CultureThe Guide: New Year’s Festival Dublin, Kojaque, Katie Boyle and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
HistoryTony Blair thought NI nationalists would support England in World Cup if Ireland were out, files reveal
State PapersFrom Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace pushBy John Bowman
State PapersBritish under fire over claim Henry VIII cannons smuggled from Irish waters into Tower of London
BooksIndeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok: The record of a craftsman trying to understand their art in real timeBy Jessica Traynor
BooksTribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together by Michael MorrisBy Ian Hughes
State PapersOliver J Flanagan’s insistence on calling himself 'Sir Oliver' not accepted by then Irish government
State PapersIrish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s deathBy Ronan McGreevy
State PapersNI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believedBy Mark Hennessy
BooksLast lord of Malahide Castle at centre of strange tale that reflects an era when being gay was unacceptableBy Charles Lysaght
BooksZero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia by Charles Hecker – Making money in the Wild EastBy Seamus Martin
BooksMonasticism in Ireland: AD 900-1250 by Edel Bhreathnach – A valuable contribution to the history of the Irish churchBy Patsy McGarry
State PapersGovernment agreed to pay Michael Noonan legal costs for libel case over alleged IRA money
State PapersSenior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials toldBy Mark Hennessy
LettersLetters to the Editor, December 28th: On the Occupied Territories Bill, and subsidising private education
Books‘Narratively ingenious with gorgeously toothsome art and character design’: The best graphic novels of 2024By Séamas O'Reilly
TV & RadioTV in 2025: 25 of the best new and returning shows to watch out for in the 12 months aheadBy Kevin Courtney
Housing & PlanningHouse prices prompt growing number of young professionals to live in Newry while commuting to DublinBy Seanín Graham
SportFrom Bryson to Jurgen to Raygun: The A to Z of 2024′s weirdest and wildest sports storiesBy Malachy Clerkin
PhotographyAlan Betson’s Photographs of the Year: ‘Light and background, get that right and you are only looking for the moment’By Alan Betson
Gaelic Games‘Helping him in his darkest moment was also helping me’: David Eccles and Tadhg Kennelly on an act of friendship that spawned a movementBy Gordon Manning
Gaelic GamesTadhg Kennelly calls on GAA and AFL to formalise procedures on player recruitmentBy Gordon Manning
Social AffairsNumber of under 30s in receipt of disability allowance has doubled in a decade By Emmet Malone
BusinessThe old order of globalisation may be collapsing – and bringing Germany with itBy Derek Scally
PoliticsIreland needs to launch diplomatic offensive in response to Trump’s return - Taoiseach By Cormac McQuinn
BusinessHave Ireland’s data centre builders shot themselves in the foot through their own greed? By John McManus
OpinionSimon Harris: Trump is a businessman at heart. Ireland’s offering is one that speaks to himBy Simon Harris
OpinionThe old gatekeepers have lost control of the message. The implication for politics, democracy and society is enormous By David McWilliams
FilmFilm officials were warned ‘wholly inappropriate’ Joker sequel could cause ‘significant harm’ to childrenBy Simon Bracken
SportDenis Walsh: Irish sport’s underdog mentality has been replaced with an unabashed hunger to be the bestBy Denis Walsh
PoliticsMiriam Lord’s review of the year: Shock resignations, ruptured relations and an over-eager new TaoiseachBy Miriam Lord
Your Wellness25 ways to improve your health in 2025: Shop less, sleep more and keep a good work-life balance By Sylvia Thompson
OpinionGiorgia Meloni masquerades as the ‘acceptable’ face of the far right, but nobody should be fooledBy Patrick Smyth
Sport‘I don’t think I’ll ever get over that’ - Shane Ryan reflects on what might have been and swims onBy Malachy Clerkin
PeopleCreativity, compassion and mental health: ‘I didn’t want to just cope, I wanted to thrive’By Sylvia Thompson
SoccerPhotographs and memories: The Bosman of his day who wouldn’t be bought or sold By Michael Walker
PhotographyFrom Taylor Swift to Dublin’s oldest jarvey: Nick Bradshaw’s Photographs of the YearBy Nick Bradshaw
IrelandFuneral of Paula Lawlor (32) hears of doting mother whose life ‘centred around’ daughterBy Olivia Kelleher
RacingGalopin Des Champs cements status as racing’s best steeplechaser with superb Savills success at Leopardstown By Brian O'Connor
IrelandFour people die on Irish roads in 24-hour period, including two men in Armagh crash By Colin Gleeson
EuropeAzerbaijan Airlines crash: Putin calls Kazakhstan’s president to express condolences, Kremlin says
