Article Index

Elite rugby and player safety

Rugby fans – raising the game

Marketing junk food

European Parliament votes for measure to effectively ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035

Nuclear waste is an enduring problem

Time for a statutory national mortality database

Asylum system and public debate

Bertie Ahern’s achievements

James Flynn – the loss to Irish film culture is immense

Trinity College and Berkeley’s legacy

Well-off Irish people and climate damage

Work

Bank of Ireland brings in suite of new family policies for staff

By Colin Gleeson

Cartoon

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Social Affairs

Retail workers’ income curtailed by caps on hours - Mandate

By Emmet Malone

Cost-of-living overtakes climate change as chief concern of Irish consumers

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Motors

With its snarly RS3, Audi waves a noisy goodbye to the five-cylinder turbo

By Neil Briscoe

Books

Victory City review: This isn’t Salman Rushdie’s best book. But it is chilling in the light of his stabbing

By Mia Levitin

Opinion

Ireland’s flirtation with liberalism may be coming to an end

By Ronan McCrea

Harry Crosbie proposes large new music venue and festival space in €25m docks site development

By Ciarán Hancock

Dublin

Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin seeks to delist dozens of churches and parish centres from a new tax

By Arthur Beesley

Inside Politics

Podcast: UK politics can’t ignore Brexit’s failure forever

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Music

The Music Quiz: Who will play The King in Netflix animated series Agent Elvis?

By Tony Clayton-Lea

In the News

Why are armchair detectives and TikTok sleuths obsessed with the case of Nicola Bulley?

By Bernice Harrison

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People

Róisín Ingle: Our colleague Tommy’s superpower was finding solutions. He died solving a problem

By Róisín Ingle

‘Speaking truth to power’: Blood lessons from the Troubles come to London

By Mark Paul

Housing & Planning

Tax breaks for landlords offering better terms to tenants should be considered, Cabinet advised

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Sarah Burns

Asif Kapadia’s Creature: ‘All of the crew were into dance. Even our electricians went to the ballet’

By Tara Brady

Chinese cameras used in Garda stations across Ireland despite national security concerns

By Conor Gallagher and Jack Horgan-Jones

Manchester City can displace Arsenal at top of table with Emirates win

By Jamie Jackson

Chelsea’s Potter fighting rearguard action ahead of Dortmund clash

By Jacob Steinberg

Your Money

Brianna Parkins: When lockdown hit, some of us made banana bread. Others began investing in stocks

By Brianna Parkins

Small businesses bearing brunt of energy crisis

By Barry O'Halloran

Opinion

Irish public have a case to answer when it comes to Bertie Ahern

By Kathy Sheridan

Verizon seeks occupier for one third of office space in south Dublin

By Ronald Quinlan

Your Wellness

Why do changes in the weather make my pain worse?

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On review: This movie sounds unbearable. Actually, it deserves an Oscar

By Donald Clarke

Your Wellness

How to be an organ donor: ‘The surgeon said he wasn’t going to take my kidney out if I wasn’t sure’

By Sylvia Thompson

Sports Direct to open for business at Athlone Towncentre

By Ronald Quinlan

Cpl Group signs for new headquarters in Dublin 4

By Ronald Quinlan

Citywest office block in walk-in condition guiding at €8.25m

By Ronald Quinlan

High-end Blackrock apartment scheme guiding at €59m

By Ronald Quinlan

ByrneWallace Dublin HQ price slashed to €37m

By Ronald Quinlan

Residential

Turnkey Drimnagh two-bed with permission to extend for €375,000

By Miriam Mulcahy

TikTok base in Dublin’s south docklands on the market for €280m

By Ronald Quinlan

Gordon D’Arcy: Tries are a natural byproduct of the way Ireland are playing

By Gordon D'Arcy

Aoife Mannion: ‘I had an Irish passport before I had an English one’

By Gavin Cummiskey

Limerick look in better shape than a year ago, which is bleak news for everyone else

By Seán Moran

Sport

No talk of Irish boycott of Paris Olympics - at least not yet

By Ian O'Riordan

Work

It is possible to loathe your job but love your work

By Sarah O’Connor

Residential

Take5: What will €175,000 buy in the US, France, Thailand, Norway and Sligo?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Andy Friend backing Bealham to continue shining in an Ireland jersey

By Linley MacKenzie

Munster looking forward to return of World Cup-winning lock RG Snyman

By John Fallon

Galway’s Seán Kelly eager to turn around disappointing start to league against Tyrone

By Gordon Manning

Your Wellness

‘I’m pregnant, and for the first time my partner’s unpredictability is no longer attractive’

By Trish Murphy

Business Today Newsletter

At least 6,000 Ukrainian children sent to Russian ‘re-education’ camps, says report

By Helen Sullivan

Cost of living supports, will energy bills fall and consumers’ changing priorities

By Peter Flanagan

Elementary School. High School. Now College. Michigan State students are no stranger to mass shootings

By Julie Bosman, Sophia Lada, Tracey Tully and Patricia Mazzei

Six Nations

Six Nations: Wales contract freeze sparks player strike threat ahead of clash with England

Big Tech

Wanted: someone ‘foolish enough’ to succeed Elon Musk as Twitter boss

Inside Politics Newsletter

Cleaner who showed ‘utter disregard’ to duties unfairly dismissed after 27 years at aviation body - WRC

By Stephen Bourke

Markets

Airbnb’s sales forecast tops estimates on strong travel demand

By Michael Tobin

Golden visas scrapped as Ministers get St Patrick’s Day golden ticket to promote Ireland Inc worldwide

By Harry McGee

Morning Sports Briefing

Man City and Arsenal meet in top of table clash; Wales threaten strike action

UK inflation rate falls to 10.1% in January

UK inflation falls to six-month low of 10.1%

Financial Services

Barclays profit slides as trading blunder and deal slump bite

Defence Forces noncommissioned officer avoids a jail term after taxi driver attack

By Eimear Dodd

Motors

Suzuki has two new hybrids. I’d leave one in a ditch – but happily drive the other to Berlin and back

By Neil Briscoe

Tennis

ITF president confident tennis’ younger generation can fill void left by retiring greats

Residential

We want to move house. Should we sell before we buy?

By Ed Carey

Fashion

Louis Vuitton names Pharrell Williams as new menswear designer

By Elizabeth Paton and Guy Trebay

Advertising Feature

Top Holiday Destinations for Families in 2023

Deutsche Bank cuts ties with Brown Thomas co-owner René Benko

By Sam Jones, Stephen Morris and Olaf Storbeck

Antonio Conte promises ‘in the next game I will be fit and try to give my contribution’ after Milan defeat

Brianna Ghey killing: Two 15-year-olds charged with murder

There really is no better time for Pep to stuff the process and go full Haaland

By Barney Ronay

TV & Radio

Claire Danes, Naomi Watts... Billy Crudup could set some records straight. But he’d rather not

By Alexis Soloski

Irish house price growth slows to 7.8% as market continues to cool

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Syria earthquake: ‘No one was coming to help us. No one ever has’

By Raya Jalabi in Jinderes, north-west Syria

A war for climate talent is hotting up and the wages are high

By Pilita Clark

Lufthansa IT failure strands thousands of passengers worldwide

Housing & Planning

‘Simply baffling’: Galway city mayor criticises An Bord Pleanála housing decisions

By Vivienne Clarke

Syria earthquake: ‘There is a very big water scarcity problem,’ Irish aid worker says

By Jack Power

Ireland’s €9.7bn co-op sector to get boost from ‘long-awaited’ legislation

By Ian Curran

Oireachtas

No ‘mini Budget’ on cards as Ministers set to meet on cost-of-living supports, Dáil hears

By Sarah Burns

Receiver appointed over properties linked to alleged leading figures in Drogheda gang

By Ellen O'Riordan

‘We know help is needed’: Paschal Donohoe indicates cost-of-living supports likely to continue

By Olivia Kelly and Sarah Burns

UK house prices are falling for first time in over a year, official statistics show

‘Nicola Sturgeon was a friend of Ireland’: Departing Scottish first minister praised by Irish politicians

By Cormac McQuinn and Freya McClements

Exports hit record level of €208bn in 2022 on back of buoyant pharma trade

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Delay to sentencing of Cork man caught by vigilantes posing as teenage girl opposed

By Barry Roche

Health

State paid out ‘single-digit millions’ on private nursing home claims

By Simon Carswell

Markets

Pirelli’s Chinese owner weighs sale of stake in tyremaker

Six Nations

Leinster and Ireland fullback Hugo Keenan signs central contract until 2026

By John O'Sullivan

Two lawyers have $3bn and careers at stake in Irish-linked UK trial

No money for extra staff for security queues and cleanliness, DAA warns

By Ken Foxe

Canada women’s football coach Bev Priestman considers her future after World Cup

By Exclusive by Suzanne Wrack

Opinion

We should all be concerned about decent people like Nicola Sturgeon leaving politics

By Una Mullally

Tipperary suffer triple injury blow as Paddy Cadell ruled out for season

By Gordon Manning

‘We’re not US Navy Seals ... but we’re ready to fight’: The Ukrainian judges defending their country against Russia

By Daniel McLaughlin

Goldman Sachs company seeks not to make €4m contributions for play facilities and open space in Blanchardstown

By Gordon Deegan

Education

Fee-charging schools do not greatly enhance students’ chances of securing high CAO points – study

By Carl O'Brien

Environment

‘It’s happening all over the country’ - Protest highlights annual destruction of 3,000km of hedgerows

By Kevin O'Sullivan

US retail sales jump by most in nearly two years

Afghan asylum seeker takes High Court case after being left homeless

By Ellen O'Riordan

Nicola Sturgeon resigns as Scotland’s first minister after eight years

By Cormac McQuinn

Jane Fonda gives tycoon more than he bargained for as she goes rogue at Vienna ball

By Derek Scally

Thai cave rescue: Captain of football team rescued in 2018 dies in UK

Man (60s) in critical condition after being found injured on walkway in north Dublin

CCTV monitored drug mixers at Kinahan cartel’s Dublin cocaine hub

By Conor Lally and Jack Power

Retired taxi driver withdraws two €60,000 injury claims after being accused of misleading court

By Ray Managh

Risk to €31m Cork social housing scheme because of volume clause

Controversial commemorative stone marking 100 years of Northern Ireland given go ahead

By Freya McClements

‘Menlo Pier tragedy shocked the whole country’: First funeral held for teenage victims of Galway crash

By John Fallon

RTÉ cuts top presenter pay by 15% as Ryan Tubridy, Ray D’Arcy and Miriam O’Callaghan see earnings drop

By Laura Slattery

Israel planning massive expansion of Jewish settlements on West Bank

By Mark Weiss

Southampton talks with Jesse Marsch break down over length of contract

By Ed Aarons

Keir Starmer is the big winner from Nicola Sturgeon’s departure

By Mark Paul

Locals and green group oppose whiskey warehouse planned near Co Cork village

By Tim O'Brien

Friend advised Chrissie Treacy to move into retirement home for ‘own safety’ before her death

By Eoin Reynolds

Oireachtas

Elderly GAA fans excluded by cashless policy, TD warns

By Sarah Burns

‘A deeply personal disaster’: Goal pays tribute to 28 staff killed in Turkey-Syria earthquake

By Patsy McGarry

Overwhelming majority of sex crime victims attacked by people known to them

By Conor Lally

Asia-Pacific

Tax authority raids on BBC offices in India continue into second day

By Rahul Bedi

Dublin

Work to start on 2.1km cycle path along Royal Canal in Dublin at a cost of €30m

By Olivia Kelly

League of Ireland to lure one million fans this year

By Barry O'Halloran

Fingal council to take part in contested application to wind up plastics recycling firm

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Inside Business

Irish jewellery designer Chupi: ‘The divorce ring is a whole new category’

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Irish charity Goal names 28 staff members killed in Turkey-Syria earthquake

By Glen Murphy

‘Putin’s attempt to blackmail us has been a staggering failure’: Has Russia lost the energy war?

By Naomi O'Leary

Africa

Uganda orders withdrawal of UN human rights office

By Sally Hayden

Health

Consultant surgeon to be sanctioned for ‘risky’ operation without specialist support

By Seán McCárthaigh

Interest rates: ECB president reaffirms plans for half-point March hike

Golf

Rory McIlroy eyes up instant return to world number one with Genesis win

Five pulled from earthquake rubble in Turkey as some aid reaches Syria

US says new weapons will help Ukraine mount ‘decisive’ spring offensive

By Daniel McLaughlin and Naomi O'Leary

Asia-Pacific

Fears of further casualties in New Zealand cyclone as four killed with 1,440 missing

London’s FTSE 100 reaches fresh record high while French stocks come close to one

By Laura Slattery

Man told ‘f**k off with yourself now, you are fired’ after 51 years working in garage awarded €30,000

By Stephen Bourke

Vacant home owners should be forced to rent out properties, report recommends

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Ciarán Murphy: After last weekend, spare us any more talk of TMO in Gaelic games

By Ciarán Murphy

Award to supermarket worker over broken ankle reduced by €20,000

By Ellen O'Riordan

Man who left threatening messages on ex-partner’s phone after calling her thousands of times from prison is sentenced

By Eimear Dodd and Claire Henry

Promoter changes name of ballet company after objections from Ukrainian embassy

By Ronan McGreevy

Dublin

Dublin City Council pays 40% over the odds for construction of social housing, audit finds

By Olivia Kelly

Oireachtas

TV and film sector warns Ireland will fall behind unless ‘Netflix levy’ is introduced soon

By Ronan McGreevy

Over €1m of assets linked to Kinahan gang member are proceeds of crime, court rules

By Aodhan O'Faolain

An Irish Diary

Catholics Cornered – Frank McNally on how a university in Indiana became the ‘Fighting Irish’

By Frank McNally

WRU says ‘no room for manoeuvre’ on contracts despite players’ strike threat

By Simon Roberts

Ronan Cowhey’s stunning late header helps UCD retain Collingwood Cup

Editorials

The Irish Times view on pollution from cars

Coalition under growing last-minute pressure on hospitality cost of living measures

By Jennifer Bray, Sarah Burns, Olivia Kelly and Jack Horgan-Jones

Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation triggers speculation as to replacement

By Mark Paul

Couple set to challenge planning refusal on site which they say would benefit children with autism

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon

Sport

T20 World Cup: Pakistan put Ireland to the sword in Cape Town

By Nathan Johns

‘This bill is Vicky’s legacy’ - Patient safety legislation passed in the Dáil after CervicalCheck controversy

By Sarah Burns

Erik ten Hag faces ‘reality’ before Manchester United’s Barcelona test

By Sid Lowe in Barcelona

Raquel Welch, known for roles in One Million Years BC and The Three Musketeers, dies aged 82

Stage

Lir Academy’s anti-racism policy can be ‘catalyst for change’ in dramatic arts

By Colin Gleeson

Stephen Silver ‘absolutely sure’ he would have been killed in struggle with Garda Colm Horkan, court hears

By Ryan Dunne

Mick Wallace earned undeclared money as ‘adviser’ to wine bar business

By Naomi O'Leary

Nicola Sturgeon stuns UK politics with surprise resignation

By Mark Paul and Cormac McQuinn

Your Money

Surge in overseas holiday bookings in 2023 has ‘surprised’ many working in travel industry

By Noel Baker

Miriam Lord: ‘Mini-budget’ becomes a big deal amid frantic back-and-forth in Dáil

By Miriam Lord

Eamon Ryan criticised at Fine Gael meeting over decision to stand down Inland Fisheries board

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Minister signals support for new Irish-language radio service for young people

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Cocaine-processing gang caught on their own CCTV system, gardaí believe

By Conor Lally

How the Kinahans remodelled their drug operation in Ireland

By Conor Lally

Health

‘Tranquility is important’: Cafe for locals with dementia opens in Dublin’s Ringsend

By Jade Wilson

Manchester City seize their moment to go top of table at Arsenal’s expense

By David Hytner at Emirates Stadium

Raquel Welch: unrecognised groundbreaker of Hollywood past had no illusions about how public perceived her

By Donald Clarke

UCC claim 24th Sigerson Cup title after dramatic extra-time win over UL

By Paul Keane