BooksThe Coin by Yasmin Zaher: Mad, brilliant novel about a Palestinian woman in New York By Sarah Gilmartin
MusicBassekou Kouyate: ‘I am on a mission to promote my instrument, the ngoni, which predates Jesus Christ’By Siobhán Long
EuropeUkraine’s street pianos play on a decade after debuting during Maidan revolutionBy Daniel McLaughlin
MusicBrat summer: Annoying, dirty, hedonistic, bra-less, is this the end of the clean girl era?By Zoe Williams
EconomyCar congestion charge should be considered, officials adviseBy Cormac McQuinn, Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Martin Wall
Paris 2024Opens in new windowHow to feed 15,000 Olympians in Paris? The Irish are bringing porridge oats. Lots of themBy Priya Krishna
OpinionOur party whip system is too severe. Politicians should be able to vote with their conscienceBy Michael McDowell
Crime & LawFormer Ku Klux Klan ‘grand dragon’ is mentoring Irish far-right extremistsBy Conor Gallagher
Paris 2024Opens in new windowRugby Sevens takes Ireland captain Harry McNulty all the way to a second OlympicsBy Ian O'Riordan
Gaelic GamesCiarán McKeever has given much to Armagh and finally gets to experience Gaelic football’s biggest dayBy Gordon Manning
Gaelic GamesDarragh Ó Sé: Galway will not win by much, but they will get over the line against ArmaghBy Darragh Ó Sé
Life & StyleStand-up comedy: I never knew that five minutes could feel like a lifetimeBy Stephen Mullan
OpinionWe don’t need death threats against politicians to see how social media is harming democracyBy Liz Carolan
Crime & LawCourts Service receiving insufficient funding to ensure ‘effective administration of justice’ By Mary Carolan
Social AffairsSouth Dublin Traveller support group may have to close over rent increaseBy Kitty Holland
Your MoneyAre you and your partner financially compatible? Here’s how to protect yourself, and stay in loveBy Joanne Hunt
PoliticsTV licence expected to be retained as €725m RTÉ funding deal tops Cabinet agenda ahead of summer breakBy Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn
Top Stories of 2024‘I am divorced at 60, envious of my ex-husband’s new life and struggling with loneliness’By Trish Murphy
In the News PodcastWhy hopes are high for Team Ireland at the OlympicsBy Bernice HarrisonListen | 24:12
Your FitnessColin Farrell to run Dublin Marathon in honour of friend’s ‘miracle’ 40th birthdayBy Saeedullah Safi
Business Today NewsletterSetting the scene for Budget 2025 and peace breaks out at Aer LingusBy Dominic Coyle
ScienceTCD’s ‘shark fitbit’ yields valuable data on basking shark’s response to potentially lethal boat strikesBy Kevin O'Sullivan
Asia-PacificTyphoon Gaemi: Taiwan braces for monsoon rains and high winds after four killed in PhilippinesBy Sing Yee Ong, Cindy Wang and Manolo Serapio Jr.
IrelandWednesday’s top stories: Ex-KKK member mentors Irish far-right; Ireland favourites as Olympic rugby begins
MusicThe Script frontman Danny O’Donoghue reveals struggles with alcohol: ‘By the time I’d got off the plane, I was smashed’
WorkYour work questions answered: ‘I have ADHD and so work from home a lot. When I go to the office, nobody speaks to me’By Jack White
Greatest Irish Olympic Stories Never ToldThe Corkman once hailed in the US as ‘the Cajun sportsman of the century’Listen | 12:07
PoliticsOpen Championship could be played at Portmarnock under proposals to be considered by GovernmentBy Cormac McQuinn
CourtsRotunda Hospital continued to employ man after finding of sexual harassment, tribunal toldBy Stephen Bourke
StageDublin Theatre Festival unveils 2024 programme, with new shows from Druid, Teac Damsa, Anu, Thisispopbaby and more By Deirdre Falvey
Crime & LawBarrister strike: Bar council warns on further action if ‘impasse’ over criminal legal aid fee cuts continuesBy Mary Carolan
US‘Trailblazer’ Kamala Harris bets on surge of voter enthusiasm as she eyes path to US election victoryBy Lauren Fedor and James Politi in Washington
PoliticsThousands of Ukrainian refugees to have welfare allowances cut from SeptemberBy Cormac McQuinn
EconomyCreaking energy and water systems represent ‘reputational risk’ for Ireland, council warnsBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
IrelandNorma Foley promises delivery of religious order schools abuse report to survivors firstBy Sarah Burns
Crime & LawMan taken to hospital following assault on Talbot Street in Dublin city centreBy Jack White
SoccerMikel Arteta primes Arsenal in US after ‘tough moment’ for Saka and RiceBy Ed Aarons and Huzaifah Khan
USFrom kingmaker to spectator: how Rupert Murdoch was consigned to the sidelines at Trump conventionBy Daniel Thomas in London and Christopher Grimes in Los Angeles
Social Affairs‘Kind, gentle, caring’ man killed in hit-and-run recorded an album before his death, funeral hearsBy Tim O'Brien
Common GroundOpens in new windowDecision on future construction at Casement Park must be made quickly, says Hilary BennBy Mark Hennessy
CourtsDrones being used to deliver unlit petrol bombs to Coolock site, High Court hearsBy Ellen O'Riordan
Social AffairsCarrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim has the highest fertility rate in Ireland, according to CSO dataBy Shauna Bowers
EnvironmentNew national water action plan to curb pollution and flooding approved by CabinetBy Kevin O'Sullivan
BusinessVisitor numbers did not ‘drop’ during pilots’ strike, Tourism Ireland chief saysBy Fiona Keeley
CourtsFormer Clare hurler Niall Gilligan allegedly fractured hand of 12-year-old boy with stickBy Gordon Deegan
MediaRTÉ funding: Extra €6m for An Post to crack down on licence fee evasion and improve collection By Pat Leahy, Cormac McQuinn and Vivienne Clarke
Middle EastSurviving Gaza: ‘We were displaced twice in less than 10 hours’By Heba Saleh and Mai Khaled in Cairo and Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper in Beirut
Crime & LawJudge finds in favour of Crown Paints in rent dispute over Coolock premisesBy Mary Carolan
CourtsBoundary dispute holding up construction of 74 homes in north Dublin, court toldBy Aodhan O'Faolain
RugbyOlympics Rugby Sevens: Ireland make bright start to tournament with victory over South AfricaBy Johnny Watterson
TV & RadioTV licence fee to stay unchanged but viewers may see impact on RTÉ servicesBy Laura Slattery
Paris 2024Opens in new windowOlympics: Morocco beat Argentina after equaliser is disallowed by VAR two hours later
PoliticsNew national children’s hospital board set to sanction project’s builders, correspondence showsBy Jennifer Bray
CourtsHigh Court to ask European forum to decide issues linked to validity of nitrate derogation measuresBy Ellen O'Riordan
An Irish DiarySoldiers Are We (Not) – Frank McNally on the beauty of Brian Boydell’s Amhrán na bhFiann By Frank McNally
Paris 2024Opens in new windowOlympics 2024 family ties: The Irish brothers, sisters and partners competing in Paris By Ian O'Riordan
CourtsPrivate hospital alleges widow is publishing false information about it on social mediaBy Aodhan O'Faolain
Crime & LawGardaí investigate robbery of French students and stabbing of teacher in Cork city centreBy Barry Roche
ScienceMinister declines to clarify status of Philip Nolan as temporary chief appointed to new research agencyBy Kevin O'Sullivan
Live: OlympicsOlympics Rugby Sevens as it happened: Ireland beat Japan and South AfricaBy David Gorman
SoccerDamien Duff embracing the Zurich challenge for ‘massive underdogs’ Shelbourne By Gavin Cummiskey
Paris 2024Opens in new windowIreland surge to quarter-finals in Olympic Rugby Sevens after beating JapanBy Johnny Watterson
CourtsTwo men appear in court following seizure of 18 firearms and 900 rounds of ammunitionBy Colin Gleeson
Social AffairsIssue of new State apology to thalidomide survivors ‘will be dealt with’By Colin Gleeson
Paris 2024Opens in new windowJordan Conroy overcomes pre-match nerves to star for Ireland in SevensBy Ian O'Riordan
Crime & LawGovernment will not be dictated to by small, violent group opposed to asylum accommodation, says TánaisteBy Conor Lally
MediaAbolition of juries for High Court actions and measures to reduce legal costs among proposed defamation reformsBy Cormac McQuinn
MusicAll Together Now music festival 2024: Stage line-ups and times, ticket information, how to get there and more
