BooksThe Real Thing by Terry Eagleton: Defence of realism falls far short of the real dealBy Lucy Sweeney Byrne
BooksJames and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder by Chris Bryant - Hanged for the unmentionable crime of sodomyBy Neil Hegarty
BooksInfectious Generosity by Chris Anderson: The book is dedicated ‘To those who give, and to those who will...’By Ray Burke
ObituariesRobert Badinter obituary: French justice minister who dismantled the guillotine and decriminalised homosexuality
CultureThe Guide: Niall Horan, Pink Pantheress, Dublin International Film Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
Ross O'Carroll-KellyRoss O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha goes, ‘I don’t need a 26-year-old copy of Cosmopolitan to tell me that I married the wrong man’By Ross O'Carroll-KellyListen | 06:15
Life & StyleYour gardening questions answered: How can I boost my Christmas cactus?By Fionnuala Fallon
PeopleBrianna Parkins: I was dumped for an exotic dancer. Here’s what it taught me about loveBy Brianna Parkins
GardeningScaring sparrows with stuffed cats and other antideluvian gardening adviceBy Fionnuala Fallon
BooksThey Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence by Lauren Benton - Laying bare ‘a global regime of violence’ By Christopher Kissane
People‘There are a lot of sound people out there’: Amy Huberman, Paul Brady, Joseph O’Connor and more share their stories of kindness from strangersBy Róisín Ingle
DrinkIreland’s best independent off-licences pick their favourite wine, beer and spiritBy John Wilson
USTrump is effectively running his presidential campaign on the doorsteps of various courtsBy Keith Duggan
InteriorsLet’s get personal: From bedding to cushions to furniture, use your photographs to decorate your homeBy Gemma Tipton
Housing & PlanningWorking for Marc Godart: ‘Paper directors’, shadow Airbnb accounts, ruthless staff practicesBy Naomi O’Leary
Art‘You know those artworks that stop you in your tracks?’ The powerful A Matter of Time opens at the Crawford galleryBy Gemma Tipton
MusicIdles: ‘It’s not supposed to be a perpetual party. Unfortunately it has had negative consequences for us’By Ed Power
Crime & Law‘Mother nature has already trained them’: how cadaver dogs crack cold cases By Barry Roche
FilmScene stealer: Chiabella James on Barry Keoghan, Saltburn and the art of Hollywood stills photographyBy Neil Briscoe
FilmJessica Chastain: ‘I like the unlikeable characters. The world is not black and white’By Tara Brady
PeopleEight years after James Foley’s murder by Isis, his mother sat down with his captor. Why?By Keith Duggan
BusinessThe banker Kenmare hired decade ago to thwart takeover now holds key as some investors seek saleBy Joe Brennan
HealthConsultant doctors lose WRC age-discrimination case over 2012 pay cuts for new entrantsBy Emmet Malone and Paul Cullen
Gaelic GamesWeekend Gaelic games previews: In-form Derry poised to maintain strong startBy Seán Moran
MediaKevin Bakhurst did not get exit deal in 2016, RTÉ saysBy Arthur Beesley, Cormac McQuinn and Emmet Malone
Gaelic GamesAs Kildare and Glenn Ryan brace for a season-defining moment, where has it all gone wrong for them?By Gordon Manning
Six NationsOpens in new windowRetirements, career moves and injuries take predictable toll on Wales By Gerry Thornley
Life & StyleInside a Dublin recycling centre: ‘We get some strange material. Recently we had a firearm’By Conor Pope
Health‘We just want some space to hang out’: designing public areas with teenage girls in mindBy Sylvia Thompson
Gaelic GamesShane O’Hanlon was a unique presence in the Dublin set-up – his sudden death leaves them bereftBy Malachy Clerkin
OpinionAfter the Holly Cairns bounce, the Social Democrats must face up to three key questionsBy Pat Leahy
RacingPaul Townend facing meagre weekend to team up with We’llhavewan in Punchestown feature By Brian O'Connor
FoodMark Moriarty: Italian-inspired dishes that are delicious, quick and cost-effectiveBy Mark Moriarty
BusinessStudent landlords’ decision to insist on 51-week tenancies a ‘retrograde step’, Irish universities sayBy Ian Curran
Sport‘I love pressure’: How Daniel Wiffen is seizing the moment on the world swimming stageBy Ian O'Riordan
SportMalachy Clerkin: The FAI has only itself to blame if people are losing confidence in the new regimeBy Malachy Clerkin
TransportTen places in Dublin where MetroLink will mean the most disruption and destructionBy Olivia Kelly
Food‘It is a bit scary’: How the couple behind Homestead Cottage won a Michelin starBy Marie Claire Digby
BusinessAnd the Bafta for best film-inspired resurgence goes to ... Sophie Ellis-BextorBy Laura Slattery
TransportTaxi shortages: ‘A guy in here only last weekend had to walk six or seven kilometres home at 2am’By Marese McDonagh
PoliticsMiriam Lord’s Week: FF bristles at accusation of ‘male, stale and pale’ line-upBy Miriam Lord
IrelandMarc Godart and the law: Landlord and property letting agent facing range of criminal and civil court casesBy Colm Keena
OpinionJennifer O'Connell: Ireland's influencers are about to learn there's no such thing as a free brunchBy Jennifer O'Connell
TransportDublin Metro hearings resume after 15 years as first trains may run by mid-2030sBy Olivia Kelly
Social Affairs‘I came here as Irish people are very loving’: The stories of Ireland's homeless asylum seekersBy Kitty Holland
PoliticsDrogheda hotel may remain in partial commercial use while housing asylum seekers, says VaradkarBy Conor Gallagher
Dublin‘People in Ireland are not willing to normalise what’s happening’: Thousands march in Dublin against Gaza violenceBy Jack Power
Crime & LawIreland not a ‘soft touch’ for drug smugglers, says Varadkar, following two large seizuresBy Glen Murphy and Conor Gallagher
EuropeRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s mother told he had succumbed to ‘sudden death syndrome’
SportNFL Division Two wrap: Donegal find extra gear to blow away FermanaghBy Chris McNulty and Stephen Barry
Gaelic GamesDerry put in sizzling display of football to destroy Monaghan By Steven Doherty at Celtic Park
Social AffairsFamilies ‘deeply concerned’ at proposed HSE takeover of St John of God servicesBy Jack Power
PoliticsIreland ‘scrutinising’ Russian diplomats’ visa applications amid spying concernsBy Conor Gallagher
Gaelic GamesCon O’Callaghan sparkles as Dublin pay tribute to the late Shane O’HanlonBy Malachy Clerkin
Social Affairs‘Mixed emotions’ in Drogheda as rally is staged against hotel asylum planBy Colin Gleeson
PoliticsHolly Cairns says Social Democrats in power would deliver 50,000 homes a yearBy Pat Leahy and Jack Power
