Article Index

Battle on doorsteps reveals different truths for Yes and No campaigns

By Harry McGee

Phelan case: The days of doctor knows best are behind us

By Dr Muiris Houston

This Album Changed My Life: Shel Silverstein - A Light In The Attic (1981)

By Niall Byrne

Chasing Hillary Clinton from the campaign trail to the end of the road

By Suzanne Lynch

A doctor writes: Can women trust CervicalCheck?

By Dr Muiris Houston

Europe

Bavarian crusade sparks political protest

By Derek Scally

Ross drink-driving law efforts likely to pass through Oireachtas

By Fiach Kelly

Unions optimistic of move to end two-tier pay in public service

By Martin Wall

Fine Art & Antiques

Sought-after first edition of ‘The Hobbit’ may hit €30,000 at auction

By Arminta Wallace

‘It’s Ladies’ Day and where the ladies go, the men will follow’

By Patrick Freyne

Europe

Armenia’s political upheaval puts Moscow in wary mode

By Isabel Gorst

Harris appoints team to assess delay in diagnosis for 206 women

By Sarah Bardon

Obstetrician says he warned about smear test outsourcing 10 years ago

By Brian Hutton

Obituaries

Swedish DJ who spearheaded a revolution in electric dance music

Obituaries

Republican who challenged sectarianism of Provisional Sinn Féin and IRA

Shane Ross: The unhappy outsider running out of time

By Pat Leahy

Crime & Law

Prescription drugs and loaded guns found at Mackin’s home

By Conor Lally

Obituaries

Irish diplomat who played key role in Bloody Sunday aftermath

Newly-elected Senator could vote against Brexit ‘backstop’

By Fiach Kelly

Geraldine Kennedy: Why I am a reluctant Yes to repeal Eighth Amendment

By Geraldine Kennedy

London catwalk model who served in the Ulster Defence Regiment

Bill to include mandatory open disclosure of serious incidents

By Martin Wall

CervicalCheck chief did not want some women told of false results

By Simon Carswell

Waterstones heads into its critical next chapter

Media

DCU leading €3.9m data journalism project

By Peter Hamilton

Financial Services

And now the bonus question: Is AIB still living in denial?

Cliff Taylor: Time to ditch pretence we can afford big tax cuts

By Cliff Taylor

Gulf Stream slowing down is bad news for Ireland

By Paul Gillespie

Hennessy New Irish Writing: April 2018’s winning poems

By Liam O'Neill and Marie MacSweeney

Diarmaid Ferriter: British indifference to Irish Border is indefensible

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Pick of the week’s traditional gigs

By Siobhán Long

Martyn Turner

Alan Rusbridger and Gerald Barry’s Organ Concerto: the best classical concerts of the week

By Michael Dervan

Poem of the week – ‘January Train’

Gig of the Week: Smithwick’s Kilkenny Roots Festival

By Tony Clayton-Lea

An Irish Diary

Church services

Breda O’Brien: State failing children with Down syndrome

By Breda O'Brien

Its a festival fest for May: this week’s rock and pop highlights

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Culture

Kevin Barry: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Pat Leahy: Government may fall before abortion legislation passes

By Pat Leahy

The week’s jazz highlights

By Cormac Larkin

Culture

Super Silly: Our new VBF

By Louise Bruton

Julian Gough: ‘I want to make an apology to Anne Enright, John Banville...’

By Catherine Conroy

New artist of the week: Kelsey Lu

By Niall Byrne

Stage

PhotoIreland Festival 2018: visually engaging with the abortion debate

By Aidan Dunne

Art

Visual arts highlights of the week

By Aidan Dunne

TV & Radio

Podcast of the Week: Sandra

By Sarah Griffin

TV & Radio

Who needs Infinity War’s 650 characters, when you have Deadpool 2’s Peter?

By Seamas O'Reilly

Stage

Cyprus Avenue and The Plough and the Stars: the best theatre of the week

By Peter Crawley

History

Midlands marvel – 100 not out

By Arminta Wallace

The Saturday Poem: Roger Casement in Carrickmines

By Damian Smyth

TV & Radio

The best-groomed male in Newstalk? There’s no competition

By Mick Heaney

Financial Services

Former Ulster Bank, Paddy Power executive lined up for retail REIT IPO

By Joe Brennan

Art

Art in Focus: ORDER – a wake-up call by Democracia

By Aidan Dunne

Farming & Food

Whey to go – top turnout for Glanbia project

Torrid week for banks as Paschal Donohoe blocks bonuses

By Colin Gleeson

Markets

Honeymoon period over for Kerry chief as agm looms

By Joe Brennan

Uniphar advances towards IPO with latest acquisition

By Ciarán Hancock

Fintan O’Toole: Jacob Rees-Mogg, great satirist of our times

By Fintan O'Toole

Fashion

Face tan: choose carefully to avoid the orangutan look

By Laura Kennedy

Lentil, cucumber and mushroom salad

By Carmel Somers

Bridget Jones of the Blitz: AJ Pearce’s happy war story

By Catherine Conroy

Ed Sheeran: We’re about to become a nation of Edheads

By Brian Boyd

‘Dublin fellas will charge you an arm and a leg, especially when they see the likes of you coming’

By Niamh Towey

Fine Art & Antiques

Diamonds, Easter Rising memorabilia and vintage shop fittings – this week in the salerooms

By Arminta Wallace

Chocolate-dipped Viennese fingers

By Vanessa Greenwood

Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – interpreting stories

By Brian Dillon

Middle East

‘I was an Islamic State boy soldier’

By Ruaidhrí Giblin and Hiwa Dartas

Drink

The hops that changed beer forever

By Sorcha Hamilton

Forest & Marcy brings its tasting menu to Donegal

By Marie Claire Digby

Culture

An exploration of masculinity: seven kinds of men

By Patrick Freyne

Chickpea curry

By Carmel Somers

Children’s books: a round-up of the best

By Sara Keating

White Houses: a tender exploration of a hidden but profound love

By Seán Hewitt

Friends with the Enemy, a memoir by Val Mulkerns review: human and tender

By Carlo Gebler

Restaurants

Arca: A little taste of genius in the Mexican jungle

By Catherine Cleary

Blooming marvellous: A wildflower walk

By Paddy Woodworth

Europe

Anti-Semitism is alive and well in Germany

By Derek Scally

Apple’s Jade aims to bounce back to form against Benie Des Dieux

By Brian O'Connor

O’Connell Tower reopens this month

By Jo Linehan

Kitchen islands: heart of the home or mess magnet?

By Tanya Sweeney

Eight splendid garden rooms for work and play

By Alanna Gallagher

Property

Home delivery: box fresh houses from factory to site in three easy steps

By Amanda Geard

Katie Taylor will have the technical edge in her bout with Bustos

By Johnny Watterson

In praise of older books: Indian Cookery by Madhur Jaffrey (1982)

By Julie Parsons

Muldoon to make grand last stand as he bows out of Connacht

By Gerry Thornley

Fine Art & Antiques

Art you can try before you buy, virtually speaking

By Arminta Wallace

‘Kielys of Donnybrook could be lost forever. Or, worse, turned into a hipster café’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

A picture-perfect hideaway in Kinsale

By Gemma Tipton

Environment

Ireland’s historic hedgerows the essential corridors of nature

By Michael Viney

Crime & Law

Adrian Crevan Mackin: The making of a garda killer

By Conor Lally

Andrea Horan’s totally tropical Portobello home

By Deirdre McQuillan

The local bus that’s for everyone – even Christmas trees and dead turkeys

By Jennifer O'Connell

Steamed aubergine

By Carmel Somers

‘I considered a termination with Jane, but not having one turned out to be right for me’

By Kathy Sheridan

Guacamole

By Carmel Somers

Gaelic Games

From Gaelic fields to poppy fields: the GAA’s hidden part in the Great War

By Keith Duggan

Gardening

Lawn order: How to get your garden grass back to glory after winter

By Fionnuala Fallon

Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray review: entertaining but troubling

By Joe Humphreys

Sean Moncrieff: ‘Wearing glasses is pretty much the same as smoking crack’

By Sean Moncrieff

Royal baby, royal wedding: Live it up in London like a royal

By Shilpa Ganatra

Ulster up against it as they target bonus-point win over Munster

By Johnny Watterson

Step away from the sugar: Healthy recipes to help you kick the habit

By Carmel Somers

Hennessy New Irish Writing: April 2018’s winning story - ‘Brother’ by Serena Lawless

By Serena Lawless

Abroad

If they can trace Tom Cruise’s Irishness, they can trace yours

By Marie Claire Digby

Environment

The goose that travels from Iceland to Ireland every year and red-tailed bees

Art

Style on the high seas: The golden age of ocean liner design

By Denis Staunton

Pro14 playoff permutations

By Gerry Thornley

David McWilliams: Central Bank covering its backside on overheating

By David McWilliams

Fashion

Mark Huberman: From a family that is so well dressed, I would be the scruffiest

By Deirdre McQuillan

Tapas time: JP McMahon’s six simple recipes

By JP McMahon

Your Fitness

Urban swimming: something stirring in the Shannon water

By Sophie Grenham

Life & Style

What’s hot this week: Beychella’s sunshine colours

Film

‘I’m always wearing my character shoes’: On set with Cillian Murphy

By Patrick Freyne

Problems by Jade Sharma review: a razor-sharp debut

By Sarah Gilmartin

The morel of the story? It’s time to start foraging Irish mushrooms

By JP McMahon

Viennese fingers recipe

By Vanessa Greenwood

‘I can be very narrow-minded. I’m constantly fighting with myself to be a decent person’

‘I spent hours listing pros and cons of ending my pregnancy’

By Caroline McCarthy

Drink

Fantastic natural wines and where to find them

By John Wilson

Ireland’s measles outbreak worsened by fall in vaccinations

By Priscilla Lynch

Why vinyl refuses to die

By Peter Murphy

‘I’m not British, I’m Britirish’

By Rosemary Jenkinson

A profound deafness to the female voice

By Sinéad Gleeson

Scurrilous abuse and comic brilliance: Flann O’Brien

By Frank McNally

Fashion

I’m in love with Wes Anderson’s partner Juman Malouf

By Marian Keyes

The end of an era: John Muldoon bids fond farewell to Connacht

By Gerry Thornley

Design Moment: Braun travel alarm, 1975

By Bernice Harrison

Richie Sadlier: Seán Cox is the latest victim of an issue that will always exist

By Richie Sadlier

Alfie Evans dies after withdrawal of life support

Woman dies after being struck by vehicle on Co Galway farm

By Mark Hilliard

Crime & Law

Teenager dies after car crash in Co Cavan

By Rachel Flaherty

Asia-Pacific

North Korean media hails ‘candid’ talks with neighbours in South

By Clifford Coonan

Two missing 13-year-olds from Co Cork found safe and well

By Ronan McGreevy

‘Technical glitch’ affects women’s efforts to contact CervicalCheck

By Sorcha Pollak

Matt Doherty relishing the end of a long road back to top flight

By Emmet Malone

Keith Duggan: Let's make sports and exercise a fixture of our school curriculum

By Keith Duggan

Golf

Lowry and Harrington fall off the pace in New Orleans

Golf

Paul Dunne has China Open victory in his sights

‘Golden State killer’ suspect (72) appears in California court

Volume of anabolic steriods seized in Ireland alarms pharmacists

By Martin Wall

Centurion Sonia O’Sullivan brings up 100th parkrun in Cabinteely

By Ian O'Riordan

Environment

Seven EU countries push to increase climate change targets

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Family of Irish man in coma in Turkey appeal for help

By Sorcha Pollak

Cork City’s miserly defence proves wise beyond its years

By Emmer Malone

Liverpool warm up for Rome with Stoke City stalemate

Financial Services

It is ‘difficult’ to run a bank in Ireland, RBS chief says

By Joe Brennan

Nina Carberry follows Katie Walsh into retirement after win

Sainsbury’s and Asda close to ‘£10bn’ merger, sources say

Sebastian Vettel takes third straight pole in Azerbaijan

Altior ends a fine season in style at Sandown

Social Affairs

Storm Emma efforts help Cork man win ‘volunteer of the year’ award

By Sorcha Pollak

Tánaiste says those undecided on repeal may be frightened into No vote

By Barry Roche

Middle East

Palestinian teen dies after being shot by Israeli troops on border

Brilliant Benie Des Dieux dominates Apple’s Jade again

Round-up: Southampton keep hopes alive with Bournemouth win

Crystal Palace hit Leicester for five to stride towards safety

Championship round-up: Wes Hoolahan the hero on Norwich farewell

John Muldoon gets perfect send-off as Connacht demolish Leinster

By Gerry Thornley

The game’s gone to pot: O’Sullivan and Carter brush off confrontation

Government to adopt ‘carrot and stick’ approach to sulky racing

By Marie O'Halloran

Munster fightback ends Ulster’s hopes of sneaking into playoffs

By Johnny Watterson

Ulster confirm new coach has been signed up for next season

By Johnny Watterson

Tomás Quinlan’s 17-point haul edges Cork Con past Terenure

Adam Leavy double keeps Lansdowne on course for double

Fabregas’s early goal for Chelsea adds to Swansea’s worries

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16629 by Crossheir – Saturday, April 28th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan