BooksThe Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey: an imaginative and well-executed novelBy Chris Cusack
Asia-PacificHow did China build a children’s hospital six times cheaper than Ireland in just three years?By Denis Staunton
SponsoredTwenty years a-growing – Ireland’s most important health summit goes from strength to strength
TV & RadioJoe Duffy’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s Stardust apology somehow captures the wider moodBy Mick Heaney
Books‘Somebody told me recently it was like the Coen Brothers directing PG Wodehouse’: Author Jonny Sweet on his new darkly comic thrillerBy Martin Doyle
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FilmIn the Land of Saints and Sinners: Liam Neeson is a gruff, gunslinging hero in this Donegal westernBy Tara Brady
RestaurantsTakeaway review: Tasty wood-fired pizzas beside Goat pub where the Italian Stallion is a big hitBy Corinna Hardgrave
FilmKidnapped: The extraordinary story of the six-year-old abducted by the Catholic ChurchBy Tara Brady
BusinessSeven million charging stations and cheap electricity: Why EV sales in China are accelerating ahead of EuropeBy Denis Staunton
ResidentialWhat will €315,000 buy in France, Spain, Jamaica, Norway and Donegal?By Elizabeth Birdthistle
RugbyCork Con’s Matthew Bowen: ‘There’s a bit of pressure on you representing a big club with huge history’ By Gerry Thornley
EconomyThe world’s richest countries must invest in effective, cheap technologies to tackle climate change By John FitzGerald
Crime & LawSolicitors and barristers ordered to pay €45,000 in compensation in past six monthsBy Colin Gleeson
BusinessIrish electricity customers face paying for new €5bn offshore grid though fees and chargesBy Barry O'Halloran
OpinionJustine McCarthy: Distorted view of media not helped by exodus of journalists into government payBy Justine McCarthy
OpinionThemes in McGahern’s That They May Face The Rising Sun have never been more relevantBy Diarmaid Ferriter
AthleticsSonia O’Sullivan: Rome provides the perfect stepping stone to the Paris OlympicsBy Sonia O'Sullivan
IrelandConcerns for years in Department of Justice over immigrant investor programmeBy Arthur Beesley
RugbyA rugby match where 30 forwards take to the pitch is not a good thing for the gameBy Johnny Watterson
IrelandAudit raised concerns about €1.25bn ‘golden visa’ scheme for millionaire immigrantsBy Arthur Beesley
OpinionWe now know which hospitals are overspending and which are delivering. Let’s fund them accordinglyBy Gerard Howlin
HealthHSE concerned over whether hospitals are benefiting from new public-only consultant contractBy Shauna Bowers
An Irish DiaryJaunting cars and bolting horses: on the trail of a forgotten Irish travel writerBy Paul Clements
In the News PodcastIs it fair to pressurise Bambie Thug to boycott Eurovision?By Bernice HarrisonListen | 24:08
Business Today NewsletterA €5bn electricity bill, an apology from CRH and the price of a pint By Mark Hilliard
PeopleAn Irish stonemason: ‘I want to upskill homeowners to carry out some of the work themselves’By Joanne Hunt
IrelandYour top stories on Friday: Gardaí ‘attacked’ at Wicklow asylum seeker site; tributes to young cyclist killed in Dublin
Advertising FeatureThe driving force behind Ireland’s economy rewarded at the Irish Logistics and Transport Awards 2024
The Politics FixSimon Harris’s ‘row back’ on 250,000 new homes ‘soundbite’ could prove a slippery banana skin By Jennifer Bray
Ireland‘I’ll stab the face off you’: Prison officers’ conference hears about violent incidents towards membersBy Conor Lally
HealthAoife Johnston death: ‘Only a matter of time before there is another tragedy’ at UHL, warns local GPBy Emmet Malone
MusicElectric Picnic 2024 lineup revealed: Kylie Minogue, Noah Kahan and Calvin Harris to headline festivalBy Ellen O’Donoghue
CourtsAsylum seeker under threat of removal to Rwanda wins High Court permission to challenge decisionBy Alan Erwin
CourtsFather who raped and sexually abused daughter from the age of 3 ‘stole’ her childhood, court hearsBy Eimear Dodd
Crime & LawNewtownmountkennedy protests: Taoiseach condemns ‘thuggery’ after violent clashes with gardaí at site earmarked for asylum seekersBy Emmet Malone
Social AffairsNumber of people in emergency accommodation reaches new high of 13,866, including over 4,000 childrenBy Jack White
GolfRyder Cup door not closed on LIV defectors Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, says European Tour chiefBy Philip Reid
Inside Politics PodcastHarris hits the mark on Stardust as McEntee fumbles the border question Listen | 39:36
CourtsFour charged in court following disturbances at proposed international protection centre in Newtownmountkennedy By Ronan McGreevy
CourtsJudge says €33,000 legal bill arising out of €8,000 trip and fall award is ‘unrealistic’By Ellen O'Riordan
CourtsDPP secures Supreme Court appeal of decision affecting drug-driving prosecutionsBy Ellen O'Riordan
CourtsDrugs gang caught with over €4m of drugs which came through Ringaskiddy port jailed for eight yearsBy Barry Roche
CourtsLibel action taken by Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly against writer Ruth Dudley Edwards dismissed by consentBy Alan Erwin
RugbyLeo Cullen rings the changes with Leinster facing another storm in South AfricaBy Johnny Watterson
IrelandHow did the unfounded claim that the Stardust fire was caused by arson take hold?By Ronan McGreevy
PoliticsFormer Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh to contest European elections as an IndependentBy Jack Power
The Counter RuckGerry Thornley: Fans in Croke Park next weekend will be there for the rugby, nothing else By Gerry Thornley
Crime & LawFour arrested as gardaí recover €300,000 of drugs in Limerick cannabis factory raidBy David Raleigh
RugbyGavin Thornbury returns from injury as Connacht look for back-to-back wins in Dragons clashBy Linley MacKenzie
HealthDeath of Aoife Johnston: what does her inquest tell us about the state of University Hospital Limerick?By Fiachra Gallagher
CourtsInland Fisheries Ireland must return €10,000 to contractor after last-minute withdrawal of prosecution By Noel Baker
CourtsMan who raped girl in park after plying her with alcohol is jailed for five and a half yearsBy Eimear Dodd
Social AffairsPalestinians sleeping rough in Dublin face intimidation as 1,758 asylum seekers now homelessBy Jack White
HealthPublic-only contract ‘will not, in and of itself, solve the chronic problems the health service is facing’, the IMO saysBy Shauna Bowers
WorldScotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf will try to repair rift with Greens to save his job By Mark Paul
SoccerOverall, Spurs have progressed, even if the bar was lowered by the disaster of last year By David Hytner
CourtsUkrainian woman to be sentenced in May after pleading guilty to careless driving causing death of fellow refugeeBy Barry Roche
PoliticsFormer taoiseach Leo Varadkar raises concerns about racism in Late Late Show interviewBy Shauna Bowers
BooksThe Bishop and the Butterfly. Murder, Politics and the End of the Jazz Age: an engrossing crime storyBy Dean Jobb
BooksSparks of Bright Matter by Leeanne O’Donnell: An exceptionally promising debut novel By Adrienne Murphy
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BooksThe Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain; Ireland 1970-2020; Car Bombs and Barrack Busters By Brian Maye