The year of hope: ‘Exciting’ advances achieved in search to reverse Alzheimer’s disease
Merits of simple lifestyle changes to curb risk of dementia have never been so compelling
Review 2024
Year in review 2024: Stories looking back at events of 2024
Mixed year for Irish banks amid falling rates, increasing competition and UK car finance review
AIB leads the three main lenders yet clouds may be on the horizon
2024 in Irish politics: Elections, leadership changes, referendums and restoration
After a year of two lost referendums, a taoiseach’s resignation and huge losses for government partners the Greens, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are returning to power
‘You’re speaking the words but you don’t believe them’: Alice Myers on losing two sons in road crashes
Danny Myers (38) died in June 2024; his brother Jack (6) died instantly in September 1998
From CMAT to school rugby celebrations: Tom Honan’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of regular Irish Times contributor Tom Honan’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them
‘At Trump’s wall, even the cactuses are dying out:’ Enda O’Dowd’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Enda O’Dowd’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them
From the joy of the panto to the heartbreak of Gaza: Bryan O’Brien’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Bryan O’Brien’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them
Immigration during 2024: The year in numbers
Daily arrivals have dropped, but the number of asylum applications has increased significantly
Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024
Violence continued to grow along with the disinformation campaigns targeting asylum seekers, but far-right candidates failed to turn their large social media followings into votes
From Paul Mescal to Bad Sisters to Claire Keegan, the green wave keeps rolling
Unfortunately, the lived experience of creatives working in Ireland is often a struggle
Concert controversies, interest rate cuts, airline woes and that expensive bike shed: Pricewatch - the year that was
From uproar over Taylor Swift and Oasis tickets, to the nonexistent Halloween parade on O’Connell Street, 2024 was far from a quiet year
‘Politicians are a tricky lot to cover’: Chris Maddaloni’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Chris Maddaloni’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them
Irish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovations
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
‘You can’t cook to save your lives’ and other quotes of the year
Planet Business: Pivots, experiments and the beauty of everyday life all feature in this round-up of the things people said in 2024
From moving the dead zoo to St Bernadette’s relic: Dara Mac Dónaill’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Dara Mac Dónaill's photographs throughout the year and the story behind one of them
Wonderwallets: the cost of everything in 2024, from Oasis tickets to Leinster House bike shelter
Planet Business: The year in numbers, from Boris Johnson’s book advance to fines for dirty toilets at Dublin Airport
From Taylor Swift to Dublin’s oldest jarvey: Nick Bradshaw’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Nick Bradshaw’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them
These four trends reshaped Irish politics in 2024
The Dublin riots changed politics, but not in the way anyone expected
Alan Betson’s Photographs of the Year: ‘Light and background, get that right and you are only looking for the moment’
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Alan Betson's photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them
Miriam Lord’s review of the year: Shock resignations, ruptured relations and an over-eager new Taoiseach
A year of change heralds a future of more of the same
‘Narratively ingenious with gorgeously toothsome art and character design’: The best graphic novels of 2024
From Lynda Barry’s moving and frequently hilarious workbook for making and thinking to Seán Hogan’s ripping yarn set in a Tipperary town
From Apple’s record valuation to Zara’s share surge: An A-Z of financial markets in 2024
It was a challenging year for some listed companies and a record year for CEO departures
The year in policing: how did Garda Commissioner Drew Harris respond to the biggest challenges of 2024?
Far-right-inspired violence and continued sluggish efforts to grow the Garda force dominated Harris’s final full year in charge
From Aer Lingus pilots to Alias Tom: Who were the winners and losers in Irish business this year?
In a year of closures and comebacks, Michael O’Leary had a ‘pain in the backside’, while Gail Slater was urged to ‘Make America Competitive Again’
Most-read: The top 10 business and personal finance stories of the year
Budget 2025, public sector pay rises, credit card bills being wiped and a car for a dog all grabbed your attention
From Notify to Ani DiFranco: The top five trad/folk albums of 2024
Joyful Irish traditional music and politically charged folk feature in our LP picks of the year
From Christian Lee Hutson to Oisín Leech: The top five roots albums of 2024
Our pick of the year’s roots albums take in Malin Head, Missouri and points between
Housing remains a big problem, but I worry the real disaster lies ahead
I fear our property problem will be solved in a brutal way, with a recession so severe, hundreds of thousands will emigrate again
The 50 best films of 2024 – a full list in reverse order
The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’
Top five Irish jazz albums of 2024, from Mary Coughlan to Adjunct Ensemble
‘Thank God I’m alive,’ Mary Coughlan sings on her album Repeat, Rewind. Hear, hear
Taylor Swift tops the economic charts, electoral victory for Centrist Dads and Apple’s awkward €13bn
If the 2024 election result marked stability, safety and conservatism, the biggest gig of the year underscored that same middle-brow innocuousness
A year of devastating climate firsts, a dispiriting outcome to Cop29 and elections where climate was off the radar
Ireland heard plenty of ‘eco rhetoric’ in 2024 but there was a clear sense that political leaders have not grasped the reality of the climate emergency
Referendums, resignation and repeat elections - a year of drama and political shocks
The family and care referendums were soundly rejected, Leo Varadkar most unexpectedly stepped down, and there was a decided turnaround in parties’ fortunes
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