LettersLetters to the Editor, February 18th: On defending European values, and the housing crisis and taxation
BooksThe City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride: Author experiments to draw readers in, not to keep them outBy Michael Cronin
BusinessIf a 9% VAT rate is so important to viability of hospitality sector, why wait until next January to introduce it? By Cantillon
Property Clinic‘I’m worried that a wind farm construction entrance close to my home will cause damage and disruption. What can I do?’By Patrick Shine
Crime & LawIt would take years to meet demand for documents at military abuse tribunal, department saysBy Conor Gallagher
EducationCrisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’ By Peter McGuire
OpinionOmagh victims and their families deserve better than ‘there was no alternative’ to violenceBy Fintan O'Toole
PoliticsIreland could give Ukraine €50m in non-lethal military support, Cabinet to hearBy Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn
EconomyNumber of full-time jobs at firms supported by State agencies exceeds 500,000 for first time By Emmet Malone
ResidentialBuying a new home in Ireland: How much you need, the current low rates and Government help By Fiona Reddan
Housing & PlanningPossible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housingBy Jack Horgan-Jones, Martin Wall and Cormac McQuinn
Six NationsOpens in new windowGerry Thornley: In case Wales needed more anger towards Ireland, an Off The Ball radio exchange provided itBy Gerry Thornley
Opinion‘Simon Harris is not interested in this, period’: How Irish unity has slid down the political agenda By Mark Hennessy
OpinionThe debate: Should the State continue to support one-off rural housing? By Sadhbh O'Neill, Tomás Finn and Tony Varley
Social AffairsThe low-cost vet clinic providing a lifeline to pets whose owners are under strainBy Kitty Holland
PeopleMoving from Syria to Ireland: My daughters speak Arabic and English and they learn Irish at schoolBy Deirdre Falvey
In the News PodcastTaking back control: The parents saying no to smartphones for their kidsBy Sorcha PollakListen | 22:35
BusinessJames Murdoch, Rupert’s ‘troublesome beneficiary’, has shared a story that’s painful for us allBy Laura Slattery
Business Today NewsletterAny new data centres here will need to supply electricity to other premises under revised rulesBy Ciarán Hancock
IrelandHousing body calls for funding to change from ‘100 per cent debt’ to grant or equityBy Vivienne Clarke
RestaurantsFirst Look: Portobello’s new Italian restaurant from the people behind Uno Mas and Etto By Madeleine Lyons
AbroadIrishwoman in El Salvador: I’m 60 and moved halfway around the world. Everything is different By Maureen Stevens
PropertyProperty group urges Government to pause proposed land value sharing legislationBy Jack White
PoliticsUkraine war: Taoiseach says Europe worried about ‘direction of travel’ of talks between US and Russia By Cormac McQuinn
BusinessSignificant incentives will be needed to encourage decarbonisation of cement sector, Ministers toldBy Martin Wall
TV & RadioAmerican Murder: Gabby Petito review - A chilling look at the darker reality behind the smiles on social mediaBy Ed Power
CourtsThe dead were wrapped in sheets and laid in nearby alleyway on day of Omagh bombing, inquiry hearsBy Freya McClements
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland’s Caelan Doris and Rónan Kelleher ruled out of Six Nations game away to WalesBy Johnny Watterson
MotorsEVs: What are the possible health effects of driving around with a high-voltage battery?By Neil Briscoe
CourtsParents of girl (7) who died in Temple Street settle action over ‘tragic and preventable’ death
Europe‘There’s nothing to go back to’: life drains from Pokrovsk as Russia pounds eastern UkraineBy Daniel McLaughlin
HealthFinding of professional misconduct made against former deputy State pathologist Dr Khalid JaberBy Tim O'Brien
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland to face New Zealand at Soldier Field, Chicago on November 1st By John O'Sullivan
Six NationsOpens in new windowEngland make one change from win over France for Scotland’s trip to Twickenham
Middle EastIsrael sets up body to facilitate ‘emigration’ of Palestinians from GazaBy Mehul Srivastava in London
PoliticsChanges ‘likely on way’ to monthly €800 payment for hosting Ukrainian refugees By Sarah Burns
PoliticsFunding for delivery of 3,000 affordable and social homes a ‘statement of intent’ - Housing MinisterBy Cormac McQuinn and Marie O'Halloran
BusinessAIB official who spent decades moonlighting as a barman loses dismissal claim By Stephen Bourke
CourtsJudge refuses to impose ‘unfair’ conviction on man for carrying goods on e-scooterBy Shannon Sweeney
Dublin‘Affordable’ one- and two-bed apartments near Dublin’s Phoenix Park priced at up to €402,125By Olivia Kelly
SportStiff sanctions for Formula One drivers who break rules concerning conduct, including bad languageBy Alan Baldwin
An Irish DiaryFor Whom the Bells Toll – Frank McNally on the ups and downs of “sound baths”By Frank McNally
HealthBlind no longer: ‘For the first time in over a decade, I can see the world around me’By Shauna Bowers
Crime & LawFrom playing a garda in Kin to the real thing: New recruits put through their paces in TemplemoreBy Conor Gallagher
EuropeEurope needs big defence players to catch up with US, says Belgian ministerBy Laura Dubois, Henry Foy, and Barbara Moens in Brussels
OireachtasTaoiseach says he used Irish to accuse Mary Lou McDonald of ‘untruths’, not ‘lies’By Sarah Burns and Marie O'Halloran
CourtsWoman living ‘exotic’ lifestyle fails to overturn order allowing receiver to sell her homeBy Fiachra Gallagher
Middle EastIsrael refuses to withdraw its forces fully from southern Lebanon as extended ceasefire deadline passesBy Sally Hayden
EuropeUS sees ‘incredible opportunities’ to work with Russia if its war on Ukraine endsBy Daniel McLaughlin and Cormac McQuinn
CourtsOld people deserve protection says judge after hearing how elderly farmer was defraudedBy Barry Roche
CourtsHigh Court delays granting inspection order for historic Tom Clarke house in effort to avoid ‘stand off’
Gaelic GamesDecision on Ulster quarter-final venue put off as Antrim double down on Corrigan ParkBy Gordon Manning
SportArne Slot insists Liverpool can seize title edge on road with home comforts to comeBy Andy Hunter
PoliticsState will be ‘buying seats’ on deportation flights run by EU Frontex border agency, O’Callaghan saysBy Jack White and Sarah Burns
Commercial PropertyWell-known hoteliers pay €6m for landmark Nuremore Hotel in MonaghanBy Ronald Quinlan
