State PapersAttempts to build Irish arms industry failed due to concerns over neutrality and misuse by rogue regimes
Common GroundUS attorney general believed IRA tried to buy weapons after 1994 ceasefire, State papers revealBy Mark Hennessy
State PapersPapers handed to Irish ambassador cast doubt on whether Yeats’s remains were correctly identified
State PapersBinyamin Netanyahu lobbied for embassy during visit to Ireland as a rising star politician in 1990
Common GroundIrish officials thought proposed Anglo-Irish talks chair was ‘bitchy’, ‘petulant’ and ‘widely disliked’
BooksNonfiction books to look out for in 2025: Leo Varadkar and Brenda Fricker memoirs among year’s most anticipated titlesBy Martin Doyle
State PapersNazi film Triumph of the Will shown in Dublin’s Olympia in 1935 - and removed overnight due to threats
Common GroundNationalists feel ‘sense of ease’ when they travel south, Dick Spring toldBy Mark Hennessy
State PapersGovernment wrestled with Mary Robinson’s plan to make historic first visit to Queen Elizabeth II
State PapersIreland was offered secret meeting with Iranian president over Brian Keenan hostage situation
OpinionThe Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year 2025 is a time of celebration, an expression of praise to GodBy Dr Fintan Monahan
MusicDonald Clarke: In 1975, Dylan, Patti Smith, Bowie and Marley woke up a cosseted music cultureBy Donald Clarke
BooksCrime fiction: New from Amy Jordan, Vaseem Khan, Kotaro Isaka, Kylie Lee Baker plus 2024′s best American storiesBy Brian Cliff and Elizabeth Mannion
Stage2025 on stage: 21 plays, operas and dance works to see over the next 12 monthsBy Chris McCormack
BusinessWonderwallets: the cost of everything in 2024, from Oasis tickets to Leinster House bike shelterBy Laura Slattery
CourtsMother who fled home with children on Christmas Day gets protection order against husbandBy Mary Carolan
Your WellnessEndometriosis and me: I hope young women today know they should shout louder than I didBy Úna McCaffrey
Life & StylePatrick Freyne: I joined a gym this year. Here’s how working out is working outBy Patrick Freyne
PeopleMy battle with Long Covid: I was in disbelief. Was I making it up? How could I not stand up while the kettle boiled?By Nell Regan
PhotographyFrom moving the dead zoo to St Bernadette’s relic: Dara Mac Dónaill’s Photographs of the YearBy Dara Mac Dónaill
Common GroundA doctor writes from the North: The grass is looking greener down the roadBy Michael McKenna
PoliticsFine Gael senator Seán Kyne reverses decision to quit politics and will run again for Seanad By Marie O'Halloran
OpinionThe vet was understanding when I phoned to say that the cat I euthanised was not, in fact, our catBy Jennifer O'Connell
Life & StyleA sound sleep: Move over white noise – there’s a rainbow of sounds to help you get a good night’s restBy Ella Sloane
Asia-PacificSouth Korea: suspended president again snubs inquiry into botched martial law decreeBy David McNeill
Your WellnessIrish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovationsBy Shauna Bowers
CourtsMan (40s) due in court over alleged Blanchardstown hit-and-run in which married couple died By Conor Gallagher
Photography‘Politicians are a tricky lot to cover’: Chris Maddaloni’s Photographs of the YearBy Chris Maddaloni
State Papers‘Show some respect’, Brian Cowen told Gerry Adams in furious Belfast meeting, records showBy Mark Hennessy
Africa‘Surrender or starve’: Siege outside South African gold mine taken over by criminal gangsBy Monica Mark in Stilfontein
SportJosh Rock and Brendan Dolan bow out at World Darts Championship, Luke Littler overcomes slow start to progress
RugbyRichie Murphy praises Ulster defence after win over Connacht lifts them to URC top eightBy Linley MacKenzie
IrelandFuneral of Marguerita O’Rourke hears woman killed in Rathkeale incident was ‘full of wonder’By David Raleigh
TransportHolyhead crisis: Minister rejects call for millions in financial aid 'to stop trucking firms going out of business'By Cormac McQuinn
RacingBrighterdaysahead brings up ‘century’ of Grade One victories for Gordon Elliott with Leopardstown routBy Brian O'Connor at Leopardstown Racecourse
SportThree sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on televisionBy Damian Cullen
Premier LeagueSavinho and Haaland find answers to Manchester City’s problems at LeicesterBy Ben Fisher
SoccerPremier League: Nottingham Forest climb to second; Ouattara rescues point for Bournemouth at Fulham
RacingTV View: RTÉ's top team of analysts clear every hurdle with aplomb at LeopardstownBy Philip Reid
SoccerStrand Larsen levels late for Wolves to deepen Postecoglou’s Spurs woesBy David Hytner at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Crime & LawIncreased security on Dublin Bus routes after video shared of driver striking childBy Conor Gallagher
EuropeGeorgia protests continue as ally of authoritarian Georgian Dream party sworn in as presidentBy Anastasia Stognei
An Irish DiaryThe oldest working building in Belfast – Paul Clements on Clifton House By Paul Clements
ObituariesMarie O’Sullivan – the voice of radio, television and cinema commercials in the 1960sBy Clodagh Finn
EuropeElon Musk article praising far-right AfD condemned by German political parties and press bodiesBy Guy Chazan and Laura Pitel
Asia-PacificJeju Air flight 2216 crash: Bird-strike the chief suspect as South Korea seeks answersBy Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Raphael Rashid in Seoul
TV & RadioNanci Griffith: From a Distance review – harrowing account of the country music star’s life that ended in isolation and alcoholismBy Ed Power
ObituariesJimmy Carter obituary: Former US president was unwavering champion of civil rights and a peace broker in the Middle East
