Article Index

Dublin ranks third out of 31 for real estate investment

By Peter Hamilton

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Brexit backstop

A new centrist political party?

Postal service

Geography and the Junior Cycle

Integrated education in NI

Christmas spending

The National Maternity Hospital

Eir and low rural broadband take-up rate

Hungary and a university

Feeder schools and education

What drives Brexit?

The Common Travel Area is in safe hands

Public bodies can rely on EU law, court rules

By Elaine Edwards

Financial advisory founded by Irishman gears up for Nasdaq listing

By Peter Hamilton

Social Affairs

Families in transitional housing face possibility of eviction

By Kitty Holland

Opinion

Leo Varadkar channelling his inner Bertie Ahern with tax cut promises

By Róisín Shortall

Second time lucky? ‘AKK’ waits in the wings to take Merkel’s job

By Derek Scally

Micheál Martin expected to offer Taoiseach another year

By Fiach Kelly

Sinn Féin proposes €35,000 salary for ‘full-time’ councillors

By Jennifer Bray

Law Society reports 41 solicitors to Garda for suspected offences

By Conor Gallagher

Hundreds forced to sleep on prison floors each month

By Brian Hutton

Hotel sales slow in 2018 even as room rates soar

By Justin Comiskey

Clause in Constitution may trigger meeting of Citizens’ Assembly

By Jennifer Bray

Brexit reversal for May after House of Commons defeat

By Denis Staunton

Macron makes humiliating climbdown in face of yellow vests protests

By Lara Marlowe

Injured dog sought after garda’s gun discharged in Co Longford

By Conor Gallagher

Over 80% of environmental watchdog’s vehicles diesel

By Brian Hutton

Education

Archdeacon banned from taking part in services over comments on school-admissions row

By Carl O'Brien

Johann van Graan: Munster’s re-signing of 12 players is ‘brilliant’

By Gerry Thornley

Several factors led to €655 million hole in Department of Health’s budget

By Pat Leahy

Opinion

Brexit reveals how hollow notion of British nation is

By Mark Hutchinson

Over 2,000 Irish investment funds being investigated

By Barry O'Halloran

Ireland offers property investors stability in volatile world

By Colm Lauder

Property outlook 2019: Investment yields in Cork look attractive

By Adrian Trueick

Property outlook 2019: Private rental sector deals are here to stay

By Fergus O’Farrell

Property outlook 2019: Private rented sector may not be best bet

By James Nugent

Property outlook 2019: Expanding tech firms to drive office demand

By John Moran

Property outlook 2019: Sheds and beds offer best investments

By Johnny Horgan

Irish bank chiefs at lower end of pay scale among European peers

By Fiona Reddan

Property outlook 2019: Interest to turn to secondary urban areas

By Aidan Gavin

Budget surplus likely as corporation tax take hits record €9.4bn

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Pat Leahy

Property outlook 2019: Good growth potential in industrial market

By Conor Whelan

Your Money

Credit unions need to step up to moneylending challenge

By Fiona Reddan

Randox hopes to benefit from Christmas cheer in Donegal

By Francess McDonnell

Life & Style

Christmas afternoon tea: try these five places with a touch of luxury

Opinion

Glacial pace of new maternity hospital a national scandal

By Kathy Sheridan

Culture

Christmas events 2018: Your guide to pantos, concerts, festivals and more around Ireland

By Sara Keating

Martyn Turner

49: Porsche 911 (991) – Replacement on the way but still going strong

Travel

A spellbinding hike up the Hill of the Witch

By Michael Guilfoyle

Current Munster squad inspired to emulate noughties heroes

By Gerry Thornley

48. Mazda MX-5 – reminds you of why you fell in love with cars in the first place

47: Ford Fiesta – A handling star with an improved interior

46. Audi A5 & Sportback – muscular coupes with different personalities

45: Suzuki Swift – the fun budget alternative to the Mini

44: Honda CR-V – Abandoning diesel is a brave move

43: Mercedes-Benz GLC – one of the sharpest tall SUVs to drive

42: Toyota Land Cruiser – impossibly tough and capable

41: Peugeot 3008 – one of the best-looking and most distinctive SUVs around

40: Volkswagen Passat – Further proof there are alternatives to SUVs

39: Volvo XC40 – award-winner that has hit the right sales note here

38: Mazda CX-5 – second generation is devilishly good-looking

37: Opel Astra – Satisfaction draped in a rather anonymous exterior

36: BMW 2 Series Coupe & M2 – all that’s best about BMW

35: Honda Civic – top-notch family friendly hatch that’s often forgotten

34: Skoda Superb – Behemoth saloon living up to its name

Maynooth landbank on market for €17m

By Justin Comiskey

33: Mini Hatchback/Convertible – still rocking the road

32: Hyundai Tucson – a runaway sales success on the Irish market

31: Seat Ateca – One of the better motoring equivalents to lift shoes

30: Lexus LC – Staggeringly pretty sports car with a compelling drive

29: Seat Ibiza – better than its big brother Leon

28: Citroen C3 – comfort is king in the best supermini around

27: Kia Niro – Not the raging bull but hybrid sets the pace

26: Alfa Romeo Giulia – An Italian saloon that doesn’t depend on history

25: BMW i3 – Cool electric car that's incredible fun to drive

M7 Real Estate buys Westlink industrial estate for almost €14m

By Justin Comiskey

Facebook and Google top 2018’s big Dublin property deals

By Justin Comiskey

Property

Our sliding doors are stalling despite the provider’s efforts to fix it

Food

Take salmon’s side for an easy midweek meal

By Lilly Higgins

Citroen C5 Aircross: Magic carpet fails to weave spell

By Michael McAleer

TV & Radio

RTÉ’s Christmas 2018 TV schedule revealed

By Daniel Comer

Gordon D’Arcy: My cautionary tale of chasing World Cup glory

By Gordon D'Arcy

Apollo House purchase puts Marlet one step closer to owning historic block

By Aidan Murphy

Painful reality many GAA players face revealed in TG4 documentary

By Malachy Clerkin

All Mourneabbey want for Christmas is the elusive All-Ireland

By Mary Hannigan

Felipe Contepomi: ‘You don’t have to be carried away by what people say’

By Johnny Watterson

‘My partner is acting like my carer when I want him to be my lover’

By Trish Murphy

Fr Tony Coote’s epic walk will help motor neurone disease sufferers

By Prof Orla Hardiman

Food

€120 steak on menu at Dylan McGrath’s new restaurant

By Marie Claire Digby

Mullinalaghta battle isolation and emigration to seek Leinster title

By Ian O'Riordan

Mueller recommends no prison time for former Trump aide Flynn

Budget surplus, bankers’ pay and a predicted property investment boom

By Michael McAleer

Seán Moran: All Stars trips were great while they lasted

By Seán Moran

Arty McGlynn: Botera review – Going back to his eclectic musical roots

By Siobhán Long

Life & Style

Top Christmas gifts to delight children – and parents

By Edel Morgan

Life & Style

Stefanie Preissner: ‘My ideal Christmas dinner guest? Jürgen Klopp’

Your Family

‘A perfect Christmas: The stress is up there with divorce, death and moving house’

By Jen Hogan

Middle East

British student says UAE asked him to spy on Britain

Vanguard and Buxton’s Merian outfit setting up in Dublin

Def Leppard: The Story so Far review – Rock-framed pop gold

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Asia-Pacific

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Pacific near New Caledonia

Sport

City maintain winning start; Gordon D’Arcy’s cautionary tale of chasing World Cup glory

UK authority takes action to force Ryanair to compensate for strikes

Investors set to build 145 student beds in Cork

By Fiona Reddan

Pricing power improving for robust Irish services sector

Art

Turner Prize 2018: Charlotte Prodger wins for films shot on iPhone

Unai Emery challenges Aubameyang to be the league’s best

Your Fitness

To do list: collect pension, drink protein shakes, lift weights

By Zoe Williams

Wenger left Arsenal in better shape than Ferguson left United

By Barney Ronay

Volkswagen: Nothing but electric from 2026 onwards

By Neil Briscoe

What's next for Brexit after May's humiliating defeats?

By Denis Staunton

Sport

Deontay Wilder says he wants Fury rematch ‘ASAP’

Dramatic rise in calls to Threshold from tenants in danger of eviction

By Vivienne Clarke

Your Money

Trading up? You’ll now need a deposit of €135,000

By Fiona Reddan

Ryanair sidesteps unions with ultra-low-cost unit in Poland

First Potteries derby in 16 years ends in 11 arrests with seats ripped out

Fashion

This new Michelle Obama is different. What's behind the new look?

By Jess Cartner-Morley

UK shares punished on growing worries over Theresa May’s deal

Brexit: JPMorgan says probability of UK staying in EU has doubled to 40%

Abroad

‘Cinderella Man’ James Braddock, the Irish-American boxer who became world champion

By Jessica Traynor

Freddie Scappaticci pleads guilty to animal pornography possession

Technology

Supreme Court to sit in Galway to hear appeal over Apple data centre

By Mary Carolan

Man overcharged for hospital stay gets refund after Ombudsman investigation

By Paul Cullen

Golf

Should parkland courses be brought back into Irish Open loop?

By Philip Reid

TV & Radio

Tumblr adult content ban: blogging website's new rules cause confusion

By Alex Hern

Confirmed: Ralph Hasenhüttl is the new Southampton manager

Middle East

Islamic State re-emerges as guerilla force in Syria and Iraq

By Chloe Cornish and Asser Khattab

Irish charity worker charged with human trafficking released on bail

By Olivia Kelleher

Should we censor ‘homophobic’ Fairytale of New York and ‘rape anthem’ Baby It's Cold Outside?

By Brian Boyd

Asia-Pacific

Kim Jong-un’s first visit to South Korea linked to denuclearisation

By Clifford Coonan

Technology

US tech company plots expansion with move to new Dublin HQ

By Peter Hamilton

Stuart Lancaster in the frame to be next England head coach

By Gerard Meagher

New metal on the block: gold loses ‘most precious’ status

Books

Arresting and rare images of Dublin in revolt, 1918-23

By John Gibney

Deliveroo and Just Eat in firing line over cyclists’ conduct

By Dan Griffin

TV & Radio

How to win Friends: Netflix pays $100m to keep Ross and Rachel

By Edmund Lee

Media

Former Labour senator joins MKC Communications

By Mark Paul

Reality of Brexit border backstop finally dawns at Westminster

By Cliff Taylor

Farming & Food

UK high court ruling on Deliveroo a blow to those in gig economy

Legislation for rent register, rent controls and notices to quit to come before Cabinet

By Marie O'Halloran

KPMG UK revenues rise at fastest rate for decade despite audit criticism

By Madison Marriage

Brexit legal advice warns of UK trapped in talks by Irish backstop

By Laura Hughes and James Blitz

Film

The Old Man and the Gun: Robert Redford’s almost perfect swansong

By Donald Clarke

Rickshaw driver jailed for raping woman on Dublin lane has sentence cut on appeal

By Ruaidhrí Giblin

Books

Calling Cards: ‘the green buds of Irish’ in the words of our young poets

By Aifric Mac Aodha

Fine Gael TD to star in Aer Lingus in-flight film

By David Raleigh

Euro can challenge dollar’s dominance, says European Commission

By Patrick Smyth

Landlords who breach rent price caps will be fined

By Sarah Burns

Murder trial collapses due to RTÉ ‘Prime Time’ discussion

By Natasha Reid

Ireland receive 200 extra tickets for Gibraltar clash

‘Cliff-edge Brexit’ to have far greater impact on Republic, fiscal watchdog warns

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Paddy Jackson won't play in Galway this weekend

Irish carbon emissions show first slight decline since the recession

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Kerry scans review finds 11 cancer patients had a delayed diagnosis

By Paul Cullen

Bulgaria announces it will shun UN migration pact

Advertising Feature

Seasonal celebrations at Sole Seafood & Grill

UN rights chief concerned about plan to put foreign criminals on Danish island

Media

Facebook offered special access to user data, documents suggest

Varadkar: Confidence and supply talks going on ‘longer than I would like’

By Marie O'Halloran

Spotify: Irish streaming charts for 2018 revealed

By Ed Power

Recipes

Deborah Ryan’s Cacio e Pepe

By Deborah Ryan

Culture

In a Word . . .

By Patsy McGarry

Death of man precipitated by finding intruders at his house – inquest

By David Raleigh

Drunk driver who killed friends says he wishes he could take back what he did

By Stephen Maguire

More than 280 new weekly train services on mainly commuter routes announced

By Sorcha Pollak

Farming & Food

Why does Ireland import 44,000 tonnes of British potatoes each year?

Property

Property experts predict steady but unspectacular property growth in 2019

Coping with serious illness is child’s play

By Sylvia Thompson

Limerick to get 2019 campaign underway on December 14th

Limerick man who broke ankle at Copper Face Jacks gets €80,000

Temperatures were above average in most places across State in November

By Sarah Burns

China confident of full trade deal after truce with US

By Clifford Coonan

Sport

How Muhammad Ali’s hostage negotiating led to an unlikely friendship

By Dave Hannigan

Afghan women’s soccer team accuses officials of sexual abuse

By Rod Nordland and Fahim Abed

Business

Takeda shareholders approve £46bn takeover of Shire

By Kana Inagaki in Tokyo

Newspaper editor stands over ‘every word’ of Paudie Coffey story

Dispute over new Dublin city hotel reaches High Court

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Belgrade threatens to intervene if Kosovo’s new army moves to ‘subjugate’ Serbs

By Daniel McLaughlin

Man jailed over ‘particularly brutal’ assault in Dublin park

By Sonya McLean

Lithuanian man wins Supreme Court bid against extradition

By Mary Carolan

Simon Harris: ‘I am not giving any hospital to the nuns’

By Marie O'Halloran

Extra €50m needed to compensate GPs for treating medical card patients

By Elaine Edwards

Shop assistant who fell from step-ladder loses case against Dunnes

An Irish Diary

Bones of Contention – Frank McNally on fearless jockeys, Sean O’Brien’s arm, and climbing for sport

By Frank McNally

European shares drop following overnight rout on Wall Street

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Irish college lecturer in Paris stabbed to death by ex-student

By Lara Marlowe

Increasing fossil fuel use push carbon emissions to record high

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Judge refuses to order HSE to provide cervical screening documents to woman

New ruling on Spanish ‘Wolfpack’ sex assault sparks backlash

By Guy Hedgecoe

Technology

Limerick firm co-opted to fibre-to-the-home council

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

US, foreign diginitaries attend former president Bush’s funeral

Footage of gunman who shot James Donegan released

By Gerry Moriarty

Racing

Faugheen and Samcro top 21 contenders for Long Walk crown

Social Affairs

Video of wheelchair user wins student art competition

By Daniel Comer

Disappearance of Imelda Keenan leaves ‘dark cloud’ for 25 years

By Jack Power

Business

Circle K invests €3.7m in new N7 station

By Mark Paul

DUP heaps pressure on Theresa May despite confidence-and-supply deal

By Gerry Moriarty

Luxembourg set to make all public transport free in world-first

History

UN marks centenary of Irish women winning right to vote

By Suzanne Lynch

Gardaí investigating alleged rape of woman in Christchurch

By Colin Gleeson

Sterling trapped in narrow trading range

Brexit: May weighs up offering backstop vote to MPs

By Denis Staunton

Education

Government to explore safeguards for English language teachers

By Carl O'Brien

Facebook takes down posts about garda in Longford shooting

By Conor Gallagher

Work

Call for Irish businesses to tap into migrant skills in the workplace

By Laura Slattery

Governments must be more ambitious on climate change

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Seanad passes ‘historic’ Bill to ban sale of goods from occupied territories

By Marie O'Halloran

Cervical cancer women appeal for Pembro drug to be made available

By Jack Power

Lifetime achievement award winner vows to remain ‘on stage’

By Tim O'Brien

French government to abandon fuel tax hike after violent protests

Met Éireann issues status yellow wind warning

By Tim O'Brien

Racing

Lester Piggott undergoing tests in hospital

Garda raid uncovers large amount of stolen machinery in premises

By Liam Cosgrove

Media

Denis O’Brien stopped payments to FAI in 2016

By Ciarán Hancock

Miriam Lord: It’s like the abortion referendum never happened

By Miriam Lord

Wolves come back to send Chelsea further behind City

By Stuart James

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16818 by Crossheir – Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

Manchester United battle back twice to split the points with Arsenal

By Daniel Taylor

Liverpool make hard work of it but eventually see off Burnley

By Paul Wilson

Premier League round-up: Spurs heap more misery on Saints

‘No evidence’ women were key in Sinn Féin’s 1918 election win

By Ronan McGreevy

Former Fifa executive says he was offered large bribe for 2018 World Cup vote

By Oliver Laughland

Rising Son lighting up Premier League with his joyful performances

By Paul Wilson

Brian O’Driscoll opens up about use of legal painkillers when he was playing

By Gavin Cummiskey