Article Index

Personal loans soar to record level in second quarter

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

‘Some people just laugh’: Meet the students on Ireland’s first influencer degree

By Ellen O’Regan

Promises, promises

Knock Airport

Running commentary

The Occupied Territories Bill

Democracy and the climate crisis

Innovation

New standard backed by Amazon’s climate fund may help restore peatlands

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Letter of the DayOpens in new window

Services sector activity levels robust despite cost pressures - AIB

By Ian Curran

Motors

EV Q&A: Why are there no lamp-post chargers in Ireland?

By Neil Briscoe

Covid pandemic response and excess mortality rates

Art

Mandy O’Neill: Best Laid Plans – Compelling photo-journey through lockdown and Cabra’s history

By Tom Lordan

Books

The Myth of American Idealism & America’s Fatal Leap 1991-2016: a gateway drug for critics of US foreign policy and a more complex critique

By Daniel Geary

Nine areas where it costs to be single and one where you’re quids in

By Conor Pope

First crack appears in Dublin Airport passenger cap

By Cantillon

Mud-slinging spreads as Spain struggles to manage floods tragedy

By Guy Hedgecoe

Property Clinic

Why are we getting condensation on our new triple-glazed windows?

By Aidan McDonald

Your Wellness

Emotional eating: ‘My main binge cycle is sugar-rich foods. I think it will make me feel better, but it never does’

By Geraldine Walsh

People

‘I feel like in Ireland we have women in higher positions and opportunities for women to grow’

By Ella Sloane

The climate culprits lurking in your cosmetics bag

By Elaine Maguire O'Connor

‘There has to be a shorter, more compassionate way,’ says woman who considered taking medical negligence case after husband’s death

By Shauna Bowers

Residential

Artfully restored home on tucked-away terrace in Rathfarnham for €650,000

By Alison Gill

Irish company turns unopened cigarette filters into buttons and fashion accessories

By Deirdre McQuillan

Gaelic Games

St Loman’s captain frustrated at midweek scheduling of Leinster senior club match against Castletown

By Gordon Manning

Kyran Durnin case: No further searches planned as investigators ‘consolidate’ leads

By Conor Gallagher

Will Wall Street allow Big Tech to make AI work?

By Cantillon

Our Government aspires to boost education through Irish - yet student numbers have fallen for the first time in 50 years

By Pádraig Ó Duibhir

Ireland v New Zealand rivalry: Rugby’s ‘favourite grudge match’ was not always this way

By Gerry Thornley

Polarised America: Political loyalties are shaping US finances

By Proinsias O'Mahony

The 12 savings of Christmas: When to shop (November), what to drink (not Champagne) and more

By Conor Pope

Ireland set to approve its first full Ambassador from Palestine

By Harry McGee

Demand for female genital mutilation treatment service ‘increased 300% over two years’

By Shauna Bowers

Joe McCarthy: ‘You always have to keep evolving your game’

By Johnny Watterson

Dublin

‘We had 40 flyovers before 2pm’: West Dublin couple annoyed by delivery drones over their home

By Jack White

Transport

Number of complaints against taxi drivers reaches record levels

By Sorcha Pollak

Golf

Gary Hurley tells of how his mental health struggle almost led him to quit professional golf

By Philip Reid

Conversations with Parents Podcast

What are the rules for PRSI now that I am self-employed?

By Dominic Coyle

Your Family

How keeping astronauts healthy can tell us what on Earth to do

By Sheila Wayman

Ivan Yates: ‘The lack of affection from my parents’ generation was a huge mistake’

By Jen Hogan

Listen | 27:06

‘I could have been dead’: Food delivery driver in shock after being attacked in Cork

By Alekson Lacerda

US Election

Keep calm-ala and carry on-ala? US election coverage enters its anxiety era

By Laura Slattery

In the News Podcast

Hugh Linehan’s guide to watching the US election

By Sorcha Pollak

Listen | 22:30

Michael Brendan Dougherty: Trump has been campaigning as if he anticipates a win, while Harris has narrowed her map

By Michael Brendan Dougherty

Irish jockey Robbie Dolan rides Knight’s Choice to Melbourne Cup victory

Business Today Newsletter

What has happened to the cowboys who built defective apartments? Absolutely nothing

By Fintan O'Toole

What next for the Dublin Airport passenger cap?

By Peter Flanagan

Food

The Waterford beekeeper: ‘I got four or five stings on my face today, but you wouldn’t know it’

By Russ Parsons

Inside Politics Newsletter

AIB upgrades lending guidance for full year as it maintains positive outlook for business

By Ciara O'Brien

US election too close to call with everyone in dark over who will win

By Cormac McQuinn

Elon Musk’s $1m giveaway in run-up to US election survives legal challenge

By Chris Dolmetsch

Ireland

Your top stories on Tuesday: America votes in knife-edge election; food delivery driver talks about Cork attack

Kingspan sales rise in third quarter but company says ‘difficult to look too far ahead’ due to geopolitical ‘moving parts’

By Ciara O'Brien

Irish jockey Robbie Dolan goes from star turn on The Voice to live out Melbourne Cup dream

By Jack Snape

Residential

Fern fever: home with award-winning Morocco-inspired garden in Glasnevin for €895,000

By Alison Gill

Corre chief executive Keith McGrane steps down

By Ciara O'Brien

Primark expecting a good Christmas, says parent’s boss

By James Davey

German police arrest eight suspected members of right-wing group plotting ‘ethnic cleansing’ campaign

By Derek Scally

US Election

US election: Poll tracker latest as Trump and Harris deliver their final plea for votes

By James Politi in Washington, Lauren Fedor in Philadelphia, Stefania Palma in Grand Rapids and Jamie Smyth in Pittsburgh

Sinn Féin clashes with Tánaiste over Occupied Territories Bill

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Meet Robbie Dolan: Irish man who went from The Voice Australia contestant to winning country’s biggest race on a 90/1 shot

By Brian O'Connor

Win tickets to the 25th IFI French Film Festival, a French-inspired dinner and a stay at The College Green Hotel, Dublin

Win a pair of tickets to Ireland V Fiji.

Win a pair of tickets to Ireland V Australia

Enterprise Ireland approves €55 million to support decarbonisation

By Fiona Keeley

Election campaigning will not be curtailed by safety concerns, says Simon Harris

By Cormac McQuinn

Pepper Advantage to be sold to US private equity firm

By Ian Curran

General election: When and how will it be called?

By Pat Leahy

Men account for three-quarters of Ireland’s top earners

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

US Election

US election: Will Kamala Harris or Donald Trump win? Here are 10 key reads

Gerry Hutch free to return to Ireland to contest general election, court rules

By Gerard Couzens

Danny Care’s belated whistleblowing shows toxicity of the wall of silence over Eddie Jones

By Robert Kitson

Ex-rugby international Brendan Mullin found guilty of stealing hundreds of thousands of euro from bank

By Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd

Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard returns to full training after ankle injury

Michael McGrath confirmed in EU commissioner role by MEP vote

By Jack Power

Israel embarks on campaign to reshape regional order in the Middle East

By Andrew England and Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv

Ireland

Fugitive ex-Leinster player Rocky Elsom acknowledges role in some of transactions that led to French conviction

By Arthur Beesley

Lithuania says Russia responsible for exploding parcels in Europe

By Andrius Sytas

Davy sells its real estate arm to division’s chief executive David Goddard

By Ian Curran

Film

Barry Keoghan: ‘I’m not an absent father ... people love to use my son as ammunition’

Tennis

ATP Finals face up to life without big three for first time since 2001

By Tumaini Carayol

Willie Mullins already planning for next year after disappointing Melbourne Cup

By Brian O'Connor

Mobile phone pouches ‘transformational’ and improved social interaction, Department of Education told

By Ken Foxe

Ireland will work with whomever wins US presidential election, Taoiseach and Tánaiste say

By Cormac McQuinn

Athletics

National Cross-Country Championships switch to 7.5km for both senior races

By Ian O'Riordan

New Zealand winger Caleb Clarke remembers Irish roots as he prepares for Ireland Test

By Gerry Thornley

‘Hell is boiling’ for civilians who remain in bombarded northern Gaza

By Nidal al-Mughrabi in Cairo

ECHR to examine case of Irishman Oisín Osborn, shot dead by Hamburg police in May 2019

By Derek Scally

Dogs found emaciated and ‘matted’ in dirt at Cork puppy farm, court hears

By Barry Roche

What the Dublin Airport passenger cap ruling means, and what happens next

By Barry O'Halloran

John Magnier criticised by judge over claims that go ‘to very heart of administration of justice’

By Ronan McGreevy

Win a family pass to the Irish premiere screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ MOANA 2

Ireland international Eimear Considine retires from rugby

First €3bn tranche of Apple tax money lands in State coffers

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Cormac McQuinn

UK government targets vaping which may not go down well with Westminster’s secret sucker

By Mark Paul

Brendan Mullin: the case of a ‘bank for the rich’ and the mystery €500,000

By Isabel Hayes

Luke Comer Jnr free to continue training horses after an IHRB panel accept appeal

By Brian O'Connor

Cork nursing home residents served cold soup, Hiqa inspectors told

By Tim O'Brien

Pipe bomb attack near Derry home of former Sinn Féin official convicted of child sex offences

By Seanín Graham

Thornton Hall asylum seeker plan risks causing ‘significant nuisance’, local objectors say

By Ellen O'Riordan

Blinken calls on Israel to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza

By Michael Jansen

Michael McGrath never looked under pressure in EU job hearing

By Jack Power

I am nauseously optimistic about the chances of a Kamala Harris victory

By Kathy Sheridan

Court refuses to direct document sharing in three cases brought by former content moderators

GP association ex-director fined €10,000 over record-keeping lapses

By Isabel Hayes

Mayo man jailed for four years for rape as teenager of cousin aged nine

By Sonya McLean

Former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power ‘showed bravery to the bitter end’, son tells funeral Mass

By Harry McGee

Thurles locals object to planned McDonald’s on health grounds

By Gordon Deegan

Boeing ends crippling strike as workers accept latest offer

By Julie Johnsson and Danny Lee

Ukrainian and North Korean troops have clashed in Russia’s Kursk region, Kyiv says

By Daniel McLaughlin

Garda arrest two men and a juvenile in connection with 29 burglaries

By Sarah Slater

Steve Borthwick keeps faith by naming unchanged England XV to face Australia

By Gerard Meagher

Markets calm ahead of knife-edge US election

By Ian Curran

Climate Crisis

Less than half of population of some counties understands what causes climate change, EPA says

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Dublin woman (26) died three months after gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey, inquest told

By Jack White

Spanish police seek DNA samples for missing in wake of deadly floods

Report into IHRB financial matter of ‘grave concern’ concludes €350k transfer breached Charities Act

By Brian O'Connor

Woman suing Conor McGregor over alleged sexual assault says he was ‘not taking no for an answer’

By Mary Carolan

Michelle O’Neill to break new ground by attending Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Belfast

Solicitor Cahir O’Higgins goes on trial accused of theft and perverting course of justice

By Eimear Dodd

FAI given €10,000 fine by Uefa for booing of God Save the King

By David Gorman

Africa

South Africa’s national unity government at odds over war in Ukraine

By Bill Corcoran

Government provides funding to conserve Robert Fisk’s archive at Trinity College Dublin

By Carl O'Brien

Apple warns investors future products may never be as profitable as iPhone

Harris and Martin block Green proposals for €3bn Climate and Nature fund

By Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray

An Irish Diary

Presidential bearing – Brian Maye on Erskine Childers

By Brian Maye

Appointment of first full ambassador from Palestine approved by Government

By Cormac McQuinn and Jack Horgan-Jones

FAI to receive €6m a year in Government funding until the end of 2027

By David Gorman

Ireland v New Zealand: Tadhg Furlong ruled out as Andy Farrell is set to name strong side

By Gerry Thornley

Protests break out in Israel as Netanyahu sacks defence minister Gallant

By Mark Weiss

Editorials

The courts will now decide the future of the Dublin airport cap

Ireland

Gardaí hope DNA will help identify man whose body was recovered from river Lee in Cork 25 years ago

By Barry Roche

Editorials

As well as new housing targets, fresh policy approaches are also needed

Vitriolic Dáil exchanges over gender of Dublin TD Paul Murphy’s child

By Marie O'Halloran

Oireachtas

‘You’re a disgrace’: Dáil air turns blue after Danny Healy-Rae gets personal with Paul Murphy

By Miriam Lord

Army bomb squad carries out controlled explosion following chemical leak at St James’s Hospital

By Sarah Slater

Celtic deliver fireworks in barnstorming victory over RB Leipzig

By Ewan Murray at Celtic Park

Luiz Diaz hat-trick helps Liverpool maintain perfect record with win over Leverkusen

By Andy Hunter at Anfield

US Election: As it happened

Champions League wrap: Rúben Amorim’s Sporting pull off stunning win over Manchester City

Gaelic Games

Con O’Callaghan cleared to play for Cuala against Naas

By Gordon Manning

US election results: Kamala Harris urges supporters to accept outcome of presidential vote

By Jack White, Glen Murphy, Fiachra Gallagher and Ronan McGreevy