Article Index

Miriam Lord: Michael D will not be spared in an election bloodbath

By Miriam Lord

Social Affairs

Rise in number of people becoming homeless after leaving State care

By Kitty Holland

Financial Services

An Post mortgage plan rattles Irish banks. But should they be scared?

By Joe Brennan

Senior law figures urge US Senate to delay Kavanaugh nomination vote

By Suzanne Lynch

US sociopolitical divides stripped bare by Kavanaugh hearing

By Suzanne Lynch

Prue Leith: Sex, custard and chopping people up with an axe

By Marie Claire Digby

Bunny Carr: Game show host who changed how Ireland communicates

Trad gigs to see this week, from Na Píobairí Uilleann to Beoga

By Siobhán Long

Garda reform will result in less public oversight of force

By Vicky Conway

An Irish Diary

Church services

Abroad

Welcome to my place . . . Palestine

By Grainne Ni Thiarnain

Pat Leahy: Irish politics is still based on dangerous giveaways

By Pat Leahy

Economy

The banking crisis: Ireland’s ‘lost decade’ in 10 charts

By Joe Brennan

Social Affairs

Irish Red Cross may have to rely on branch funds to avert financial crisis

By Jack Power

Financial Services

Watchdog monitoring money-laundering scandal at Danske

By Joe Brennan

Financial Services

Banking culture project director sees merit in publishing firms’ ratings

By Joe Brennan

Hennessy New Irish Writing: September’s winning poems

By Jennifer Matthews and Órla Fay

Karl Pilkington: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

History

The Times We Lived In: Audrey Hepburn on a mission in Dublin

By Arminta Wallace

BBC Africa offers glimpse at future of documentary film-making

By Seamas O'Reilly

Night of the Living Dead or Cliff Richard? This week’s best rock and pop gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

New artist of the week: Noname

By Niall Byrne

Breda O’Brien: Government's latest housing plan is doomed to failure

By Breda O'Brien

Snagcheol festival in Galway pushes the boundaries of jazz

By Cormac Larkin

‘It’s bedlam on auction days but we enjoy it’

By Arminta Wallace

Why the next economic crisis will be much harder to fix

By Paul Gillespie

This Album Changed My Life: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

By Niall Byrne

Giacometti sketch a highlight of Cavan auction

By Damian McCarney

Culchie appropriation: How Michael Healy-Rae grabbed us by the gogglebox

By Patrick Freyne

Jazz gigs of the week, from Izumi Kimura to Peter Brötzmann

By Cormac Larkin

Sean O’Rourke boxes clever as Brexit rematch turns bitter

By Mick Heaney

Channel 4’s ‘The Circle’ becomes a lesson in utter banality

By Jennifer Gannon

Artist Sean Scully: ‘It’s about stacking, putting things in order’

By Aidan Dunne

The car’s the star: This weeks visual arts highlights

By Aidan Dunne

Art in focus: Untitled (2018) by Helen O’Leary

By Aidan Dunne

Martyn Turner

Stage

Theatre of the week: Misogynistic therapy, and a neglected Sean O’Casey play

By Peter Crawley

Saint Sister capture the confusion and confidence of youth on debut album

By Louise Bruton

Cher: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

Podcasts: respectful but compelling series about a half-billion art haul

By Sarah Griffin

Ireland has not applied the lessons of the economic crash

By Cliff Taylor

Classical concerts of the week, from Louis Schwizgebel to Marc Coppey

By Michael Dervan

Diarmaid Ferriter: England has always used the Border for its own gain

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Stage

The all-male ballet company defying stereotypes

By Christie Seaver

World

Cash-strapped fight against Brazil’s political corruption

By Tom Hennigan

Europe

Rival French conservatives clash in televised debate

By Lara Marlowe

Business

Boohoo’s growth spurt could prove scary for fashion rivals

The island priests: piety and poitín on the edge of Ireland

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Your Money

Budget 2019: Irish Life calls for levy and tax reforms

By Fiona Reddan

Economy

Study of apologies shows a sorry State

Business

The bank guarantee, 10 years on: a shaken Lenihan faced the media

By Simon Carswell

Potato and apple braise

By Carmel Somers

Coming up for collectors: UTV’s art online and two new antique fairs

By Arminta Wallace

Health

Ireland’s trans children: ‘I didn’t know what ‘trans’ meant. I just felt that I was a woman’

By Jennifer O'Connell

Forgotten books: 17 years since ‘The Shadow of the Wind’

By Xavier Aldana Reyes

A world of wonder beneath our feet

By Paddy Woodworth

Your Fitness

Why I Love... obstacle courses

By Jo Linehan

Property

How a flower farmer found her way after a heartbreaking loss

By Jacqui Corcoran

Toffee apple and brandy trifle

By Carmel Somers

A once-in-a-lifetime experience (and much cheaper than a divorce)

By Domini Kemp

Fashion

Paul Galvin for Dunnes Stores: the Raglan collection is stylish and affordable

By Deirdre McQuillan

Environment

Scrambled egg or dog’s vomit? Your nature queries answered

By Ethna Viney

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

By Jo Linehan

Hennessy New Irish Writing: June 2018’s winning story - Between the Waves by Colin Walsh

By Colin Walsh

Off the beaten track in Munster Vales

By Aoife McElwain

Portrait of stained glass master Harry Clarke leads Whyte’s autumn sale

By Arminta Wallace

Environment

The bus battle: ‘Moving routes won’t solve Dublin’s problem’

By Sarah Burns

Pork with apples and cream

By Carmel Somers

What’s hot this week: Irish DJ Or:la and new Netflix series ‘Maniac’

By Una Mullally

‘I am a crier. I’d cry peeling an orange’

Irish Olympic sports emerging from Pat Hickey’s shadow

By Ian O'Riordan

Jennifer O’Connell: I’m going to spend time on my own. It’s terrifying

By Jennifer O'Connell

Now we know: Can I eat an apple from the ground?

By Aoife McElwain

History

Stories of love and war in the big house

By Arminta Wallace

Rod Stewart: ‘I’m not in the pipe and slipper club yet. I can still go mad’

By Shilpa Ganatra

Gothic self-pity and contempt, and sympathy for the devil

By Sarah Perry

Maeve Binchy: Was she a ‘quiet’ feminist?

By Henrietta McKervey

Planning for your future: Setting out to change things is trying

By Una Mullally

The Incendiaries by RO Kwon: overhyped debut fails to ignite

By Sarah Gilmartin

Young Adult round-up: Tina Callaghan’s debut horror novel for teens

By Claire Hennessy

Why do so many of us ignore mackerel?

By JP McMahon

Dan McFarland makes strong start to Irish rugby’s toughest job

By Gavin Cummiskey

In praise of older books: Italian Food by Elizabeth David (1954)

By Julie Parsons

Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion review

By Jerry White

Education

Students and sexual assault: ‘We had sex. Well, he had sex’

By Carl O'Brien

Breakfast, lunch and dinner: apples are versatile to the core

By Carmel Somers

The Time of my Life: Turning my wanderlust into a full-time job

By Sarah Hanrahan

Fintan O’Toole: Gibraltar's experience exposes British Brexit lies

By Fintan O'Toole

The lighthouse life: ‘You must have the best job in the world’

By Ronan McGreevy

A teacher’s words have the power to make or break

By Mary Lucey

David McWilliams: Why Ireland leads in tolerance towards immigrants

By David McWilliams

Dark Water review: engrossing tale of a 19th-century alienist

By Jonathan McAloon

Poem of the Week: The Heart of Saint Laurence O’Toole

By Annemarie Ní Churreáin

‘I had no idea how difficult being a Mount Anville mom was going to be’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Sean Moncrieff: ‘Your dreams could be meaningless. Or not’

By Seán Moncrieff

Education

Beaten: The Irish childhoods ruined by corporal punishment

By Kitty Holland

Simone George on the tears and therapy of giving a Ted Talk

By Simone George

Orange cream biscuits

By Vanessa Greenwood

Drink

Warning: this beer may explode

By Sorcha Hamilton

Buttery biscuits: too easy not to make

By Vanessa Greenwood

Fashion

Wrap dresses: I thought I was over them

By Marian Keyes

Galway 2020: The implosion of the capital of culture project

By Lorna Siggins

The Labyrinth of Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: a novel to lose oneself in

By Seán Hewitt

Environment

Flying form: Ireland’s fantastic feathered immigrants

By Michael Viney

Meghan Markle shows off culinary skills for new charity cookbook

By Marie Claire Digby

Drink

Austrian wine: A little bit of everything

By John Wilson

Leinster close to full strength for Galway revenge mission

By Gavin Cummiskey

Uel Hamilton obituary: Founder of North West Mountain Rescue team

Restaurants

Botanic House: A good restaurant disguised as a pub

By Catherine Cleary

Gaelic Games

Possibility of success needs to be part of the intercounty contract

By Keith Duggan

Freddie Oversteegen obituary: Teenage Dutch resistance fighter sidelined after war

Dagestani boy who wrestled bears has no fear of Conor McGregor

By Paul O'Keefe

Michael Walker: Liverpool must not let difficult run derail their ambitions

By Michael Walker

Genetics pioneer who insisted the idea of race was unfounded

Coveney says construction of settlements by Israel causing ‘greater damage’ to peace

By Suzanne Lynch

Munster's away form putting pressure on them at home

By Gerry Thornley

James Lawton: A lion and a gentleman with a remarkable gift

By Keith Duggan

The chasm between Graham Norton and the Late Late Show

By Ed Power

Crime & Law

Man charged after €1m drugs seizure in Co Louth

By Elaine Keogh

Graham Norton condemns ‘short-sighted’ celebrities who avoid paying tax

Brexit: No deal could halt production at UK Toyota plants

Pogba named in United team to face West Ham

Theresa May backs bid to bring 2030 World Cup to UK and Ireland

Golf

Ryder Cup: Team Blue turns the screw on Americans

By Malachy Clerkin

Trump orders FBI investigation on Brett Kavanaugh claims

By Suzanne Lynch

Hamilton opens the door for Bottas

Golf

Ryder Cup: Comedy of errors on second hole

Hamilton slip lets team-mate Bottas pip him for pole in Russia

Technology

Facebook to be called before Oireachtas committee over latest security breach

Middle East

Two children among seven people shot dead by Israel, say officials

Film

Kevin Spacey is sued for allegedly sexually assaulting masseur

Artist Doireann O’Malley wins prestigious Berlin Art Prize

By Colm Keena

Racing

Ten Sovereigns completes Newmarket hat-trick for Aidan O’Brien

Jose Mourinho defends tactical decisions in West Ham defeat

Thousands attend March for Choice as Harris calls for TDs to ‘get on’ with abortion legislation

By Colm Keena

Boris Johnson is ‘ignoramus triggering break-up of UK’, says Patrick Kielty

By Colin Gleeson

Ireland

Four Irish winners in €500,000 EuroMillions Plus draw

Sterling and Agüero on target as Manchester City go top

Gunners starting to fire under Unai Emery

‘It let me log in as Boris Johnson’ – Tory app glitch reveals MPs’ personal data

West Brom go top of Championship after win over struggling Preston

Minister blames 17-month delay in department’s move on Office of Public Works

By Colm Keena

Scott Sinclair’s back-heel puts Celtic back on winning track

McCarthy blows early season cobwebs away

By Liam Gorman

Health

EpiPen declared ‘out of stock’ amid global shortage

Barcelona narrowly avoid another defeat

South Africa give themselves a chance of catching All Blacks

Golf

USA require miracle of Medinah proportions to retain Ryder Cup

By Philip Reid

Africa

Woman sentenced to jail in Egypt over sexual harassment video

Leinster take all Connacht can throw at them before landing clinical blows

By Keith Duggan

Kanye West changes his name to ‘Ye’

Sturridge stunner gives Liverpool the final say at Stamford Bridge

Ireland

MMA event in Co Meath cancelled after Shane Ross remarks

By Colin Gleeson