Article Index

More twists and turns as Vatican trial enters Dan Brown territory

By Paddy Agnew

Fintan O’Toole: A huge tax break for comfortable people

By Fintan O'Toole

McGrath entitled to tobacco views - but not to ignore evidence

By Paul Cullen

Culture

Unthinkable: Why are beauty standards becoming more onerous?

By Joe Humphreys

How are the over-50s keeping fit?

By Sylvia Thompson

Commercial Property

Cantillon: Nama keen to fast-track planning for Glass Bottle site

Rugby

Seán O’Brien setback a body blow for Leinster and Ireland

By John O'Sullivan

Garda chief moves to quell crisis over ‘attack’ on Maurice McCabe

By Conor Lally

Depression treatments: When the drugs don’t work . . .

By Michelle McDonagh

Enda Kenny insists he will serve full Dáil term as Taoiseach

By Sarah Bardon

Labour keen to avoid contest as Brendan Howlin backed by TDs

By Sarah Bardon

Social Affairs

Call for action on Traveller rights ruling

By Kitty Hollland

‘Technophobe’ Warren Buffett takes a $1bn stake in Apple

‘When I started thinking that my children would be better off without me, I knew I was in trouble’

By Michelle McDonagh

Offbeat

Irish woman’s grá for Maori brings celebrity in New Zealand

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Reform group proposes sanctions for Ministers who evade questions

By Sarah Bardon

The great homework debate - good idea or waste of time?

By Sheila Wayman

April was hottest on record, Nasa says

By Simon Carswell

Art

Visual art: James Joyce’s box of tricks reopened

By Aidan Dunne

Markets

NTMA tops up bond auction with further €101m debt sale

By Joe Brennan

Cantillon: Ictu swims against the tide on pensions

Irish-Polish trading link now worth €1.5bn annually

By Charlie Taylor

Simon Harris as Minister for Health: the challenge awaits

By Paul Cullen

Beaumont Hospital operations cancelled due to staff shortage

By Paul Cullen

Dermot Desmond seeks representation on One51 board

By Ciarán Hancock

Your Family

You can bring your children to school but how do you equip them to learn?

By Sheila Wayman

MEP urges payout for Irish Volkswagen owners

By Michael McAleer

1916 Rising had ‘no legitimacy whatsoever’ - ex-attorney general

By Patsy McGarry

Taoiseach in better position, but view is he will go within two years

By Stephen Collins

Electroconvulsive therapy – does it work?

By Dean Ruxton

Film

Negga’s ‘Loving’ performance already generating Oscar buzz

By Donald Clarke

Racing

Galileo Gold could be on course to complete 2,000 Guineas double

By Brian O'Connor

Transport

Irish delegation on a mission to attract more Chinese tourists

By Clifford Coonan

Gardaí allowed to continue questioning Cork shooting suspect

By Barry Roche

Friday 13th was a lucky day for family-run AE Global

By Francess McDonnell

Hospitals chief favours Galway’s Merlin Park site

By Lorna Siggins

Over 50% of central Dublin litter summonses returned unsigned

By Dan Griffin

Rite & Reason: Is God dead yet?

By Brian Maye

An Irish Diary

Six of the best – An Irishman’s Diary on Sean O’Casey’s Dublin homes

By Karl O’Neill

Heavenly weather

Eurovision

Lucinda Creighton and Renua

Europe, Ireland and asylum

An Irish Diary

O2’s chief executive reportedly considering management buyout

By Charlie Taylor

High heels and dress codes at work

Boris Johnson and the Brexit debate

Facebook’s influence

Unions and financial emergency law

Finian McGrath and smokers

Cantillon: Rating agencies highlight the gloomy Brexit scenarios

Ask Brian: I can’t afford to study business in college full time

By Brian Mooney

College chaplains are not religious operatives

By Fr David Keating

Nobody has a right to happiness

By Padraig O'Morain

When does a herbal medicine become a mainstream medicine?

By Dr Muiris Houston

Fashion

Socks, shocks and schoolwear: when celebrities and fashion collide

By Dominique McMullan

Rugby

Gerry Thornley: Rant by David Corkery makes valid points

By Gerry Thornley

Thomas Kinsella: ‘the most notable career performance since William Butler Yeats’

By James McCabe

Stage

Ireland celebrates its 'adulthood' by putting on a show for the US

By Simon Carswell

Breaking up (government departments) is hard to do

By John FitzGerald

Yellowstone bison calf put down after tourists put it in car

How rich are the Irish?

By Fiona Reddan

Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism

By Ronan Smyth

Overseas students: an international solution to an Irish problem?

By Peter McGuire

What would a Trump win mean for stocks?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Are hedge funds a ‘giant ripoff’?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Vodafone posts first growth in full-year revenue since 2008

Gaelic Games

Jim McGuinness: Giving your all is all any team can do

By Jim McGuinness

Man (32) arrested over murder of delivery driver in Belfast

Student Hub

5 stories you need to know today

Q&A: Am I getting the best variable mortgage rate from my bank?

By Dominic Coyle

Rory McIlroy poised to lead home challenge at Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Gaelic Games

Henry Shefflin throws down the gauntlet to Dublin and Wexford

By Ian O'Riordan

Government facing defeat on mortgage interest rates Bill

By Harry McGee

‘I’m not stupid, OK?’: Donald Trump on Cameron’s comments

By Simon Carswell

Taylor Wimpey announces £1.3bn payout for investors

The Morning Sports Briefing

Farming & Food

Sales of branded foods up 1% at Premier Foods

David de Gea will consider future if Louis van Gaal stays

By Ed Aarons

Alan Kelly’s Labour hopes fade as TDs rally to Brendan Howlin

By Stephen Collins, Sarah Bardon and Harry McGee

Dáil business: ‘Normality’ resumes - of a very different hue

By Pat Leahy

BBC to remove 11,000 recipes from website as part of review

First Derivatives revenue soars 41% as it delivers record results

By Ciara O'Brien

Man in his 70s dies in Kerry house fire

By Anne Lucey

Is Twitter about to relax its 140-character rule?

By Ciara O'Brien

Abnormal Dáil service resumes

By Harry McGee

Irish Water complaints dropped by nearly 20% last year

By Sorcha Pollak

Medical care should not be ‘tool of the State’, ethics guide states

By Paul Cullen

Tiger Woods: I still don’t know when I will return to golf

Me and My Money: Karen Burns, Next Generation Programme

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Dublin’s inner city communities to hold peace procession

By Vivienne Clarke

DCC’s energy business fuels 35.5% operating profit growth

By Joe Brennan

Editorials

Long overdue campaign to address Ireland’s obesity levels in a co-ordinated way

Asia-Pacific

Australia defers backpacker tax hike after rural opposition

Online retailer Wayfair to create 160 jobs in Galway

By Charlie Taylor

Markets

ECB holds back on Irish, Portuguese bond purchases

Burton: Garda Commissioner should clarify legal team’s comments

By Vivienne Clarke and Conor Lally

Firefox edges Microsoft but Chrome stays top for searches

By Ciara O'Brien

Seven myths about the public sector pay differential

By Pat O'Sullivan

Work

HSE, Google are Ireland’s biggest skills importers

By Fiona Reddan

Wicklow couple win €250k after retrieving Lotto ticket from bin

By Sorcha Pollak

World

Fort McMurray oil sands camps evacuate 8,000 workers

PJ Lynch announced as Laureate na nÓg by President Michael D Higgins

By Martin Doyle

Racing

Midterm’s Epsom Derby participation in doubt

Mandatory gender quotas will ‘not resolve’ issues at NUIG – Siptu

By Lorna Siggins

Diego Costa and Juan Mata left out Spain’s provisional 25

Offbeat

US politician tries to explain porn tabs on screenshot

Dublin early intervention trial ‘dramatically’ improves children’s IQ

By Carl O'Brien

China attacks MEPs rejection of market economy status

By Clifford Coonan

Business support for Brexit grows

Family wins bid to challenge PSNI over Stakeknife inquiry

Film

Personal Shopper Cannes review: Kristen Stewart film gets booed at festival

By Donald Clarke

Asia-Pacific

Chinese state media breaks silence on Cultural Revolution

By Clifford Coonan

Fashion

Aisling on beauty: Get the most out of hyaluronic acid

By Aisling McDermott

Film

Julieta Cannes review: ‘Age is not an illness. It’s a massacre’

By Donald Clarke

Use of certified standards helps boost turnover - study

By Charlie Taylor

Financial Services

Anglo trial jury told to acquit if reasonable doubt exists

By Declan Brennan

Rugby

Mixed fortunes for Connacht frontrow ahead of Glasgow semi

By Gerry Thornley

Ireland is America’s fourth largest creditor - Treasury Department

Abroad

Lonely or depressed abroad? Skype counselling could help

By Lochlann Scott

BBC investigation highlights illegal export of Irish puppies to UK

By Dan Griffin

Boy (15) died in crash in car bought for €400 online, inquest hears

By Louise Roseingrave

Irish users double contactless Visa payments in six months

By Ciara O'Brien

More than 130 jobs at risk at Tipperary’s Suir Pharma

By Aodhan O’ Faolain

Afghan man accused of assaulting garda unable to take up bail

By Kathryn Hayes

Bastian Schweinsteiger makes provisional Germany squad

IOC: 31 Beijing Olympics athletes have tested positive for doping

Magic mushroom ingredient ‘may ease’ severe depression

Community bids sad farewell to Christy O’Connor snr

By Peter Murtagh

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By Ciara O'Brien

Former Fianna Fáil TD Sean Ardagh dies aged 68

By Stephen Collins

Africa

Brawl breaks out in South African parliament

Vodafone Ireland sales grow but mobile subscriptions fall

By Mark Paul

Judge issues bench warrant for arrest of Ivor Callely

By Tom Tuite

The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

By Brian Dillon

Middle East

Over 65 dead after four bomb blasts in Baghdad

HSE to unilaterally cut prices it pays for drugs

By Martin Wall and Sarah Bardon

Tom McKibbin following closely in Rory McIlroy’s footsteps

By Ewan Murray

Transport

Dublin ranked in top twenty for conferences, conventions

By Charlie Taylor

Environment

TripAdvisor says Kilmainham Gaol Ireland’s top landmark

By Sorcha Pollak

Ted Kennedy one of the ‘great architects’ of peace in the North – Mitchell

By Simon Carswell

Hundreds of senior gardaí protest about pay restoration

By Elaine Edwards and Enda O'Dowd

‘Malice’ controversy nowhere near over for Nóirín O’Sullivan

By Conor Lally

Islamic State would be pleased by Brexit, says David Cameron

Historical fiction: a different era but the same human struggle

By Maria Murphy

Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong steps up security as Beijing’s man comes to call

By Clifford Coonan

Racing

Minding not certain to run in Irish 1000 Guineas

Smoking ban laws will not be relaxed, Simon Harris says

By Sarah Bardon

Fashion

Roksanda Ilincic: Designs for the modern day woman

Striking prison officers forced from Belgian ministry building

Giulio Ciccone claims Giro stage as Mikel Landa forced out

Oireachtas

Frances Fitzgerald warns against abandoning legal privilege

By Marie O'Halloran, Michael O'Regan and Suzanne Lynch

Paul Krugman: We are hypocrites when it comes to family values

By Paul Krugman

Labour to support Fianna Fáil Bill on mortgage interest rates

By Sarah Bardon and Harry McGee

Number of women going to UK for abortion lowest since 1980

By Paul Cullen

HSE and Tusla to review facts of foster care case

By Dan Griffin

Middle East

World powers plan to strengthen Syrian ceasefire

Jury hears gardaí not told child retracted sex abuse claims

By Conor Gallagher

Jürgen Klopp believes Europa final vindicates faith in players

By Andy Hunter

Social Affairs

TD walks out after Michael Noonan called ‘vulture lover’

By Kitty Holland

Labour members urge TDs to permit contest for leadership

By Fiach Kelly

Social Affairs

52% of young Irish LGBTI people ‘face abuse at school’

By Patsy McGarry

Isis attacks Turkish border town that hosts Syrian refugees

By Stephen Starr

Significant explosives haul found in Antrim ‘terrorist hide’

Environment

Medical professionals to call for permanent ban on fracking

By Ronan McGreevy

David Cameron rules out second Brexit referendum

By Denis Staunton

Mourners told of journalist Dick Grogan’s commitment to truth

By Barry Roche

Luna wins best restaurant award less than a year after opening

By Ronan McGreevy

Independence a thorn beneath Catalan day of books and roses

By David McKechnie

Brother of Labour chief hopeful Alan Kelly figures in donations

By Sarah Bardon

Shane Ryan finishes eighth as Fiona Doyle qualifies for final

Luas drivers to lose full day’s pay for four hour stoppages

By Martin Wall and Vivienne Clarke

Gender quotas for senior posts to be introduced at NUI Galway

By Carl O'Brien

Discrepancies in incinerator dioxin figures questioned

By Barry Roche

Nóirín O’Sullivan likely to face grilling on Garda report

By Pat Leahy

World

Same-sex union proposal from Mexico’s president

Dublin’s inner city marches against cycle of violence

By Peter Murtagh

Details of legal exchanges at O’Higgins commission emerge

By Mark Hilliard

Troon moves closer to admitting women as members

US passes Bill to allow 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia

By Simon Carswell

€5m centre dedicated to Seamus Heaney to open in September

By Hugh Linehan

Farming & Food

EU agriculture ministers told of Irish worries on dairy prices

By Suzanne Lynch

Financial Services

Jury in trial of Anglo and Irish Life executives begins deliberations

By Declan Brennan

Mark Timlin grabs two as St Patrick’s Athletic stroll to win

By Paul Buttner

Oireachtas

FF variable rate move hurt bank shares, Noonan says

By Michael O'Regan

Hull City reach final the hard way as Derby fight to the end

Donald Trump willing to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Wayne Rooney shines on subdued night for Manchester United

By Jamie Jackson

Donald Trump worth $10bn, personal disclosure states

Man dies, second critical after Co Cork crash

Farming & Food

Greencore aims to develop $1bn business in US

By Joe Brennan

Oireachtas

Time for Garda Commissioner ‘to go’, TDs tell Tánaiste

By Marie O'Halloran, Michael O'Regan and Mark Hilliard

Pharma losses take lustre off 200 new jobs

By Charlie Taylor

The Somme battlefield: the longest 10 miles in history

By Ronan McGreevy

One for all, all for one: first World War Allies agree military strategy

By David Murphy

Maj Gen Oliver Nugent: The suspect unionist

By Philip Orr

The Somme: never were so many sacrificed for so little

By Patrick Smyth

Otto Dix, artist on the front line

By Eileen Battersby

School project honours Irish fallen in first World War

By Gerry Moore

Verdun: hell and patriotism

By Gearóid Barry

The war in France 1916: ‘No village now, only a hole in the ground’

By Ronan McGreevy

Editorials

A sanguine view on the Irish economy

Thomas Michael Kettle: an enduring legacy

By Frank Callinan

British announce major overhaul of prison system

By Denis Staunton

Editorials

Will anything ever change?

Danny Willett to pose a Major threat at The K Club

By Philip Reid

Martyn Turner

Opinion: Prisons now a dumping ground for mentally ill young men

By Harry Kennedy

Kathy Sheridan: Meet the new Dáil, same as the old Dáil

By Kathy Sheridan

Opinion: Shining a light on Ireland’s charities

By Patricia Quinn