OpinionYou want an index for Ireland’s biodiversity crisis? I give you the humble curlewBy Melanie McDonagh
OpinionLeo Varadkar, Johnny Sexton and Michael D ... here are your new year resolutions By Justine McCarthy
State PapersGerry Adams told Irish officials he would not have stopped Canary Wharf bombBy Brian Hutton
PoliticsEamon Ryan rejects claims he is ‘hated’ by rural Ireland over climate policiesBy Jack Horgan-Jones
State PapersIreland favoured ‘minimalist’ sanctions on Soviets when they shot down planeBy Harry McGee
State Papers‘What happens in the bedroom is not for regulation’: Top civil servant’s advice on 1992 condom billBy Ronan McGreevy
State PapersRosemary Nelson murder: Role of FBI in investigation seen as bid to lend ‘dubious respectability’By Harry McGee
InterviewSinn Féin’s Martin Kenny: ‘I’m sure there’s plenty of guards that vote for us’By Cormac McQuinn
DublinLiffey cyclepath plan with boardwalks set to be shelved as cost estimate hits €100mBy Olivia Kelly
State PapersTrimble assassination risk raised with officials in months after peace dealBy Mark Devenport in Belfast
State PapersPower-sharing in North dogged by ‘continual attrition’ from the outsetBy Marie Coleman in Belfast
BooksSpiritual Wounds: A riposte to the idea that, after the Irish Civil War, nobody wanted to talk about itBy Ronan McGreevy
Your WellnessDangling nose hairs, spiky ear hairs ... Why do men sprout hair in weird places as they age?By Rachel Rabkin Peachman
FoodFrom magnificent Michelin meals to an outstanding ham and cheese toastie: The best things we ate in 2022By Marie Claire Digby
State PapersMowlam wanted her successor to face down UK right-wing press on NorthBy Shane Hickey in London and Harry McGee
TV & RadioPatrick Freyne’s TV of 2022: Liam Neeson’s bitter words, The Love Boat with full frontal nudity, and a farewell to a legendBy Patrick Freyne
DublinTaskforce to tackle HSE’s multimillion-euro debt to Dublin council for ambulance servicesBy Sarah Slater
State PapersBritish complained to Ireland about lack of action on ‘terrorist financing’ in Border areasBy Mark Devenport in Belfast
MusicPaul Spring: Thunderhead – Richly realised songs with deft lyrics and considered sensibilityBy Siobhán Kane
HealthHospitals brace for record overcrowding in new year as infections surge in StateBy Jack Horgan-Jones and Emmet Malone
Crime & LawNotorious criminal sues prison authorities for failing to protect him from Kinahan gangBy Conor Gallagher
PoliticsPlan to boost spending on sports grounds by 300% rejected as lacking ‘realism’By Jack Horgan-Jones
Music‘No violence – we hate violence,’ Terry Hall pleaded the night The Specials played DublinBy Ed Power
MusicTo the Moon and Back: A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – Electronic pioneer gets a non-reverential remodellingBy Tony Clayton-Lea
BusinessTriumph, disaster and chaos: the business world’s winners and losers of 2022By Laura Slattery
PoliticsOPW warned Government of risks to successful delivery of modular homes for refugeesBy Cormac McQuinn
State PapersBloody Sunday: Mo Mowlam’s draft apology on soldiers ‘not intending murder’ ruled outBy Mark Devenport
HealthHalf of women in menopause describe it as ‘negative experience’, research findsBy Shauna Bowers
OpinionBobby McDonagh: Rishi Sunak knows Brexit Britain can’t play silly buggers any moreBy Bobby McDonagh
HealthMask-wearing Q&A: Should we be wearing them? Where? Should they be mandatory?By Sylvia Thompson
SoccerBest sporting moments of the year - No 2: Lionel Messi fulfils World Cup destiny with ArgentinaBy Philip Reid
Ireland‘We have to expect absolutely everything’: Chief medical officer already preparing for next pandemic
Africa‘Calculator boy’ eases Zambia’s economic storm but poor still feel painBy Zanji Sinkala and Thomson Reuters Foundation
FashionVivienne Westwood, the godmother of punk, was serene and unfailingly polite when we metBy Deirdre McQuillan
Asia-PacificDeposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for for seven more yearsBy John Reed in New Delhi
Europe‘People have become more united’: A Russian city mourns soldiers, but supports warBy Valerie Hopkins in Ryazan
EuropeUkraine downs Russian drones as Kremlin seeks closer military ties with ChinaBy Daniel McLaughlin
Asia-PacificSpain brings in controls on travellers from China as EU split widensBy Barney Jopson in Madrid and Andy Bounds in Brussels
USDonald Trump’s tax returns made public after years of legal battlesBy Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley in Washington
CourtsWoman who fled home on Christmas Day is one of 11 people to secure emergency protection ordersBy Mary Carolan
MarketsWorld stocks slip again on last trading day of a year marred by inflation and warBy Colin Gleeson
Soccer‘Pelé will be eternal’: Premier League managers Guardiola, Lampard and Conte pay tribute to Brazilian star
SoccerChelsea identify Fernández and Mac Allister as midfield options By Fabrizio Romano, Jacob Steinberg and Ed Aarons
RacingMullins starts the New Year on top of the trainers’ championship with over €2.5m in prizemoneyBy Brian O'Connor
HealthFrance, Spain and UK to introduce Covid-19 curbs on China but Ireland holds off for nowBy Jennifer Bray