Article Index

Always in fashion

Boris Johnson’s party problems

Hospitals and working conditions

Women in politics

Biden believes Putin will make military move into Ukraine

By Martin Wall

Political necessity and science

Covid-19 and lessons unlearned

The Special Criminal Court

Sinn Féin and the prospect of power

The Leaving Certificate

GPs will not get bonus payment for frontline healthcare workers

By Pat Leahy

Domestic violence charges double but few result in convictions

By Mary Carolan

US supreme court rejects Trump bid to keep Capitol attack records secret

Opinion

Once again it has taken a tragedy for us to see things clearly

By Umar al-Qadri

French intellectuals engage in a new culture war over wokeism

By Lara Marlowe

Opinion

Newton Emerson: Welcome to the North – the gateway to Ireland

By Newton Emerson

Opinion

Finn McRedmond: Boris Johnson should pay more heed to the classics

By Finn McRedmond

Letters to a German Princess: Euler’s blockbuster lives on

By Peter Lynch

Bonus payment for ‘pandemic heroes’ creates headache for Government

By Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy

Lunar Gateway: A way station on the road to Mars

By Seán Duke

Calls to extend €1,000 pandemic bonus to retail staff, pharmacists and carers

By Simon Carswell

Second man held in Ashling Murphy murder inquiry released without charge

By Conor Lally and Gearoid Keegan

Man (31) charged with murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore

By Conor Lally and Gearoid Keegan

Government will not oppose motion to buy site of new National Maternity Hospital

By Pat Leahy

Environment

Italian ambassador concerned by Dublin MetroLink delay

By Olivia Kelly

Less than 20% conviction rate in domestic violence cases before Dublin courts

By Mary Carolan

Munster abuse case: Planned review of State agencies’ actions dropped in 2018

By Jack Power

Irish firms urged to boost growth by having a strategy for going digital

By Barry McCall

Film

Belfast film review: Kenneth Branagh’s memoir is black-and-white and rose-tinted all over

By Donald Clarke

Stage

Abbey Theatre co-directors: ‘We want our artists to have a hand on the steering wheel’

By Deirdre Falvey

Culture

I think ‘hopeful pessimists’ have better lives than optimists – but I’m not positive

By Joe Humphreys

Research funding scheme could change face of paediatric healthcare

By Barry McCall

Interested in a smart home? Here’s a guide through the maze of options

By Ciara O'Brien

Fifteen companies shortlisted for Irish Times Innovation Awards

By Olive Keogh

Latest deferral of full border controls has ‘practical benefits’ for Irish goods

By Barry McCall

Innovation

Aran knits for dogs, mystery tours and fashionable kit for horse riders

By Olive Keogh

Innovation

Using AI to ensure children’s shoes are a perfect fit

By Olive Keogh

Nominations open for EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

By Charlie Taylor

Transport

Aviation industry recovery under way despite business travel woes

By Laura Slattery

Corporate financier Liam Kiely leaves IBI within months of joining

By Joe Brennan

Employers beef up their HR departments in preparation for a war for talent

Media

RTÉ and Virgin’s Six Nations deal: ‘We put a call into Dee and she was up for it’

By Laura Slattery

Ideas in philosophy on human extinction are toxic seeds that must be dealt with

By William Reville

Family home in Dalkey with easy to maintain garden for €1.65m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Gaelic Games

Niall Scully and Dublin taking distinctly more competitive approach to pre-season

By Ian O'Riordan

A stylish mews at the heart of Dublin 4 for €450,000

By Kevin Courtney

Property

Why are property asking prices so often lower than sale prices?

By Alanna Gallagher

Sea views among the trees in Mount Merrion for €1.6m

By Alanna Gallagher

Is our open-arms policy on data centres coming back to bite us?

By Karlin Lillington

People

Rosita Boland: The odd feeling of staying in a hotel in the town where you grew up

By Rosita Boland

From railway tunnel to Burnaby original: storied Edwardian for €2.3m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Extended and renovated Sandymount home with flexible layout for €2.35m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Much to like about Microsoft’s Surface Duo 2

By Ciara O'Brien

How a lab scientist’s bad cold led to the ‘marvel’ mRNA vaccine

By Gina Kolata and Benjamin Mueller

Relaxed in Ranelagh: carefully tended five-bed for €1.595m

By Joyce Hickey

How Mazars is helping companies minimise Brexit trade disruption

By Barry McCall

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: Players may want to play games but not two in one day

By Ciarán Murphy

Caolin Blade says historic achievement providing all the motivation Connacht need

By Linley MacKenzie

Mountpleasant Avenue home with restored Georgian details for €1.25m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Books

Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

By Rachel Andrews

Property

Town and Country: What will €220,000 buy in Dublin and Leitrim?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

All things considered, Ireland’s 37-man squad is in a good place

By Gerry Thornley

Dave Hannigan: The world will hear a lot more about Trinity Rodman

By Dave Hannigan

Don’t rush to judgment about what kind of person you are

By Padraig O'Morain

Stephen Larkham and Munster remain wary of potent Wasps threat

By Gerry Thornley

Low-paid workers’ exemption from tax base ‘unfair’ on middle earners

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Spectre of inflation returns to haunt Irish households

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

‘I have done more than I ever thought was possible’: Stosur bows out at second round

By Emma Kemp

Books

Humane slaughter: the biggest lie the meat industry tricked us into believing

By Ed Winters

IBI exit, the burden on middle-earners and our data centres blunder

By Conn Ó Midheach

Muguruza and Kontaveit bow out as women’s draw shaken by upsets

Joanne O'Riordan: Well engineered sports bra pivotal to performance

By Joanne O'Riordan

Antibiotic-resistant infections: More than 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2019 – study

Novak Djokovic has controlling stake in firm developing Covid drug

By Mark Sweney

Is it the beginning of the end of the Covid-19 pandemic?

By Harry McGee

Unilever chief under pressure after company walks away from GSK deal

Maxwell requests new trial after lawyers raise concern about juror

Limited changes expected to Six Nations XV; Absurd double-jobbing in the GAA

By Nathan Johns

Deliveroo reports 36% rise in gross value of orders

Obituaries

April Ashley obituary: One of the earliest people to have gender realignment surgery

State’s handling of pandemic to be ‘evaluated’, Taoiseach confirms

By Vivienne Clarke and Jack Power

Advertising Feature

US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards: Promoting excellence in innovation

Books

Colm Tóibín is new Laureate for Irish Fiction

Champions Cup: TV details, fixtures, kick-off times, Covid latest, permutations and more

By Patrick Madden

Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases unlikely caused by foreign power, CIA says

By Julian E Barnes

Markets

Stocks slip in Europe as investors refine Fed hike bets

Suspicious betting activity linked to Arsenal yellow card being investigated

By Paul MacInnes

Transport

Ryanair plans record number of routes out of Dublin this summer

By Barry O'Halloran

Murray and Raducanu both felled in Australian Open second round

Obituaries

Br Ciarán Forbes obituary: Woodturner, singer and dog lover

Electricity consumed by data centres jumps by 144% in five years

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Life & Style

In praise of the new ‘bank holiday’ on March 18th

By Rosita Boland

Art

The 100-year-old ‘it girl’: ‘Picasso took the cigarette and touched it to my right cheek’

By Ruth La Ferla

Media

RTÉ ‘unable’ to provide gender pay gap data to Dáil committee

By Laura Slattery

Dakuwaqa handed three week ban for Van der Flier tackle

Two-thirds of male football fans hold sexist views according to UK study

By Louise Taylor

Education

A principal’s diary: ‘Things are going pretty well. We’re turning the corner’

By Bryan Collins

Social Affairs

Donnelly agrees to meet thalidomide survivors to discuss supports

By Patsy McGarry

Opponents of Boris Johnson facing ‘blackmail’, senior Tory warns

By Peter Walker

US filmmaker faces trial in Italy after testifying in tainted blood scandal case

By Angela Giuffrida

How much will your wage package increase this year?

By Cliff Taylor

Gaelic Games

Galway announce €250,000 camogie sponsorship deal

Farming & Food

Glanbia completes financing arrangements for dairy buy-out

By Ciara O'Brien

Austria introduces lottery incentive for Covid vaccine hold-outs

By Philip Oltermann

Australia draw first blood in Women’s Ashes T20

TV & Radio

‘Women whose lives have been ruined by sociopathic creeps’

By Ed Power

Henry Slade cleared to play in France and Italy after taking Covid vaccine

Gardaí target organised crime in west Dublin during large scale operation

By Conor Gallagher

World

Data of half a million vulnerable people compromised in cyberattack on Red Cross

Galway-based Atlantic Therapeutics raises €18m from existing backers

By Charlie Taylor

Ireland’s debt equates to €47,000 for every man, woman and child

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Increase in traffic volume on roads compared to last week, figures show

By Jack Power

Republic’s ‘shadow banking’ sector the fifth largest worldwide

By Joe Brennan

GRA calls for pandemic bonus to be extended to gardaí

By Sarah Burns, Simon Carswell and Vivienne Clarke

Former pope Benedict criticised in Munich church abuse report

By Derek Scally

Teenager becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world

Education

More than half of students surveyed report using an illicit drug

By Olivia Kelleher

Daniil Medvedev sees off Nick Kyrgios and takes swipe at ‘low IQ’ Melbourne crowd

By Emma Kemp

State’s stake in AIB Bank dips below 71%

By Joe Brennan

Primark to cut 400 managerial jobs across UK stores

Golf

Shane Lowry gets in the groove with 67 to trail hot Jamieson by four

By Philip Reid

Ballsbridge residents try to halt 64-unit build-to-rent scheme

By Gordon Deegan

Motorcyclist who hit crowd control barrier in place for community festival settles case

Racing

Jockey Robbie Dunne lodges appeal against 18-month ban

Personal trainer gets suspended sentence for kicking dog and attacking owner

By Tom Tuite

Irish men more likely to comment on news stories than Irish women, research shows

By Jade Wilson

Jamie McGrath’s future at St Mirren up in the air

Covid tracker app used by few to identify close contacts - IMJ

By Paul Cullen

Asia-Pacific

Aid reaches Tonga as telephone lines restored after devastating volcano

Motors

Merc’s electric GLB and Suzuki’s estate car reach Ireland

By Neil Briscoe

Ireland duo Paul Stirling and Simi Singh named on ICC ODI Team of the Year

DAA challenges €5m demand for Dublin Airport plan approval

By Gordon Deegan

Judge dismisses case against man stopped at Covid checkpoint at start of pandemic

By Conor Gallagher

Former SF election candidate jailed for possession of drugs

Covid restrictions expected to ease with Nphet recommendations due

By Jack Power and Vivienne Clarke

Doomsday Clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight as world faces ‘dangerous moment’

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Oireachtas

Teachers and school managers need to strike ‘sensible’ balance on Covid, says Varadkar

By Sarah Burns

Biden warns any Russian movement into Ukraine would be considered as invasion

By Martin Wall

Emmanuel Macron’s new vision of Europe begins to take shape

By Lara Marlowe

Munich church abuse report leaves Pope Benedict exposed

By Derek Scally

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ‘completely healthy’ after medical issue

How to . . . manage autofill for your private information

By Ciara O'Brien

Christine Lagarde rejects calls for ECB to act faster on inflation

By Martin Arnold

African Cup of Nations: Pépé on target as Ivory Coast dump out holders Algeria

Social Affairs

Laicisation of Catholic priest challenged by ACP as ‘unacceptable’

By Patsy McGarry

Markets

Travel stocks lead European shares higher as airlines soar

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Wolves reject Tottenham’s €18m offer for flying winger Adama Traore

Covid-19 regulations significantly eased in North

By Freya McClements

Irish farm groups hail European vote result on export of live animals

By Conor Pope and Marese McDonagh

Gardaí investigating if vehicle in fatal crash driving wrong way on M6

By John Fallon and Jade Wilson

No reasons recorded for low rates of successful speeding prosecutions

By Mark Hilliard

Irish online shoppers see biggest jump in customs charges, survey finds

By Conor Pope

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Ukraine crisis: Olaf Scholz’s big test

Morley and McGinley take medical negligence cases over children’s deaths

By Simon Carswell

Boost to Irish cycling calendar as Rás Mumhan stage race returns at Easter

By Shane Stokes

Politicians raise concerns that LDA plans will not deliver affordable rents

By Cormac McQuinn

City of London firms begin summoning workers back to the office

By Stephen Morris and Michael O'Dwyer

Johnson allies accused of intimidating MPs over no-confidence vote

By Denis Staunton

Gardaí accused of trying to pervert course of justice to be tried in Limerick

By David Raleigh

Ombudsman seeks extra powers for military sexual harassment claims

By Conor Gallagher

Twice as many tourists from North visit the South than visa-versa, conference told

By Ronan McGreevy

One in 2,500 children with vaccine reports suspected side effect

By Paul Cullen

Apology in March to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in North

Caution still needed despite pandemic progress, says global health expert

By Harry McGee

Education

Further talks planned by exams group as calls continue for hybrid Leaving Cert

By Carl O'Brien

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Leaving Cert: listen to students’ voices

Nphet clears way for extensive easing of Covid-19 restrictions, including end to 8pm curfew

By Jennifer Bray

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17788 by Crossheir – Thursday, January 20th, 2022

By Lorna Kernan

Diogo Jota swoops in twice as Liverpool book final spot at Arsenal’s expense

By Jonathan Liew

Murder investigation begins after 18-year-old assaulted in Belfast dies in hospital

US Capitol attack inquiry requests interview with Ivanka Trump

Requirement for information sessions set out in Bill receives further criticism

By Sarah Burns