Article Index

I recently retired. Would I be crazy to go to college to study English?

By Brian Mooney

Reconfiguring school patronage can work if Church and State co-operate for the common good

By Alan Hynes

The unity debate

Eurosceptic tendencies

Dún Laoghaire Baths – the tide turns

Dublin’s landmark Spire at 20

‘Erasing Berkeley’s name from Trinity’

Graduate entry medical courses

The Troubles and truth recovery process

Education and the role of school boards

Planning for university? Your career prospects after college

By Colin Gleeson

Teaching primary school: ‘It’s the most rewarding thing you can do’

By Sarah Burns

Spiritans told abuse survivor (74) they would deny everything and ‘get him’ for costs

By Patsy McGarry

Hospital inpatient €80 charge to be abolished from April

By Jennifer Bray

Life & Style

Bridge Notes: Cork players keep big prizes at home

By Séamus Dowling

Key dates for 2023 CAO applications

By Brian Mooney

Six key considerations in the CAO application process

By Brian Mooney

Advice

How to stay aware of job market trends

By Shauna Bowers

Working as a pharmacist: ‘It is a very challenging yet rewarding career with endless opportunities’

By Sarah Burns

Hear and Dare schemes: Levelling education’s playing field

By Shauna Bowers

‘I was convinced I wanted to be an architect’

By Sarah Burns

Looking beyond university: how do you choose the right third-level option?

By Colin Gleeson

What next after the Leaving Certificate? How to make the right decision for you

By Brian Mooney

Health

Thousands of patients subjected to violence from other patients each year

By Paul Cullen and Barry Roche

Cartoon

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Fund managers are still wary about stocks

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Work

New rules on collective bargaining could transform union landscape, says Ictu general secretary Owen Reidy

By Emmet Malone

Can European stocks keep gaining?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Investors turn their back on the US

By Proinsias O'Mahony

German hesitation produces new verb but no tanks to Ukrainian forces

By Derek Scally

Economy

Outlook turns brighter despite tech job losses

By Cantillon

Some TDs anxious as Donohoe set to disclose fresh details of 2020 election expenses

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Focused Farrell braced for Six Nations war of attrition

By Gerry Thornley

Global stock market breadth is improving

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Does drinking coffee on an empty stomach really harm your gut?

By Trisha Pasricha

Golf

Red-hot Jon Rahm continues impressive momentum

By Philip Reid

Boys seduced by Andrew Tate’s bombastic shtick would do well to listen instead to Blindboy

By Debbie Ging

Advertising Feature

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Books

Dean Koontz: ‘I threatened to leave publishers if they wouldn’t stop putting the word horror on my books’

By John Self

Is now the right time to walk away from my tracker mortgage?

By Dominic Coyle

Health

Child mental health services ‘may worsen’ up to 2030 due to staff shortages, experts say

By Kitty Holland

Marketers urged to ‘reset’ approach to advertising amid Big Tech reckoning

By Laura Slattery

Gerry Thornley: Bloated Champions Cup pool stages see belated jeopardy and urgency

By Gerry Thornley

Fintan O’Toole: Irish ‘moral hazard’ means being bailed out by the State if you build a slum

By Fintan O'Toole

Food

Magical mushroom powder that adds deep savoury notes to soup, stocks and stir-fries

By Marie Claire Digby

‘Behind the curve’ - Jack O’Connor plays down Kerry’s National Football League chances

Dublin

€25 billion Dublin transport plan to be published

By Olivia Kelly

Paschal Donohoe’s usefulness to Varadkar and Martin will save him

By Gerard Howlin

Green and grey: Irish among oldest ethnicities in Britain, new figures show

By Mark Paul

Leinster’s young guns will get a chance to shine as Cardiff come knocking

By Daire Walsh

Inclusio to add 80 jobs following €4.1m seed funding

By Ciara O'Brien

Private sector delivering more than seven in 10 new social homes, department figures show

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Owen Doyle: Healy’s harsh yellow card dented Munster hopes of famous win

By Owen Doyle

Former Order of Malta board member raised concern over handling of child sex abuse allegations

By Jack Power

Sexton fully focused on final championship of his celebrated career

By Gerry Thornley

Drink

Italy accuses Ireland of ‘attack on Mediterranean diet’ in wine labelling row

By Naomi O'Leary

Visitors to Irish whiskey distilleries still down a third on pre-Covid levels

By Colin Gleeson

Three ways to minimise inheritance tax

By Fiona Reddan

Financial Services

Revolut Ibans could be the tipping point Irish banking sector fears most

By Conor Pope

The push to understand metastasis: new frontier in cancer research aims to improve survival rates

By Sheila Wayman

Work

Workers deserve straight answers on pension promise

By Cantillon

Residential

Glasnevin four-bed upgraded for warmth for €775,000

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Sport

Formula One still some way off seeing a female driver in a Grand Prix

By David Gorman

Q&A: All you need to know about the NFL and how it will affect this year’s championship

By Seán Moran

Fashion

Fake it till you make it: The carefully calibrated preppy look that helped elect George Santos

By Vanessa Friedman

People

‘When I got here, Irish people were so welcoming. I was shocked at how good they were to me’

By Jade Wilson

Can pharmacists help alleviate overcrowded emergency departments and busy GP surgeries?

By Sylvia Thompson

Residential

What simple, affordable changes can I make to combat rising energy costs?

Business Today Newsletter

I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘After the AA meeting a man had the temerity to tell me that I wasn’t being honest’

By Anonymous

Social housing’s a private affair; mixed views on ECB rate rises; and how to cut your inheritance tax

By Dominic Coyle

Airlines asked to help cut down on numbers travelling on false documents

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray

Crime & Law

Reasons sought for non-testing of drivers for alcohol in fatal crashes

By Mark Hilliard

Morning Sports Briefing

Glen up the pressure on the GAA; Gerry Thornley on flawed Champions Cup format

Musk says Tesla plan Counted on SpaceX, Saudi money

By Joel Rosenblatt and Malathi Nayak

Technology

Twitter sued over failure to pay rent on San Francisco HQ

By Robert Burnson and Joe Schneider

Economy

UK deficit soars to record as inflation boosts debt payments

By Philip Aldrick and Tom Rees

Inside Politics Newsletter

Record Christmas sales at Primark boost revenues for owner ABF

By Anna Wise, PA Business Reporter

Advertising Feature

University of Galway – the place to unleash greatness

D-Day for Donohoe as he faces Dáil over electoral spending declarations

By Pat Leahy

West Cork RNLI station takes possession of state-of-the-art lifeboat

By Barry Roche

No arrests as three hurt in disturbance at Citywest refugee centre

By Emmet Malone

Cycling

Sam Bennett retains leader’s jersey after second stage of Vuelta a San Juan

By Shane Stokes

Seven dead in another California mass shooting

Bank of Ireland increases interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages

By Laura Slattery

Health

Camhs problems can be helped by consultants accepting new contract, Stephen Donnelly says

By Vivienne Clarke

TV & Radio

Ghislaine Maxwell wishes she ‘never met’ Jeffrey Epstein, she tells TV interviewer

By Tom Ambrose

What does Michael Stone’s apology mean for Paschal Donohoe?

By Pat Leahy

Man charged with murder of elderly patient in Cork hospital

By Barry Roche

Russia’s Wagner Group: the tale of a warlord and his lawyers

By Miles Johnson in London

TV & Radio

TV review: Everyone Else Burns – Evangelical Christians bumping against social norms: comedy or horror story?

By Ed Power

People asked not to seek refuge in Ireland with migration crisis response in ‘extremely difficult phase’

By Jennifer Bray

Profile: Michael Stone, the private man behind the public headlines

By Simon Carswell

AIG will not renew sponsorship deal with Dublin GAA

By Seán Moran

People

Brianna Parkins: Tears can work wonders when you’re forced to deal with an Irish bank

By Brianna Parkins

Vulnerable children and mental health supports

Donohoe’s election expenses: Businessman apologises for ‘mistaken recollection’ ahead of Minister’s Dáil statement

By Pat Leahy

Residents ask court to quash permission for 10-storey apartment block in Donnybrook

By Ellen O'Riordan

Dublin

Metrolink and new Luas lines in €25bn Dublin transport plan

By Olivia Kelly

Hairdresser unfairly dismissed from UCC student centre was ‘vomiting’ when she found out her job was gone

By Stephen Bourke

Man denies sending messages warning Russian embassy would be ‘burned down’

By Tom Tuite

There is no reason Dublin cannot be like Copenhagen or Amsterdam for cycling

By Eamon Ryan

‘He’ll be here’ - Andy Friend dismisses rumours of Bundee Aki’s departure

By Linley MacKenzie

Credit union manager who stole €875,405 to help save her husband’s failing business is jailed

By Sonya McLean

Richie Arnold avoids citing for collision with Joey Carbery

By Nathan Johns

Spain investigates firm accused of forcing would-be female flight attendants to undress

By Guy Hedgecoe

Film

Oscar nominations 2023: Donald Clarke on an astonishing, record-shattering year for Irish film

By Donald Clarke

SSE Renewables plans solar farm in Co Wexford

By Ciara O'Brien

Ford plans to cut jobs in Europe, warns German union

By Patricia Nilsson

Financial Services

Ulster Bank to close all of its branches by mid-April

By Conor Pope

Crime & Law

Garda Commissioner calls for legislation to deal with assaults on members of the force

By Vivienne Clarke

Film

Oscars 2023: Record 14 Irish nominations as Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin lead charge

Farming & Food

Climate reforms should not be only ‘Green Party thinking’ - IFA

By Jack Power

Gucci’s Irish unit sees sales jump 77%

By Gordon Deegan

Fictitious allegations made in Nigeria to dodge $11bn award, court hears

Film

Howls of delight in Achill after Banshees of Inisherin’s Oscar nominations success

By Edwin McGreal

Tennis

Australian Open: Azarenka sets up semi-final showdown with Rybakina

By Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park

Financial Services

Former financial services worker to stand trial charged with allegedly conspiring to defraud investors

By Isabel Hayes

Raheny land zoning vote an ‘unjust and disproportionate attack’ on property rights

By Ellen O'Riordan

Dismissed teacher Enoch Burke leaves Wilson’s Hospital having returned to school gates after earlier arrest

By Fiachra Gallagher

Ukraine sacks senior officials as push for German tanks intensifies

By Daniel McLaughlin

Middle East

Former Lebanon prime minister charged with homicide over Beirut port explosion

By Michael Jansen

Farming & Food

Dawn Meats to acquire rival processor Kildare Chilling

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Jack Power

Glen entitled to push for replay for ‘16th man’ controversy but it may not be that simple

By Seán Moran

Middle East

Israeli high-tech workers strike over plans to overhaul judiciary

By Mark Weiss

Donkey videoed being dragged behind car now ‘safe and in good health’

By Sarah Slater

Environment

Forestry deal with private investment fund ‘not preferred model’ for future, says Varadkar

By Sarah Burns

New judge appointed to the High Court

By Pat Leahy and Colm Keena

Oireachtas

Paschal Donohoe says donation made to FG in excess of allowable limit will be refunded

By Sarah Burns

Staff report ‘toxic atmosphere’ and ‘clash of cultures’ at Spiritan-run secondary school in south Dublin

By Carl O'Brien

Global stocks fall after best two-day rally since November

By Colin Gleeson

Ulster Bank closure - where are we now?

By Conor Pope

Locals oppose Tetrarch plans for Citywest graveyard

By Gordon Deegan

Sport

Munster on ‘upward curve’ ahead of crucial URC clash against Benetton

By Gerry Thornley

Family of man (75) settles case over care before death in hospital

Bus driver stabbed with syringe awarded €64,000 by High Court

By Ellen O'Riordan

Pretax profit at Jaguar Landrover Ireland falls

By Gordon Deegan

Man beat his partner in front of children in row over air conditioning

By Sonya McLean

Oireachtas

Paschal Donohoe confirms breach of election rules and says excess donation to FG will be refunded

By Sarah Burns

Supply squeeze hits green energy projects

By Barry O'Halloran

Golf

Patrick Reed alleged to have thrown tee at Rory McIlroy after apparent snub

Africa

President to make address on food security during official Senegal trip

By Sally Hayden

Markets

GE sees annual profit below estimates amid renewables woes

Abuse of Iranian climbing champion cited in EU sanctions

By Naomi O'Leary

State concludes case against Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch and two co-accused in Regency trial

By Alison O'Riordan

Two women accused of trafficking Brazilians to work as prostitutes in rural Irish towns ‘week after week’

By Isabel Hayes

Labour will ‘reconnect’ Britain with Europe if it wins power

By Mark Paul

Ireland has one of highest school enrolment rates for Ukrainian children

By Carl O'Brien

Drink

Several batches of raw chicken recalled from supermarkets due to possible salmonella

By Jade Wilson

Thiago Silva poised to sign new deal and stay at Chelsea past 39th birthday

By Jacob Steinberg

Tennis

Karen Khachanov has message for Armenia as he advances into Australian Open semi-final

By Tumaini Carayol

UN questions Ireland over ‘alarming’ delays to assess children with disabilities, mental health issues

By Carl O'Brien

An Irish Diary

Time, Gentleman – Frank McNally on the famous clocks of Dublin

By Frank McNally

Africa

Ireland must welcome people fleeing persecution ‘without distinction’, says President Higgins

By Sally Hayden

World

Russia-Ukraine war pushes ‘doomsday clock’ to worst time ever: 90 seconds to midnight

By Kevin O'Sullivan

NFL Division Four: Wicklow hoping to get bounce from McConville factor

By Seán Moran

Wales call up Scott Baldwin after a six-year absence to replace injured Dewi Lake

Ireland to contribute another €45 million to European security initiative by 2027

By Jack Horgan-Jones

NFL Division Three: Four Ulster teams feature in competitive league

By Malachy Clerkin

At least three dead in Washington state in latest US mass shooting

Ulster keen to maintain momentum in URC after kicking losing habit

By Michael Sadlier

Bielsa has doubts about replacing Lampard at Everton

By Andy Hunter

Drink

Conflicting views emerge over planned pub licensing laws overhaul

By Conor Pope

Classified documents found in home of former US vice-president Mike Pence

By Hugh Lowell and Martin Pengelly

Families will not find out ‘what really went on’ if Troubles amnesty Bill becomes law, says campaigner

By Seanín Graham

Editorials

The Irish Times view on sending tanks to Ukraine

Cavan and Westmeath to prosper in hipsters’ choice Division Three

By Malachy Clerkin

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Dáil debate on Paschal Donohoe’s election returns

High Court rejects solicitor’s application for legal costs for her failed waste incinerator action

New defendant added to action alleging men assaulted when asked to vacate rented apartment

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Donohoe expenses controversy: Number of omissions in spending statements rises to five

By Harry McGee

Crime & Law

Gardaí seek ‘urgent’ meeting with Taoiseach over violent attacks and falling staff numbers

By Conor Lally

Cyclist’s injury award cut by 20% due to not wearing safety helmet

By Ray Managh

Everton put up for sale by Farhad Moshiri with asking price of over €570m

By Will Unwin

Microsoft profit tops estimates as cloud unit proves resilient

By Dina Bass

Germany to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine in major policy shift

By Derek Scally

Carabao Cup: Joelinton gives Newcastle semi-final first leg win over Southampton

By David Hytner

Oireachtas

Miriam Lord: Was the famously, sometimes annoyingly, even-tempered Paschal Donohoe finally going to lose his rag?

By Miriam Lord

Department of Education removes recognition of post primary parent representative organisation

By Colm Keena

Glen lodge official objection to result of All-Ireland final against Kilmacud Crokes

By Gordon Manning