Article Index

Kevin Hart: ‘People love a broad comedy’

By Tara Brady

Culture

What's on: The festival guide for 2016

By Arminta Wallace

How Music Works: Eurosonic - where festival bookers go to find musical gold

By Niall Byrne

Two classic Dublin homes on the market for €1.2m

By Bernice Harrison and Alanna Gallagher

In defence of the USC

Editorials

Like peas in a pod

Eamonn McCann: Britain deliberately refuses to ‘deal with the past’ in the North

By Eamonn McCann

State does not support the UK staying in the EU ‘at any cost’

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic and Eoin Burke-Kennedy

France will be a reservoir for jihadists for years to come

By Lara Marlowe

Good progress in Portlaoise, but what about accountability?

By Paul Cullen

Cantillon: USC is fundamental to revenue base

Conor Lally: Data retention laws struck down across Europe

By Conor Lally

Paul Flynn defends GPA following criticism from Colm O’Rourke

By Paul Keane

Cantillon: Petroceltic woes signal flagging energy

Women’s GPA busy doing it for themselves

By Mary Hannigan

Financial Services

Bank of Ireland’s new mortgage product offers 10% bonus to first-time buyers

By Ciarán Hancock

Downtrading: Upside down refurbishment

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

New Ireland captain Rory Best has a tough act to follow

By Gerry Thornley

Aircraft leasing giant SMBC set to issue bonds

By Barry O'Halloran

Downtrading: Former gate lodge to Maud Gonne home

By Gemma Tipton

Teenagers admit being violent at Burton protest in Jobstown

By Tom Tuite

History

‘GPO’ Proclamation to be auctioned in Dublin

By Michael Parsons

UCC president threatens to issue apology over appointments

By Paul Cullen

Travellers claim they were ‘tricked’ over offer of housing

By Tim O'Brien

Irish coach Conor O’Shea keeping coy as Italy come calling

By Johnny Watterson

Your Fitness

Sonia O’Sullivan: Don’t be afraid to take on a new challenge

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Public surveillance review would take too long, Fitzgerald says

By Conor Lally

Entropy is the key to a tuneful piano

By Peter Lynch

An Irish Diary

‘Irish Times’ correspondent returns from the trenches

By Ronan McGreevy

Lidl got attention, now they must step up positive promotion

By Mary Hannigan

Davos 2016: Global economy fears overshadow forum

By Suzanne Lynch

Cantillon: So many job initiatives, so little time

Labour TDs’ confidence boosted by poll findings

By Harry McGee

Miriam Lord: Talkative Mary has relationships with all sides

By Miriam Lord

David Moran denies Dublin are Kerry’s ‘bogey’ team

By Paul Keane

Marco Rubio casts himself as the alternative to Donald Trump

By Simon Carswell

Danielle Murphy striving for success as a woman in a man’s world

By Malachy Clerkin

Garda granted access to 11,500 phone records over two years

By Sarah Bardon

Irish Glass Bottle site report criticised by ex-chief of authority

By Sarah Bardon

Musgrave buys Wexford-based foodservice supplier

Social Affairs

Mass attendance in Dublin to drop by one-third by 2030

By Patsy McGarry

An Irish Diary

Wild deeds, rough justice – An Irishman’s Diary about the Wildgoose Lodge massacre and its aftermath

By Frank McNally

Airline chiefs to press for cuts in air traffic control and airport charges

By Barry O'Halloran

Couple split up after Lotto winnings ran out, court hears

By Fiona Gartland

David Cameron faces headache over migrant rule change

By Denis Staunton

Switzerland needs to get act together on foreigner quotas

By Suzanne Lynch

Journalists, this GSOC story isn’t all about you, you know

By Karlin Lillington

Eavesdroppers

Carefully considered renovation in Sandymount for €1.75m

By Alanna Gallagher

Responding to flooding crisis

Public transport and fuel prices

Government spending on arts

Mobile phones in cars

Language and migrants

Executive jobs – help wanted

Mathematics and the curriculum

1916 Rising and ‘just war’

Roscommon – a ‘man place’

Good Friday and selling alcohol

The answer to school patronage model?

Shauna Keyes: I lost Joshua in childbirth at Portlaoise hospital

By Shauna Keyes

Downtrading: Compact in Dalkey with putting green

By Gemma Tipton

Web Log: The elephant in Silicon Valley

By Marie Boran

Web Log: The List – a social app for list lovers

By Marie Boran

Web Log: Apple’s Night Shift softens the glow

By Marie Boran

Drumcondra convent to be redeveloped

Room to grow in Dundrum

By Gemma Tipton

Blackrock Victorian priced to sell

By Bernice Harrison

Downtrading: Sea views and elegant proportions

By Alanna Gallagher

What will €1.5 million buy?

By Emma Cullinan

A lot done, more to do? Time to take another look at new lending rules

Finding a space for the imagination

By Gemma Tipton

Looking for . . . a spacious apartment in south Dublin

By Aidan Murphy

Why should I pay for lift maintenance when I don’t use it?

A celebration of Ireland’s Modernist heritage

By Emma Cullinan

And then there were five: Poetry Now shortlist announced

By Laurence Mackin

Harty Cup squad lists and fixtures: Will Ardscoil Ris’ experience tell?

By Eamon Donoghue

Art

Weir science: a stellar artistic voyage that poses big questions

By Gemma Tipton

The planet’s dangerous appetite for meat

By Conor Purcell

Scholarly suburban retreat for €875,000

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Workshops on creating shared experiences in unexpected spaces

Travel

Holidays – where will we be going this year?

Gardaí search canal murder victim Kenneth O’Brien’s house

By Mark Hilliard

Hostelworld says second-half bookings up by 21%

By Charlie Taylor

Smoking, drinking, texting: public service advertising can change bad habits

By Laura Slattery

Advertising and PR group Ogilvy & Mather posts lower revenues

By Charlie Taylor

Cork University Hospital postpones all non-urgent procedures

By Niamh Towey

Newstalk fires the gun on its general election campaign

By Laura Slattery

Roses bloom and Reality Bites again for RTÉ

By Laura Slattery

Sharp shares up 20% on ipad maker Foxxconn’s $5.3bn bid

Financial Services

Deutsche Bank’s record loss revives capital increase fears

Man dies after car he was driving hits wall in Co Galway

Pearson to cut 4,000 jobs, cap dividend due to weak earnings

Shane Lowry: I hope this year is even better than 2015

By Shane Lowry

Lagarde wins backing for second term as IMF managing director

The Morning Sports Briefing

Wearable tech’s time has come

By Ciara O'Brien

People

‘You’ve made your bed’: life as a single mother

By Emma O

Farming & Food

SABMiller quarterly sales beat expectations

Citigroup warns of increasing risk of global recession

Dublin-based Escher Group forecasts lower revenues

By Charlie Taylor

Rory McIlroy wins first duel of the year with Jordan Spieth

Doyenne awards open for third year

By Laura Slattery

Celtic Media Festival adds pitching forum

By Laura Slattery

Nine Premier League clubs make football’s rich list

By Jamie Jackson

Asia-Pacific

EU should sanction China for ‘confessions’, says press group

By Clifford Coonan

Gardening

This week in the garden: check dahila and sweet pea for sings of damage

Gardening

Aloe vera: Say hello to a wonder plant

By Fionnuala Fallon

Ebola is ‘over’ in Africa but the wounds run deep

By Cian Kearns

European shares rebound from lows as Asia stocks slide

Three firms to create more than 120 jobs across Ireland

By Charlie Taylor

Evidence of new planet ‘10 times size of Earth’ in solar system

People

Family Fortunes: My father’s love of general knowledge led us to believe we were geniuses

By Jane Clare

Education

Students have unrealistic expectations, academic says

By Carl O'Brien

Bicycle sales put retailer Halfords back on track

Confessions of an Irish publisher: a sex secret laid Bare

By Seán O’Keeffe

Oil prices near 2003 lows on oversupply, global demand fears

The illusion of the Premier League academy

By Barney Ronay

Leaked Jimmy Savile report sharply criticises BBC

Georgia Drummy qualifies for junior Australian Open 2016

Maynooth University team makes diabetes treatment breakthrough

By Dick Ahlstrom

Assaults on 65 Oberstown staff result in 3,005 sick days

By Marie O'Halloran

The myths about vaccination debunked

By William Reville

Brexit would be a ‘tragedy’, says French PM

The epic Davos networking schmoozefest

McDonald insists Sinn Féin will be in government eventually

By Sarah Bardon

Asia-Pacific

China pollution falls despite smog red alerts, says Greenpeace

By Clifford Coonan

Paddy McKillen Jnr to open boutique hotel in Ranelagh

By Aidan Murphy

Passage East Ferry Company goes on the market

By Charlie Taylor

Nik Cohn: ‘I was right: the Stones, after the age of 30, didn’t create anything good’

Court hears of ‘savage and vicious’ assault on elderly man

By Kathryn Hayes

Breaking down most mystifying lines of Sarah Palin’s speech

By Michael Barbaro

Lleyton Hewitt bows out in Melbourne Park with emotional goodbye

Ambitious targets for iCabbi as it seeks to expand in US

By Ciara O'Brien

Varadkar disappointed at rejection of rural GP proposals

By Rachel Flaherty

The life and death of Alexander Litvinenko

By Denis Staunton

Middle East

Islamic State destroys one of Iraq’s oldest Christian sites

By Steven Lee Myers

Constance Markievicz: a fighter whose legacy has been fought over for decades

By Lauren Arrington

Offbeat

Prehistoric ‘dragon’ bones discovered on Welsh beach

Tech Tools: Belkin WeMo Switch connected plug a smart choice

By Ciara O'Brien

Tech Tools review: Samsung Gear S2

By Ciara O'Brien

People

Coping: I no longer feel powerless in the face of depression

By Laura Kennedy

Tech Tools: Code-A-Pillar – a toy that teaches coding to children

By Ciara O'Brien

Education

Jan O’Sullivan pledges to cut third-level fees by €500

By Carl O'Brien

Suspected IRA member denied bail to drive wife to INLA event

Andy Murray demolishes Sam Groth in Australian Open

By Kevin Mitchell

Taxi drivers face costs of failed challenge to deregulation

By Tim Healy

Actor Liam Neeson backs Ballymena jobs rally

By Francess McDonnell

Rory McIlroy ‘masterclass’ dimmed by rules controversy

By Ewan Murray

House prices in the North could rise by as much as 5%

By Francess McDonnell

The John Ryan Cup squad lists and fixtures: Athenry and Gort do battle

By Eamon Donoghue

Food

Culinaria: JP McMahon on tender is the herb garden

By JP McMahon

Fitzgerald defends Garda access to telephone records

By Dan Griffin

Renewed appeal for missing mother and one-week-old baby

By Colin Gleeson

Green Property plans €1bn sale of Blanchardstown Centre

By Ciarán Hancock

Telecoms firm Yourtel fined €5,000 over unsolicited calls

By Elaine Edwards

Toulon ask English clubs if they can join Premiership

ECB opens door to lower rates as ‘downside risks’ flagged

Liverpool make bid for Shakhtar Donetsk attacker Alex Teixeira

By Marcus Christenson

Pubs to remain closed on Good Friday, says Frances Fitzgerald

By Dan Griffin

Two 17-year-old students killed in Co Armagh crash

‘Do you want to rant a bit more?’ Burton challenges McDonald

By Michael O'Regan

Financial Services

Barclays to cut about 1,000 investment bank jobs worldwide

Wall Street weighs into Brexit vote as Cameron talks up EU

Abroad

Embracing Irishness and Britishness as a Fermanagh man in London

By Paul Breen

Hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ by overcrowding, admits Varadkar

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Evidence of massacre 10,000 years ago found in Kenya

By Maev Kennedy

Social Affairs

Baptisms to gain school entry ‘wrong’, Archbishop says

By Patsy McGarry

Olivia Mitchell delivers emotional Dáil farewell

By Marie O'Halloran

US jobless claims rise to six-month high as market loses momentum

Niall Breslin tells of great epidemic unhinging mental health

By Rachel Flaherty

Asia-Pacific

Taliban’s attack on university in Pakistan renews fears

By Declan Walsh and Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud and Ismail Khan

What must Ulster do to make the Champions Cup quarter-finals?

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Racing

Confusion as to whether Ruby Walsh has reached 2,500 wins

Middle East

Chess forbidden in Islam, rules Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti

By Kareem Shaheen

Ride Along 2 review: Ice Cube returns in a sequel barely believable in its awfulness

By Donald Clarke

Food

Select: famous foods and the people who inspired them

By Aoife McElwain

Opinion: Hunger must not be used as a weapon in Syrian war

By Dominic MacSorley

Fashion

How to get suited and booted in style without breaking the bank

By Emma Fraser

Our Brand is Crisis review: Just about makes a drama out of a crisis

By Tara Brady

Dart services to increase in frequency from April

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Javier Mascherano sentenced to a year in prison for tax fraud

Want a fit brain? Here are 12 tips to do it

Quiet ‘anaesthesis’ for spouses as Brown Thomas plans pub

By Ray Managh

Social Affairs

Children’s welfare should be an election issue, group says

By Sorcha Pollak

Georgia Drummy qualifies for Australian Open girls singles

By Johnny Watterson

Cork drug ‘rarely encountered’ by State forensic laboratory

By Colin Gleeson

Commercial Property

Take a look inside Adare Manor before it closes until 2017

By Ciarán Hancock

Analysis: Mario Draghi ready to redouble stimulus efforts

By Arthur Beesley

Moldovan protesters vow to oust new government

By Daniel McLaughlin

The 5th Wave review: Some decent action between the YA longing and the clichés

By Tara Brady

Sky signs deal with CBS for Showtime rights

By Laura Slattery

Paramilitaries may be behind drug-related murder - PSNI

My grandfather signed the Ulster Covenant, Minister says

By Ronan McGreevy

National Library employee to face trial over theft of 216 books

By Tom Tuite

Leinster schools football squad lists and fixtures: Mix of old and the new in last four

By Eamon Donoghue

Oil and stocks rebound on ECB comments

Fines needed to ensure parties meet gender quotas, court told

By Mary Carolan

Album of the Week: Adore Life by Savages - a relentless, rebellious joy at work

By Siobhan Kane

Tim Cook meets Vestager as Apple tax decision looms

Russia criticises Britain’s ‘biased’ Litvinenko report

Conor McGregor: “I’ll drag his head through the streets”

State seeks protection from being sued by sex abuse victims

Davos elite fears weakened European Union

Stiglitz: Ireland would have fared better by burning bondholders

By Suzanne Lynch

Anthony Stokes ready to compete for Euro 2016 spot

Culture

Abbey’s Theatre of Change opens with the body politic

By Peter Crawley

Man has jail term reduced over McCarthy McNamara killing

Phone mast ruling will disrupt criminal trials, court hears

Ben Monder - Amorphae: the sound of great musicians listening to one another

By Cormac Larkin

Ronald Koeman adamant that Shane Long won’t be moving

Abba reunite in Stockholm for restaurant opening

Dump hotel ‘bed tax’ plan, industry representatives urge

By Olivia Kelly

Easter Rising relatives gather at launch of oral history collection

By Ronan McGreevy

Will Smith joins Oscars boycott over nominations

Kenneth O’Brien killing: Gardaí run rule over relationships

By Mark Hilliard and Conor Lally

Islamist gunmen attack beachside café in Mogadishu

Carmel and Martin Naughton named Philanthropists of Year

By Sorcha Pollak

Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers: We truly need more bands like this

By Jim Carroll

States of emergency declared across US east coast

Fifty-nine Syrians, 139 Afghans denied entry to State in 2015

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Cara - Yet We Sing: reaching high with a heady mix of reels and a highland

By Siobhán Long

The Assassin review: Tang tale and the Tao of technique

By Donald Clarke

Suede - Night Thoughts: refashioned into a less predictable beast

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Education

Special needs assistants often made do extra work - report

By Carl O'Brien

Racing

Alpha Des Obeaux delivers Galmoy Hurdle success at Gowran

By Greg Wood

The Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum: Eerie echoes of the 1990s

By Lauren Murphy

Environment

Councillors demand legal action over pyrite damage

By Olivia Kelly

Gary Neville’s Valencia continue to stutter with another draw

Joan Burton accuses Mary McDonald of ’tsunami of hate and invective’

By Michael O'Regan

Seanad row as FF Senators claim Government abandoned rural Ireland

By Michael O'Regan

Bryson DeChambeau upstages the stars in Abu Dhabi

Thomas Pringle says 40% of disposable income in Donegal is welfare

By Marie O'Halloran

Respite for stock markets as Draghi remarks prompt calm

By Laura Slattery

Tourism worth €5bn annually to economy, Michael Ring tells Dáil

By Michael O'Regan

Tindersticks - The Waiting Room: Masters of understated, vaporous cabaret

By Lauren Murphy

Suspected Islamic militant bomb attack kills six in Cairo

Gareth Bale’s agent demands inquiry after details of £85m transfer leaked

Anglo sought €1bn at same time as €7.2bn conspiracy, court told

NZCA Lines - Infinite Summer: doesn’t hide its futuristic desires for some sci-fi boogie

By Jim Carroll

Spy ‘probably’ killed in 2006 on Putin orders

By Denis Staunton

Middle East

Kerry says talks to end Syrian civil war set for Monday

By Michael Jansen

Republican Dole warns of ‘cataclysmic’ losses if Cruz chosen

By Simon Carswell

Palin criticised for linking son’s arrest to PTSD and Obama

By Simon Carswell

Locust Honey - Never Let Me Cross Your Mind: earthiness and energy pulses through

By Joe Breen