McManus has had 78 Cheltenham winners – far more than any other owner – but with his strongest-ever team set to compete next week, that number is likely to grow

When doing up their three-bed home in Glenageary, Yuuki and John Blakeney were keen to incorporate touches from Yuuki’s homeland

Plus: the Conor McGregor donation that never was; agent Noel Kelly’s unchanged fortunes at RTÉ; and the four Oireachtas members with prize-bond fever

Burglaries are up 10% in the State – just how significant is that, and how can homeowners protect their property?

Company’s car deliveries in what was its biggest European market – Germany – are down 70%

Jan Carson and Duke Special are bringing Margery Williams’s classic book to the stage for Belfast Children’s Festival

Ask Roe: ‘My wife says I am never happy with sex’

Seán Moncrieff: Our multiscreen cinemas feel like they were built for a previous era and that was nearly 20 years ago

Reviews: Scattered Snows, To The North; The Face in the Well; The Oasis; Menagerie

The writer on her new YA novel, Songs for Ghosts; her Japanese-Irish identity; and abolishing billionaires

Calvin Nash called into action shortly before kick-off after Lowe went down injured during the warm-up

Two yellow cards had Ireland on the back foot for most of the game

Time to pay tribute to the sisters who are not trailblazers in science, politics or entertainment but are taking no more crap from anyone

The stellar Irish economic figures we are seeing are likely to be as good as it gets for now

Amid concerns about lower bookings and higher costs, we spoke to hoteliers in long-established family businesses

Much attention has focused on tariffs, but it’s increasingly clear that trust – or the lack of it – is an even bigger issue for many

Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite

The Academy Award can help move a director to the top of the heap – or make everyone involved lose the run of themselves and deliver a catastrophic flop

Gloriously unruly compendium of Scottish writer’s profiles, appreciation pieces, interviews and reviews is a rare whale of a book

Hugh Linehan: This is my last Ticket column. I’ve seen huge changes over my 25-year involvement with the section. But there’s cause for optimism