EnvironmentBiodiversity action plan Q&A: How bad is Irish nature loss and can we turn the tide?By Kevin O'Sullivan
EnvironmentIreland’s national parks to be expanded under 194-point biodiversity action planBy Kevin O'Sullivan
EducationUp to a quarter of 17-year-olds provide regular care to siblings, parents or grandparents - ESRI By Carl O'Brien
BooksPiglet by Lottie Hazell: A propulsive debut with well-drawn characters but pacing is a little offBy Sarah Gilmartin
FilmThe Color Purple: Polished musical looks pretty and sounds fabulous without ever blazing up the screenBy Tara Brady
BusinessTrinity College spin-out aims to make colon cancer surgery safer and improve long-term patient outcomesBy Olive Keogh
MusicJames Arthur: Bitter Sweet Love – Former X Factor winner should stick to the jaunty popBy Lauren Murphy
Special ReportsAviation’s asset recovery business and the leased aircraft lost to Russia since Ukraine war broke outBy Deanna O'Connor
BusinessBuilding of 29,000 homes held up by planning delays or court challenges - reportBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Consumer TechSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review: AI features help new premium smartphone stand outBy Ciara O'Brien
TV & RadioA charismatic perpetual child star performing lots of grisly operations? What more could you ask for? By Patrick Freyne
BusinessOver two-thirds of Irish business chiefs predict flat or shrinking economy in 2024 By Ellen O’Regan
Your WellnessThe events may be far away, but the feelings of hopelessness and grief are with usBy Pádraig O'Moráin
ResidentialFive homes on view this week in Dublin, Waterford, Kerry and MonaghanBy Elizabeth Birdthistle
MusicNewDad: Madra – Galway shoegaze revivalists are soft as silk yet have the crunch of a bear trapBy Tony Clayton-Lea
ScienceOral microbiome becoming prime focus of research over links to disease beyond the mouthBy Sylvia Thompson
OpinionRise of the ‘trad wife’: Some women are sick of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In manifestoBy Finn McRedmond
OpinionIs ‘British-only’ direct rule really direct rule if it needs consent from Ireland?By Newton Emerson
Sport The luxuriant ritual of magazine-reading is a leisure activity rendered utterly obsoleteBy Dave Hannigan
BusinessRTÉ seeks sponsor for Oliver Callan’s ‘sharp hour of entertainment’ on Radio 1By Laura Slattery
ResidentialRefined 1940s redbrick with sizeable garden in Donnybrook for €1.695mBy Elizabeth Birdthistle
Gaelic GamesCiarán Murphy: If Gaelic football is dying, how come it can still make you feel so alive? By Ciarán Murphy
MediaRTÉ Toy Show the Musical planned too few shows for break even and sponsorship was overstated - reportBy Jennifer Bray
Your WellnessSocial media and mental health: The glorification of illness is becoming a real problemBy Geraldine Walsh
Abroad‘I was often told to leave South Africa and go back to Ireland if I hated the country so much’By Eddie Ennis
BusinessAviation industry expected to grow in 2024 despite supply and quality challenges By Ellen O’Regan
Business Today NewsletterHousing logjams, ECB interest rate decision and Coimisiún na Meán’s tough agendaBy Conn Ó Midheach
Asia-PacificJapanese man sentenced to death for 2019 arson attack at anime studio that killed 36By Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Asia-PacificWomen in Japan allowed to take part in ‘naked festival’ for first timeBy Justin McCurry in Tokyo
IrelandThursday’s Top Stories: RTÉ Toy Show the Musical’s planned shows too few for break even - report; Ireland should support return home for Ukrainians, says O’Gorman
Inside Politics NewsletterIs Rishi Sunak about to battle Brexiteers to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland?By Cormac McQuinn
HealthCork University Hospital’s emergency department ‘running at over 300% capacity’ By Emmet Malone
OpinionElon Musk has ratcheted up his feud with the Irish Government. It should just ignore himBy John McManus
TV & RadioSexy Beast review: Sarah Greene’s performance is impeccable, but she can’t save this shocking mockney cocktail, strewn with lazy violenceBy Ed Power
PoliticsCocaine seizures a ‘headline’ trend for Revenue with workload having ‘exploded’ since BrexitBy Cormac McQuinn
Smart MoneyIf people are buying with their cards, why do they still want to keep cash?By Cliff Taylor
BooksMagee and Morris on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist; Nolan and Carroll on Gordon Burn Prize shortlist; Bernie McGill wins Edge Hill story prizeBy Martin Doyle
EconomyVaradkar hails ‘positive momentum’ as home-building hits 15-year high of 33,000By Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Crime & LawBrother of Sophie Toscan du Plantier urges witnesses previously afraid to come forward By Barry Roche
The Women's PodcastBreakdown: What happens when a middle-class Dublin wife and mother-of-two walks out of her comfortable, suburban life?Listen | 53:35
Social AffairsReferendum on the family: Irish courts to decide on meaning of durable relationships in ‘hard cases’By Jack Power
CourtsMan who claims he ‘involuntarily’ raped woman due to sleep disorder jailed By David O'Sullivan and Eimear Dodd
SoccerSpanish judge wants former soccer boss Luis Rubiales to stand trial for kiss after Women’s World Cup final
UKNottingham killings: Man who stabbed Grace O’Malley-Kumar and two others sentenced to indefinite hospital order
CourtsJudge strikes out cocaine possession and dealing charges against Anthony Stokes due to delayBy Tom Tuite
Climate CrisisIreland can reduce impact of extreme climate events by transforming economy, experts suggest By Kevin O'Sullivan
HealthDecriminalising illicit drugs for personal use recommended by Citizens’ Assembly in final reportBy Paul Cullen
Film‘In an instant everything changed’: Christopher Reeve documentary draws tears and applause at SundanceBy Benjamin Lee
TV & RadioRTÉ Toy Show the Musical ‘overstated’ sponsor revenue by €75,000 with ‘no evidence’ of board approvalBy Jack Power
CourtsState withdraws ‘academic’ appeals against findings two Garda applicants were discriminated against due to ageBy Ellen O'Riordan
IrelandBog body: Human remains about 2,500 years old discovered near Seamus Heaney’s homeBy Freya McClements
HealthIreland’s Covid inquiry to adopt ‘no-blame’ approach and will not be ‘UK-style’By Jack Horgan-Jones
CourtsState disputes human rights body’s ability to pursue aspects of case over homeless asylum seekersBy Ellen O'Riordan
Social AffairsCarers role wording in referendum ‘a step in the right direction’, says women’s councilBy Sarah Burns
OireachtasSenior RTÉ figures may be brought before PAC over findings in report on Toy Show the MusicalBy Cormac McQuinn and Jack Power
TennisAryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff to set up Australian Open final with Zheng QinwenBy Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park
AmericasJavier Milei’s radical economic overhaul meets resistance in Argentina By Jack Nicas in Rio de Janeiro and Lucía Cholakian Herrera in Buenos Aires
OpinionPoliticians do not have much faith the referendums will pass. Shouldn’t they be more worried?By Stephen Collins
CourtsGalway couple whose baby died three days after birth receive apology from hospital over care failings
Gaelic GamesJerome Stack steps down as St Brigid’s manager after All-Ireland final defeatBy Seán Moran
Education‘This is about fairness’: Call for dyslexic students to be given extra time in Leaving Cert examsBy Carl O'Brien
BusinessRevenue signals ‘total flexibility’ on payment for warehoused pandemic tax debtBy Cormac McQuinn
BusinessJudge quashes ‘utterly ineffective’ subpoena for Central Bank governor to attend hearingBy Aodhan O'Faolain
OpinionFintan O’Toole: We trusted Ivor Browne with our darkest secrets. He was one of Ireland’s great liberatorsBy Fintan O'Toole
CourtsMan accused of uncle’s murder replied ‘no comment’ when asked to account for blood on clothingBy Alison O'Riordan
USTrump warns billionaire backers to halt support for ‘Birdbrain’ Nikki HaleyBy Alex Rogers in Washington
MediaToy Show the Musical: Damning report lays bare culture of dysfunction among RTÉ managementBy Laura Slattery
CourtsFirm contesting man’s personal injuries action alleging he caught Covid-19 in meat factoryBy Ellen O'Riordan
MarketsTesla shares plunge and European markets see no relief from steady interest rates By Ellen O’Regan
SportPatrick Mahomes is expected to scale new heights every year. When he is merely great it feels disappointingBy Oliver Connolly
SoccerIranian women finally allowed into football stadiums but journey is far from overBy John Duerden
Climate CrisisIreland’s big climate change challenge set out in stark detail in unprecedented assessmentBy Kevin O'Sullivan
EducationTUI members vote for industrial action over establishment of technological universitiesBy Emmet Malone
UKRishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan may put UK in breach of legal obligations, ECHR president saysBy Alice Hancock in Brussels, Anna Gross and Lucy Fisher in London
SoccerPep Guardiola hits out at Uefa president after comments on Manchester City’s overturned European banBy Will Unwin
PoliticsState may suspend signing of new hotel contracts for Ukrainians as arrivals dropBy Jack Horgan-Jones
An Irish DiaryWords of war — Frank McNally on the fighting Irish origins of the word ‘slogan’By Frank McNally
CourtsMan (50) jailed for causing €240 worth of damage to Luke Kelly statue in DublinBy Sonya McLean and Eimear Dodd
UKParents on run from authorities dumped dead newborn ‘as if she was refuse’, court toldBy Caroline Davies
EducationTCD and Cadet School students triumph in first semi-final of Irish Times debating competitionBy Ronan McGreevy
IrelandThree Ireland to cut up to 150 jobs, with redundancy process beginning immediatelyBy Jade Wilson
EuropeFrench farmers continue road blockade protests as EU chief appeals for dialogueBy Naomi O’Leary
SoccerJürgen Klopp to use neuroscience company for Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final preparationsBy Andy Hunter
SoccerChelsea boss compares Armando Broja’s situation to Harry Kane’s early days at SpursBy Jacob Steinberg
EnvironmentNearly 240,000 people across Ireland drinking water with elevated toxin levels, latest figures showBy Tim O'Brien and Sorcha Pollak
Property ClinicWhy doesn’t remediation scheme for building defects apply to apartments built before 1991?By Finbar McDonnell