Article Index

The End of Drum Time: Stunning novel of love affair set in 19th-century Lapland

By Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Competitions

Win two tickets to Wexford Festival Opera and a stay at the Talbot Hotel, Wexford

GenAI: What’s the use?

By Danielle Barron

Sorting out the fakes from reality

By Barry McCall

Fuelling the cyber arms race

By Sandra O'Connell

Artificial intelligence will mean job losses - but more job gains

By Pater McGuire

Restaurants

Takeaway review: Get there early before the food sells out at this stunning location

By Corinna Hardgrave

The computer ate my homework

By Barry McCall

Film

The Movie Quiz: Deadpool & Wolverine is the first MCU flick to receive what in the US?

By Donald Clarke

Drink

Two French wines for under €10 worth seeking out

By John Wilson

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

AI: human augmenter or great replacer?

By Barry McCall

Renewable gas will power Ireland’s decarbonised future

TV & Radio

Radio review: Flustered Eamon Ryan and harried Pearse Doherty grilled by Drivetime’s forbidding interrogators

By Mick Heaney

People

The Irish spice bag has arrived in Australia and not everyone is happy

By Brianna Parkins

The Dart – a good start but where are the other promised lines?

Fashion

‘I didn’t want to be predictable’: What the Irish Olympians are wearing to the opening ceremony in Paris

By Deirdre McQuillan

Before and after AI

By Jillian Godsil

Powering new discoveries: How AI is helping researchers

BeautyOpens in new window

Shining a light into the black box

By Jillian Godsil

Competitions

Win two Rancho Relaxo tickets to Big Grill 2024 and a hamper of Lucky Saint worth €100

I tried a high-street mole scanning service: far from cheap but it beats long waiting lists to see a dermatologist

By Simone Gannon

Irish consumer sentiment lifts as inflation eases and economy grows

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From providing healthier meal options to treatments to improve cancer care

By Fiona Keeley

Cork renewables business to develop €400m solar project in Canada

By Barry O'Halloran

Political stupidity of Fianna Fáil four could see Ireland end up with a bottom-of-the-barrel job in Europe

By Stephen Collins

Aer Lingus docks pilots’ pay over industrial action

By Barry O'Halloran

Michael O’Leary, Tony Smurfit, Albert Manifold: Which Irish plc CEOs have the biggest pay packages?

By Joe Brennan

When the Annie Murphy revelations came out, people wore Eamonn Casey T-shirts. How little we knew

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Cliffs of Moher: Search for missing boy follows two recent tragedies at world famous site

By Andrew Hamilton

Dylan McHugh making the most of every opportunity with Galway

By John Fallon

Aidan Forker daring to dream of final step to Sam Maguire glory

By Gordon Manning

Social Affairs

Church services

Joe Canning: All-Ireland heartache and euphoria defined by a single point

By Joe Canning

Racing

Galway festival’s ‘retro racing’ still supplies firsthand sporting theatre

By Brian O'Connor

Trying to find some running liberté down along the Seine

By Ian O'Riordan

Is your brand ready for the challenge?

Economy

Private landlords need incentives to retrofit their properties, otherwise it’s not financially worthwhile

By John FitzGerald

McEntee vows to reform taxi licensing system in wake of Shorten rape sentencing

By Conor Gallagher and Conor Lally

Ireland’s low inheritance tax is part of a social bargain with its middle classes

By John McManus

EY quits as auditor of Irish company owned by sanctioned Russian businessman

By Ian Curran

Greatest Irish Olympic Stories Never Told

Parisians must grin and bear it as Olympic-scale disruption takes a toll on city life

By Johnny Watterson

Dublin

Decision to press ahead with Dublin city transport plan a win all round

By Olivia Kelly

Culture

Sinéad O’Connor’s waxwork looks nothing like the fiery young woman from 1990 it represents

By Hugh Linehan

In the News Podcast

Is the new RTÉ funding plan enough - and is it fair?

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 20:07

Ireland’s most unexpected Olympic medal

Listen | 14:48

Business Today Newsletter

Once the priest was a respected public figure in a crisis. Now, self-appointed supremacists fill the role

By Justine McCarthy

Aer Lingus pilots have pay docked following recent industrial action

By Ciarán Hancock

American charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid imprisonment for January 6th Capitol riot crimes

By Tim O'Brien

Sinaloa cartel: Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ and El Chapo’s son arrested by US authorities

‘Sadistic and manipulative’ ex-Spandau Ballet singer guilty of rape

By Sammy Gecsoyler

Middle East

Kamala Harris pushes Netanyahu to ease suffering in Gaza: ‘I will not be silent’

Friday’s top stories: Taxi system reform promised after Shorten case; complete guide to Irish Olympic action

Motors

What should I do if my electric car breaks down?

By Neil Briscoe

How your KitKat break is helping cocoa-farming families close the living income gap through an innovative programme

NatWest operating profit falls by less than expected 16%

The Women's Podcast

Kamala Harris: ‘As a courtroom prosecutor … I know Donald Trump’s type’

By Suzanne Brennan

Listen | 30:04

Sports Briefing

Irish heartache occurs before Olympics opening ceremony

By Mary Hannigan

Watchdog backs Kilsaran Concrete’s bid for Offaly sand and gravel pit

By Colin Gleeson

People

How strong are the links between US radicals and Irish far-right activists?

By Conor Gallagher

Olympics opening ceremony: Everything you need to know including times, where to watch and route

By Sarah Burns

Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress: What he said, and why it has been criticised

By Linda Qiu

Elon Musk to seek Tesla board approval for €4.6bn injection into xAI start-up

By Stephen Morris and George Hammond

Obama joins number of high-profile Democrats backing Kamala Harris

‘An extremely bad man’: Ballymoney reacts to news of Kamala Harris’s Irish slave-owning ancestor

By Seanín Graham

Hollywood actors to go on strike against video game companies

By Brooks Barnes and Kellen Browning

Armagh and Galway name starting line-ups for All-Ireland final

By Seán Moran

On The Money Newsletter

Is retrofitting your home worth the money?

By Joanne Hunt

Valerie French Kilroy case: Man found guilty of wife’s murder

By Eoin Reynolds

Rugby

Matt Williams: In cynical times, savour the new coaches who want to make the world a bit better

By Matt Williams

‘People can’t be held back’: Ukrainians flock to Odesa for wartime holidays in the sun

By Daniel McLaughlin

Wicklow shooting: Gardaí investigating incident after man suffers non-life threatening injuries

By Sarah Burns

September interest rate cut by ECB ‘very possible’

Spiritan abuse survivor group raises concern statutory inquiry could set back justice and support programmes

By Patsy McGarry

Mixed views in Dundrum about arrival of asylum seekers, residents say

By Colm Keena and Sorcha Pollak

Garda found guilty of sexually assaulting and falsely imprisoning a woman in Wicklow garda station

By Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd

Michael Murphy on Armagh: The 15 Orchard men bidding for historic All-Ireland football glory

By Michael Murphy

Darragh Ó Sé on the Galway football team: The 15 men bidding for All-Ireland glory

By Darragh Ó Sé

Cliffs of Moher search for boy (12) continues

By Sarah Burns

‘We can do better’: Sinéad O’Connor waxwork pulled after public outcry

By Simran Kathuria

Man accused of setting fire to Luas tram during Dublin riots remanded in custody

By Emmet Malone

Lyra McKee death: Man charged over riot refused bail to go on Lanzarote holiday

By Ashleigh McDonald

Sarah Lavin and Shane Lowry named Ireland’s flag-bearers for Olympics opening ceremony

By David Gorman

Americas

Fears and hope before Venezuelan election that could bring rebuilding or ‘a bloodbath’

By Tom Hennigan

Politics

Ireland won’t be ‘punished’ over EU commissioner nomination clash, Harris says

By Jack Power

Housing & Planning

Landlord ordered to pay €15,000 over illegal eviction of pregnant woman and family

By Jack White

Housing & Planning

Homelessness reaches record level in State amid call for ‘emergency action’

By Jack White

FBI examining bullet fragments found at Trump rally site

By Adam Goldman and Glenn Thrush

Dublin

ESB to repaint Poolbeg chimneys from August

By Simran Kathuria

Saboteurs attack French railways, causing chaos hours before Olympic ceremony

By Leila Abboud, Sarah White, Adrienne Klasa in Paris and Sam Jones in Berlin

Tributes paid to George Birmingham on retirement as president of Court of Appeal

By Mary Carolan

Accumulated profts at Brian O’Driscoll firm hit €10m

By Gordon Deegan

Declan Kelly’s firm Consello appoints five new senior advisers

By Ciarán Hancock

Judge to question Spain’s prime minister in contentious corruption case

By Guy Hedgecoe

Olympic surfing comes to Teahupo’o with beastly waves and controversy

By Jonny Weeks

High Court strikes out man’s claim of unreasonable delay in dealing with his citizenship request

Canada

Rain may help firefighters battling blaze in Canadian tourist town

Asia-Pacific

Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan and Philippines

Swimming the star of Olympic show but mistrust muddies the water

By Andy Bull

Palestinian who claims torture in Israeli jail sues over being left homeless upon seeking protection in Ireland

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Ukraine claims strike on Crimea airfield as EU sends funds from frozen Russian assets to Kyiv

By Daniel McLaughlin

Woman (33) died after swallowed denture did not show up on X-ray, court hears

Ian O’Riordan: The Olympic double dilemma facing Rhasidat Adeleke in Paris

By Ian O'Riordan

Social Affairs

‘The goal is to create a lasting impact’: diaspora cricket competition brings community together

By Saeedullah Safi

High Court lifts suspension on contract for building €500m worth of social and affordable homes

High Court challenges brought over tented accommodation for asylum seekers

By Ellen O'Riordan

Dublin

Traders alliance opposed to Dublin traffic plan considers next move after green light

By Olivia Kelly

Trial of homeless man accused of murdering host collapses

By Paul Neilan

Racing

Amateur jockey Shane Bargary’s licence suspended for 10 years after second positive test for cocaine

By Brian O'Connor

Your Money

Mortgage-holders could save €80 a month with green deals, brokers say

By Colin Gleeson

An Irish Diary

All fired up – Frank McNally on the questionable wisdom of Dublin’s logo

By Frank McNally

Sport

Rattled Max Verstappen faces further frustration at Belgian Grand Prix

By Giles Richards

Markets

Improving US inflation picture cheers global markets

By Ciara O'Brien

Widower settles action over delay in diagnosing late wife’s cancer

By Ellen O'Riordan

Golf

Pádraig Harrington battles his way into Senior Open contention at Carnoustie

By Philip Reid

Editorials

A global sporting extravaganza gets underway in Paris

Victim in Tallaght assault stabbed after man believed van was being broken into, gardaí suspect

By Conor Lally

‘It’s heaving’: Streets of Paris fill with fans for city centre opening ceremony

By Jack Power

Sport

Peter Moor’s 79 helps Ireland take slight advantage over Zimbabwe at Stormont

Middle East

Kamala Harris criticised in Israel after calling for quick end to war in Gaza

By Mark Weiss

Editorials

Kamala Harris has 100 days to define herself to voters if she is to win the White House

Former Fine Gael politician remanded in custody in €2.6m money laundering case

By Jessica Thompson

Paris Olympics opens with a spectacular display of creative brass neck

By Denis Walsh

High Court schedules hearing of ‘test’ challenge to lack of school places for autistic children

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Soccer

Bohemians frustrated as Daryl Horgan earns point for Dundalk at Dalymount

By Paul Buttner at Dalymount Park

Olympic Opening Ceremony: A magnificently unforgettable and audacious parade of nations

By Ian O'Riordan

The Language of Architectural Classicism by Edward McParland: A masterpiece of discovery

By Frank McDonald

The Boundless River. Stories from the Realm of the Rhine: Exploring a living entity

By Neil Hegarty

The Origin of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey: Charting the intriguing backstory of the survey’s birth in 1824

By Paul Clements

Lemony Snicket: And Then? And Then? What Else?: A Writer’s Life by Daniel Handler - A thoughtful and eloquent celebration of story

By Claire Hennessy

The High Seas by Olive Heffernan: An expert’s enthralling view of the oceans is short on hope

By Lorna Siggins

Irish time

Our man in the US

Local sayings and folk wisdom

Global computer and IT outage

Dereliction in cities and town

RTÉ – picking up the bill

Taxation and politics

FF MEPs – political stupidity or integrity?

JD Vance is part of a new generation of aristopopulists seeking regime change

By Paul Gillespie

Obituaries

Judge Elizabeth MacGrath obituary: A fierce defender of the judiciary who believed in second chances

Obituaries

Ruth Westheimer obituary: TV sex therapist known as ‘Dr Ruth’