BooksAlan Bennett’s Beckettian look at life in a care home; Irish links with Romanov Russia; bell hooks on girlhood
BooksArchitectural Tales by Dominic Stevens: Imaginative reflections on the spaces we create, and the spaces in betweenBy Gemma Tipton
BooksHicky’s Bengal Gazette: How India’s possibly Irish first newspaper editor fell foul of its British rulersBy Mihir Bose
LettersLetters to the Editor, January 4th: On the teacher supply crisis, and Dublin’s ‘holistic blueprint’
FilmJeff Bezos might not be to blame, but Amazon’s Prime Video has made a mess of a Christmas classicBy Hugh Linehan
CultureThe Guide: Stand Up for Gaza, First Fortnight, Christy Moore and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
FoodTwo January health-kick dishes that don’t sacrifice flavour at the altar of virtueBy Mark Moriarty
BooksAnne Enright: ‘I am a proud Dubliner, born and reared. I spurn these lyrical types yearning for the rural’By Anne Enright
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BooksPaul Williams: ‘Organised crime could not thrive without the connivance of so-called law-abiding society’By Ronan McGreevy
FilmAngelina Jolie: ‘It’s usually just me alone with my kids. I actually have quite a private life’By Donald Clarke
People50 people to watch in 2025: From film and music to arts, activism, sport and moreBy Gemma Tipton, Deirdre McQuillan, Donald Clarke, Simone Gannon, Nadine O'Regan, Una Mullally, Ciara O'Brien, Kate Demolder, Joanne Hunt and Aoife Barry
Housing & PlanningRent arrears, overholding and a combination of both accounted for 42% of disputes lodged with RTB By Jack White
PoliticsIreland and a Trump presidency: ‘Michael O’Leary is somebody I think Donald Trump would be in awe of’By Paul Colgan
BusinessYouTube chief Neal Mohan bets on AI and ‘creators’ to supercharge growthBy Stephen Morris in San Francisco
Racing‘He can get into a horse’s head’: The rise, scandal and reinvention of Gordon ElliottBy Denis Walsh
PeopleRivals presents itself as escapism from economic depression but really it’s a recession indicator for our bleak timesBy Róisín Lanigan
CourtsFamily of Keith Conlon ‘hurt and upset’ as law professor Diarmuid Phelan cleared of his murderBy Mary Carolan
OpinionThe United States needs the world more than it thinks, and that’s no bad thingBy David McWilliams
PeopleRosanna Davison: I annoy myself with how organised I am. I wish I could be less efficientBy Jen Hogan
EducationThe first Leaving Cert 100 years ago: girls-only exams, botany tests and imperial measuresBy Carl O'Brien
EuropeThe Russians made them kneel in a line and shot them point blank: A dispatch from the front lineBy Lt Yulia Mykytenko and Lara Marlowe
Gaelic GamesCoolera-Strandhill’s Seán Taylor: ‘I’ve introduced a few Gaelic football drills to Harlequins training sessions’By Gordon Manning
EnvironmentThe bank vole was introduced in the 1920s with machinery imported from Germany By Richard Nairn
OpinionInvestors are betting on Trump not keeping his promises. We’d better hope they’re rightBy Cliff Taylor
OpinionThere’s nothing magical or airy about artificial intelligence, it’s a machine of exploitationBy Mark O'Connell
SportLuke Littler: Darts domination beckons for 17-year-old after first world titleBy Sean Ingle at Alexandra Palace
IrelandWoman (75) killed in Co Kilkenny two-vehicle collision named locally as Mary GrennanBy Sean Ryan
Middle EastUS maintains support for Israel’s war in Gaza with planned $8 billion arms saleBy Mike Stone and Kanishka Singh
Asia-PacificSouth Korea: Investigators ask acting president to clear way for Yoon’s arrest after six-hour standoff
FilmJustin Baldoni to sue Blake Lively after accusations of sexual harassment, attorney saysBy Abené Clayton in Los Angeles
Middle EastIsraeli strike kills 12 in Gaza City as mediators make new push for ceasefireBy Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas
Crime & LawTipperary chef killed in Kansas shooting remembered as doting family man with a deep pride in his cultureBy Olivia Kelleher
Gaelic GamesBallinderry and Crossmolina to meet in All-Ireland club intermediate football championship decider after semi-final winsBy Paul Keane
Live: Snow WarningIreland weather update: Status Orange warnings in force as Met Éireann forecasts ‘significant snowfall’ across countryBy Fiachra Gallagher and Olivia Kelleher
EnvironmentIreland weather update: Warnings remain in place as snow, sleet and rain moves across countryBy Olivia Kelleher
