Article Index

Podcast: The Book Club meets Audrey Magee, author of The Undertaking

Measuring Ireland’s progress on social and economic fronts

Child-centred Bill a milestone on guardianship rights of unmarried fathers

By David Stanton

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Science

Limpet teeth overtake spider silk as ‘strongest biological material’

By Dick Ahlstrom

Editorials

Premature optimism on Ebola cases

Bill will recognise and protect diverse family units

By Stephen Collins

UK judges can order DNA tests to settle parentage rows

By Mark Hennessy

Allsop Space completes sale of majority of buildings prior to auction

By Justin Comiskey

Union calls Bombardier’s cut of 130 jobs in Belfast a ‘savage blow’

By Francess McDonnell

Dublin enters top 20 global city index

By Jack Fagan

Texas judge halts Obama’s immigrant protections

By Simon Carswell

Give up drink for Lent, suggests Bishop Éamonn Walsh

By Patsy McGarry

Seán Conlan made ‘litany of breaches’ of former secretary’s employments rights

By Fiach Kelly

Transport

Road Warrior

By Joan Scales

Prosecutor asks for charges against Strauss-Kahn to be dropped

By Dan Bilefsky

Comeback for commercial upward-only rent reviews

By Robert McHugh

Planned reforms finally reflect modern realities of family life

By Carl O'Brien

Some good news from CSO but one-in-six remain at risk of poverty

By Pamela Duncan

Israeli minister cites ‘difficulties’ with Irish public opinion

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic in Tel Aviv

Technology

John Herlihy to step down as head of Google Ireland

By Pamela Newenham

Catering for a growing demand for quality and provenance

By Olive Keogh

The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman Award for January: Gráinne Dwyer (Basketball)

By Mary Hannigan

Slow delivery of legislation on issue of reproduction

By Paul Cullen

Premises in the heart of Dublin 1 on offer for €350,000

By Jack Fagan

Ideal site in Kilkenny city for mixed-use development

By Jack Fagan

French president overrides parliament to push through reforms

Political point-scoring continues as spotlight shined into HSBC scandal

By Fiona Walsh

Dragon Oil circles Petroceltic once more as egm over Worldview looms

By Mark Paul

Racing

Au Quart De Tour primed to display his Cheltenham credentials

By Brian O'Connor

History

An Irishman’s Diary: Patriot Games – cricket or rugby? a choice no longer

By Frank McNally

Family law Bill hailed as ‘major step’

By Stephen Collins

Pope continues his reform of curia and of Vatican

By Paddy Agnew

Greece may request extension of loan

By Suzanne Lynch

Excessive spending of state funds by Netanyahu revealed

By Mark Weiss

Electric car sales in Europe up by 37% last year

By Michael Taylor

Police investigation reveals details of Paris attacks

By Lara Marlowe

Low vacancy rates pushing up central Dublin office rents, study finds

By Justin Comiskey

Collecting tax to fight inequality

Transport

Incoming Aer Lingus chief says IAG deal would accelerate growth

By Barry O'Halloran

Darren Smith names Ireland squad for women’s World Hockey League

By Mary Hannigan

Ulster looking to maintain winning ways after tough start to year

By John O'Sullivan

Gardaí looking for motive as man left seriously ill after Greystones shooting

By Conor Lally

Anti-Semitism and Islam

Kenny says claims of political policing ‘outrageous’ and completely untrue

By Marie O'Halloran

In defence of farmers’ markets

Broad welcome for package of measures to sustain small schools

By Patsy McGarry

Five Dundrum office suites for rent

By Jack Fagan

Urban speed limits are too high

Gaelic Games

David Bentley gets warm welcome in Crossmaglen

By Paul Keane

Language grabby Sinn Féin

Tuarascáil

‘Stailc teanga’ beartaithe ag Feisire Eorpach, Liadh Ní Riada

By Pól Ó Muirí

Owner’s retirement prompts sale of hardware store

By Jack Fagan

Plain packaging for tobacco and JTI Ireland

Standing by Greece

Kelly Walsh quoting €2.8m for seven shops

By Jack Fagan

Bird songs au natural

‘Out-of-control’ drinking campaign

Kites Chinese restaurant for €1.2m

By Jack Fagan

Tuarascáil

Tír, Eolas agus Stair

By Alan Titley

€1m for boutique hotel in Co Kildare

By Jack Fagan

Bord Fáilte building is a Dublin welcome to mid-century modernity

By Simon Walker

Tuarascáil

Giorraíonn gáire bóthar

By Louise McCreesh

Swords shopping mall back on market with €1.9m guide

By Jack Fagan

€86m spent on Irish hotel investments

By Jack Fagan

Receivers put four-star Kinsale hotel on sale for €4.25 million

By Jack Fagan

SW3 expands Dublin portfolio with two new office buildings

By Jack Fagan

Irish Life buys Dublin 4 office building for €34 million

By Jack Fagan

Roddy l’Estrange: Heart-broken Vinnie makes a stab at confession

By Roddy L'Estrange

A nation once again, but Gerry Adams is not happy

By Miriam Lord

Inequality debate plays fast and loose with the maths

By Chris Johns

Mike Scott: ‘Dublin’s great for writing songs’

By Jim Carroll

Gaelic Games

GAA unwise not to facilitate a discussion of Sky deal at congress

By Seán Moran

Seat offers buyers a new X-Perience

By Neil Briscoe

First Drive: Kia Sorento delivers in style

By Michael McAleer

Fashion

On Beauty: Deal with your liver spots without resorting to laser treatment

By Aisling McDermott

Enjoy Ireland’s winning streak while it lasts

By Andy McGeady

Bord Fáilte headquarters to be redeveloped

By Jack Fagan

Youth rearrested in connection with death of Oisín McGrath

By Gerry Moriarty

Manhunt after inmate stabs prison officers at hospital

By Conor Lally

Woman’s seizure linked to daily liquorice habit, doctors believe

By Paul Cullen

Andrew Fox: ‘Never write a story ending with snow’

By Arminta Wallace

Gran Tourer puts BMW in people carrier territory

By Michael Taylor

Transport

PSA Peugeot Citroen posted its first annual profit in three years

By Pamela Newenham

Enterprise Ireland-backed firms to create 1,500 new jobs

By Charlie Taylor

Islamic State may be harvesting organs, says Iraq envoy to UN

Donohoe accepts 20km/h residential limit in principle

By Michael O'Regan

Fashion

The look of the Irish at London Fashion Week

By Sarah Waldron

Technology

Snapchat seeks new funding at up to $19bn valuation

World

Greece to seek four-month bailout extension

By Suzanne Lynch

Asafa Powell to run at the Athlone Institute of Technology this evening

By Ian O'Riordan

Asafa Powell interview: Jamaican keen to give Athlone a real run for its money

By Ian O'Riordan

Japan Tobacco’s packaging objections look set for courts

By Arthur Beesley

The Morning Sports Briefing

Largest annual drop in smoking last year since 2009

By Colin Gleeson

Mortgages to the value of €1.3 billion drawn down in Q4, up 49% year-on-year

By Pamela Newenham

Martin Wolf: Unbalanced hopes for the world’s economy

By Martin Wolf

Family law Bill receives broad welcome in political circles and media

By Fiach Kelly

Wayne Rooney apologises to Preston goalkeeper for FA Cup dive

Abroad

Planning a move to the Gulf? Here’s everything you need to know

By Ciara Kenny

Piano versus violin: the eternal battle to be the dominant player

By Michael Dervan

Schalke game opportunity for Real and Ronaldo to appease fans

By Sid Lowe

Chelsea condemn group of racist fans for Parisian metro incident

How unequal is Ireland?

By Carl O'Brien

Swiss prosecutor searches HSBC premises, opens criminal inquiry

HSBC subsidiary in Geneva searched

Markets

Greek deal optimism pushes shares to 7-year high

Peter O’Mahony signs three year IRFU contract as does Ulster’s Iain Henderson

By Eamon Donoghue

Ukraine seeks help as rebels move on key town

By Daniel McLaughlin

Teenager shot in legs by masked men in Belfast

By Gerry Moriarty

All-out defence ensures Six Nations has been dull to watch

By Alan Quinlan

Topaz reports rise in operating profit, invests €20m in network

By Charlie Taylor

Unemployment rate in Northern Ireland continues to fall

By Francess McDonnell

Media

Irish music industry supports 9,000 direct jobs

By Charlie Taylor

Benson and Hedges increased sales by €100m with packet re-design

By Mark Hennessy

Second Opinion: Why not let teachers do the job they are paid to do?

By Jacky Jones

Fashion

Wardrobing: Cool but affordable raincoats for spring

By Sarah Waldron

Working days lost to industrial disputes trebles in 2014

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Kathy Sheridan: State poised to boost developers so the merry dance could begin again

By Kathy Sheridan

Work

‘Truth be told I enjoy being a little bit stressed out’

Men questioned after street seizure of €20,000 worth of heroin

By Ronan McGreevy

Green Fields of France ‘written to tackle anti-Irish prejudice’

By Ronan McGreevy

Europe looks to securitised debt to aid flagging economy

Revenue collects €1bn from special investigations

By Ciarán Hancock

Jonathan Sexton a Racing certainty for Top 14 match this weekend

By John O'Sullivan

Pursuit of tax debt delivers €43.4m return for Revenue

By Gordon Deegan

Online Readers’ Opinion Poll on cigarette packaging

Trolley crisis: Seven suggestions to end overcrowding

By Paul Cullen

Greece to request bailout extension tomorrow

Travel

The Top 10 Irish beaches according to Tripadvisor readers

By Niamh Towey

Abroad

‘The biggest incentive to live in Abu Dhabi is financial’

By Brid Tierney

Permanent TSB workers claim their pay was stopped

By Tim O'Brien

Could another Fitzgerald lead Fine Gael after Enda Kenny?

By Mary Minihan

Literary Twitterati: do you bookmark or dog ear?

By Sarah Gilmartin

Stage

Review: Everything Between Us

By Peter Crawley

Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert admits January transfer was ‘touch and go’

Roy Keane interviewed for alleged road rage incident

By Emmet Malone and Sorcha Pollak

Colleen Green: I Want to Grow Up | Album Review

By Brian Keane

Property

Abandoned Marlay Park cottage gets new lease

By Sylvia Thompson

The Book Quiz: Kafka, Keyes and killing mockingbirds

By Sarah Gilmartin

Graham Dwyer trial: court hears of ‘must get fit for murder’ text

By Colin Gleeson

Golden circle: pay of top Government advisers revealed

By Marie O'Halloran

Golf

Darren Clarke profile: Rugby’s loss has been golf’s gain

By Philip Reid

Ireland ‘ignored EC advice’ to stop economy overheating

By Dan Griffin

Musician Noel Hill: ‘I was certain I was going to die’

By Ann Healy

Golf

Ryder Cup captain Clarke will consult with McGinley

Asia-Pacific

Big Yang Theory: Is China entering the year of the sheep or goat?

By Clifford Coonan

Former Canada Life agent accused of stealing €800,000

By Tom Tuite

Roy Keane and Alex Ferguson reunited on Paris flight

By Daniel Taylor

Childcare professionals march on Dáil to call for more funding

By Dan Griffin

Africa

At least 30 dead after Nigerian border village bombed

Warning over 100,000 illegally installed gas boilers

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Munster’s Damien Varley forced to retire because of a persistent foot injury

By John O'Sullivan

Nama to pay junior bondholders dividend of €84m next month

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Work

8 ways to deal with a difficult conversation at work

NI council’s use of Irish on logo criticised as ‘cultural sectarianism’

By Gerry Moriarty

Ex-Fianna Fáil councillor in court on mortgage fraud charges

By Barry Roche

Traveller alleged to have driven at man is ‘victim of racism’

By Alan Erwin

Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti | Album Review

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Punishment attacks in NI rising as ‘enforcers’ ramp up assaults

By Gerry Moriarty

Marchers call for more action to prevent suicides

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Literary listings

By Sarah Gilmartin

Tralee court hears that theft is not a ‘serious matter’ in Romania

By Anne Lucey

Refugee Appeals Tribunal member made ‘gratuitously insulting’ remark, says judge

By Mary Carolan

Alex Miller: ‘Simple prose is valued more now than a decade ago’

By Martin Doyle

Stage

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By Peter Crawley

Les Kiss warns of ‘scary relationship’ at heart of England attack

State ‘obstructing’ inquiry into death of Denis Donaldson, family says

By Paddy Clancy and Dan Griffin

Better meat labelling from butchers

History

Gay Byrne opens Guinness first World War exhibition

By Ronan McGreevy

Trinity College gate case put back as accused is in hospital

By Tom Tuite

Garda ‘refutes’ claim he stripped naked and asked Marie Farrell for sex

By Mary Carolan

Bigger, more luxurious Skoda Superb launched

By Neil Briscoe

Man arrested over fatal shooting at Fermanagh wedding

By Gerry Moriarty

Fianna Fáil Senator tells opponents of plain packaging to ‘butt out’

By Michael O'Regan

Ukrainian forces retreat as rebels take town of Debaltseve

Third-party Moriarty tribunal costs top €4.7m, Kenny says

By Mary Minihan

Berlusconi making payments to women in ‘bunga bunga’ case, prosecutors believe

By Paddy Agnew

Charlie Flanagan says time running out for Israeli-Palestinian pact

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Pony bought for €67,000 ‘refused to jump’, High Court told

Violence against women a blight on society, says Taoiseach

By Marie O'Halloran

Investment banker Lucinda Riches joins CRH board

By Mark Paul

Carlsberg names Dutchman Cees’t Hart as new chief executive

Academics reluctant to take gender equality cases, union official says

By Barry Roche

Pascal Pape’s disciplinary case adjourned until Thursday

ECB to raise emergency funding for Greek banks to €68.3bn

World

Lance Armstrong pleads guilty to careless driving

Justin Slattery’s Volvo Ocean Race Log: Doldrums are a welcome relief

By Justin Slattery

Analysis: Strict conditions govern escorts of inmates from jails

By Conor Lally

Scotland to appeal two-week ban on outhalf Finn Russell

Pressure mounts on Kiev after fall of key transport hub

By Daniel McLaughlin and in Artemivsk

Tesco recalls fajita meal kits over presence of nuts

By Alison Healy

Racing

Mullins says Hurricane Fly victory in Champion Hurdle would be ‘dream result’

Racing

Little King Robin’s Cheltenham hopes dented by Rock On The Moor

Ben Blankenship runs first indoor sub-four minute mile on Irish soil

By Ian O'Riordan

Enda Kenny calls abuse of President by anti-water charge protesters disgraceful

By Stephen Collins

US seeks ‘vast majority’ of exemptions to transport weapons, says Donohoe

By Mark Hilliard

Police arrest escaped armed robber in Belfast

By Conor Lally and Gerry Moriarty

Boy (14) dies in Wexford collision between car and tractor

By Aine McMahon