Article Index

Taoiseach begins two-day visit to west Balkans

By Jack Power

An Post hikes cost of standard stamps again

By Conor Pope

Health service – a long way to go

Casual swearing and loutishness

Closing access to Dublin’s streets

Fee-paying schools

Schools and uniforms

Data centres and sustainability

‘Voting No is the prudent choice’

Cartoon

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Food

Where can I meet friends for dinner in a restaurant and bring our own wine?

By John Wilson

Books

Industry & Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922-1972: An analysis hard to fault

By Dan O'Brien

Music

Andy White: Good Luck I Hope You Make It – Poetic reflections on a world gone stark raving mad

By Eamon Sweeney

Music

Conchúr White: Swirling Violets – Indie earworms that sound better with each listen

By Joe Breen

Film

The Beekeeper review: Jason Statham strolls into armies of enemies like an annoyed man taking out overflowing bins

By Tara Brady

Advertising Feature

AI won’t free us from the drudgery of work without regulation, says professor

Delivering the full benefits of 5G communications

Electricity prices set to fall further due to high gas stocks

By Barry O'Halloran

An Post raises standard stamp prices for fourth time in less than three years

By Ian Curran

Europe

Europe Letter: When poems are written in blood

By Naomi O’Leary

Music

Swinging London: ‘It was really about culture, painting, music, sculpture, fashion, clothes’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

App keeps fans of amateur sports up to date on match scores

By Olive Keogh

Your Family

Parenting after parting: ‘When we made the quite painful decision to split, we vowed the kids wouldn’t suffer’

By Arlene Harris

Opinion

Worst impulses of populism won’t be quelled by numbers and data

By Finn McRedmond

Opinion

Don’t write Biden off just yet. Trump is the opponent his camp wants

By Niall O'Dowd

TV & Radio

Say what you like about Hannibal Lecter, but he had joie de vivre. Unlike Jack Reacher

By Patrick Freyne

Innovation

Chris Horn: In this year of elections, get ready for the rise of political avatars

By Chris Horn

Stephen Donnelly and Thomastown eyeing final frontier as they chase All-Ireland glory

By Gordon Manning

Life after childhood leukaemia: ‘It makes it easier that the research is so personal’

By Claire O'Connell

Restaurants

This cosy Co Wicklow pub is a truly charming place to eat in stylish surroundings

By Corinna Hardgrave

Social Affairs

Homeless groups warn against tightening access to emergency accommodation

By Jack Horgan-Jones

The struggle in managing Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’

By Stuart Mathieson

Transport

RSA received €500,000 from driving test no-shows in 2023

By Mark Hilliard and Conor Pope

Michael McGrath faces renewed demands to scrap pay cap at AIB

By Arthur Beesley

Sport

The Iceman Speaketh: Wim Hof warms an audience in Dublin

By Ian O'Riordan

Social Affairs

Garda yet to identify man found dead while sleeping rough in Dublin city

By Sarah Slater and Jack Horgan-Jones

Franz Beckenbauer was a US hit even if he didn’t quite sweep New York off its feet

By Dave Hannigan

Consumer Tech

How your use of technology can benefit from new year’s resolutions

By Ciara O'Brien

Opinion

Gerry Kelly’s mix of righteousness and victimhood fits the cry-bully culture of Sinn Féin

By Newton Emerson

Eamon Waters snaps up Dublin 8 office block for heavily discounted €14m

By Ronald Quinlan

Ciarán Murphy: GAA decide that the show must go on – despite the fog

By Ciarán Murphy

Get Behind the Fight for women’s sports: ‘We are under no illusions that this is only the beginning’

By Gordon Manning

Technology

I’m now a born-again gamer, and loving it

By Karlin Lillington

Rugby

Andrew Porter: ‘I love being in here with my friends, playing for a club I grew up watching when I was a kid’

By Gerry Thornley

Climate Crisis

The planet is on fire, so why is higher education behaving as if it is business as usual?

By Sinéad Sheehan, Calum McGeown & John Barry

Abroad

‘Not wanting to do reputational damage to my country I told them I was English and made a hasty exit from the toilet’

By Cormac Ross

Your Wellness

If you’re off the drink for January, bear these points in mind

By Pádraig O'Moráin

In the News

What is genocide and why is South Africa taking a case against Israel?

By Sorcha Pollak

Listen | 27:45

ECB keeps the focus on inflation, not rate cuts

By Cantillon

Business Today Newsletter

AIB’s pay plea likely to fail as State still €3bn underwater on bailout

By Cantillon

Price of stamp rises again, energy prices in line for a fall and the joy of gaming

By Conn Ó Midheach

Donald Trump plays the hits at Fox News reunion, but some voters want more than just a ‘winner’

By Keith Duggan

Thursday’s Top Stories: Garda yet to identify man found dead while sleeping rough, HSE reports highest number of Covid cases since August

Resilient trading at the end of 2023 boosts Grafton operating profit

By Ciara O'Brien

Football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson (75) diagnosed with terminal cancer

M&S sees sales rise over bumper Christmas period

Ires taps board member for next chair amid strategic review

By Joe Brennan

Helen McEntee denies Government ‘backed down’ on asylum seeker housing after protests

By Vivienne Clarke, Sarah Slater, Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee

Food

Food & Drink Quiz: What might you eat at the stroke of midnight in Spain on New Year’s Eve?

By Michelle Bowe and Greg Bowe

EU faces potential €450mn post-Brexit bill on empty London offices

By Andy Bounds

California handyman accused of killing Irish bishop appears in court with trial months away

By John Harlow

Tesco’s share of Christmas grocery trade rises to a quarter, highest since 2015

By Ciara O'Brien

NTMA sells €3bn of bonds after receiving over €44bn of bids amid investor rush

By Joe Brennan

Give work’s bad habit of ‘hustle culture’ the boot this new year

By Olive Keogh

Europe

Ukraine’s controversial plan to swell military ranks stalls in parliament

By Daniel McLaughlin

Ryanair passengers have shown no concern over Boeing jets, O’Leary says

Crime & Law

Gardaí call for witnesses after Waterford jewellers robbed by lone male with machete

By Sarah Slater

Sports Briefing

Mary Hannigan: Bundee Aki promises there’s more to come after picking up rugby writers’ award

By Mary Hannigan

Late Late Toy Show tops most-watched TV list in year dominated by rugby

By Laura Slattery

Postmaster TD Michael Healy-Rae says ‘awful’ stamp price hike necessary to keep five-day service

By Vivienne Clarke

Isme reschedules anniversary lunch after suspect device scare

By Ian Curran

Austrian activist Schrems broadens complaint about Meta’s paid ad-free service

Rugby

Andy Farrell confirmed as British & Irish Lions coach for Australia tour

By John O'Sullivan

Golf

Rory McIlroy hits the ground running in Dubai with opening round of 62

By Philip Reid

‘Real fear’ people could be killed in arson attacks on accommodation for asylum seekers, says Varadkar

By Jack Power

Smart Money

Pensions: Pre-2013 public servants have the golden ticket while younger employees pay the price of reforms

By Cliff Taylor

People

My father and brother were murdered. I was surrounded by gangland violence. But I came out the other side

By George McCabe

Former teacher who indecently assaulted 13-year-old boy jailed for 2½ years

By David O'Sullivan and Isabel Hayes

Asia-Pacific

Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency after 16 killed in rioting

Number on live register falls in December despite rise in unemployment

By Ellen O’Regan

Primary pupils conduct ‘human versus AI’ test and investigate fast fashion and weather forecast accuracy

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Gardening

The world’s ugliest lawn has been found and Diarmuid Gavin says it’s ‘soulful’

Competitions

Enjoy complimentary tickets to Nevo Electric Vehicle Show at RDS and be in with a chance of winning a stay at Ashford Castle, Co Mayo

Man and woman to be sentenced in relation to dog attack which left boy (10) with serious facial injuries

By Brendan Furlong

Competitions

Win a January retreat to the Ice House, Co Mayo

Competitions

Win an overnight stay at Cashel Palace Hotel with gourmet dining in The Bishop’s Buttery restaurant

‘Real pity’ unions rejected public sector pay offer of 8.5% rise over two years, Donohoe says

By Emmet Malone and Jack Horgan-Jones

Bill Kenneally inquiry: Waterford basketball club say gardaí never raised concerns with them

By Kitty Holland

Roberto Lopes: ‘It feels like I’m representing Ireland as well as Cape Verde’

By Yara El-Shaboury

Commercial property investment falls to decade-low of €2bn in 2023 – report

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Golf

DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley to step down from role in April

Data protection commissioner bemoans ‘clunky’ EU law thwarting big tech investigations

Motors

Has Volkswagen just cracked the solid-state battery conundrum?

By Neil Briscoe

Former bank manager jailed for stealing €2.7m from AIB via ‘undocumented’ accounts

By Sonya McLean

Court refuses to halt Georgian man’s transfer to France where protection request failed

By Ellen O'Riordan

Public sector pay: How did the State’s €2.9bn offer add up?

By Emmet Malone

Middle East

International Court of Justice begins hearing case alleging genocide by Israel in Gaza

By Peter Cluskey

Nolan Transport family members wanted to mask intention to use pension funds to pay debts, High Court finds

‘What had I done to deserve this?’: Woman hopes reporting sexual assault by friend helps others

By Sonya McLean and Emer Dodd

Inside Business

Is it time to start building homes on Dublin’s main parks?

Listen | 17:06

‘Like coming home’: Jadon Sancho completes loan move to Borussia Dortmund

By Marcus Christenson and Fabrizio Romano

Hotelier John Brennan says costs of doing business are ‘off the wall’

By Gordon Deegan

Crime & Law

Revenue instructs customs officers to seize ‘child sex dolls’

By Conor Gallagher

Man (70) jailed for ‘appalling’ and repeated sexual abuse of two sisters

By Eimear Dodd

‘The first of its kind’: Reporting the first Young Scientists’ Exhibition in 1965

‘This is where it all started’: Conan O’Brien visits ancestral home in Limerick

By David Raleigh

Dallas-based Sunoco to buy Whiddy Island oil terminal

By Barry O'Halloran

‘Irish is alive, it has personality, and a bit of devilment in it’

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Builder claims firm unlawfully docked wages for laptop damaged by tea spillage

By Stephen Bourke

Taoiseach hopes ICJ makes interim ceasefire order while deliberating on Israel genocide case

By Jack Power and Harry McGee

Books

Anne Enright, Paul Murray and Mark O’Connell on The Writers’ Prize shortlist

By Martin Doyle

Environment

Ireland’s largest protected area for birds to be created along Co Wexford coast

By Jennifer Bray

Grafton secures order overturning permission for Offaly manure-to-gas plant

By Ellen O'Riordan

Sport

Bill Belichick ‘excited for the future’ as he leaves Patriots after 24 seasons

Scale Ireland plans third regional summit in Limerick

By Ciara O'Brien

Man caught with €1.7m of cocaine in untaxed van accepted he was ‘not a master drug dealer’

By Jessica Magee

European shares fall as stronger-than-expected US inflation hits rate-cut hopes

By Joe Brennan

Munster CEO defends broadcast coverage of province’s hurling championship

By Seán Moran

Education

Student wellbeing sharply declining amid increased smartphone use, conference hears

By Carl O'Brien

Asia-Pacific

‘He looks very old’: Stakes high in Taiwan election but candidates draw little enthusiasm from voters

By Denis Staunton

Tributes at Eddie O’Connor funeral reflect on his ‘bold, critical mission’ to bring wind power to the grid

By Ronan McGreevy

Stardust inquests hear original postmortems did not adequately consider falling oxygen levels in fire

By Kitty Holland

An Irish Diary

Up in smoke — Frank McNally on the once-thriving Irish tobacco industry

By Frank McNally

Donald Trump’s lawyers attack New York fraud case as trial wraps up

By Joshua Chaffin in New York

People Before Profit calls for ‘total dismantlement’ of Israeli state

By Pat Leahy

Connacht GAA chief advocates reform of trial format of football championship

By Seán Moran

Who is the Irish lawyer arguing for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?

By Colin Gleeson, Peter Cluskey and Ronan McGreevy

Cycling

Ireland build Olympic qualification hopes with fourth in European championship team pursuit

By Shane Stokes

First winners of femtech innovation call announced

By Ciara O'Brien

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the UK Post Office affair: a scandal followed by a cover-up

Europe

A tale of two pardons: Poland’s president Duda and PM Donald Tusk in battle of wills over reforms

By Derek Scally

Middle East

Netanyahu says Israel will ‘continue to reject the lies and will fight terrorists until total victory’

By Mark Weiss

US regulator formally investigating Boeing 737 MAX 9 after mid-air panel incident

US inflation outstrips forecasts with rise to 3.4% for December

By Claire Jones and Kate Duguid

Crime & Law

Four men charged with offences linked to feud between families in Charleville

By Barry Roche

Social Affairs

No obligation on international protection applicants to stay in State-provided accommodation

By Ronan McGreevy

Post Office scandal exoneration ‘must be extended’ to Northern Ireland

By Seanín Graham

Sport

Belichick finally undone by the failure to adapt to the post-Brady era

By Oliver Connolly

The ‘wastes’ opening the door to a sustainable future on show at BT Young Scientist Exhibition

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Middle East

US and UK prepare to launch strikes against Houthi rebels following Red Sea attacks

By Dan Sabbagh and Julian Borger

Hundreds attend memorial Mass ahead of Ashling Murphy’s second anniversary

By Derek Fanning

Public pay talks: Government must – and can afford to – do a little better to secure the deal it wants

By Emmet Malone

Protest at Roscrea, Co Tipperary, hotel over plans to house 160 asylum seekers

By Colin Gleeson and Darren Keegan