Article Index

Sex workers in Belgium to receive pension contributions and maternity leave under labour overhaul

By Jack Power

Bringing it all back home – reshoring and nearshoring’s resurgence

By Barry McCall

Generative AI will transform supply chain management

By Frank Dillon

Could disruption bring a return to locally produced, seasonal produce?

By Sandra O'Connell

Making safe AI work for us: ‘Ireland’s approach is to make it work for society and not leave people behind’

How can businesses keep procurement costs down and be sustainable?

By Danielle Barron

New Brexit checks and controls will add to Irish exporters’ costs

By Sandra O'Connell

Global issues continue to have a strong bearing on supply chain trends

By Barry McCall

Film

Eat/Sleep/Cheer/Repeat review: Competitive cheerleading in Ireland? It’s like coming across yak racing in Carlow

By Donald Clarke

‘Organisations that invest in workplace wellbeing enjoy higher staff morale and greater employee engagement’

Look inside: Detached modernised five-bed with light-filled extension in Foxrock for €1.85m

By Kevin Courtney

Arab Strap: I’m Totally Fine with It – Aidan Moffat ramps up his campaign for the best-songwriter-of-his-generation award

By Lauren Murphy

Books

Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna: Impressive debut with hints of rap as a novel

By John Boyne

Jacobs adds 100 jobs to Irish business as it opens new Dublin HQ

By Dominic Coyle

Moving towards the adaptable supply chain of the future

By Barry McCall

Regulation means paying lip service to supply chain ethics won’t wash

By Danielle Barron

Film

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg – Scarlett Johansson voices the evocative recollections of the Rolling Stones muse

By Tara Brady

TV & Radio

Patrick Freyne: Doctor Who’s Space Babies definitely went to an Educate Together school

By Patrick Freyne

Restaurants

A smart south Dublin restaurant with Mediterranean-style food – no surprise that it's full

By Corinna Hardgrave

Paul Weller: 66 review – Charming and draining in equal measure

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Your Money

Temu accused of ‘manipulative’ sales techniques and lack of transparency

By Conor Pope

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

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Your Wellness

With immigration, there is a sort of hierarchy of belonging

By Pádraig O'Moráin

New homes in Co Wicklow starting from €385,000

By Jessica Doyle

What will €325,000 buy in Dublin and Meath?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Is there an alternative to banning children from social media?

By Henry Mance

Savills Ireland bolsters country-homes division with two new hires

By Ronald Quinlan

In the News Podcast

Ireland’s welcome for Ukrainians dwindles as elections draw near

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 24:03

Science

Mathematical fun and games at Maison Poincaré

By Peter Lynch

Boxing

Kellie Harrington’s Olympic focus: ‘The tunnel is there and there’s also light beyond that tunnel’

By Ian O'Riordan

Criminal Assets Bureau urged to seize State’s investments in Israel-linked companies

By Conor Lally

A breakfast pot for health-conscious consumers with the ‘greatest oats of all time’

By Olive Keogh

Poll

Elimination of gap between Fine Gael and Sinn Féin the big takeaway from Irish Times poll

By Pat Leahy

Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll methodology: How the surveys were carried out

By Pat Leahy

Miriam Lord: Our national supercomputer is gone, we miss her loads, and the global scientific community is laughing at us

By Miriam Lord

Markets

Activists and short-sellers zoning in on Newry tech firm

By Cantillon

Councillors who lose seats or retire after June election in line for increased ‘retirement gratuity’ payments

By Cormac McQuinn

Consumer Tech

Apple iPad Pro 13-inch review: Powerful device and a rival to laptops for many tasks

By Ciara O'Brien

People

Michael Harding: The magpies and I could both do with shedding a bit of weight

By Michael Harding

Opinion

Northern Ireland is already a ‘sanctuary city’ in the UK – it could yet become one in Europe

By Newton Emerson

Poll

Tide has turned for Government as Sinn Féin’s large lead has now evaporated

By Damian Loscher

Opinion

To bandy about the serious accusation of anti-Semitism in unserious ways is dangerous

By Daniel Levy

Gaelic Games

Ken Hogan expecting Tipperary and Cork battle for the ages in Thurles

By Gordon Manning

Gaelic Games

Ryan McHugh says Jim McGuinness factor huge in Donegal winning Ulster

By Gordon Manning

Too much too young? Beware the hype around teen soccer prodigy Cavan Sullivan

By Dave Hannigan

Climate Crisis

The unanswered questions on impact of pesticides on the health of ecosystems

By Pádraic Fogarty

Technology

Eurovision saw a collision of vintage operating systems and trashy Europop

By Karlin Lillington

House prices take off even as supply increases

By Cantillon

Deportation: 35 people were escorted from the State by gardaí in first four months of the year

By Harry McGee

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: We need more games on GAAGo – not fewer

By Ciarán Murphy

Opinion

Bambie Thug should not have been making statements on Ireland’s behalf

By Finn McRedmond

Poll

Irish Times poll: Sinn Féin slide continues with five-point fall as party neck and neck with Fine Gael

By Pat Leahy

Daniel Kinahan was ordered to pay €2.5m to former business partner by Dubai courts, records show

By Conor Gallagher

Look inside: Design flair in the embassy belt with elegant Victorian pile on Raglan Road for €3.95m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Abroad

A student’s experience of renting outside Ireland: My landlord in the Netherlands said ‘I could stay forever’

By Emma Nic Shuibhne

Business Today Newsletter

Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico’s condition remains ‘extremely serious’ after he was shot several times

By Jack Power

IBM and Jacobs announce 900 new jobs

By Dominic Coyle

Numbers in Garda roads-policing units falls to lowest level since 2017, says Drew Harris

By Conor Pope

Pricewatch

VHI cancelled our policy over a year ago without us knowing. Now they want us to pay €7,000 in arrears

By Conor Pope

Science

Children’s mental health under attack by the smartphone

By William Reville

Inside Politics Podcast

Is the ‘disinformation’ label used to stifle free speech?

Listen | 46:29

Diageo to spend €100 million to decarbonise St James’s Gate brewery by 2030

By Kevin O'Sullivan

The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024: The Sponsors

E-scooter and e-bike laws: Can I use bike lanes? Do I need insurance? How fast can I go?

By Colm Keena

Innovation Awards 2024: Terms & Conditions and Guidance Notes

Editorials

The latest opinion poll brings better news for the Government and Taoiseach Simon Harris

The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024: Everything you need to know

By Michael McAleer

UPS Healthcare invests €12m in new Dublin medical logistics facility

By Ian Curran

Inside Politics Newsletter

EasyJet says CEO Lundgren to step down next year

Inside Politics: Irish Times poll offers fillip for Fine Gael

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Your top stories on Thursday: Sinn Féin support slumps; poor water quality found at five Irish beaches

Microsoft’s emissions jump almost 30% as it races to meet AI demand

Sports Briefing

Bohs, Palestine and a unique occasion for Irish football

By Mary Hannigan

Work

New wave of ‘techno isolation’ among remote workers who spend days working alone

By Olive Keogh

Title success cannot mask Celtic’s season of great paradoxes

By Ewan Murray

Smart Money

Ireland income tax: What would Sinn Féin’s policies mean for you?

By Cliff Taylor

The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024: Enter now!

Bruce Springsteen concert in Cork: Tell us your verdict

Chief Justices to address World Bar Conference in Belfast and Dublin

By Mary Carolan

Pat Kenny adds 55,000 listeners, making his Newstalk show biggest on commercial radio

By Laura Slattery

State must learn lessons of ‘boom-bust approach’ to public investment, McGrath tells Dáil

By Marie O'Halloran

Stephen Kenny returns to management with St Patrick’s Athletic

By Gavin Cummiskey

Psychological services for young people need urgent reform, says Cairns

By Barry Roche

Rugby

Farrell, Daly and Butler among 11 players set to leave Connacht

By Nathan Johns

Irish goods exports rise to €53bn in first quarter as pharma trade recovers

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Man who threated to kill social worker is found suitable for restorative justice programme

By Barry Roche

Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review – Her third album is not quite a genre bender, but this star is growing in sophistication

By Lauren Murphy

Social Affairs

Landlords engaging in ‘sex for rent’ arrangements should be targeted by new laws - report

By Jade Wilson

Who is Robert Fico? Slovakian PM, seriously injured in shooting, admires Putin and Orban

Thornton Hall ‘super prison’ site set to be used for asylum seeker accommodation

By Jack Horgan-Jones, Jade Wilson and Cormac McQuinn

US retailer Walmart posts first-quarter revenues of €148.6bn

By Mark Hilliard

Irish woman says she will ‘never forget’ eyes of alleged rapist and chief suspect in Madeleine McCann case

By Derek Scally

Tullow Oil on track to reduce net debt to less than €1.3bn

TV & Radio

Bridgerton review: Nicola Coughlan swaps Little Miss Nasty role and shines in the spotlight

By Ed Power

Racing

Tony Martin’s three-month suspension to begin with immediate effect

By Brian O'Connor

Oireachtas

Tánaiste claims Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty is ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ character in Dáil housing row

By Marie O'Halloran

Health

‘Gaslighting’ of health workers by Robert Watt unacceptable, says union chief

By Emmet Malone

Oireachtas

Government will undermine UN, further endanger Irish troops by changing ‘triple lock’, Dáil told

By Marie O'Halloran

Mary Banotti ‘worked fiercely for real change for Irish women’, funeral hears

By Patsy McGarry

‘I don’t think the West really understands’: A Ukrainian writer on his journey from torture camp to the front line

By Daniel McLaughlin

High Court declares Co Laois couple owners of garage used to house dangerous pets

The Women's Podcast

Marian Keyes: ‘Transition is extremely uncomfortable…but everything eventually settles’

By Suzanne Brennan

Listen | 61:08

Conor McGregor accused of playing ‘ducks and drakes’ over court date

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Without Jurgen Klopp, nothing will be the same again for Liverpool

By Sachin Nakrani

Grandmother (74) jailed over series of bogus personal injury claims made under a false name

By Eimear Dodd

Manchester United labouring under the dead hand of the Glazers

By Jonathan Liew

Gardaí investigating alleged racist abuse of Limerick election candidate and canvassing team

By Harry McGee

Food

Saturday Kitchen presenter to headline at Ballymaloe Food Festival this weekend

By Ellen O’Donoghue

High Court refuses to halt prosecution over teenager’s alleged defilement of girl (12)

Rebel Spanish nuns split with Vatican amid property spat

By Guy Hedgecoe

Neutrality helped Ireland land top EU military role, Defence Forces Chief says

By Conor Gallagher

Slovakian government could go down dark path following attempted assassination

By Jack Power

The Counter Ruck Podcast

The Counter Ruck: Rugby’s new laws explained with Owen Doyle

Listen | 20:47

Social Affairs

Mood of nation lifted as pandemic restrictions were eased, CSO data shows

By Conor Pope

EU probes Meta over fears of child addiction to social media

By Javier Espinoza

Slovakian PM Robert Fico in ‘serious but stable’ condition after assassination attempt

Oireachtas

Tánaiste would be ‘surprised’ if St John’s Ambulance reforms not being ‘followed through’

By Marie O'Halloran

Middle East

Netanyahu refuses to be drawn by Gallant’s Gaza gauntlet

By Mark Weiss

Advertising Feature

20 best stays on the Wild Atlantic Way

Man who arranged murder of drug dealer in broad daylight while pushing pram jailed for 19 years

By Alison O'Riordan and Paul Neilan

South Dublin tennis club slams student accommodation plan

By Gordon Deegan

Rapist uncles fail in bid to overturn convictions over letter sent by juror to judge

By Ryan Dunne and Isabel Hayes

Judge rejects Gemma O’Doherty’s claim that he is biased against her

Woman fell to her death after eating cannabis jelly, inquest hears

By David Raleigh

Irish workers among the least productive in Europe, study indicates

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Trump’s legal team attempts to undermine credibility of star witness Michael Cohen

McGrath appoints UK economist to Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Asia-Pacific

Putin and Xi pledge deeper co-operation and accuse US of undermining global stability

By Denis Staunton

Ukraine says some areas of ‘extremely difficult’ Kharkiv front now stable

By Daniel McLaughlin

European markets dip from historic highs

By Barry O'Halloran

School places: More than €280m spent on buying modular units for schools in 2023, PAC hears

By Cormac McQuinn

Dublin drug dealer earns thousands from renting out properties now deemed crime proceeds

By Ellen O'Riordan

DDSL under-14 squads to play Gaynor and Kennedy cups after FAI intervention

By Gavin Cummiskey

An Irish Diary

Custer’s Last Tune – Frank McNally on the dubious history of the ballad Garryowen

By Frank McNally

‘I do God’: London mayor Sadiq Khan on religious faith, meeting the Pope and the fight to save the planet

By Mark Paul

Rugby

Confident Munster looking to extend good run

By Nathan Johns

Case against Dublin firefighter accused of rape in Boston to be moved to higher court

By Susan Zalkind in Boston

Books

Caleb Azumah Nelson honoured

By Martin Doyle

Police appeal for witnesses after man killed in Co Antrim road crash

‘It’s not our job to be censors’: Library staff facing alarming levels of aggression

By Emmet Malone

Golf

Rory McIlroy shows no sign of distraction with strong start to US PGA Championship

By Philip Reid

Editorials

It should not be beyond the wit of Dublin City Council to reopen the Portal

Middle East

Israeli troops move towards centre of Gaza refugee camp ahead of Rafah ground operation

By Mark Weiss

Social Affairs

Helpline email ‘pulled me out of trance’, says Dublin woman in ‘deep despair’ after injury

By Sarah Burns

Fianna Fáil in ‘good position’ to retain majority of council seats, says Micheál Martin

By Cormac McQuinn

Baby died in hospital after complications arose during attempted homebirth, inquest hears

By Fiachra Gallagher

Cycling

Sam Bennett makes it back-to-back stage victories in Four Days of Dunkirk

By Ian O'Riordan

Editorials

Violence against politicians is corrosive of democracy

Religious youth leader jailed for defilement and sexual exploitation of girl

By Niamh O’Donoghue

Golf

‘Not winning makes you want it more’: Xander Schauffele bounces back with 62 to lead PGA

By Philip Reid

Leeds crush Norwich to move to within one game of a Premier League return

Brown Thomas exhibition traces the history of an Irish institution

Moving with the times has kept Brown Thomas at the forefront of retail

By Sandra O'Connell

With cybercrime, an organisation’s people are its best defence

By Sandra O'Connell

Star power: Brown Thomas a magnet for world’s most famous people

By Danielle Barron

Brown Thomas continues to be a special and unique Dublin destination

By Deirdre McQuillan

Proud to be part of it: The people behind Brown Thomas

By Sandra O'Connell

Brewed awakening

Environment

Young people misjudge older generations’ concern about climate crisis, notes ESRI research

By Kevin O'Sullivan

All bark and no bite

Traffic light cameras

A matter of opinion

Making sense of election posters

E-scooters and insurance

Portal to another dimension

Wind and energy

Migration and the Border

Israel, Palestine and reconciliation

The Taoiseach and the housing crisis

May 2024 Poll

The Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll May 2024: The full results in charts

By Paul Scott