Belgium’s ghost town: ‘In the beginning it was beautiful’
Doel was supposed to be demolished years ago, but a handful of residents remain among the crumbling abandoned buildings
By Jack Power
Coalition faces tricky challenge with Budget 2026
‘There simply is not enough money to make meaningful progress on all of these issues at the same time’
How do I sort out shares in my dead mother’s name in a foreign company?
Executors cannot sell shares in an estate until the names are changed and this can be cumbersome depending where the company is based
Maureen Dowd: ‘Robert Redford called. He’s at the same number as last night,’ the note said
Like his friend Paul Newman, Redford helped define American culture through his acting – and was exemplary off-screen
By Maureen Dowd
Why is Ireland’s hospitality industry feeling taken for granted?
Despite our unique tourism offer the sector faces many challenges, including rising costs, falling revenue and uncertainty over VAT
Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is a ratcheting-up of Donald Trump’s attack on free speech
US media panics can seem mildly exotic and slightly incomprehensible, but this one matters
By Hugh Linehan
Sea swimming: How safe is it to take plunge beyond the summer in Ireland?
The rise of open-water swimming offers benefits, but experts warn of hidden dangers in winter seas
From War by the Shore to Battle of Brookline, three times the Ryder Cup in the US had a nasty edge
Kiawah Island in 1991 was played in the aftermath of the Gulf War as tensions boiled up
By Philip Reid
Nothing causes people to get so unaccountably furious more than other drivers
Every day people in this country become furious over seemingly trivial matters. I believe a disproportionate amount of this anger has to do with cars
Shane Lowry on Europe’s Ryder Cup chances: ‘We have a great opportunity to do something amazing’
The champion golfer is relishing the forthcoming clash with Team USA on Long Island
By Philip Reid
In Heather Humphreys country: ‘It was hard to find a Protestant not in the Orange Order’
Monaghan folk shy away from questions about identity but a leading Orangeman is not afraid to give his verdict on Michael D Higgins
‘A friend who ghosted me before has flaked again. Should I cut her out completely?’
Ask Roe: I both dread being asked and not being asked to her wedding
HSE, Ireland’s largest employer, choosing its next chief executive
Plus: Malachy McCourt faces ‘public hanging’ in New York, a leafy problem for Irish Rail, and Barack Obama makes a well-timed visit to Dublin
Why do the Irish still think it’s charming to be late for everything?
Elsewhere in the world, people arrive in good time. Here, many regard the advertised kick-off as loosely advisory
New poetry: Jessica Traynor, Molly Twomey, Alan Gillis, Dean Brown
Martina Evans on New Arcana; Chic to be Sad; Over Here; Afterparty
Richard Osman: ‘It’s been a very happy decade for me. I’m having my 1990s in the 2020s’
Fifth novel in the best-selling Thursday Murder Club series explores wealth and greed – but in a fun way, the author says
Aisling series authors: ‘It’s jarring to see the clothes I wore in my early twenties referred to as ‘vintage’’
Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght reveal what readers can expect from next release Our Deadly Summer
By Martin Doyle
Everything Will Swallow You by Tom Cox: Funny, inventive and beautifully heart-breaking
This richly textured book celebrates the relationships that warm us in this flicker in eternity we call life
By Kevin Gildea
Presidential race: Sinn Féin’s ‘game changer’ candidate may be a show of weakness
If Heather Humphreys wins it will be with the assistance of Gavin’s transfers, and vice versa
By Pat Leahy
There’s no excuse for Eoin Hayes not knowing the racist history of blackface
For generations of Irish in the US, wearing blackface was a way of asserting their whiteness
By Daniel Geary
Fierce budget fights are underway behind the scenes. They will soon go public
A budget VAT boost for hospitality and limited cuts for taxpayers will be a tough sell - this will cause big problems for the Coalition
By Cliff Taylor
Smurfit Westrock yet to convince tough Wall Street crowd of mega-merger’s merits
Shares in the group have fallen more than 7% since the merged entity’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange in July last year
By Joe Brennan
Government quietly donates air defence systems to Ukraine
Transfer consisted of radar systems designed to link up with Swedish made missiles launchers
Take bad behaviour out of the Ryder Cup and it won’t be the Ryder Cup
Niggle and rancour are baked into the event’s DNA
‘You were mugged in Dalkey? Things like that don’t happen there’
Sorcha screams when he sees me with two black eyes, but the last thing I want is for the gords to be called
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