PeopleBrianna Parkins: Don’t let matching pyjama photos on social media convince you otherwise. The perfect Christmas is a mythBy Brianna Parkins
EnvironmentMichael Viney was an intrepid naturalist, an inspiring writer and a dear friend By Richard Nairn
EnvironmentWhat is this red mushroom I spotted on a woodland walk? Readers’ nature queriesBy Éanna Ní Lamhna
CultureThe Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
BooksBlackouts by Justin Torres: A skilful but indulgent intellectualisation of the gay experienceBy John Boyne
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Thinking AnewThinking Anew: Christmas lets us know that God is with us, even in the darkest momentsBy Gordon Linney
CourtsMinister for Justice seeks AG’s advice after judge is convicted of sexual assaultBy Colm Keena and Mary Carolan
TV & Radio2023 in radio: Tubridy fallout lingers over RTÉ as rival stations look like safer optionsBy Mick Heaney
FilmSofia Coppola on Priscilla: ‘People imagine you escape tragedy and loneliness and sadness if you can be rich and famous’By Donald Clarke
Gaelic GamesJack McCaffrey: ‘After my hamstring exploded for the 10th time, I was thinking ‘what am I doing’?’By Ian O'Riordan
BooksWaterford Whispers: The year of oppressed landlords, ‘Worried Locals’ and Mattie McGrath’s accentBy Colm Williamson
BooksJoseph O’Connor: There are days you want to get into the wardrobe and stay there. They passBy Joseph O'Connor
SportMalachy Clerkin’s sporting Christmas singalong, featuring Manchester United, JP McManus, Jon Rahm and RG SnymanBy Malachy Clerkin
Music‘It’s timeee!’ for a celebration of Mariah Carey, the ultimate Queen of ChristmasBy Orla Tinsley
MusicSiobhan MacGowan: My mind is full still with the magical mayhem of my brother Shane’s lifeBy Siobhan MacGowan
Europe‘There was just disbelief’: Irish lecturer at Prague university describes fear and confusion as shooting unfoldedBy Carl O'Brien
CourtsSeeking domestic violence order against wife not ‘a convenient way’ of getting back into family home, says judgeBy Sarah Burns
Crime & LawAsylum seeker housing: Forensic inquiry of blaze at Ross Lake House hotel completeBy Colin Gleeson
Crime & LawIan Bailey challenged to explain how he knew Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s movements before her murder By Barry Roche
IrelandFormer High Court president Joe Finnegan remembered for contribution to Irish jurisprudenceBy Colm Keena