Article Index

‘She was like Mary Poppins’ - Night nurses come to the fore during Covid-19 pandemic

By Aine Kenny

Buy better, buy local and allow Irish producers to create jobs

By Sandra O'Connell

SMEs evolving as lockdowns keep physical stores shut

By Miimi Murray

One of Dublin’s last remaining inner-city bakeries moves into retail

By Sandra O'Connell

Put Your Feet Up has hit the ground running

By Danielle Barron

Dublin’s fine food store continues to develop with same focus on quality Irish ingredients

By Sandra O'Connell

How Irish businesses see the future when lockdowns end

By Mimi Murray

Sustainable fashion proves popular in pandemic

By Danielle Barron

Your Money

Irish shoppers second most anxious in Europe, consumer tracker shows

By Ellen O'Riordan

Nphet’s message

Social Affairs

Rise in depressive symptoms among young due to pandemic – study

By Patsy McGarry

Mary Lavin to become first female Irish writer to have public space named after her

By Ronan McGreevy

Hot tub

Due process

Time for a Sputnik?

Tracking and tracing

Iran, nuclear deal and sanctions

Traditional media and a shared reality

Travel limits and boundaries

United Ireland – a Swiss role?

The future of unionism

The Green Party in turmoil

Climate Action Bill

Politics

Housing defects group to examine fire safety issues in apartments

By Niamh Towey and Jack Horgan-Jones

Opinion

Climate Bill a chance to set new anti-fossil fuel norms

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Prospect of women’s Lions team moves one step closer

By John O'Sullivan

Opinion

Stephen Collins: Doubts grow over Von der Leyen’s stewardship

By Stephen Collins

Opinion

Diarmaid Ferriter: Peace process offers lessons for those who seek united Ireland

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Martyn Turner

Luxembourg ready to try and roll the boulder uphill again

By James McDermott

Whiskey galore, as the Irish premium spirit continues its comeback

By Barry McCall

Crime & Law

Minister for Justice to meet survivor of sexual attack to discuss reforms

By Una Mullally

Ulster Bank faced court order in tracker investigation before €38m fine

By Joe Brennan

Education

‘It’s scary and uncomfortable’: Schoolgirls seek end to catcalling

By Carl O'Brien

Politics

AstraZeneca told it must deliver Covid vaccines to EU before exporting doses elsewhere

By Naomi O’Leary, Harry McGee, Paul Cullen and Cormac McQuinn

Q&A: When will I get my Covid-19 vaccine?

By Jack Power

Work

Elon Musk’s cartoonish self-coronation could have a serious side

By Andrew Hill

Technology

How Intel ended up investing billions in Ireland

By Charlie Taylor

Six Minutes to Midnight: Who do you think you are kidding, Eddie Izzard?

By Donald Clarke

Cathal Coughlan: Songs of Co-Aklan review – The art of great songwriting

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Brian Crosby - Imbrium: A refuge from white noise

By Eamon Sweeney

Malmkrog: Slow and wordy portrait of a doomed aristocracy

By Tara Brady

Culture

Patrick Freyne: Why’s Danny Dyer challenging an Irishwoman? He messes with your nut

By Patrick Freyne

TV & Radio

A PC Brendan O’Connor? The RTÉ thought police must have got to him too

By Mick Heaney

Tina: No escaping the shadow of abuse in the Tina Turner story

By Tara Brady

For Those I Love – Stark reflection of grief and pain in wake of suicide

By Lauren Murphy

Tune-Yards: Sketchy review – Fully drawn and highly inventive

By Siobhán Kane

Ammonite: Even the Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet sex scenes are too respectable

By Donald Clarke

Work

Digitalisation, more data and ESG creating much broader role for CFOs

By Olive Keogh

Basciville: Hymns to the Air review – Wexford brothers show promise

By Lauren Murphy

Spending boom is coming but will not last forever

By John FitzGerald

Ulster Bank fine brings total tracker penalties against lenders to €82m

By Joe Brennan

It's squeaky bum time for the Covid lockdown

By Mark Paul

Construction holds its breath as stalled virus numbers threaten reopening plans

By Mark Paul

People

Hilary Fannin: A lockdown sex scene on my local beach

By Hilary Fannin

All the Right Moves: When Tom Cruise graduated from Brat Pack to star turn

By Keith Duggan

Books

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie: Not your average old wives’ tale

By Sarah Gilmartin

Property

Solo buyer: I could afford a garden shed but would I ever be able to buy a house?

By Rebecca Lee

Back to the Future’s Christopher Lloyd: ‘Retire? No, no, no, no, no’

By Toby Moses

Residential

Discerning owners’ smart Terenure upgrade seeks €825,000

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Gaelic Games

GAA hoping Brexit will create economic boost from turf farm

By Seán Moran

Ireland have plenty to build on after Belgrade, says Josh Cullen

By Emmet Malone

Paid leave after miscarriage: New Zealand passes pioneering legislation for affected couples

By Natasha Frost

The Movie Quiz: Just how long is Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League?

By Donald Clarke

Food

Pizza that’s better than the takeaway? Here’s how to do it at home

By Marie Claire Digby

Four new films to stream this weekend

By Donald Clarke and Tara Brady

Let there be light: Why sunny spring days make us happier and healthier

By Amy Fleming

Residential

What will €70,000 buy in Cashel, Ecuador, Montenegro, the Dominican Republic and France?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Six Nations: Scotland bidding to lift 22-year Paris hoodoo

By John O'Sullivan

Shane Ryan relishing life in the pool again as Tokyo looms

By Ian O'Riordan

Friends become foes as Tadhg Beirne returns to red of Munster

By Gerry Thornley

Hines to seek permission for 403 new homes in Dublin 8

By Ronald Quinlan

‘It had happened, I had my new heart. I was the happiest man alive that day’

By Jenny McEntegart

Books

Why I was drawn to Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

By Jonathan Barry

Tracker scandal fallout, the story of Intel in Ireland and ‘squeaky bum time’ on Covid-19

By Laura Slattery

North Korea claims it tested new type of tactical missile

Hanrahan set for switch to France; all eyes on Luxembourg

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Man charged over €140,000 drugs seizure at Covid-19 checkpoint

By Barry Roche

Alabama tornadoes destroy homes and kill at least five

Technology

Tech bosses grilled over Capitol riots and hate speech by US Congress

By Kari Paul

Open Orphan subsidiary wins €7.5m contract to run study

By Colin Gleeson

Suez blockage sets shipping rates racing as oil and gas tankers diverted away

New Rosslare-Pembroke Dock ferry will be fastest of its kind

By Colin Gleeson

China sanctions British MPs for ‘gross interference’ over Xinjiang

By Christian Shepherd, Primrose Riordan and Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe

US university to pay $1.1bn to women abused by former gynecologist

Give me a crash course in . . . carbon budgets

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Aviva sells Polish business to Allianz for €2.5bn

‘We stand for human rights’, Löw backs Germany protest

Credit Guarantee Scheme is to be extended until end of year

By Colin Gleeson

Markets

Commodity gains push European stocks to one-week high

Britney Spears asks for father to be removed from running personal affairs

By Laura Snapes

India’s block on vaccine exports deals blow to dozens of nations

By Stephanie Findlay, Michael Peel and Donato Paolo Mancini

Search the data: How is Covid-19 spreading in your local area?

By Mark Hilliard

Exhausted and overwhelmed: Understand and manage your stress triggers

The Dublin 8 family making earth-kind changes at home to help the planet

Netherlands to trial return of fans ahead of Euro 2020

By Ed Aarons

Women in Australia demand end to culture of ‘toxic masculinity’

By Jamie Smyth

Food

John Wilson: Two super-value bottles at SuperValu

By John Wilson

Leinster and Munster to meet in opening Rainbow Cup fixtures

By Gerry Thornley

Christian Sewing to give up role as head of Deutsche’s investment bank

Europe

EU vaccine export controls mark ‘end of naivety’, says Macron

By Naomi O'Leary

Central Bank issues warning about four unauthorised firms

Farming & Food

UK fund manager LGIM unlikely to participate in Deliveroo IPO, it says

Joey Carbery and Conor Murray start for Munster in Pro14 final

Work

WeWork to merge with Spac in $9bn deal

Student Hub

Vaccinated teachers, University fears, DIY pizza, Britney and more...

Total daily debit and credit card spending declined 7.5% last week

By Colin Gleeson

Tax avoidance ‘can never be the strategy’ of a country, MEP says

By Naomi O'Leary

Africa

Men forced to rape family members in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, says UN

Mark Carney: ‘The more a country asks of its citizens, the greater their devotion to it’

By Chris Johns

Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove qualify Irish boat for Olympics

By Ian O'Riordan

State makes final payment on £3.2bn bailout loan from Britain

By Charlie Taylor

Weather set to ‘go downhill’ as squally rain and wind forecast

By Tim O'Brien and Ellen O'Riordan

Bessborough home development plans to undergo oral hearing

By Barry Roche

A total of 584 Covid-19 cases and 20 new deaths recorded by Nphet

By Paul Cullen and Jack Power

Aaron Connolly out of Ireland’s clash with Luxembourg

Africa

At least 32 killed and 165 injured in Egypt train crash

US voting company sues Fox News for $1.6bn over election fraud claim

By Michael M Grynbaum

Europe

Factories added to EU supply chain to boost Covid-19 vaccine rollout

By Naomi O'Leary

Amazon has known since last year US drivers were urinating in bottles

Martin seeks review of department’s gathering of dossiers on children

By Kitty Holland, Vivienne Clarke, Marie O'Halloran and Sarah Burns

Nigel Carolan’s long association with Connacht to end in the summer

By Gerry Thornley

High Court challenge brought over planning permission for Swords apartments

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Farming & Food

Steep pay cuts for top management at Kerry

By Mark Paul

Racing

Chatham Street Lad to run again 10 days after Cheltenham

By Brian O'Connor

Round Hill and SFO form joint venture to develop family homes to rent

By Charlie Taylor

Racing

Aidan O’Brien’s Group 1 campaign gets underway in Dubai

By Brian O'Connor

No public health justification for locking down 60% of construction sector – High Court hears

Goodbody, its suitor AIB and Ireland Inc need Davy to find good home

By Joe Brennan

Dublin great-grandmother (97) still waiting for vaccine against Covid-19

By Paul Cullen

Media

Ní Chaoindealbháin appointed deputy MD at Virgin Media Television

By Laura Slattery

Ireland Under-21s come from behind to see off Wales in Wrexham

By John Fallon

‘It’s just wonderful’ - Catholic churches in NI start to welcome back parishioners

By Freya McClements

Technology

Strike aims to raise €6.5m to go big with contactless payments

By Charlie Taylor

Social Affairs

Almost half of young adults suffering from mental health issues during pandemic

By Mark Hilliard

Ballymurphy inquest findings to be published in Belfast in May

By Freya McClements

SuperValu store owner fails to block Irish Life plan for Talbot Mall

By Seán McCárthaigh

UK and EU take first step since Brexit to cooperate on financial services

Norwegian Air restructuring scheme approved by High Court

Middle East

Experts fear it could take weeks to dislodge huge ship blocking Suez Canal

By Michael Jansen

Science

Can America go carbon neutral by 2050?

By Stephen Starr

Education

Department of Education says it intends to reopen all schools on April 12th

By Carl O'Brien

Crime & Law

Drogheda residents ‘traumatised’ from years of gang violence, report finds

By Conor Gallagher

Offbeat

Clock stops on EU plan to scrap daylight savings time

By Arthur Beesley

Pay rises off the agenda for most private sector employers, consultants warn

By Martin Wall

State must pay 65% of student’s costs of failed calculated grades action

By Mary Carolan

Verstappen ready for Hamilton duel after practice double in Bahrain

Middle East

Israeli parties jostle for position amid inconclusive election results

By Mark Weiss

Africa

Coastguard returns over 4,000 intercepted in Mediterranean Sea to Libya

By Sally Hayden

Glenveagh selected by Fingal County Council to deliver 1,200 new homes

By Ronald Quinlan

Pilot captain in Drogheda harbour says ‘we all underestimated’ underwater clearance

Judge to rule later on mother’s bid to let daughter in vegetative state to die

By Mary Carolan

Central Bank, Revenue payouts to lawyers and accountants revealed

By Gordon Deegan

GRA take proceedings over extension of probationary periods for gardaí

By Mary Carolan

Europe

Key takeaways from the moment the EU got tough on vaccines

By Naomi O'Leary

An Irish Diary

Say it again, Sam – Remembering Sam McAughtry, who would have been 100 this week

By Frank McNally

Markets

European stocks end week close to all-time highs

Alex Salmond launches new party ahead of Scottish elections

By Mure Dickie

Beacon Hospital’s vaccine programme will be overseen by HSE after controversy - Donnelly

By Cormac McQuinn, Jack Horgan-Jones, Jack Power and Vivienne Clarke

Cork women become first same-sex couple to both register as parents of newborn

By Barry Roche

Golf

South Africa’s Daniel Van Tonder wins Kenya play-off

Woman escorted into mandatory quarantine hotel after refusing to leave bus

By Ronan McGreevy

Biden’s Afghanistan dilemma poses first big foreign policy challenge

By Suzanne Lynch

High Court upholds refusal of learner driver's permit for asylum seekers

Adam Foley’s double sees Finn Harps end Dundalk hoodoo

Victims of hate crimes urged to report experiences to gardaí

By Ellen O'Riordan

Social Affairs

Vatican language on gay blessings ‘hurtful’, says Ireland’s youngest Catholic bishop

By Patsy McGarry

Confidence is a big factor when it comes to mass inoculation campaigns

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Orange Order leader warns of ‘downward spiral’ in North-South relations

By Freya McClements

Court told anorexic woman in life-threatening condition

By Mary Carolan

High Court rejects ‘full-blown attack’ on law setting up Special Criminal Court

Hazel Chu’s Seanad run overshadowed Climate Bill launch, says Green Seanad leader

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Solicitor arrested in investigation of fraudulent insurance claims

By Barry Roche

Large rise in social contacts as Covid-19 case number stall

By Simon Carswell

Major rescue operation for stricken trawler set to resume at first light

By Barry Roche

Sinn Féin selects Liadh Ní Riada to run in Cork North-West in next general election

By Barry Roche

HSE ceases using facilities in some private hospitals under Covid agreement

By Martin Wall

Crossaire Blog

Crosaire No 17532 by Crossheir – Friday, March 26th, 2021

By Lorna Kernan

Scotland sink France at the death as Wales clinch Six Nations title

By Gerry Thornley

No Covid-19 deaths reported in North for third successive day

By Freya McClements

Politics

Childcare workers were vaccinated at Beacon Hospital

By Cormac McQuinn and Jack Power

Golf

Rory McIlroy dumped out of Matchplay in last act before Augusta

By Philip Reid