Article Index

Much more than clowning around when circus comes to school

By Kevin Courtney

Being poor should be included as health risk factor

By Dr Muiris Houston

Are heavy schoolbags really damaging children’s backs?

By Carl O'Brien

Eat dirt? Why on earth would you do that

By Johnny Holden

Can you cut your sugar cravings or sort out your skin with herbs?

By Peter McGuire

Emotional Intelligence: Why EI can be more important than IQ

By Jamie Ball

First day of spring

An Irish Diary

‘Faithful unto death’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the Somme’s Chinese Cemetery

By Oliver O’Hanlon

Sport and cruelty

News in briefs

Ringsend incinerator – an eyesore?

Warm spot for a cold church

‘Weaponising misinformation’

‘Fast-tracking’ computer science

Shortage of greens

The Eighth Amendment

Donald Trump and sending messages

Dating of Céide Fields complex

Lay litigants and the price of justice

Stephen Donnelly, FF and the new politics

Psychiatric nurses seek tax breaks for car purchases

By Martin Wall

Robbie Henshaw says Ireland have learned harsh lessons

By Gerry Thornley

Small children sucked into a sedentary world of buggies, screens and indoor living

By Sheila Wayman

Depression can raise life insurance premiums

By Michelle McDonagh

Dave Kearney set to return for Leinster in Pro12 after four months

By Daire Walsh

Despite ‘free fees’, are universities still bastions of privilege?

By Carl O'Brien

Environment

Safety fears scupper meeting on €10m Dublin complex defects bill

By Olivia Kelly

Boy with epilepsy using cannabis oil ‘cannot return to Ireland’

By Paul Cullen

Brian Mooney: Social divide shows up in grants across higher education

By Brian Mooney

Editorials

Breaking the cycle

Trump and Le Pen can be beaten with patience and discipline

By Janan Ganesh

New figures expose class divide in higher education

By Carl O'Brien

New type of accommodation offers hope for the homeless

By Kitty Holland

Call for ‘friendly vulture fund' to help distressed homeowners

By Kitty Holland

Defence Forces migrant rescues: ‘No issue’ over daily payment

By Fiach Kelly

Rassie Erasmus dismisses suggestion he might leave Munster

By John Fallon

Gaelic Games

Kerry’s new defensive leaders assert their credentials

By Keith Duggan

Opinion

Five centuries after the Reformation, Martin Luther’s legacy lives on

By Gesa Thiessen

Scheme for fishing crews is ‘legitimising slavery’

By Lorna Siggins

Gaelic Games

Davy Fitzgerald: 'My doctor wasn’t the happiest I got involved with Wexford'

By Ian O'Riordan

Opinion

Talk of Ireland following Britain out of the EU is arrant nonsense

By John O'Hagan

Innovation

Will Tourism NI find the magic formula to attract visitors?

By Francess McDonnell

Kurdish hacker hits scores of Irish websites

By Joe Brennan and Mark Paul

Source of ‘spread’ in Irish and French bonds

Catholic schools are not in a time warp: they are changing with the times

By Mgr Dermot Lane

Culture

Jacques Brel’s vision is very alive and well in Dublin

By Peter Crawley

Transport

Ryanair forecasts full-year profits of about €1.325bn

By Barry O'Halloran

Transport

Relaxed Ryanair annoyed at boarding gate delays

Fashion

Avoid a Father Ted moment with lingerie gifts that won’t make her cringe

People

'What my new guru showed me: I'd been looking at the world arseways'

By Michael Harding

Fashion

If you suffer with red cheeks, try a colour corrector

By Dominique McMullan

Your Fitness

Learning to strut like Beyoncé at a yoga retreat

By Dominique McMullan

Art

Stephen Brandes relishes his freedom to set in motion myriad ideas

By Aidan Dunne

Can the economy defy Brexit and Trump for another year?

How should the media cover Trump?

By Laura Slattery

Books

Jacqueline Wilson answers Irish Times readers’ questions

Una Healy - The Waiting Game album review: a folksy turn from the Saturdays gal

By Lauren Murphy

Stocks’ new streetlight: 'Trump on, Trump off'

By Proinsias O'Mahony

UK can shake off Brexit aftermath - if it stays open to talent

Don’t die before you read this: what happens to your money if you die unexpectedly?

By Fiona Reddan

Martyn Turner

Greece set to fall short of bailout targets, as IMF says its debt is unsustainable

Outing the baddies: unhealthy fats and where to find them

By Rose Costello

Gerry Thornley: Scotland defeat hard to take but no need to panic

By Gerry Thornley

Food

Forget shops and pubs – it’s restaurants Dubliners want

By Marie Claire Digby

Trump card: are stock markets having second thoughts?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

BNP Paribas profit misses estimates as earnings drop

E-cigarettes ‘far safer’ than smoking, say health experts

Brexit fallout: Paris appeals to bankers’ hearts in effort to lure business

DCC to buy Esso’s filling stations in Norway for €273.5m

By Joe Brennan

Online content: Studios’ battle with streaming services heats up

By Conor Pope

The Morning Sports Briefing

Golf

Different Strokes: Tiger Woods’ Masters odds all a bit mad

By Philip Reid

US justice department defends ‘lawful’ Trump travel ban

Plan to open injection facility in Dublin for drug users

By Sarah Bardon

Tom Brady is the quarterback who defies age and time

By Les Carpenter

BP misses Q4 earning estimates

Five things you need to know today

Terminally ill ex-nun: 'I have right to decide when I go to heaven'

By Patsy McGarry

World

Canadian mother found guilty of hiding six baby bodies in locker

Man who threatened to kill psychiatric nurse jailed for three years

By Barry Roche

KKR merges hedge ‘fund of funds’ arm with rival Paamco

Newry’s First Derivatives looks beyond Wall Street for growth

By Joe Brennan

Simon Coveney: Fine Gael image needs to change

By Fiach Kelly

Man jailed over selling fake tickets to Adele and Justin Bieber concerts

By Barry Roche

Opinion

Fintan O’Toole: Trump never stopped being a reality TV star

By Fintan O'Toole

Middle East

Up to 13,000 secretly hanged in Syrian prison, says Amnesty

Farming & Food

Dairygold wins Cork company of the year award

By Barry Roche

Frontline Ventures to offer €60m fund to software firms

By Ciara O'Brien

Jonathan Bell to stand as Independent in Northern election

By Gerry Moriarty

Documentary on hospital waiting lists ‘hard to watch,’ Taoiseach says

By Vivienne Clarke and Michael O'Regan

Accidents are second biggest cause of death for under-40s, says Irish Life

By Fiona Reddan

ECB purchases of Irish bonds fall 45% as limits bite

By Joe Brennan

Bertram Allen and Judy Reynolds pick up 2016 awards

By Margie McLoone

Will demolition and rebuild exclude us from Help-to-Buy?

By Dominic Coyle

Gardaí seize €500,000 of heroin from Dublin home

By Rachel Flaherty

The story of a village team challenging for the Polish title

By Gregg Bakowski

Barry Green Trio - Almost There album review: a subtle, forward-looking musical mind at work

By Cormac Larkin

Africa

Cash flows freely as Somalia holds ‘fraudulent’ election

By Jeffrey Gettleman

Offbeat

Video promoting diversity and acceptance becomes viral hit

Books

Dadland: an Irish stew of family, war, memory and loss

By Keggie Carew

Racing

Rich Ricci reflects on loss of Faugheen and Min

Pop Corner: Yes, you can afford Katy Perry's shoes

By Ailbhe Malone

Books

Alternative facts, and fiction: why now is time to keep reading

By Hazel Gaynor

Josh van der Flier well aware of the Conor O’Shea factor

By Johnny Watterson

Environment

Dublin council received nearly 5,000 litter complaints last year

By Dan Griffin

Motors

Lamborghini and Mercedes confirm high-performance SUVs

By Neil Briscoe

US surveillance hangs over Schrems privacy proceedings

By Elaine Edwards

Sony Music’s Irish subsidiary on song as profits rise by 20%

By Charlie Taylor

Donnelly ‘eviscerated by online horde’ since joining Fianna Fáil

By Vivienne Clarke

Two dancers spared jail after blackmailing Danny Cipriani

Offbeat

Trump in a bathrobe images flood Twitter after claims president ‘doesn’t wear one’

Commission model works, say advisers and insurance firms

By Fiona Reddan

Parents concerned about children’s online safety

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Leicester announce ‘unwavering support’ for Claudio Ranieri

Offbeat

Trump presidency causes couple to separate after 22 years

Kim Garth leads Ireland to big win over Zimbabwe

UCD land that was “perfect for development” idle for 10 years

Injecting centre will not have ‘honey pot’ effect, says Byrne

By Vivienne Clarke

Former Fine Gael TD Seán Conlan fined €750 for pub assault

UCD’s academic regulations under review

Planning application submitted for O’Reilly Hall

Neo-Nazis snared by German police in multiple raids

Houses of Horror: Students and Substandard Accommodation

Use of family photos to promote Doonbeg golf resort breached privacy, court told

By Ray Managh

Fashion clothing group Bestseller sees profits decline in Ireland

By Charlie Taylor

'Dunnes Stores has better inventory for goods than our hospital system has for people'

By Brendan O’Shea

Abroad

'As a woman in Morocco you cover up, no matter what the guide books say'

By Michelle Walshe

Waterford church bells to ring out against xenophobia

By Patsy McGarry

Newspaper business model ‘broken’, says Celtic Media chief

By Laura Slattery

Andy Farrell: Defensive ‘appetite’ vital to right Murrayfield wrongs

Perrigo makes board changes under pressure from activist investor

Africa

Madonna gets court permission to adopt twins from Malawi

Tesco staff to strike at nine stores from next Tuesday

By Martin Wall

Firms may be forced to go to watchdog before winding up pensions

By Sarah Bardon

Property

Fight brewing in Foxrock over high-density developments

By Fiona Reddan

US warns of ‘sweeping’ ramifications from Schrems case

By Mary Carolan

Donald Trump says media plays down terror threat

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Irish Tax Institute competition for undergrads

Italy aim to steer clear of Devin Toner in Rome

Siptu likely to ballot nurse members for strike action

By Martin Wall

Common sense and education: helping children stay safe online

By Ciara O'Brien

Investment in Monasterevin for €1m

By Jack Fagan

Iveagh Markets’ €100m redevelopment to be completed within two years

By Charlie Taylor

Man who used two identities to collect €280,000 in welfare jailed

By Conor Kane

Man dies following three-car collision in Co Monaghan

Ross urged to grant Bus Éireann non-stop express licences

By Barry Roche

Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies Nos 4, 3, 6 - Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko: plenty of fresh thinking behind the fervour

By Michael Dervan

Thirteen billion reasons ‘not enough’ to accept EU’s Apple tax ruling

By Charlie Taylor

Kiteboarding Obama leaves Richard Branson in his wake

Racing

Cheltenham 2017: Eight stars that will miss this year’s Festival

Data watchdog clashes with US over EU citizens’ privacy rights

By Mary Carolan

Suspended term for man (74) who threatened to kill wife

By Sonya McLean

Romania’s president rebukes cabinet but rejects snap election

By Daniel McLaughlin

Homestore+More opens second Cork city store

By Jack Fagan

Hedge funds make record bet on rising oil prices

UDG shares soar on forecast of up to 16% earnings growth

By Joe Brennan

Sarkozy to appeal decision to send him for trial over campaign

By Lara Marlowe

Wallabies chief relieved to see man charged over bug in All Blacks hotel

By Mike Hytner

Illegality of viewing streamed content is far from certain

By Marie Boran

Middle East

EU cancels meeting with Israel after settlements vote

By Mark Weiss

Garda Commissioner will not be asked to stand aside despite inquiry

By Sarah Bardon

Dow and Nasdaq hit record highs

Oireachtas

Taoiseach takes lead on rolling Brexit concerns

By Marie O'Halloran

Paul Krugman: Trump’s economic policy is about screwing the little guy

By Paul Krugman

Facial recognition tool used to expose 155 cases of welfare fraud

By Conor Kane

Man avoids fine over dog fouling due to ‘syringes on the grass’

By Tom Tuite

Charleville’s €20m shopping centre available for knockdown €1.9m

By Jack Fagan

All Blacks boosted as Ben Smith rebuffs overseas offers

Francois Fillon’s wife reportedly got €45,000 in unemployment benefits

By Lara Marlowe

Great Strand Street office building for €850,000

By Jack Fagan

Motorcycle diaries filled with pain and suffering, resilience and hope

By Stephen Davison

Man accused of killing dissident claimed he was feeding pony at time

By Daniel Hickey

Middle East

At least 20 killed in bombing outside Afghan supreme court

New national migrant integration strategy criticised

By Kitty Holland

VP breaks Senate tie to confirm DeVos as US education secretary

Scoliosis treatment delays costing State large sums, claims sufferer

By Paul Cullen

Legal proceedings struck out against Console ‘innocent bystander’

By Aodhan O'Faolain

More batches of Avoca hummus recalled because of listeria fears

By Damian Cullen

Dublin girl (5) awarded €50,000 after tripping over Ikea trolley

By Mary Carolan

Tom Brady’s Super Bowl jersey goes missing

Melania Trump settles defamation case for ‘substantial sum’

BNP Paribas sells Sandyford unit for €100,000 above guide

By Jack Fagan

Super Bowl springs to life but viewing figures remain flat

Man sues council after floodwater badly damaged his house

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Southampton hopeful of signing former Juventus defender Caceres

Polish government stresses interest in close ties to Germany

By Derek Scally

MPs to have vote on final Brexit deal before European Parliament

By Denis Staunton

Central Bank concerned over Gibraltar ‘passporting’ car insurers

By Joe Brennan

Gabriel Jesus ‘will take time to settle’ at Manchester City

Banking shares suffer despite rise in European stocks

Oireachtas

Crumlin hospital scoliosis theatre to open in April, says Harris

By Michael O'Regan

Inside Business Podcast: Threat from Trump’s tax plans

By Jennifer Ryan

Jonathan Bell to stand as independent in Assembly elections

By Gerry Moriarty

Erdogan calls on Turks to vote more power to presidency

House of Lords speaker unaware of Bercow’s Trump stance

By Denis Staunton

Colette Fitzpatrick quits Newstalk show for TV3 role

By Mark Paul

Man fails to stop gross indecency prosecution by citing 115-year-old law

By Ruaidhri Giblin

Two men appear in court over forestry investment fraud

By Peter Murtagh

People urged to speak out over missing Amy Fitzpatrick

By Aine McMahon

DeVos confirmed as education secretary after Pence vote

By Suzanne Lynch

Putin signs law easing penalty for domestic violence

Oireachtas

Government to consider transport aid for disabled, says McGrath

By Michael O'Regan

Rev Noble McNeely elected moderator of Presbyterian Church

By Patsy McGarry

US army set to grant final permit for Dakota Access Pipeline

Man jailed for life in London for murder of Irish neighbour

Disney posts quarterly results short of expectations

Garda raid on cannabis grow house nets plants worth €250,000

By Aine McMahon

Gaelic Games

Waterford IT eliminated at group stage of Fitzgibbon Cup

Up to 500 jobs could be lost at HP Inc in Leixlip

By Cliff Taylor