LettersLetters to the Editor, January 8th: On making the world a better place, and the flu season and medical staffing
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ArtPeriodical Review 14: A Language to Shout In - Transformation and deterioration preoccupy Irish contemporary art By Tom Lordan
MusicThe Music Quiz: Cillian Murphy has directed a music video for which British act?By Tony Clayton-Lea
FilmBabygirl review: Five stars for a fearless Nicole Kidman’s dive into a hot erotic mess. Bondage has seldom been as playfulBy Tara Brady
FilmA Real Pain review: Kieran Culkin could be on an unstoppable run to an Oscar for this touching, funny dramaBy Donald Clarke
UK‘It’s like Wall Street in the 1980s’: consolidation of Westminster’s clerical rag trade raises the spirits of someBy Mark Paul
BooksThe Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard Dawkins: An exploration of where we came from and where we are goingBy Sean Duke
Your FamilyBe selfish in the bedroom: sex therapists on how to reboot your love lifeBy Catherine Pearson
CultureAs more hotels and office blocks rise up, where are Dublin’s promised cultural spaces?By Chris McCormack
MusicScissor Sisters on their riotous origins and reunion: ‘We saw some crazy pushback. That’s just in the DNA of America’By Kate Solomon
BusinessHolyhead closure impact: Truckers accuse shipping company of price-gougingBy Barry O'Halloran
OpinionPolitical science must not trump climate science. Here are the key tests for the new government By Eamon Ryan
Gaelic GamesConnacht Council’s John Prenty criticises GPA over inconsistency in player welfareBy Gordon Manning
OpinionSucking up to Trump and his coterie of billionaires will not leave us on the right side of historyBy Kathy Sheridan
SoccerFour Irish players who should be looking for a transfer this January (and one who should stay put) By Gavin Cummiskey
RugbyLeinster’s attack looking to make swift progress under Tyler Bleyendaal’s guidance By John O'Sullivan
PeopleDisturbing your silence is my job but I want to make a little room for peaceBy Genevieve Carbery
PoliticsSimon Harris and Micheál Martin say they are happy to work with Michael LowryBy Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones and Harry McGee
Dublin‘It’s a hilariously wonderful idea’: Coastal saunas a hot ticket amid icy Irish temperaturesBy Sarah Slater
EnvironmentWhy is the weather so cold and what is the coldest temperature ever recorded in Ireland?By Kevin O'Sullivan
Social AffairsState’s approach to migrant integration is ‘outdated, unrealistic and unfair’, says charity By Sorcha Pollak
BusinessAverage cost of second-hand homes in Dublin likely to reach €630,000 this year, says DNGBy Colin Gleeson
Your Wellness‘I don’t know what I am supposed to feel, but surely life needs to have more to it than this’By Trish Murphy
In the News PodcastWhat will be the impact of Elon Musk’s political meddling?By Sorcha PollakListen | 28:10
Business Today NewsletterMeta kills its fact checking programme and house prices keep risingBy Peter Flanagan
USWashington bade Jimmy Carter a merciless goodbye but this week, the city is finally saying farewellBy Keith Duggan
HealthNew prostate cancer imaging shows ‘extremely encouraging’ results in trialsBy Ryan McDougall, PA Scotland
BusinessRyanair seeks €15,000 in damages from passenger over alleged ‘inexcusable’ behaviour that disrupted flightBy Barry O'Halloran
BusinessEU online safety regulators to engage with Meta over ending third-party fact checkingBy Ciara O'Brien
Sports BriefingIt’s shop-window time for Jack Crowley, Sam Prendergast and Ciarán FrawleyBy Mary Hannigan
Your WellnessDrinking coffee can bring health benefits, but it depends on when you drink it, new study findsBy Ian Sample
PeopleFormer Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin: ‘We are seeing conservative, masculine forces rising up’By Ella Sloane
Asia-PacificEchoes of US politics in South Korea standoff between executive and judicial powersBy David McNeill
PoliticsInternational Court of Justice receives Ireland’s intervention in South Africa’s case against IsraelBy Cormac McQuinn
Inside Business PodcastCould a glut of affordable EVs tempt Irish motorists to make the switch?Listen | 44:56
Crime & LawKyran Durnin case: Online activity and purchases relating to missing child appear to expire in 2022By Conor Lally
UKUK government wavering over another national inquiry into child abuse by grooming gangsBy Mark Paul
PoliticsTaoiseach nominates two additional candidates to run in Seanad election due to contestant shortfallBy Cormac McQuinn
Health‘It is so wrong on so many levels’: former senator Jimmy Harte’s health declined after move to nursing home following brain injuryBy Sarah Slater
Gaelic GamesVenue for All-Ireland club SFC semi-final between Dr Crokes and Errigal Ciaran changed to NewbridgeBy Gordon Manning
EuropeAt least 13 killed and dozens hurt in Russian air strike on southeastern UkraineBy Daniel McLaughlin
USEU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders after Greenland threat By Ian Johnston and Adrienne Klasa in Paris, Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Berlin, Henry Foy in Brussels and Richard Milne in Oslo
Housing & PlanningConor McGregor lodges revised planning application for Straffan home upgrade By Gordon Deegan
SciencePresident condemns Nato and escalating global military spending when number affected by hunger has risen by 200 millionBy Kevin O'Sullivan
SoccerJulen Lopetegui bequeaths identity-free West Ham and major challenges to Graham PotterBy Jacob Steinberg
Life & StyleJimmy Carr: ‘When you get cancelled, it’s not the words of your enemies, it’s the silence of your friends’By Ella Sloane
An Irish DiarySculptor Exculpated – Frank McNally on the forgotten Irish creator of one of England’s most infamous statuesBy Frank McNally
Social AffairsSize of Roma community in Ireland officially recorded for the first timeBy Carl O'Brien
Ireland‘We’re looking at the positives’: Snowed in without power, family of six embraces camping stove amid ‘tough’ tech-free daysBy Ronan McGreevy
PoliticsIrish ICJ submission on Gaza asks UN court to consider repeated human rights violations as suggestive of genocideBy Colm Keena
RugbyLa Rochelle’s Tolu Latu to miss Champions Cup clash against Leinster after receiving three-match suspensionBy John O'Sullivan
ScienceYoung scientist exhibition: Students deploy innovative skills at frontier of renewable energyBy Kevin O'Sullivan
Crime & LawSignificant delays on all Dublin Connolly rail services after gardaí respond to incidentBy Glen Murphy
Environment‘Forgotten’ Kerry village still without water and electricity By Anne Lucey and Barry Roche
Live: Cold snapIreland weather: Status orange ice warning comes into effect for most of countryBy Sarah Burns, Ronan McGreevy and Fiachra Gallagher