LettersLetters to the Editor, January 16th: On the shape of the new government, and child disability services
BooksLustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex review: Morality and lasciviousness on a plateBy Mei Chin
Advertising FeatureFifty years supporting better policies for a strong social EuropeBy Ivailo Kalfin, Eurofound executive director
InnovationAmazon races to transplant Alexa’s ‘brain’ with generative AIBy Madhumita Murgia and Camilla Hodgson
Consumer TechLeap Sit Stand desk review: Counteract your sedentary work lifestyle at the touch of a button By Ciara O'Brien
RestaurantsHera restaurant review: A new gastropub on Dublin’s north side, without the usual cliches By Corinna Hardgrave
Consumer TechGood-looking and practical: the best activity trackers on the market from €100 to almost €1,000By Ciara O'Brien
FilmA Complete Unknown review: As Bob Dylan, Timothée Chalamet works his wee nasal cavity to deathBy Donald Clarke
FilmEmmanuelle review: The fancy couch is more erotic than the onscreen couplings in this pointless rebootBy Tara Brady
EconomyWind and solar farms have saved Irish electricity consumers €840 million since 2000 - reportBy Kevin O'Sullivan
MusicDavid Gray: Dear Life review – Lean into this raw, bumpy album. It’s well worth the effortBy Ed Power
BusinessCalling all entrepreneurs: EY launches its 2025 EOY awards for business leaders across the island
ResidentialDublin and Wicklow: Five homes on view this week from €525,000 to €1.4mBy Alanna Gallagher
TV & RadioPatrick Freyne’s guide to the high profile shows for 2025: From White Lotus to YellowjacketsBy Patrick Freyne
ResidentialTerenure bungalow with large garden space and views of Bushy Park for €1.05mBy Kevin Courtney
HealthFamily of student who died of brain bleed say ‘right to fair procedures’ denied ahead of second Medical Council hearing By Shauna Bowers
CourtsSale of ‘very superior’ family home ordered in divorce case of ‘talented’ coupleBy Mary Carolan
Social AffairsFamilies hit by monthly fee increases of €400 a month at four Dublin childcare facilitiesBy Emmet Malone
InnovationWorkout bench makes it possible to do reformer-Pilates exercises in your own homeBy Olive Keogh
OpinionStarmer’s political image increasingly at odds with a public mood turning against liberal causes By Newton Emerson
PoliticsIncoming coalition promises ramped up infrastructure spending and economic stability By Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones, Cormac McQuinn and Jennifer Bray
Six NationsRobbie Henshaw enthusiastic about Jordie Barrett’s quick impact with LeinsterBy Gerry Thornley
PoliticsWhy Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael paid such a hefty price to secure coalition with IndependentsBy Pat Leahy
OpinionSoft quitting: Why are so many workers emotionally disengaging from their jobs? By John McManus
In the News PodcastThe deals, calculations and compromises that went into the making of the new government By Bernice HarrisonListen | 23:23
OpinionCould religion be the antidote to declining birth rates, celebrity worship and political polarisation?By Finn McRedmond
Social AffairsPoorest children in North live in lower-income homes but less deprived than those in poverty in RepublicBy Kitty Holland
HealthFamilies facing ‘outrageous’ three-year wait for child psychology services in west and northwest regionBy Colm Keena
InnovationNuclear comes back into fashion as AI and data centres manage their energy challengeBy Chris Horn
SportDave Hannigan: Rudy Giuliani paying the price for his inglorious role in forgotten dramaBy Dave Hannigan
AbroadAn Irish flight attendant’s top travel tips on how to avoid stress on your next tripBy Paula Gahan
BusinessHolidaymakers could seek almost €390K in compensation amid winding up of Irish travel agencyBy Barry O'Halloran
BusinessLatest Enterprise Ireland and trade figures underscore Ireland’s vulnerability to US protectionismBy Cantillon
Business Today NewsletterPlatinum Travel customers could seek almost €390,000 in compensationBy Conn Ó Midheach
ScienceDiversity, equality and inclusion programmes are inappropriate in university cultureBy William Reville
US‘Oligarchy is taking shape in America,’ warns Biden in farewell speech of lasting significanceBy Keith Duggan
MusicBrian Eno: ‘I don’t like being admired, being revered. That makes me feel very uncomfortable’By David Shariatmadari
AbroadSomebody broke in and stole our Christmas gifts – but I felt a sense of gratitudeBy Laura Kennedy
WorkGood feedback, bad feedback: companies need to learn the difference if they want staff to learnBy Tim Harford
BusinessProgramme for government: Five of the most notable new economic promisesBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Sports Briefing‘Regeneration and evolution’ the touchstone for treble-chasing IrelandBy Mary Hannigan
SoccerCarla Ward: New Ireland women’s head coach may be perfect fit for bruised soccer team By Mary Hannigan
TennisEmma Raducanu reached out to avoid ‘bad blood’ with Murray over withdrawalBy Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park
FoodVote for your favourite restaurants and chefs in Ireland and win an overnight stay for two in a Blue Book propertyBy Madeleine Lyons
GolfRory McIlroy makes ‘scrappy’ start in Dubai and changes tune on Greg NormanBy Ewan Murray in Dubai
BusinessBank of Ireland fraud prevention team received more than 10,000 calls over Christmas periodBy Fiona Keeley
CourtsConor McGregor ordered by judge not to disseminate CCTV footage from civil rape caseBy Mary Carolan
Middle EastGaza ceasefire deal brings joy, but is tinged with uncertaintyBy Patrick Kingsley in Jerusalem
CourtsDrug dealer who planned to sell cocaine at Kinsale 7s rugby tournament avoids jailBy David Forsythe
SoccerFAI deny allegations made by former Ireland coach Colin Healy over non-contract renewalBy Gavin Cummiskey
Ireland‘Not a promising start’: Ramp malfunctions as Holyhead Port reopens more than a month after storm damageBy Tim O'Brien
CourtsNurse manager who used systems glitch to steal €56,000 from hospital given suspended sentenceBy Eimear Dodd
EuropeRussian drones shot down over Kyiv as Starmer signs 100-year partnership with UkraineBy Daniel McLaughlin
The Women's PodcastUltra-processed food: ‘They are essentially designed for us to overeat’By Suzanne BrennanListen | 54:24
Rugby‘I have a bit of intel there’ - Bath’s Ross Molony says he doesn’t know Leinster lineout callsBy Nathan Johns
IrelandIreland’s Jewish and Palestinian communities call for urgency in implementing Gaza ceasefireBy Jack White
Social AffairsOver 100 people use supervised Merchants Quay Ireland drug-injection facility within first monthBy Kitty Holland
CourtsConcealment of truth about murder of Sean Brown should be a source of ‘shame’ for British state
BusinessAn Bord Pleanála concedes in challenge to permission for lawyer’s Killiney homeBy Ellen O'Riordan
PoliticsBid for Dáil speaking rights by government-supporting Independents ‘having your cake and eating it’By Cormac McQuinn
Live: New CoalitionProgramme for government: Three new junior minister roles to be created, bringing total to record of 23By Fiachra Gallagher and Colin Gleeson
CourtsPair accused of murdering man in Monasterevin claim they were acting in self-defenceBy Ryan Dunne
PoliticsWith 23 junior ministers, new government will be largest in history of StateBy Marie O'Halloran
PoliticsFianna Fáil to get substantially more time in taoiseach’s office than Fine GaelBy Pat Leahy and Vivienne Clarke
FilmDavid Lynch: the surrealist who combined depravity with wholesome iconography of small-town USABy Donald Clarke
Middle EastIsrael to end Gaza ceasefire delay as right-wing party says it will quit governmentBy Mark Weiss
Soccer‘You can’t say a Carla Ward team is not exciting’: New Ireland head coach out to add flair to WNTBy Gavin Cummiskey
PeopleI pine for my favourite Irish discount store. It has everything I never knew I neededBy Brianna Parkins
