Article Index

App lets you know how long you’ll need to queue at airport security

By Jo Linehan

Culture

In a word . . . Easter

By Patsy McGarry

The Start of Something by Stuart Dybek

By Brian Maye

An Irish Diary

Verbing on the ridiculous – An Irishman’s Diary about bad English, overprotective parents, and the Winter Olympics

By Frank McNally

Shovel-ready plan

Social Affairs

Thinking Anew – ‘What are they doing?’

By Gordon Linney

Editorials

European culture: strength in diversity

Wearing thin

Andrew Cass and John Garvin

Dáil bars

Visiting your doctor

Editorials

The Gerry Adams era comes to an end

Charleton Tribunal

Two plus three

The National Development Plan

Brighter days and longer trams

Confirmation and attendance at Mass

Female genital mutilation and ‘Islamic culture’

Golf

Disastrous putting sees Rory McIlroy crumble at Pebble Beach

By Philip Reid

Breda Ryan: Leading businesswoman with a generosity of spirit

A chief-of-staff who had a modernising impact on the Defence Forces

Both sides prepare for Eighth Amendment poll battle

By Pat Leahy

Congressmen extend warm welcome to Irish politicians

By Suzanne Lynch

Art historian who wrote extensively on Harry Clarke

Your Money

Ryanair cancellations bill could be as low as €650,000

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Irexit: Could it be Ireland’s next big political movement?

By Simon Carswell

Racing

Audience fears over TV deal ‘overplayed’, says Horse Racing Ireland boss

By Brian O'Connor

Oireachtas

Miriam Lord’s Week: FF gets the broadband back together

By Miriam Lord

Ireland

London plane trees uprooted in Molesworth Street makeover

By Tim O'Brien

Sinn Féin members told to stop airing their grievances in public

By Sarah Bardon and Ronan McGreevy

Séamus Pattison: Well respected former ceann comhairle a man of integrity

Simon Harris offers political support to two pro-choice groups

By Sarah Bardon

Old friends Franz Ferdinand, The Revs, and Paul Weller: the best rock and pop gigs this week

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Fashion

Lovelace: Designer with an innovative approach to Carrickmacross lace

By Deirdre McQuillan

Life & Style

As husbands they remain platonic friends. They were stunned by the reaction

By Jennifer O'Connell, Deirdre Falvey and Una Mullally

Hello Mary Lou, goodbye Gerry: how Sinn Féin grassroots view the leadership change

By Harry McGee

Brexit-barmy Brits know a class Act when they see it

By Jennifer Gannon

New Artist of the Week: Car Seat Headrest

By Niall Byrne

Art

Art in Focus: Sean Scully – Boxes of Air

By Aidan Dunne

A Cobh community festival treat: The best trad music this week

By Siobhán Long

Pat Leahy: We will miss the British when they’re gone

By Pat Leahy

Tuning out: digital radio fails to make waves

By Ian Maleney

The best jazz gigs this week

By Cormac Larkin

Gig of the Week: Iron & Wine at the Helix

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Stage

Love and desire for Valentine’s week: The best theatre this week

By Peter Crawley

Culture

Paul Schrader: ‘I have lived in the sweet spot of human history’

By Tara Brady

This Album Changed My Life: Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)

By Paul Alwright

Art

Hand-painted panoramas, bat observations, a family mystery explored, Amsterdam, and a sisters double act: the best visual art on show this week

By Aidan Dunne

Most TDs not remotely interested in ending Dáil gender imbalance

By Diarmaid Ferriter

An Irish Diary

Church services

Stockmarket chaos shows era of rock bottom interest rates is ending

By Cliff Taylor

Die laughing: the ‘Onion’ skewers the true-crime podcast

By Sarah Griffin

The best classical concerts this week

By Michael Dervan

Breda O’Brien: Mabs forum’s defunding is deeply disturbing

By Breda O'Brien

Ireland must be patient in the face of increased expectancy

By Gerry Thornley

Irexit event brings Pat Kenny down with dyspepsia

By Mick Heaney

Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: The Middle East peace process is dead not stalled

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Culture

Cardi B: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

History

In love and in life, the eyes have it

By Arminta Wallace

World

Lula’s campaign falters on the strength of his conviction

By Tom Hennigan

Europe

Murder and mafia power shake Serbs in divided Kosovo

By Daniel McLaughlin

Restless Souls by Dan Sheehan review – friendship, memory and human capacity for endurance

By Sarah Gilmartin

After the bypass: evolution of a midlands town

By Rosita Boland

Business

Trump tunes out of market meltdown as aides turn off TV news

By Colin Gleeson

Life & Style

What’s hot and what’s not this week

Recipes

Hot chocolate puddings with salted caramel popcorn

By Vanessa Greenwood

Restaurants

A hipster joint turned grown-up restaurant in Dublin 7

By Catherine Cleary

Middle East

Islamic State: Defeated but still dangerous

By Vincent Durac

In Ireland, a potato is never just a potato

By JP McMahon

A battle of words between memory and amnesia

By John McAuliffe

Richie Sadlier: Hoolahan flourished after knuckling down

By Richie Sadlier

Sebastian Barry: ‘Part of me when I was young would have poisoned the soup of every other writer’

By Mick Heaney

Votes for women: Every inch of progress was hard fought

By Niamh Purseil

Property

Kiss goodbye to the romance of the roaring log fire

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Fine Art & Antiques

‘Dracula’ poster makes €16,000 - an Irish record

By Michael Parsons

Ghosting, zombieing, stashing: The perils of modern dating

By Mary Cate Smith

I Love You Too Much by Alicia Drake review: City of Light proves dark for teenage voyeur

By John Boyne

Learn about Chateau Feely at special Ballymaloe event

By Caitríona McBride

‘All these years, I’ve taken the rap for being the unfaithful one’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Environment

Hubs of deep-water life in need of greater protection

By Michael Viney

Travels with a knife and fork. And chopsticks

By Margaret Ward

Drink

The mysteries of the universe in a can

By Sorcha Hamilton

Let Oroko unlock your adventure

Ireland

Inside Ireland’s Freemasons: ‘We are not a secret organisation’

By Ronan McGreevy

An Aga for Millennials, Ikea's sofa for small spaces and the colour purple: what's new in design

By Deirdre Falvey and Orna Mulcahy

In praise of older books: The Untouchable by John Banville (1997)

By Julie Parsons

Julian Barnes’s 13th novel ploughs a dispiriting furrow

By Brian Dillon

Abroad

Illegal emigrant voting: How #HometoVote could backfire

By Ciara Kenny

Carmel Somers recipes: Dîner à Deux? Advice for a romantic meal

By Carmel Somers

Property

The modern blacksmiths forging ahead in design space

By Alanna Gallagher

Environment

Shannon pipeline: Is it the best way to spend €1.2bn?

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Drink

‘I was a girl when I met this prince’: Wines for your Valentine

By John Wilson

The Famine, an extraordinary church and a boy’s own Tipperary story

By Paul Clements

'That dog helped me with my anxiety, my depression, everything'

By Patrick Freyne

The Melody by Jim Crace review – the book blazes with anger

By Neil Hegarty

Inside Politics Podcast: ‘Enda didn’t get a fair hop from the media’

By Declan Conlon

Gardening

Flaming flowers and scented shrubs will brighten dismal days

By Fionnuala Fallon

Jack Conan eager to grab his biggest opportunity yet

By Gerry Thornley

Maureen Gaffney: Why and how do we fall in love?

By Maureen Gaffney

Environment

Why have these snails gathered like limpets? Readers’ nature queries

By Ethna Viney

Fine Art & Antiques

The Irishman who wore Charvet shirts, shot tigers and kept a bear

By Michael Parsons

Bake: This Valentine’s Day, say it with chocolate

By Vanessa Greenwood

Donald Trump’s curious relationship with the US military

By Suzanne Lynch

James Kavanagh and Glenda Gilson: ‘I cry every time the Kerrygold ad is on’

You can tell a lot about a city by the way it treats its pedestrians

By Mark O'Connell

Lighting to get you in the mood

By Alanna Gallagher

The Time of my Life: ‘I landed in Dublin with a suitcase full of tools and my knife’

By Jess Murphy

Fine Art & Antiques

From ancient Rome to Playboy: erotic art on the block

By Michael Parsons

The Saturday poem: Octogenarians at Kardaki

By James Martyn Joyce

Feel Free by Zadie Smith review: rich and fascinating essays

By John Self

Europe

Alexei Navalny: The anti-Putin the Kremlin can’t neutralise

By Isabel Gorst

Property

Priced out of Rathgar? Consider Churchtown

By Tadhg Peavoy

The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne review: a poignant take on modern life

By Houman Barekat

Are oysters really an aphrodisiac?

By Aoife McElwain

Mick Herron: jogging bottoms and a clean shirt

By Mick Herron

David McWilliams: Dublin Port is a waste of space. Move it

By David McWilliams

Ireland’s Great Hunger: the Famine Folios show how hard a story it is to tell

By Emily Mark-FitzGerald

The Minister and the Murderer by Stuart Kelly review – falling through faith, knowing it to be bottomless

By Eoin McNamee

Travels through Dictatorland: how African despots cling to power

By Martin Doyle

Baby it’s cold inside: 12 ways to deal with draughts

By Deirdre Falvey

A 'Do F**k All' weekend takes some beating

By Tanya Sweeney

Fashion

Is there still such a thing as Sunday best? New TV series has answers

By Deirdre McQuillan

Stage

Grace Dyas: The dirty secrets of a Dublin Magdalene laundry

By Deirdre Falvey

Conor O’Shea immersed in the task of making Italian rugby relevant

By Gavin Cummiskey

Brother of tragic MMA fighter Joao Carvalho finally gets some answers

By Malachy Clerkin

With temperature raised, expect Jones’s England to bring fire

By Robert Kitson

Jennifer O’Connell: Drop the phone, look your child in the eye

By Jennifer O'Connell

Foraging dinner, fresh from an Irish rock pool

By Sylvia Thompson

Life & Style

Nature Diary: Frogspawn

By Sylvia Thompson

Economy

EU’s Moscovici says ‘not in Ireland’s interest’ to resist digital tax

By Joe Brennan

Markets

Stars not aligned for smooth correction of false stock market

By Vincent Boland

Media

‘If we’re not careful killing becomes the most effective form of media censorship’

By Laura Slattery

Commercial Property

Lone Star sells Dublin hotel in €676m deal with Israeli investor

By Mark Paul

Kerry Babies judge was not a pitiless, illiberal misogynist

By Mary Lynch

Ireland Women ‘under no illusions’ after Italy’s display against England

By Gavin Cummiskey

Sean Moncrieff: I’m guilty of going private

By Sean Moncrieff

Design Moment: Valentine Typewriter, 1969

By Bernice Harrison

Economy

Surprise US government shutdown a worrying reflection on Washington

Farming & Food

Bad news seems to be baked into Aryzta

Search for Las Vegas gunman’s motive goes on after brain exam

EU warns UK Brexit transition phase is ‘not a given’

By Pat Leahy

Death on the octagon floor: Should MMA ever be recognised as sport?

By Ian O'Riordan

Matt Williams: Gendarme was right – Ireland stole win in Paris

By Matt Williams

Mayo and Galway still standing in one another’s way

By Keith Duggan

Martyn Turner

By Martyn Turner

Sorensen becomes second Trump aide to quit over abuse claims

‘It was an honour to care for my dad after his accident’

By Dominique McMullan

Politics casting an inevitable shadow over Winter Olympics

By Keith Duggan

Social Affairs

Landlords face jail and 1m fines for overcrowding properties

By Jack Power

Fashion

‘If you break bad news to me say it in any of the Nordic languages’

By Marian Keyes

Courts

Pub appeals €5,000 award over ‘fake tenner’ claim

Asia-Pacific

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un invites South Korean president to meeting

Science

The stuff of prehistoric nightmares: A spider with a whip-like tail

Obituary: Liam Miller fulfilled his boyhood dreams

McDonald to stress need to modernise in first speech as Sinn Féin leader

By Harry McGee

Tributes paid to former Ireland midfielder Liam Miller

Jose Mourinho out to end winless run at St James’ Park

Golf

Field cut to 24 for matchplay finale in Perth

Over €53m paid in criminal legal aid to lawyers in 2017

By Gordon Deegan

Australia thrash England in second T20 tri-series to reach final

Ireland

Adams feels ‘blessed’ to be alive thanks to ‘incompetent assassins’

Lawyer caught with cocaine one of the highest paid legal aid solicitors

By Gordon Deegan

Asia-Pacific

At least 18 dead and dozens hurt in Hong Kong bus crash

Harry Kane the difference as Spurs hold out against Arsenal

Man charged over murder in Dublin eight years ago

By Patsy McGarry

Tributes paid to Liam Miller as Celtic progress in Scottish Cup

Racing

Native River makes successful return to win Denman Chase

Mary Lou sets out her SF agenda: ‘Opportunities for all, not just the few’

By Fiach Kelly

North Korean fans sing ‘we are one’ in Olympics culture clash

Social Affairs

Papal Nuncio apologises on behalf of Pope for ‘discouragement and disappointment’

By Ann Healy

Winter Olympics round-up: South Korea clinch their first gold

World

Israel strikes Iran forces in Syria after F-16 jet ‘shot down’

Stubborn Slaughtneil fall short against 13 man Na Piarsaigh

By Odhran Crumley

Injuries take shine off Ireland’s bonus-point win over Italy

By Gerry Thornley

Ireland 56 Italy 19: Irish player ratings

By John O'Sullivan

Sister of Esther Leonard says ‘I don’t want Frank McCann to leave prison’

By Hajar Akl

Séamus Coleman goes off injured as Everton take three points

Wolves extend Championship lead to 13 points after QPR win

Cuala book return ticket for St Patrick’s Day showdown

A historic moment for SF, but substantial change must follow

By Fiach Kelly

Cavan v Meath clash refixed due to torrential rainfall

Excess payments plan could lead to water charges again – Murphy

By Hajar Akl

Conor O’Shea and Sergio Parisse both back Ireland for Six Nations

By Johnny Watterson

Courts

Businessman leapt from custody area of Macroom courthouse

By Barry Roche

England cling on in bruising Twickenham battle

Courts

Brother’s claim that woman sexually abused him ‘total lies’

By Barry Roche

Joe Schmidt counts the cost of win with bigger battles looming

By Gavin Cummiskey

Sergio Agüero to the four as Manchester City shred Leicester

Dublin pull away for win after Donegal get too close for comfort

By Ian O'Riordan

Europe

Merkel dodges question on Poland's new Holocaust law

Warren Gatland hits out at TMO’s ‘terrible mistake’

Cristiano Ronaldo warms up for PSG clash with hat-trick