Article Index

Castlepalooza: Here’s everything you need to know

By Louise Bruton

Editorials

Politics and promises

Racing

Galway Races: Swamp Fox on track to join exclusive company

By Brian O'Connor

Anxious wait for budget wriggle room

Editorials

The price of an education

Metal cabinets on College Green

Film star with ‘the temperament of a cannonball’

By Lara Marlowe

An Irish Diary

David Shanks: An Irishman’s Diary on the hard Border of the 1950s

By David Shanks

Thousands of patients may need to have tests redone over IT flaw

By Paul Cullen

Your Money

Dublin housing scheme may have State funding withheld

By Olivia Kelly

Judge clarifies criticism of Tánaiste in Ian Bailey case

By Colm Keena

Boy remains in agency care ‘as foster carers cannot be found’

By Fiona Gartland

Environment

Diesel tax may be increased in Budget 2018

By Fiach Kelly

Diesel drivers could face tax increase of €140 a year

By Conor Pope

Education

Christian Brothers are ‘disappointed’ by school’s legal action

By Colm Keena

Irish urged to reject Trump’s ‘racist’ immigration move

By Simon Carswell

Rise in tax on diesel would burden businesses, TDs say

By Fiach Kelly

Violence in Venezuela

Capital gains tax on the family home

Gender balance

Controversy over Kevin Myers’s article

Politics

Bertie Ahern rejects idea of technological post-Brexit Border

By Mary Minihan

Do PC rules extend beyond the Pale?

Why SF won’t be taking Westminster seats

What constitutes torture?

Just 11 drivers have tested positive for drugs at new checkpoints

By Jack Power

Education

‘You’re going nowhere these days unless you have a piece of paper’

By Carl O'Brien

Commercial Property

Seán Dunne found in contempt over failure to produce emails

By Simon Carswell

Education

Further education spending is ‘disjointed’, claims review

By Carl O'Brien

Nurses’ support vital to Government’s pay agreement

By Paul Cullen

Making new connections

By Barry McCall

Stage

Belinda McKeon: 'I’m interested in the deal-making among couples'

By Arminta Wallace

Irish workers eighth most productive in the world

By Barry O'Halloran

Newton Emerson: Brexit will worsen Border smuggling

By Newton Emerson

Residential

What €175,000 buys in France, Cork, Italy, Florida and Portugal

By Emma Cullinan

I am worried I am addicted to casual sex

By Trish Murphy

Stephen Collins: Varadkar’s Brexit spat is pointless

By Stephen Collins

US professor alleges racist outburst by immigration officer

By Marie O'Halloran

Hex launches DeLorean iPhone 7 case

By Steven Douglas

Media

Sky ‘VIPs’ can watch shows 24 hours before other subscribers

By Laura Slattery

Free your Amazon Echo Dot with a cordless Vaux super speaker

By Steven Douglas

Col Patterson blends weighty lyrics and sunburst sounds

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Internet addiction: Are we valuing the virtual over reality?

By Marie Boran

Hands off the family home, remember the children’s shoes fiasco

Áine NutriScience aims to help farmers with animal nutrition

By Olive Keogh

Germany’s facial-recognition cameras raise privacy issues

Your Money

Earnings for Irish writers, painters, composers and sculptors advance

By Fiona Reddan

'Morrissey tries to be cool. That's more endearing than people who are cool'

By Donald Clarke

Katie Taylor’s team looks at Las Vegas for world title bid

By Johnny Watterson

People

My mother is gone, but I still see her everywhere

By Laura Kennedy

Science

The indigenous fight against climate change

By Irene Fogarty

Online coverage of Diana’s death pointed way for news media

By Karlin Lillington

IRFU initiative aims to increase numbers in women’s rugby

By Gavin Cummiskey

There have always been people like Maude Lewis. We're never kind enough to them

By Donald Clarke

WordsWorth Learning: helping kids with and without dyslexia

By Olive Keogh

Food

The summer of the repurposed shipping container

By Aoife McElwain

Latter-day Darwins evolve more effective decision-making

By Dick Ahlstrom

Could 3D printing solve the organ transplant shortage?

By Tim Lewis

Asia-Pacific

China accused over ‘enforced disappearance’ of Liu Xiaobo’s widow

Pavlok wrist band shocks you out of bad habits

By Steven Douglas

Irish services sector growth ticks up in July

By Peter Hamilton

Gaelic Games

Colm Callanan astounded by rate of Conor Whelan’s progress

Lynne Cantwell: World Cup can have a lasting impact in Ireland

By Gavin Cummiskey

Get the August Bank Holiday blues – and rock, folk and hip-hop

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

Sonia O’Sullivan: Medal upgrades come too late for me

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Datapac to create 35 jobs in Co Wexford as part of €2.1m investment

By Charlie Taylor

Listen Up: The best songs of the week

By Eoin Butler

Over half of Irish tech professionals contacted over jobs each week

By Charlie Taylor

Fekky review: a cocksure debut from the south London grime star

By Louise Bruton

UDG upgrades full-year earnings forecast and reports strong growth

By Charlie Taylor

Aviva Ireland profit rises 12% amid benign weather

By Joe Brennan

Researchers warn of browser plug-ins harvesting ‘dark data’

By Marie Boran

Farming & Food

Applegreen acquires seven UK sites for £21m

By Peter Hamilton

Botswana Diamonds raises close to €1m to progress Vutomi project

By Charlie Taylor

Mystery Skulls - One of Us: A dark offering that looks good on the dancefloor

By Jennifer Gannon

Transport

Tesla burns through $1.16bn in cash in Q2

Google launches support hub for AI start-ups

By Marie Boran

Verified Twitter users get their own dating app

By Marie Boran

Two dead, nine hurt in Minnesota school explosion

Irish Sportswomen: Top 50 Memorable Moments Part Three - 30 to 21

By Mary Hannigan

Liane Carroll review: A triumph of style and substance

By Cormac Larkin

Politics

John Bruton says Ireland needs to try to stop Brexit happening

By Vivienne Clarke

Irish IoT platform start-up Wia gets €750,000 in seed funding

By Charlie Taylor

José Mourinho hails ‘genius’ Nemanja Matic

By Patrick Madden

Justin Bieber’s tour cancellation: ‘I want to be sustainable’

Morrissey as a miserable young man: ‘entirely asexual and a bit of an arse’

By Tara Brady

Wladimir Klitschko announces retirement from boxing

AIB shares fall as adviser Morgan Stanley urges caution

By Joe Brennan and Peter Hamilton

Books

Should we break up with monogamy?

By Rosie Wilby

Man and girl (8) killed as plane lands on Portugal beach

Williams review: Hard man with a hard-on for racing

By Tara Brady

JP McManus charitable foundation donates €1.7m

By Peter Hamilton

Briana Marela review: Breaking up is hard to listen to

By Lauren Murphy

Abroad

Irish Hunger Memorial in NYC reopens after €4.5m renovation

By Marie Claire Digby

PTSB shares plummet 24% as bad loans weigh down

By Joe Brennan

Media

U2 record label posts significant profit drop

By Peter Hamilton

Business Today: German diesel scandal continues apace

By Michael McAleer

500 people expected to benefit from dementia initiative

By Marie O'Halloran

Neomadic review: 1990s east coast hip-hop with a Dublin flavour

By Dean Van Nguyen

Food

Green & Black chocolate ditches Fairtrade mark from new bar

GPs need to be told about errors in medical tests, patient group says

By Vivienne Clarke

World

Venezuela says voting firm turnout claim part of US campaign

Motors

Government urged to scrap VRT and lower tolls for electric cars

By Vivienne Clarke

Books

The Collectors, a short story by Jaki McCarrick

By Jaki McCarrick

Number signing on drops 14% compared with last year

By Peter Hamilton

Travel

Great Escapes: Up to €580 off a Tuscan villa

By Joan Scales

Strategic Banking Corporation lends €311m in first half of 2017

By Peter Hamilton

Gaelic Games

Jim Gavin welcomes big guns back into the fold for Monaghan

By Gavvin Cummiskey

Sterling slumps as UK 2017 rate hike ‘dead and buried’

By Joe Brennan

Rain forecast, big GAA games, traffic diversions - it’s the August bank holiday

By Sarah Burns

Girl Ray review: Teenage ambition in need of fine-tuning

By Lauren Murphy

Connacht sign Australian outhalf Andrew Deegan

Scott Fardy arrives in Dublin as Leinster duty begins

By John O'Sullivan

Trump White House intrigues: don’t try them at work

By Andrew Hill

‘Talented’ diplomat who underwent personality change died in fall, inquest told

By Louise Roseingrave

Photos show near miss as jet mistakes taxiway for runway

Transport

AerCap net income jumps 19% due to asset sale gains

By Peter Hamilton

Media

It’s okay to call communion wafer ‘haunted bread’ on Irish television

By Laura Slattery

Abroad

I never would have believed I'd end up alpaca farming in Canada

Shire may spin off ADHD drugs business

Arrive at least three hours early for flights, warns Aer Lingus

By Sarah Burns

Most Irish adults unaware of alcohol guidelines, survey finds

By Sarah Burns

Kabbage raises $250m after establishing patch in Ireland

By Charlie Taylor

Offbeat

What would you do with Dublin’s metal boxes? Reddit has come up with a genius idea

Gaelic Games

GAA’s steady path from amateur tradition to capitalist commodity

By Joanne O'Riordan

Rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson has sentence increased

No extra jail time for inmate who punched Cloverhill governor

Moscow warns Moldova after it bans top Russian official

By Daniel McLaughlin

Ulster University spin-out Intelesens acquired by US tech firm

By Charlie Taylor

Arsene Wenger says Neymar transfer ‘beyond calculation’

By David Hytner

‘Three Musketeers’ terror cell members sentenced to life

Donald Trump blames Congress for ‘all-time low’ in Russia ties

Obituaries

Influential mathematician helped disprove ageist myth

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five founder charged with murder

Leitrim village issues appeal for people to come live there

By Seán Dunne

Gardaí seize fake soccer merchandise at United match

By Seán Dunne

Asia-Pacific

Tokyo firefighters battle blaze at world’s biggest fish market

Neymar set for PSG after telling Barcelona he wants to leave

By Sid Lowe

Martin Hayes very much at home at Feakle Festival

By Siobhán Long

World Rugby ‘surprised’ at Sonny Bill Williams’ successful appeal

HSE’s chief information officer leaves after three years in post

By Paul Cullen

Former FBI chief James Comey signs $2m book deal

By Peter Chapman

Irish Life profits rise 17% amid investment management growth

By Joe Brennan

‘Kidnapped’ ex-oil executive appears on Vietnamese TV

Travel

No passport machines at Dublin Airport until late autumn

By Joan Scales

Books

Give prisoners a second chance

By Gary Cunningham

Former Tesco executives deny fraud

Transport

Germany’s ‘diesel summit’ fails to quell growing anger over emissions

By Derek Scally

World

Brazil’s president weakened despite winning corruption vote

By Tom Hennigan

Children held for long periods in isolation at Oberstown, says Hiqa

By Marie O'Halloran

Return to sales growth sends Next shares soaring

Ahead of the new rugby season, how do the Irish provinces stand?

By John O'Sullivan

Oxford University employee hunted over US murder

Abroad

‘Snowball’s chance in hell’ of US immigration bill passing

By Ciara Kenny

Racing

Barry Geraghty lands first Galway Hurdle on Tigris River

By Brian O'Connor

Golf

Leona Maguire makes strong start to Women’s British Open

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Trump ‘pressured Mexico president to stop criticising wall plan’

Vladimir Putin visits gas project which will export to China

By Isabel Gorst

BMW posts stronger than expected profits

By Patrick McGee

Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91

Boy (13) drowned while trying to save friend, inquest hears

By Louise Roseingrave

Blood found on Thomas Martens’s clothing, Corbett trial hears

By Daniel Kennedy

State set to miss refugee target as 440 people prepare to travel from Greece

By Sorcha Pollak

Gene editing in human embryos: Your questions answered

By Dr Muiris Houston

Your Money

Parkbytext to reveal whether personal data affected by potential breach

By Sorcha Pollak

Golf

Rory McIlroy’s new chapter starts with a 67 at Firestone

By Ruaidhrí Croke

New laws on what can be placed on graves in Cork spark controversy

By Barry Roche

Middle East

‘One million children’ at risk of cholera death in Yemen

By Michael Jansen

Markets

Uptick for Euro markets but Irish banks take a tumble

By Barry O'Halloran

WannaCry attack ‘hero’ arrested over banking malware

Two Dublin men in court charged with IRA membership

By Daniel Hickey

Irish J1 student in serious condition after swimming incident

By Sorcha Pollak

Gaza academy u-15 team get warm welcome in Cork for soccer friendly

By Barry Roche

Trump proposals are about wiping White House ‘shenanigans’ off front pages

By Patsy McGarry

Fire brigade battles gorse fire in south Co Dublin

Charity sacked driver after he parked van outside a pub overnight

By Gordon Deegan

Some 230,000 illegal cigarettes among tobacco haul in Dublin

By Hajar Akl

Galway girl triumphs at best dressed lady competition

By Ronan McGreevy

PSG confirm signing of Neymar from Barcelona for €222m

By Sid Lowe and Ed Aarons

Environment

Government urged to ensure proper funding to tackle invasive species

By Elaine Edwards

Brexit: Adams says Foster ‘disrespecting’ will of Northern Ireland

By Gerry Moriarty

Inquest into deaths of five killed in helicopter crash adjourned

Michelle Carter sentenced for texts urging friend to commit suicide

Danish queen’s husband objects to being buried with her

Ryan Mullen wins bronze in European Championships

By Shane Stokes

Everton remain on course for Europa League qualification

Homeless families ‘may lose hotel housing over bank holiday’

By Áine McMahon

Gardaí say eight shots fired at man in Co Meath incident

By Áine McMahon and Elaine Keogh

TV & Radio

Insecure review: An urban reality and a daydream escape

By Peter Crawley

Racing

Declan McDonogh can guide Whiskey Sour to Galway double

By Brian O'Connor

Editorials

Eurbarometer poll: building on the positive

Patient records: worrying fault in HSE systems