CultureThe Guide: Kilkenny Arts Festival, Fatboy Slim and other events to see, shows to book, and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
Life & Style‘I lost to a very strong eight-year-old’: how chess is capturing the imagination of a new generation in IrelandBy Niamh Donnelly
BooksAuthor Charlotte Mendelson: ‘There’s nothing more fascinating than other people’s marriages, particularly when they start to go wrong.’By Martin Doyle
TravelSurf in Portugal, kayaking in Cork, tennis in Tenerife: forget ‘fly and flop’ breaks and embrace learning holidaysBy Arlene Harris
Ross O'Carroll-KellyHow do you become a Protestant? ‘You have to drink the blood of a Sussex chicken on Dalkey Island under a gibbous moon’By Ross O'Carroll-KellyListen | 06:16
BooksPaschal Donohoe on The Centre Must Hold, edited by Yair Zivan, and Left Behind by Paul CollierBy Paschal Donohoe
CultureGovernment’s refusal to scrap the licence fee shows a depressingly limited understanding of the media landscapeBy Hugh Linehan
PeopleEleanor Mills: Women aged 45-74 feeling ‘on the scrap heap: you’re not, you’re amazing’By Adrienne Murphy
Fine Art & AntiquesLive auction at Castle Durrow in Laois to appear on British TV seriesBy Sylvia Thompson
PeopleHistorians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster: ‘We have far too many echoes of the 1930s, with too many crises overlapping’By Mark Hennessy
Books‘The best place to see Edna O’Brien was at Mass’: the banned and burned author’s complex relationship with IrelandBy Andrew Hamilton
Your MoneyAnnoyed by banks’ bumper profits? It’s on you if you’re still giving them money for nothingBy Joe Brennan
Top Stories of 2024Laura Whitmore: ‘It’s all coming out now, the stuff I tried to speak about eight years ago’By Róisín Ingle
IrelandTommy Robinson and Tristan Tate are among overseas supporters of Irish anti-immigration activistsBy Conor Gallagher
Paris 2024Opens in new windowThe psychologist preparing Ireland’s Olympic team for glory: ‘There is a lot of last-minute psych preparation’
Crime & LawGarda purchases sophicated surveillance aircraft from Canadian manufacturerBy Conor Gallagher
Paris 2024Opens in new windowOlympics Day 8: Irish in action and best of the rest as Rhys McClenaghan goes for goldBy Philip Reid
Paris 2024Opens in new windowIn 100 years of Ireland at the Olympics, this has been the greatest weekBy Denis Walsh
PoliticsSimon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’By Mark Hennessy
TravelWashout summer for tourist towns: ‘There was only three people on the beach in Tramore. You’d get more in winter’By Noel Baker
Gaelic GamesDean Rock: Galway and Armagh shared a pitch last week, but they are inhabiting different worlds now. Heaven and hellBy Dean Rock
RugbyMatt Williams: Olympics Rugby Sevens shows why 15s rugby should adopt some of the sport’s lawsBy Matt Williams
SoccerCan Celtic break their cycle of domestic domination and European disappointment?By Michael Walker
People‘I never slept in a cardboard anti-sex bed before’: diary of first-time Irish OlympianBy Ryan Mullen
EnvironmentThe recent brutal period of wet weather should not be surprising, the predictions were thereBy Ella McSweeney
Middle East‘They are afraid and we are not afraid:’ A tour through some of Israel’s illegal West Bank settlementsBy Sally Hayden
Ireland‘The graveyard of 1,000 ships’: How Hook lighthouse has offered protection to sailors for centuriesBy Steven Carroll
Paris 2024Opens in new windowFive Ring Circus: Paris Gaels grab opportunity to showcase Gaelic gamesBy Philip Reid
Paris 2024Opens in new windowIan O’Riordan: Single-minded Rhasidat Adeleke can join a very exclusive Irish clubBy Ian O'Riordan
Paris 2024Opens in new window‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Irish Olympic rowers move into rare company but may yet be joined by othersBy Johnny Watterson
Crime & LawWoman found dead in Midleton apartment named locally as Daena Walsh (27)By Olivia Kelleher
Crime & LawSecurity review of State buildings to be carried out after Dublin sites rammedBy Conor Lally
Paris 2024Opens in new windowPaul O’Donovan: Ireland’s greatest ever Olympian still has more worlds to conquerBy Denis Walsh
PeopleIf you’ve read the literary canon, you know how to think like a bourgeois white manBy Sarah Moss
IrelandFrom guiding ships to drawing tourists: the changing role of the great lighthouses of IrelandBy Tim O'Brien
BusinessParis ‘heat dome’ makes Olympic organisers’ stance on air conditioning tough to sustainBy Laura Slattery
OpinionA childless cat lady from California’s guide to the trendy terms and themes in US politicsBy Lara Marlowe
OpinionMy sister Valerie French Kilroy was our warrior princess. Change the law to protect her childrenBy David French
OpinionCan Sinn Féin’s housing policy deliver for a locked-out generation of young buyers? By Cliff Taylor
OpinionJennifer O'Connell: How must Daniel Wiffen’s success make Derry O’Rourke’s victims feel?By Jennifer O'Connell
Paris 2024Opens in new windowIreland and its Olympic swimmers are losing the tag of the island nation that struggles in the waterBy Ian O'Riordan
MusicJames Vincent McMorrow at All Together Now: The Dublin artist’s falsetto vocals and guitar-led tracks deliver a powerful performanceBy Kate Brayden
Paris 2024Opens in new window5.45am starts, power naps and vlogging: The path to Daniel Wiffen’s successBy Ronan McGreevy
MusicJorja Smith at All Together Now: ‘It’s my first time in Waterford ... and this feels like I’m at a party’ By Kate Brayden
Paris 2024Opens in new windowDaniel Wiffen on course for Olympic swimming double after heat processionBy Ian O'Riordan
Paris 2024Opens in new windowSnoop Dogg joins horsey set as he wears equestrian kit to Olympics dressage
CourtsMan who rammed van into State buildings suffered ‘delusional fantasies’, court toldBy Tom Tuite
RacingJoseph O’Brien bidding to break new international ground with runner in German OaksBy Brian O'Connor
Paris 2024Opens in new windowIreland’s Rhys McClenaghan: ‘Perfection isn’t attainable - but we’ll try’By Johnny Watterson
Paris 2024Opens in new windowRemco Evenepoel claims brilliant Olympic road double as Ben Healy finishes 10th
Paris 2024Opens in new windowTears of joy flow as Rhys McClenaghan wins historic Olympic gold medal for IrelandBy Ian O'Riordan
Paris 2024Opens in new windowPaul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy eyeing next Olympics despite change in weight classBy Tim O'Brien
Paris 2024Opens in new windowRory McIlroy moves into Olympic gold medal picture after 66 in third round
Paris 2024Opens in new windowSimone Biles vaults to third gold medal of Paris Olympics and seventh overall
Paris 2024Opens in new windowHungarian boxer defeated by Algeria’s Khelif says she respects her opponent
Paris 2024Opens in new windowCathal Doyle delivers in style to win first 1,500m Olympic repechage and book semi-final slotBy Ian O'Riordan
Paris 2024Opens in new windowKellie Harrington to fight for second Olympic gold medal after stunning semi-final winBy Johnny Watterson
Middle EastEgypt affirms support for Lebanon as US sends more combat aircraft and warships to Middle EastBy Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
Paris 2024Opens in new windowOlympics Day 9: Irish in action and best of the rest as Daniel Wiffen goes for double goldBy Philip Reid
Paris 2024Opens in new windowOlympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 8 - A super Saturday in Paris
Live - Paris 2024Olympics Day 8 live updates: Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan wins pommel horse gold as Kellie Harrington reaches lightweight finalBy Muireann Duffy
MusicThe Mary Wallopers at All Together Now: Tub-thumpers of the first order storm through a rapturously received setBy Ed Power
