Leary

Airborne Capital raises €285m against aircraft

By Barry O'Halloran

Use of camels in Spanish festive parades labelled abusive

By Guy Hedgecoe

Environment

Wexford County Council warns of Portuguese Man O’War jellyfish along coast

By Sarah Slater

‘Significant compensation’ required for Moore Street traders, says consultant

By Gordon Deegan

Africa

Ramaphosa survives impeachment vote

By Bill Corcoran

Ross Munnelly calls time on Laois intercounty career after two decades

By Gordon Manning

Jonathan Dowdall denies he is a ‘master manipulator’ who has told ‘two big lies’ in Regency Hotel murder trial

By Mary Carolan

Science

Fusion energy: US scientists announce major breakthrough

By Mark Hilliard

Housing & Planning

State should take equity stake in houses built by housing bodies, committee told

By Colm Keena

Westmeath’s Ger Egan retires from intercounty football

By Gordon Manning

Provisional liquidator appointed to tech firm Altada

Man arrested, house sealed off by gardaí investigating Mahamud Ilyas murder

By Conor Lally

Central Bank has sold 90% of IBRC-linked bonds

By Joe Brennan

Africa

At least 100 killed, dozens injured by floods and landslides in Democratic Republic of Congo

Cerberus subsidiary collects €914,000 on loans before wind-up

By Barry O'Halloran

Facing Ireland first in Six Nations ‘not the worst thing’, says Warren Gatland

Greater awareness of workplace supports for people with autism required, committee told

By Emmet Malone

Sport

Ferrari appoint Sauber’s Frederic Vasseur as new F1 team principal

By Giles Richards

Cork crash: Woman (51) killed after car struck mourners following funeral

By Barry Roche

Climate Crisis

RTÉ defends climate change coverage after claims some shows had tendency to ‘polarise’ issue

By Sarah Burns

World Rugby in crisis after vice-chairman Bernard Laporte given two-year suspended sentence

By Gerard Meagher

Markets

European shares hit one-week highs on US inflation data

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

New international surrogacy rules will provide ‘certainty to many families in Ireland’

By Jennifer Bray

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill will not be accelerated or slowed, says UK foreign secretary

An Irish Diary

Sound of the season: Fionnuala Ward on George Michael and Last Christmas

By Fionnuala Ward

Health

Implementation of measures to support student nurses and midwives welcomed by INMO

By Emmet Malone

Environment

Biodiversity loss: Lead negotiators at Cop15 push for strong outcome as ‘world is at precipice’

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Dáil votes confidence in Darragh O’Brien as TDs criticise ‘Harry Kane of Irish politics’

By Marie O'Halloran

Editorials

The Irish Times view of the European parliament bribery scandal

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the proposed new planning legislation: trying to break the logjam

World Cup semi-final as it happened: Argentina progress with Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez inspirational

By David Gorman

Russia rules out negotiation unless Ukraine accepts annexations

By Daniel McLaughlin

Miriam Lord: A smirk for Micheál Martin over Eamon Ryan’s icy wokeness

By Miriam Lord

Weather: Orange warning issued with temperatures of -5 degrees expected

By Mark Hilliard and Olivia Kelleher

Former FF minister among those appointed to independent electoral body

By Pat Leahy

Nice truck attack: French court convicts eight people over Bastille Day killings

World Cup TV View: Duffer all in favour of Argentina’s dark arts as ITV mourn England’s exit

By Mary Hannigan

Antrim woman jailed for 20 years for murder of son and attempted murder of his baby brother

Ken Early: Messi shows that there is more to speed than physique as Argentina roll on

By Ken Early

Eamon Ryan ‘asleep at the wheel again’ over failure at Dublin Airport to prepare for cold weather

By Marie O'Halloran

Argentina reach World Cup final as Messi makes the unbelievable real before our eyes

By Gavin Cummiskey

TV & Radio

The Irish Civil War part 3: By the final credits, even narrator Brendan Gleeson sounds ready to check out

By Ed Power

Man charged with attempted murder of two police officers in Tyrone

By Mark Hilliard