Article Index

Your good health

Environment

Survey records ‘spectacular’ improvement in cleanliness of Dublin city

By Olivia Kelly

Almost 100,000 home STI test kits ordered under through HSE programme

By Mark Hilliard

Harold not Hugh

Masks and buses

In the picture

Message in a bottle

Dún Laoghaire baths must be accessible to all

Wind farms and Dublin Bay

An Post’s Catch-22

Health crisis – problems and solutions

Pricewatch

Avoid ads, cook more and switch providers: 23 tips to make your money count this January

By Conor Pope

Tuarascáil

Tuair na bliana

By Alan Titley

Tuarascáil

Teach na mBocht: ceann scríbe na dála deiridh do bhochtáin na hÉireann

By Séamus Kavanagh

Social Affairs

Pre-pandemic remote working plan gave insurance company ‘competitive edge’

By Emmet Malone

Social Affairs

Remote working: ‘We’re essentially changing how people have worked for the last 100 years’

By Emmet Malone

Work

It is time to slash and burn the number of meetings we attend

By Emma Jacobs

Too young and no military experience: concerns over Irish men volunteering to fight in Ukraine

By Conor Lally

Books

How does a daughter of the Irish diaspora end up writing about revolution in the Philippines?

By Reine Arcache Melvin

Books

The McCartney Legacy - Volume 1: 1969–73: Parts feel like swimming through treacle looking for something interesting

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Abroad

I found true love on the high seas and hope future generations will have the opportunity to do the same

By Niamh McAnally

In the News

What does China’s unwinding of Zero Covid mean for Ireland?

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Opinion

Una Mullally: A nouveau-bedsit for €2,120 per month? Welcome to Dublin’s new rental hell

By Una Mullally

Construction slows as inflation hits sector

By Barry O'Halloran

Multidenominational primary schools more likely to be oversubscribed than Catholic

By Carl O'Brien

Most fee-charging schools received millions in extra Covid-19 funding

By Carl O'Brien

Hybrid working rates reach as high as 97% among civil servants

By Cormac McQuinn

Hospital overcrowding: Hundreds of well patients await discharge while 1,000 care home beds empty

By Paul Cullen and Pat Leahy

Opinion

True context of protocol negotiations should not be misrepresented

By Bobby McDonagh

Amendment needed following ECJ’s ruling on corporate transparency

By Paul Egan

Taxpayer may end up paying most of €1.5bn redress for abuse by religious orders

By Carl O'Brien

Ukrainians on life in Ireland: ‘It was very difficult ... and then we found this lovely family’

By Olivia Kelleher

Food

Get fermenting: All you need is a cabbage and some salt. Magic will happen

By Lilly Higgins

Recipes

Red cabbage and fennel sauerkraut

By Lilly Higgins

Film

Tár, starring Cate Blanchett, has already stirred up Oscar buzz and ruffled culture war feathers

By Donald Clarke

Just five applications for €100,000 payment for health workers who died of Covid in service

By Paul Cullen

Ken Early: Graham Potter on shaky ground as Chelsea faithful grow restless

By Ken Early

Golf

Séamus Power’s patience and resilience paying dividends as he joins golf’s elite ranks

By Denis Walsh

Gaelic Games

Kilmacud Crokes move closer to exorcising ghost of 2022 All-Ireland club final defeat

By Seán Moran

Renewed push for deal on Northern Ireland protocol before Stormont election deadline

By Pat Leahy

Your Family

‘My 16-year-old daughter is finding it hard to make friends in secondary school’

By John Sharry

Insolvencies could top 1,000 this year

By Barry O'Halloran

Your Wellness

Where do you rank smell in the hierarchy of senses?

By Dr Muiris Houston

Where has all the cough syrup gone? Ireland’s medicines shortage worsens

By Dominic Coyle

Business Today Newsletter

Republic monitoring nuclear risk as a consequence of fighting in Ukraine

By Jennifer Bray

Your Money

‘The singing profession can be precarious, as the last few years have reminded us’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Your Family

‘Mum, I’m so lonely at school. Nobody speaks to me all day’

By Ita O'Kelly

Financial Services

Aon pre-lets Iput’s revamped former Ulster Bank riverside office block

By Dominic Coyle

Medicines shortage, insolvencies warning and time to cull some meetings

By Conn Ó Midheach

Golf

Jon Rahm overturns seven-stroke deficit for big win in Hawaii

‘Absolutely gutted’ - Ulster and McFarland under pressure after fifth defeat in six matches

By Michael Sadlier

Morning Sports Briefing

Potter failing to work magic at Chelsea; Séamus Power’s inspirational rise to the elite

By David Gorman

Single-use plastic cutlery and plates to be banned in England by end of year

Markets

Tesla faces protests in China from owners unhappy over price cuts

Asia-Pacific

China sends war planes and navy vessels toward Taiwan as part of large-scale military drills

Not enough apartments being built to meet workers’ needs, warns Cairn boss

By Barry O'Halloran and Colin Gleeson

Financial Services

Goldman Sachs to cut about 3,200 jobs this week after cost review

By Sridhar Natarajan

Sol Campbell’s high opinion of himself prompts a chuckle or two

By Mary Hannigan

Racing

Gordon Elliott expresses layoff concerns for injured Jack Kennedy

Mark Selby knocked out of Masters by Iran’s Hossein Vafaei

Ousmane Dembélé on target as Barcelona edge out Atlético Madrid to go clear at top

Middle East

Suez Canal: Minor delays expected as stuck cargo vessel is refloated

TV & Radio

Prince Harry: The most revealing quotes from his TV interview

Markets

Vodafone to receive €1.7bn from sale of Hungarian unit

NFL roundup: Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks grab final playoff spots

Irish rare disease drugmaker Amryt Pharma to be acquired for up to €1.4bn

By Dominic Coyle and Colin Gleeson

German authorities search garages over alleged plans for chemical attack

‘Common sense’ on working from home needed to ease pressure on NI hospitals

Russian Twitter campaign targeting US election did not sway voters - study

By Simon Carswell

Coombes family affair underpins a pair of Munster wins in Musgrave Park

By John O'Sullivan

Your Money

Renting out a room can boost your income but only if you stay within the rules

By Dominic Coyle

Film

Michelle Williams: ‘When I’m working on something, I feel so completely inside of it’

By Kyle Buchanan

Women pass 40% mark on European financial services boards but hurdles remain

By Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan and Emma Dunkley

Gaelic Games

Mayo’s Lee Keegan announces his retirement from intercounty football

By Ian O'Riordan

Angling Notes: Funding applications invited for beginners, young anglers and tourism

By Derek Evans

Poolbeg Pharma sees positive test results for new flu drug

By Colin Gleeson

AstraZeneca buys US biotech CinCor in $1.8bn deal

By Hannah Kuchler

Warning issued as heavy rain expected to hit Munster and Galway on Tuesday

By Ronan McGreevy

Dry January numbers grow as sales of ‘zero’ beers rise all year round

By Tim O'Brien

Remains of sea swimmer recovered near Killiney

By Mark Hilliard

Climate Crisis

UN chief calls for ‘heroic response’ to help Pakistan fund recovery after devastating floods

Restaurants

Noma, one of the world’s best restaurants, to close and become a ‘food laboratory’

Economy

Manufacturing output jumps 40% in final part of 2022

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Film

Empire of Light: Sam Mendes’s beautifully made new film doesn’t quite hang together

By Tara Brady

Economy

ECB sees ‘very strong’ wage growth ahead as more rate hikes planned

Owen Farrell in danger of missing Six Nations start after citing for tackle

By Gerard Meagher

Roberto Martinez appointed as new Portugal manager

German finance minister probed over loan from bank he praised

By Derek Scally

State spent more than €59bn on social protection in 2021

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Africa

Somalia’s fight against Al Shabaab, the group who must not be named

By Sally Hayden

Middle East

Iran sentences three more protesters to death on charges of ‘waging war on God’

Aldi Ireland plans to eliminate at least 60 tonnes of food waste in 2023

By Colin Gleeson

Courts

State awaiting DPP directions in case of man charged with Bruna Fonseca murder

By Olivia Kelleher

Man (20s) killed in two-vehicle collision in Co Limerick

By Tim O'Brien

Hospital overcrowding partially eases after high number of weekend discharges

By Paul Cullen

Tennis

Emma Raducanu hopeful of being fit for Australian Open after ankle injury

By Tumaini Carayol

Monster Energy producer plans to double Co Kildare workforce

By Gordon Deegan

Leinster expect Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong to be fit for start of Six Nations

‘The highest of highs will be impossible to replicate’ - Gareth Bale announces his retirement

By Ben Fisher

Social Affairs

Ballymun protests against refugees ‘orchestrated by far-right’, Lord Mayor of Dublin says

By Vivienne Clarke and Cormac McQuinn

Media

Prince Harry should just shut up, says UK media that can’t shut up about Prince Harry

By Laura Slattery

‘They didn’t have time to do their job properly’: Dublin hospital missed patient’s fractured spine

By Simon Carswell

Courts

Man jailed for murdering wife during cruise on Lough Erne granted leave for appeal

By Alan Erwin

EU and UK announce progress in push for Northern Ireland protocol deal

By Naomi O'Leary

Aperee nursing homes hires new chief executive after ownership row settled

By Joe Brennan

Irish Real Tennis Association lodges appeal against NCH refurbishment

By Gordon Deegan

Climate Crisis

Ozone layer to recover by 2060 amid global phaseout of chemicals, says UN

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent

‘Retrograde regulations of recent years have predictably led to offensively expensive Insta-cells’

Restaurants

‘This is too hard. We have to work a different way’: Noma and the future of fine dining

Science

Possibility of rocket debris from satellite launch off Irish coast triggers alert

By Colm Keena

First cases of ‘concerning’ new Covid-19 subvariant detected in Ireland

By Paul Cullen

Work

McDonald’s ex-CEO given $400,000 penalty for misrepresentations to investors

Housing & Planning

Former bank branches ‘could be used to provide accommodation’

By Mark Hilliard

Music

John Lydon, former Sex Pistols frontman, to compete to represent Ireland in Eurovision

By Ronan McGreevy

France catches rare glimpse of Emmanuel Macron’s human side as he speaks about his marriage

By Lara Marlowe

Ronnie O’Sullivan vows to ‘keep coming for more’ as he progresses in Masters

Supermarket food prices rising at fastest rate on record - Kantar

By Conor Pope

Flipdish plans to double revenues

By Gordon Deegan

Former Czech prime minister Andrej Babis acquitted of fraud charges involving EU funds

By Raphael Minder in Prague

The highs and lows of Gareth Bale as Wales captain announces his retirement

Irish man Seán Binder arrives in Greece to face trial linked to search and rescue work

By Jade Wilson

Dublin

Artists’ livelihood ‘at risk’ over Merrion Square cycle-path plan

By Olivia Kelly

Markets

European shares advance as China reopens borders after three years

By Joe Brennan

Man dies in house fire in Fermoy, Co Cork

By Olivia Kelleher

Tánaiste holds ‘productive’ talks with Northern parties on protocol

By Seanín Graham

Children among residents targeted at anti-asylum seeker protests in Ballymun

By Conor Gallagher, Cormac McQuinn and Vivienne Clarke

Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine as British volunteers go missing

By Daniel McLaughlin

Americas

Brazilian police dismantle anti-government protest camps

By Bryan Harris and Michael Pooler in São Paulo

Research on conscientious objection ‘vital’ before final report submitted - abortion review chair

By Jennifer Bray

Racing

Former Horse Racing Ireland boss rejects court judgment that ‘pressure’ was applied to regulator

By Brian O'Connor

An Irish Diary

Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the Dead Dinner in Paris

By Lara Marlowe

Gas cookers in Irish homes breaching air pollution limits

By Jade Wilson

Americas

Lula moves to defuse extreme protests after farcical riot

By Tom Hennigan

Coalition at odds over proposals to expand asylum system to include climate migrants

By Jennifer Bray

Housing & Planning

State’s First Home Scheme ‘playing catch-up’ with rising house prices

By Cormac McQuinn

Chelsea set to sign João Félix on loan from Atlético Madrid for rest of the season

By Jacob Steinberg

Gaelic Games

Lee Keegan never bought into Mayo mythology and was all the better for it

By Malachy Clerkin

Tánaiste has ‘productive’ talks with leaders in bid to resolve NI protocol row

By Harry McGee

Middle East

Palestinian leader warns Israeli sanctions on Palestinian Authority will ‘lead to its collapse’

By Mark Weiss

Northern Ireland protocol talks: New optimism on reaching agreement before Stormont election deadline

By Harry McGee, Naomi O’Leary and Seanín Graham

TDs advised by gardaí to wear ‘comfortable shoes’ so they can ‘move quickly’ if threatened

By Sarah Burns and Cormac McQuinn

Editorials

The Irish Times view on trends in personal injury cases

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the election of a speaker to the US Congress

Dublin

Lack of free NYE events in Dublin ‘appalling’, council meeting hears

By Olivia Kelly

Arsenal beat Oxford to set up clash with Man City in FA Cup fourth round

Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing on Los Angeles rape conviction delayed

By Lois Beckett in Los Angeles

Sea swimmers alerted to risk of lung condition from cold water

By Paul Cullen

Antibiotics linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease, research shows

By Noel Baker