05 December, 2023 Digital News Archive

Defending ‘the realm’

Health

Early diagnosis credited for near-total survival from some cancers after five years

By Paul Cullen

A dash for the bin

Cop28 and fossil fuels

Waterford Airport investment

Journalistic objectivity

Irish Freedom Party response

‘A conversation about migration’

Russia’s war on Ukraine

Neutrality and policy choices

The politics of debating Irish unity

Funding basic scientific research

Patients and virtual wards

Tackling the housing crisis

Minister to begin formal extradition negotiations with United Arab Emirates

By Jennifer Bray

Judge grants order for sale of land and property in estate of Desmond Guinness

By Mary Carolan

Advertising Feature

Ireland’s Blue Book unveils three new properties as it celebrates 50 years

Travel

20 Christmas days out for all the family, from ice-skating to Santa trains

By Jen Hogan

Books

Best music books: Writers with that musical ear and something to say

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Social Affairs

Trinity College Dublin research underscores telling impact of child poverty

By Shauna Bowers

Political horse-trading looms if Paschal Donohoe goes for IMF job

By Pat Leahy and Cliff Taylor

Your Money

The ‘magnificent seven’: a bubble about to burst?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Stress, burnout, initiative overload. Who would be a school principal?

By Louise Tobin

Food

Keep your turkey from drying out with this clever trick

By Marie Claire Digby

Music

KhakiKid: ‘The 2000s in Ireland was a horrible place. You’d get called the P-word every single day’

By Lauren Murphy

Economy

Pick-up in services activity points to improved demand conditions

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Your Money

Q&A: Is it possible second-hand properties will be included in the Help to Buy scheme?

By Dominic Coyle

Music

‘Most conductors today don’t really have technique. They also don’t believe there is such a thing’

By Michael Dervan

Your Wellness

How menopause changes the brain and three things you need to know

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta

Oisín Fanning may need fresh San Leon plan as US funds fail to turn up

By Cantillon

A simple revision and we are in recession

By Cantillon

Retail sector in rude health despite a cost-of-living crisis

By Eoin Feeney

Former Bank of Ireland executive John O’Beirne joins US fintech Square as Europe head

By Joe Brennan

Industrial and logistics draws investors in face of economic headwinds

By Kevin McHugh

Katie McCabe: ‘Five wins, four clean sheets, top of the group’

By Gavin Cummiskey

Ulster on recovery mission against Bath in European Champions Cup opener

By Michael Sadlier

Opinion

Yes, climate change is a crisis. But let’s stop using the language of war

By Prof Iris Möller

Europe

Breaking a Berlin social taboo, I spoke to a stranger in a cafe

By Derek Scally

Champions Cup format still lacks the excitement of the old Heineken Cup days

By Gerry Thornley

Opinion

Could Conor McGregor be Ireland’s Donald Trump? Absolutely

By Fintan O’Toole

Orreco to launch new coaching app for FitrWoman platform

By Ciara O'Brien

Golf

Rumours of Rahm’s switch to LIV Golf continue to linger

By David Gorman

Gaelic Games

Michael Murphy can’t be any plainer — he’s not coming back

By Seán Moran

North and South

Voters North and South disagree on potential economic benefits from a united Ireland

By Pat Leahy

Pricewatch

I am tired of this Aer Lingus refund merry-go-round

By Conor Pope

Appetite remains robust for real estate but only where the price is right

By Kyle Rothwell

Most ‘Ireland is full’ and ‘Irish lives matter’ online posts originate abroad

By Conor Gallagher

Opinion

Will ditching the triple lock damage our neutrality or vindicate our sovereignty?

By Prof Ben Tonra and Prof Ray Murphy

Racing

Captain Guinness set to tackle Jonbon in bid to secure elusive Grade One victory

By Brian O'Connor

In the News

What next for asylum seekers forced to sleep rough on streets of Dublin?

By Sorcha Pollak

Listen | 20:09

Boys outperform girls in Leaving Cert maths - and the gap is getting wider. Why?

By Carl O'Brien

People

‘Irish people are very open, almost to the point of oversharing’

By Deirdre Falvey

Business Today Newsletter

Stormont needs fixing. The big question is how

By Freya McClements

Your Family

Six months after swapping Dublin for Limerick, here is how we are getting on

By June Shannon

Your Wellness

HSE chief Bernard Gloster interview: ‘Change in public service is complex, but not impossible’

By Sheila Wayman

Media

Irish media companies perform poorly on the gender pay gap – will this year show any progress?

By Laura Slattery

Cubic Telecom's €473m investment, the true cost of EVs, and the gender pay gap

By Ciarán Hancock

North & South

North and South differ on benefits of unity

By John Garry, Brendan O'Leary and Jamie Pow

Technology

Cubic Telecom shareholders net €473m payout from sale of majority stake to SoftBank

By Ciara O'Brien

North & South

Northern Protestants pessimistic on benefits of Irish unity

By John Garry, Brendan O'Leary and Jamie Pow

Inside Politics Newsletter

Tuesday’s Top Stories: Thomas and Molly Martens to remain in jail until ‘mid-2024′, Land agency may get up to €3bn in funds for new homes

Coalition to rally behind Helen McEntee ahead of packed political week

By Jennifer Bray

Airbus might need European state backing for new aircraft programme to replace A320, chief says

Rugby needs to reassess its stance as social media’s molten rage takes a toll

By Robert Kitson

Last decade hottest on record with ice melting faster, meaning less fresh water will be available

Government unable to say when all asylum seekers will be accommodated

By Jack Horgan-Jones and Vivienne Clarke

Irish consumers to spend less but borrow more over Christmas, says CCPC

By Conor Pope

Sports Briefing

Morning Briefing: No rollback on Michael Murphy’s decision to retire from Donegal

By Mary Hannigan

Woman (80s) killed in Co Longford road crash

By Fiachra Gallagher

Irish teenagers ‘are second best in the world at reading’

By Carl O'Brien

Food

Food & Drink Quiz: What is the base of the traditional Scandinavian Christmas drink ‘glögg’?

By Michelle Bowe and Greg Bowe

James Cleverly signs new Rwanda treaty in effort to revive UK asylum plan

By Mark Paul

Financial Services

Global financial system ‘literally underpins the fossil fuel industry’ – Irish climate activist Lorna Gold

By Kevin O'Sullivan in Dubai

Your Money

Will an EV end up costing more or less than a petrol or diesel car?

By Fiona Reddan

McEntee says motion of confidence over handling of Dublin riots and violence is a ‘distraction’

By Jennifer Bray and Kevin O'Sullivan

Europe

Ukraine trades drone strikes with Russia as US funding fears grow

By Daniel McLaughlin

Dundrum shopping centre owner challenges local area plan in High Court

By Ellen O’Riordan

X disputes McEntee’s claim that social media platform did not engage with authorities over Dublin riots

By Ronan McGreevy

Global education results: Irish students weather Covid, but lack of high-achievers is blot on landscape

By Carl O'Brien

Manchester United ban journalists from Erik Ten Hag press conference over reporting

By David Gorman

Bank of Ireland drops mortgage offering through UK Post Office and ends UK AA partnership

By Joe Brennan

Values fall across all investment sectors with offices under greatest pressure

By Adrian Trueick

Workers living in Meath face longest commutes, CSO figures show

By Jack Power

Referendums on women in the home and the concept of the family to be held next March

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Former NI footballer Paddy McCourt cleared of sexual assault conviction

Number of retired people in State rises by almost half in a decade, census figures show

By Emmet Malone

Middle East

‘Horrific things I saw with my own eyes’: UN criticised as hearing told of Hamas sexual violence

By Katherine Rosman and Lisa Lerer in New York

Transport

Road tolls to increase for second time in under a year from January

By Conor Pope

Mary Robinson reiterates call for fossil fuel phase-out based on science

By Kevin O'Sullivan

People

Brianna Parkins: I’m a Celebrity...the Brits are at it again

By Brianna Parkins

Property specialists pose greatest risk among non-bank SME lenders in credit shock, report finds

By Joe Brennan

Ross Byrne to miss Leinster’s opening Champions Cup fixtures with arm injury

By Nathan Johns and Johnny Watterson

Cameron Blair murder: Man who stabbed college student to death fails in bid to reduce life sentence

By Eoin Reynolds

Signa Holding debts doubled in the months preceding insolvency filing

By Olaf Storbeck, Sam Jones and Robert Smith

Tesla battle with Swedish unions spreads to Denmark

By Richard Milne

Man remanded in custody charged with murder of man in Cork earlier this year

By Barry Roche

Creeslough tragedy: ‘Drafting error’ in report to blame for mistaken allegation that ambulances were unable to cross Border to assist

By Freya McClements

Gaelic Games

GAAGO’s paywall on games for 2024 ‘very wrong’, says Fine Gael Senator

By Sarah Burns

Europe

The convicts sustaining Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Ekaterina Bodyagina, Alina Lobzina and Oleg Matsnev

Economy

Corporation tax receipts defy slump predictions with record €6.3bn haul in November

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Cormac McQuinn

Women's Nations League

Northern Ireland 1 Republic of Ireland 6 (FT) - as it happened

By Nathan Johns

TV & Radio

The Planning Trap: RTÉ Investigates doc on serial objectors delivers knockout viewing

Waterford Airport seeks Ryanair service following investment to extend runway

By Sarah Slater

Sport

Rosemary Smith, motorsport pioneer, dies aged 86

GTLK parent company unlikely to partake in Irish proceedings, court told

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Price correction needed for investment market to recover

By Michele McGarry

Sellafield nuclear site has leak that could have ‘potentially significant consequences’, Guardian reports

Middle East

NGOs warn of ‘moral failure’ to protect citizens of Gaza

By Michael Jansen

Asia-Pacific

Indonesian volcanic eruption leaves 22 dead with one still missing

Residential

Bono has another sort of home coming … in the Hollywood Hills

By Jessica Doyle

What are the proposed new hate crime laws and why the delay?

By Jennifer Bray

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after woman stabbed in Welsh village

By Steven Morris and Jamie Grierson

Sport

Daniel Wiffen wins European Championship gold medal in 400m freestyle

Fossil fuel lobbyists attending Cop28 in record numbers, analysis shows

By Kevin O'Sullivan

‘Tight’ timeline for housing referendum within lifespan of Coalition, says Tánaiste

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Court hears of ‘immediate risk’ to life of boy (14) who is handling crack cocaine

By Ellen O’Riordan

Cop 28: Focus on ‘global stocktake’ as countries push for phase-out of fossil fuels

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Objector to Diageo’s planned Newbridge brewery says no financial inducement sought

By Gordon Deegan

Unemployment rates among Irish and non-Irish citizens broadly similar, census shows

By Emmet Malone

Settlement of €60,000 over death of 13-year-old boy who drowned in river Liffey

Tipperary: a town struggling to provide a future for its youth

By Emmet Malone

An Irish Diary

Rising Champ – Frank McNally on a jockey’s quiet comeback and the 90th anniversary of a famous literary ruling

By Frank McNally

Revenue nets almost €10m from defaulters

By Barry O'Halloran

Michael Flatley and family ‘devastated’ to have to leave their home after hazardous chemical residue detected, court told

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Africa

Nigeria: Army drone strike accidentally kills at least 85 civilians during Muslim festival

By Richard Assheton

European stocks rally on hope ECB may be done with interest rate hikes

By Ellen O’Regan

Vigil for missing nursing assistant as murder investigation continues

Principal tells High Court he did not sexually assault girl he dropped to school

Helen McEntee: Minister for Justice survives Sinn Féin vote of no confidence after Dublin riots

By Sarah Burns

Chris Wilder returns as Sheffield United boss after Paul Heckingbottom sacked

By Ben Fisher

Stardust inquiry: Fireman says some victims were just ‘steps’ from safety

By Kitty Holland

Ireland’s winning streak on tax continues

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Peter O’Mahony expected to return for Munster’s Champions Cup clash with Exeter

By Johnny Watterson

Families face being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration, lawyers say

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Naval Service: the malaise needs to be tackled

Garda to accept applications from people aged up to 50 but fitness test unchanged

By Cormac McQuinn

Motors

Smart returns with sleek #3 – but is it really a Smart at all?

By Neil Briscoe

Katie McCabe wonder strike headlines Ireland’s six-goal thumping of Northern Ireland

By Gavin Cummiskey

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the latest exchequer figures: corporation tax surprises again

Future Ticketing wins major UK racecourse deal

By Barry O'Halloran

Middle East

Israel storms Gazan city in ‘most intense day’ of fighting as more than 16,000 killed to date

By Mark Weiss

Molly and Thomas Martens moved to state prison system to serve the remainder of their sentences

By Conor Lally and Martin Wall

Progress in public sector pay talks as Minister signals agreement to move on legislation

By Emmet Malone

Puppy farm case: Dogs smelled strongly of ammonia, court hears

By Barry Roche

Struggling Burnley gift Wolves the winner as Clarets remains second from bottom

TV view: Lucy Quinn due a frosty reception at home after scoring against her partner

By Mary Hannigan

‘We’re going to do it again’: Pep Guardiola confident of another title

By Will Unwin

Two new rail routes in west and east of Ireland could be in line for EU funding

By Cormac McQuinn

Declan Rice steals it at the death for Arsenal in thrilling win over Luton

By David Hytner at Kenilworth Road

Life & Style

Give presence, wrap wine in socks – tips for a minimalist Christmas

By Vic O’Sullivan