Article Index

Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown – A powerful, wise and deeply loving piece of work

By Siobhán Kane

Innovation

‘If selling software is hard, then buying it is even harder because people worry about the risk of getting it wrong’

By Olive Keogh

Substitute bench more important than usual in upcoming European elections

By Jack Power

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

Chinese AI start-ups power ahead in the race to overtake ChatGPT

By Eleanor Olcott

‘The team is very proactive. They let our customers know what’s available to help them with their business’

Film

Much Ado about Dying: A vital film about an extraordinary, infuriating human being

By Donald Clarke

Your Money

Early retirement: People would give up a fifth of State pension if allowed payment at 60, survey finds

By Dominic Coyle

Restaurants

Simple and utterly beautiful food in a charming restaurant

By Corinna Hardgrave

Safety concerns and public transport

TV & Radio

Patrick Freyne: On Selling the OC, Alex has the recipe for a good relationship. It’s a nice, alliterative list – all the C-words

By Patrick Freyne

Innovation

Advances in MRI may open window for treating neurodegenerative diseases

By Chris Horn

Film

Big Banana Feet: ‘Lost’ film of Billy Connolly’s 1973 tour of Ireland is a fine tribute to the fearless comedian

By Tara Brady

Five homes on view this week in Dublin, Waterford, Longford, Meath and Cork

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Villagers: That Golden Time review – Conor O’Brien delivers his most striking album yet

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Your Family

Parent’s Benefit scheme: Option of taking leave remains outside the grasp of many fathers

By Simon Tierney

What will €650,000 buy in Dublin and Connemara?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Opinion

Povertyism needs to be taken as seriously as racism and sexism

By Jim Clarken and Olivier De Schutter

DCC share price rise powers FTSE 100 to record trading session

By Cantillon

Light-filled five-bedroom home on Garville Avenue for €1.6m

By Joyce Hickey

Dean McKillen pays US sitcom producer $13.8m for LA house

By Ronald Quinlan

Glanbia hands top executives shares worth close to €6m

By Barry J Whyte

Gaelic Games

Louth’s Tommy Durnin on facing the Dubs: ‘It’s only impossible until it’s done’

By Paul Keane

Goodman pet food business gets €5m Enterprise Ireland grant

By Barry J Whyte

More than six out of 10 tech leaders in Ireland ‘do not have an artificial intelligence strategy’

By Laura Slattery

Opinion

Jerry Seinfeld is right that TV comedy isn’t funny any more - just not about why

By Finn McRedmond

Apple starts its fightback in AI battle

By Cantillon

Opinion

There’s an obvious solution to the migration row: compatible national identity cards for Ireland and Britain

By Newton Emerson

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: FA Cup could provide a model for provincial GAA championships to prosper

By Ciarán Murphy

Technology

Karlin Lillington: Say goodbye to your passwords and start using passkeys

By Karlin Lillington

Look inside: Fine former ambassadorial residence in Ranelagh for €5.25m

By Frances O'Rourke

Business Today Newsletter

Sports fans flying to matches could be hit by Dublin Airport passenger cap, airlines say

By Barry O'Halloran

Sport

Dave Hannigan: Fever is growing around Caitlin Clark - but can women’s basketball handle the heat?

By Dave Hannigan

Your Money

‘We got a ring, it looked like a washer’: Irish victims lose thousands in global online shopping scam centred in China

By Colm Keena

Gaelic Games

Tailteann Cup: Sligo preparing to go again after unlucky championship defeat to Galway

By Paul Keane

People

The view from Fanad Lighthouse fills us with a sense of our own mortality

By Michael Harding

Your Wellness

How to argue with a friend or loved one without becoming heated

By Geraldine Walsh

Technology

Amazon to open Irish website next year with promise of faster deliveries

By Ciara O'Brien

In the News Podcast

What will it take for Israel to cease fire in Gaza?

By Bernice Harrison

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Climate Crisis

Climate Cops hitting peak capacity may prompt scale-back of UN negotiating process

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Sports fans told to brace for impact of Dublin Airport passenger cap

By Peter Flanagan

‘Critical period’ ahead for Irish language rights amid ‘large gaps’ in State service provision

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Dublin

Dublin Port Company scraps plans for multistorey container terminal opposite Sandymount Strand

By Olivia Kelly

Science

Research Lives: Ask new questions, get new solutions

By Claire O'Connell

Inside Politics Newsletter

FBD welcomes Supreme Court decision to uphold personal injuries rules

By Ian Curran

Science

‘It was bonkers’: UK toddler has hearing restored in world-first gene therapy trial

By Andrew Gregory

Inside Politics: Tent camps a manifestation of Coalition’s inability to get to grips with crisis

By Cormac McQuinn

Your top stories on Thursday: Clearing of tents from Grand Canal in Dublin begins; family mourns death of young boy in road incident

Irish Ferries owner reports recovery in container volumes in first quarter

By Ian Curran

Rugby

Rugby referee mailbag: Send your questions to our refereeing expert Owen Doyle

TV & Radio

Bodkin review: toe-curling paddywhackery from Barack and Michelle Obama plumbs the diddly dee depths

By Ed Power

Airbnb sees growth slowing before summer travel uptick

Man dies in Co Monaghan two-vehicle crash

‘Good start’ to 2024 positions Uniphar for growth across divisions, says chairman

By Ian Curran

Making employee assistance programmes more relevant to workers

By Olive Keogh

Putin renews nuclear threats against west

By Max Seddon in Riga

Sports Briefing

Sports Briefing: Caitlin Clark could have Tiger Woods-like effect on women’s basketball

By Mary Hannigan

Biden stops sending the bombs and tests US ties to Israel

By Peter Baker

NTMA nears minimum 2024 funding target with €1bn bond sale

By Peter Flanagan

Volkswagen warns Brussels against raising tariffs on Chinese electric cars

Smart Money

Ireland is spending big on housing. So why is the sector still in crisis?

By Cliff Taylor

Hottest day of year expected on Friday with temperatures of up to 22 degrees forecast

By Katie Mellett

Oireachtas

Election poster cable ties ‘a torture’ for Tidy Towns groups, Dáil hears

By Marie O'Halloran

Bank of England holds rates at 5.25% but signals summer cut

Whooping cough cases in State four times higher than 2023 total

By Shauna Bowers

Google parent said to be in talks to buy HubSpot

University Hospital Limerick overcrowding: Review to consider if second midwest ED needed

By Paul Cullen

Dublin teen associated with feuding organised crime group caught digging up sawn-off shotgun, court told

By Tom Tuite

The Dublin Portal: When a New Yorker gave them the finger, Dubliners returned the gesture

By Dan Griffin

Environment

Deposit return scheme: Re-Turn acknowledges issues and says 1% of machines have been replaced

By Tim O'Brien

Social Affairs

Grand Canal asylum seeker camp ‘dismantled’ with over 160 people taken to ‘robust’ tented accommodation

By Kitty Holland and Vivienne Clarke

Technology

Dublin games company Jamango completes fresh funding round

By Ciara O'Brien

Warner Bros sales fall short with movie misses and poor ad sales

Girl (2) died of catastrophic injuries caused by swinging gate hit by horse, inquest hears

By Fiachra Gallagher

Nephew of man killed in Creeslough explosion ordered to leave home of his late uncle

By Stephen Maguire

Former Catalan leader preaches independence from self-exile

By Guy Hedgecoe

Body of dead man may have lain undiscovered in Co Cork flat since Christmas

By Barry Roche

Jorginho signs Arsenal contract extension after rejecting Serie A return

By Ed Aarons

Asylum seekers warned by Government of possible prosecutions for failure to move

By Jennifer Bray

Ryanair extends sustainable flying partnership with Trinity College Dublin

By Barry O'Halloran

Closure orders: Rodent droppings and grime found in kitchens at Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel, Killiney

By Tim O'Brien

Northern Ireland firm Graham wins Lord’s Cricket Ground contract

By Ian Curran

Politics

UL staff expressed ‘multiple concerns very early on’ over student housing project, PAC hears

By Sorcha Pollak

Social Affairs

Irish healthcare workers will help rebuild Gaza’s medical services, INMO conference told

By Emmet Malone

Middle East

Gaza: Tens of thousands flee Rafah towards ‘safe zones’ that lack water, food and medical care

By Michael Jansen

Mortgage rates hit highest level since August 2017

By Peter Flanagan

Real Madrid’s unshakeable faith feels like a dark art for defeated Bayern

By Sid Lowe in Madrid

Politics

Government stops short of confirming May 21st as date for Irish recognition of Palestinian state

By Cormac McQuinn and Marie O'Halloran

Judge hails ‘vastly improved situation’ for at-risk teen transferred to UK

By Ellen O'Riordan

Sport

Pelayo Sanchez takes victory as breakaway prevails on stage six at Giro d’Italia

Worker claims he was dismissed following firm’s flawed investigation into false assault claim

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Dublin teenager who pushed man off mobility scooter ‘for fun’ is jailed for assault

By Jessica Magee

Dublin

No vote on directly-elected Dublin mayor planned before end of current Government, says Harris

By Cormac McQuinn

Man avoids jail for role in defrauding Trinity College hardship fund

By Eimear Dodd

Court urged to overturn media regulator’s decision to include Tumblr in online safety code

Dundalk goalkeeper George Shelvey gets 10-game ban for aiming anti-Irish slur at referee

By Gavin Cummiskey

Books

UCD Festival’s literary highlights

By Martin Doyle

Member of Hutch family jailed for attempted robbery of woman in Dublin city centre

By Jessica Magee

Cycling

Tour de France debut ‘not out of the question’ for recovering Eddie Dunbar

By Shane Stokes

Climate Crisis

Bogus myths of ‘defending the West’ rely on ancient, false sources of hate and conflict, President warns

By Kevin O'Sullivan

INMO members reject proposal on postnatal assessments amid stark divisions on issue

By Emmet Malone

World

Largest-ever recorded leap in CO2 in Earth's atmosphere has just occurred, say scientists

By Oliver Milman

Massey Bros to open funeral home beside south Dublin’s Goat bar

By Gordon Deegan

Carpenter sues Intel claiming he was exposed to toxic chemical at Leixlip plant

Development fund gets over 99% cut on leasehold valuation for Kevin Street College of Technology site

By Ray Managh

Irish inflation drops to near three-year low

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Politics

Days of asylum seekers living in encampments on Dublin streets for weeks are over, says Harris

By Cormac McQuinn, Jack Horgan-Jones and Marie O'Halloran

Oireachtas

Ireland has second highest number of nurses after Finland, Tánaiste says

By Marie O'Halloran

An Irish Diary

Flying columnist – Frank McNally on why Wolfe Tone may have been Ireland’s greatest ever diary writer

By Frank McNally

Your Family

Whooping cough Q&A: What is the disease, and what should I do if my child has it?

By Shauna Bowers

Education

Queen’s pledges to ‘divest from investments’ in companies listed by UN for certain activities in Palestine

By Seanín Graham

China’s Xi Jinping receives red carpet treatment in Hungary

Markets rise on rate cut hopes

By Barry O'Halloran

North’s department of health was ‘greatest superspreader’ of Covid, Edwin Poots tells inquiry

Stormy Daniels rejects accusations from Trump lawyer during ‘hush money’ trial

Demands issued to almost 12,000 businesses with warehoused debt

By Jack White

Editorials

Softening office market could offer opportunities for change of use

Emergency landing at Dublin Airport due to hydraulics issue with plane

By Ronan McGreevy

Former NI secretary tells UK Covid inquiry about ‘concerns’ Stormont could collapse

By Jonathan McCambridge, PA

Governance issues at centre of dispute between SFAI and Dublin schoolboys’ and girls’ league

By Gavin Cummiskey

One in three believe Ireland’s personal injuries claim process is unfair, says poll

By Mary Carolan

Village at Lyons night manager’s constructive dismissal claim two days too late

Middle East

Israel says it will go ahead with Rafah operation as 100,000 people flee region

By Mark Weiss

Editorials

Xi Jinping's European visit shows tension remain over trade and Ukraine

Africa

Sudan war spurs ethnic cleansing in Darfur, says rights group

Eurovision: Greta Thunberg among thousands protesting against Israel competing in contest

Dublin

Man (20s) dies following scrambler bike crash in west Dublin

By Jack White

Social Affairs

Number of asylum seekers being accommodated by State exceeds 30,000 for the first time

By Harry McGee, Jennifer Bray, Cormac McQuinn and Jack White

Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta to meet in Europa League final in Dublin

Eurovision 2024: Israel singer Eden Golan makes final after public vote

Bruce Springsteen’s first Irish gig of 2024: The Boss kicks off in Belfast with No Surrender, then builds a momentous set

By Stuart Bailie

Financial crime’s rise: ‘The images and voices can be very convincing’

By Barry McCall

Disrupting financial crime calls for public-private collaboration

By Danielle Barron

The top five financial crimes – what they are and what to watch for

By Sandra O'Connell

Cyber battleground: How tech facilitates and combats financial crime

By Danielle Barron

Get your motor running

Harding’s return

‘Sorry I missed you’

Recognising Palestine

Sinn Féin and the stockbrokers

Trinity College Dublin protest

RTÉ’s support of amateur drama

Man transported from Liverpool to Northern Ireland over Robbie Lawlor murder

Dublin transport plan and people with disabilities

RTÉ – sunlight is the best disinfectant

‘Respectful politics’ pledge

Tents and Government asylum policy

Bruce Springsteen concert in Kilkenny: Tell us your verdict