LettersLetters to the Editor, January 2nd: On climate action and agriculture, and standards in rental property
BooksRepublic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660 by Alice Hunt – England’s brief flirtation with a royalty-free constitutionBy Neil Hegarty
BusinessWith a glut of electric cars on sale for under €30,000, will Irish people make the switch?By Neil Briscoe
MusicSkinner: New Wave Vaudeville – Spasmodic shot of art rock walks the tightrope between high culture and backstreet scuzzBy Ed Power
FilmBeezel review: This queasy horror set in an impressively creepy Massachusetts house is pulp as pulp should beBy Donald Clarke
WorkRemote working: ‘We see younger workers in particular saying they don’t want to come back because of the expense involved’By Emmet Malone
RestaurantsRestaurant review: With delicious food and keen prices, this Dublin spot is in a league of its ownBy Corinna Hardgrave
StageWar Horse: ‘I forget that Joey is being manipulated by people. They’re breathing, making sounds and moving like a horse would’By Sara Keating
TV & RadioMissing You review: another hard-nosed lady cop with a scorched-earth personal life from Harlan CobenBy Ed Power
Climate CrisisThe lungs of Belfast: ‘Having good woodlands around the city is vital’By Kathryn Torney
Climate CrisisLet’s get real: Ireland’s data centre boom is driving up fossil fuel dependenceBy Hannah Daly
PoliticsGolden visa shutdown came after officials warned of potentially ‘unlawful’ and ‘unethical’ practicesBy Arthur Beesley
SportWhen Rickey Henderson died, baseball mourned the passing of one of its most eccentric charactersBy Dave Hannigan
PeopleAn old friend asked if I was ‘still at the writing’. ‘When I can get the ink,’ I saidBy Michael Harding
Health'With lots of people deciding not to use condoms because fear of HIV is gone... you will see an increase in STIs'By Shauna Bowers
OpinionDaft Brexit rules have brought havoc for the Alliance Party as well as Northern shoppersBy Newton Emerson
PoliticsWhat now for the Green agenda after its main political advocate was almost wiped out in the election?By Sarah Burns
Politics‘The records sought do not exist’: ‘Golden visas’ granted under €1.25bn scheme but no list of investment beneficiaries By Arthur Beesley
EducationOfficials contact dozens of secondary schools over high numbers of students exempt from IrishBy Carl O'Brien
Your FamilyRegretting being a stay-at-home parent: ‘You’re sitting at home doing housework and you’re bored out of your tree’By Jen Hogan
Asia-Pacific‘This is all coming to an end’: The once booming drug town going bust under Taliban ruleBy Azam Ahmed in Bakwa District, Afghanistan
Social AffairsBrazilian student deported from Ireland over Christmas claims paperwork error left him ‘helpless’By Alekson Lacerda
StageBrian Friel’s plays to be brought home to cross-Border communities that inspired themBy Caroline Davies
EuropeAleksey Bugaev: Russian footballer’s spiralling story ends with death in UkraineBy Michael Yokhin
MusicGlastonbury 2025: Neil Young pulls out of festival claiming it is ‘under corporate control’ of BBCBy Sian Cain
SportLuke Littler dismantles Aspinall to make PDC world championship last four By Jonathan Liew at Alexandra Palace
SoccerAleksey Bugaev: The story of the former Russian international who died fighting in UkraineBy Michael Yokhin
The Counter Ruck PodcastShould Irish rugby encourage more loan moves like Harry Byrne’s?Listen | 24:37
EducationIrish schools ‘crying out’ for guidance on how to tackle issue of influencers like Andrew Tate
TennisNovak Djokovic extends Monfils misery with record 20th win over Frenchman By Tumaini Carayol in Brisbane
BusinessGlastonbury Festival doubles profits amid accusations of ‘corporate control’ By Daniel Thomas
EuropeHungary’s Orban faces calls for snap election after losing €1bn in EU fundsBy Daniel McLaughlin
USNew Orleans truck attack: Celebration followed by terror in the French QuarterBy Jenna Russell, Keith Bradsher, Devlin Barrett and Emily Cochrane
CourtsWoman (24) spent Christmas in jail for trying to smuggle boyfriend through Dublin Airport while he walked freeBy Tom Tuite
EuropeRussian forces aiming to surround strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, Ukraine saysBy Daniel McLaughlin
BusinessEuropean stocks shake off slow start to rise in first trading session of the yearBy Laura Slattery
Crime & LawSuspect in Mirjana Pap murder expected to be questioned after being detained on unrelated matterBy Conor Lally
HealthIreland experiencing significant surge in flu with 2,319 confirmed cases over Christmas weekBy Shauna Bowers
USNew Orleans attack: FBI says suspect acted alone and there appears to be no link to Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion
IrelandSenior Department of Enterprise official appointed to lead Local Government Management AgencyBy Emmet Malone
Middle EastIsraeli strikes kill at least 54 across Gaza, including 11 in tent encampment for families, medics say
Crime & LawMan to appear in court charged over deaths of father and son in crash two days after ChristmasBy Cate McCurry, PA
Crime & LawFresh appeal for information on disappearance of Imelda Keenan 31 years agoBy Colin Gleeson
IrelandOrange level snow-ice warning issued for six counties with risk of school closuresBy Fiachra Gallagher