BooksThe History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman: Important study asks why the worst of us are so often in chargeBy Ian Hughes
Asia-PacificThe Chinese leadership blames the US for dividing the world into rival blocsBy Denis Staunton
SponsoredSeeking meaning beyond materialism is the pilgrim’s new progress on Ireland’s mystical pathsBy John G O’Dwyer
PeopleAfter years living in Ireland, everything in Australia feels suspiciously easyBy Brianna Parkins
BeautyOpens in new windowSimone Gannon: Three texture sprays I rely on to give my hair extra oomphBy Simone Gannon
FoodFood & Drink Quiz: Fideuà is a Spanish dish like paella but uses what instead of rice?By Michelle Bowe and Greg Bowe
SponsoredOur heritage and history have been shaped by the bodies of water around usBy Sylvia Thompson
RestaurantsDoom Slice takeaway review: Detroit-style pizza with a deliciously addictive crunchy, cheesy crustBy Corinna Hardgrave
FoodDoes there really have to be an ‘r’ in the month to eat oysters? I’ve been eating them all summerBy Corinna Hardgrave
PeopleEmer McLysaght: Is your hair flat on top and curly underneath? Commiserations, you have ‘Irish hair’By Emer McLysaght
HealthConcerns over construction quality and completion date of national children’s hospital flagged in reportBy Jennifer Bray
Paris 2024Opens in new windowIOC’s self praise jars when self reflection is requiredBy Johnny Watterson
Paris 2024Opens in new windowSonia O’Sullivan: Lessons in finishing fourth in the Olympics will stand to Rhasidat Adeleke By Sonia O'Sullivan
PoliticsMinister of State has faced ‘endless’ lobbying over upcoming gambling legislationBy Harry McGee
EconomyVAT cut in budget could limit scope for lower personal taxes, says Donohoe By Martin Wall and Dominic Coyle
TransportFive motorists fined by gardaí for driving in cycle lanes over four yearsBy Jack Horgan-Jones
IrelandNaval Service member dismissed a year after pleading guilty to attacking ex-girlfriendBy Arthur Beesley
Gaelic GamesWizardry of Tony Kelly appropriately returns on All-Ireland day with magic goal for Clare against CorkBy Seán Moran
BusinessAirlines fear cut of one million passengers next summer at Dublin Airport, says RyanairBy Barry O'Halloran
Climate CrisisNative Irish oysters return to Belfast Lough after a 100-year absenceBy Freya McClements
OpinionMusk’s lack of interest in truth shows why Government must act on media ownership By Justine McCarthy
CompetitionsWin tickets to the KPMG Women’s Irish Open and an overnight stay at Carton House, a Fairmont managed hotel
IrelandTiger kidnapping: ‘What was I to do? The woman I loved was being threatened with her life’By Louise Walsh
Business Today NewsletterCould summer passenger traffic at Dublin Airport be facing significant cuts? By Mark Hilliard
FilmThe Union review: Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry star in an exhilaratingly bad thrillerBy Donald Clarke
CompetitionsWhat’s the story, Dude? Can you guess what’s happening in this scene from ʻDon’t Look Back in Ongar’? The 24th and last novel by Paul Howard in the Ross O’Carroll Kelly series, illustrated by Alan Clarke, is out on August 22nd
IrelandYour top stories on Friday: Dylan McGrath shuts two Dublin restaurants; why ‘living in Australia feels suspiciously easy’
Climate CrisisHow a hotter world is affecting Ireland in five graphicsBy Nora-Íde McAuliffe and Met Éireann Translate Project
FoodRestaurant closures: ‘If it’s going to hit Dylan McGrath, it’s going to affect many businesses. The model is broken’By Corinna Hardgrave
Commercial PropertyBlackRock in deal for new headquarter office at Glencar House in Dublin 4By Jessica Doyle
EnvironmentWestport’s horizontal rain a welcome relief to tourists fleeing heatwaves, says cafe ownerBy Áine Ryan
Paris 2024Opens in new windowDonohoe signals more State funding for sport after success at the Olympic GamesBy Martin Wall
SoccerKen Early: The Premier League is back and it needs Manchester City not to win it more than everBy Ken Early
ScienceHow Irish scientist John Tyndall supercharged the modern debate on consciousness in lecture 150 years agoBy Dr Diarmid Finnegan
UK‘A malignancy in society’: Tears and smirks in a Sheffield court as rioters jailed over wrecked asylum hotelBy Mark Paul
Asia-PacificThree years on: ‘I am impatiently waiting for the Taliban to be destroyed, I want to return to my homeland’By Hannah McCarthy
TV & RadioThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – Fan-favourite Norman Reedus resurrects the struggling zombie franchiseBy Ed Power
Crime & LawBoy (16) arrested over chaplain stabbing shouted complaints about Irish involvement in MaliBy Conor Gallagher and Conor Lally
Asia-PacificProtests across India intensify as mob ransacks hospital where medic was murderedBy Rahul Bedi
Ireland‘It’s our Oscars week’: Horse trading and reminiscing as industry gathers for Dublin Horse Show’s biggest dayBy Sarah Slater
MusicElectric Picnic 2024 in pictures: 75,000 fans arrive in Stradbally for the summer’s biggest music festival
BusinessHow Revolut won the banking licence that would unlock its growth By Akila Quinio, Michael O’Dwyer, Emma Dunkley and Ivan Levingston
MusicIrish Chamber Orchestra: Deep, detailed performances in a setting that brings out the best in Vaughan Williams’s fantasiaBy Michael Dervan
Housing & Planning‘Massive air of desperation’ among young people at scale of housing crisis By Olivia Kelleher
BusinessWhatsApp Ireland swings to loss as company sets aside more money to deal with finesBy Ian Curran
Middle EastMediators’ proposals on Gaza ceasefire to be considered by both Israel and Hamas By Mark Weiss
Paris 2024Opens in new windowYour highlights of the Olympics: ‘The Italia ‘90 moment for the next generation’
An Irish DiaryForty Step Programme – Frank McNally on how to cross Dublin without passing a pubBy Frank McNally
EnvironmentAttempts being made to recover large numbers of farmed salmon after escape from cage in Killary HarbourBy Kevin O'Sullivan
Health‘Sufficient’ supplies of mpox vaccine for State to counter risk deemed low by health officialsBy Shauna Bowers and Jennifer Bray
MusicElectric Picnic 2024: Fans complain about ‘awful’ experience after being directed to overflow campsitesBy Ronan McGreevy
UKNigel Farage revealed to be UK’s highest-earning MP with over £1m a year from GB NewsBy Rowena Mason and Henry Dyer
EnvironmentResearcher from Claremorris recognised as one of the world’s best young environmental educatorsBy Kevin O'Sullivan
MusicSophie Ellis-Bextor at Electric Picnic 2024: Kitchen Disco diva puts on a killer gig with a few tricks up its sleeveBy Ed Power
BooksThe Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise review: Gardens excavated as agents of wider world changeBy John Paul Stonard
BooksThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak: A tribute to the power of languageBy Henrietta McKervey
BooksBanal Nightmare by Halle Butler: Trademark cynicism intact in a yarn about millennials low on serotonin and high on snarkBy Kristen Malone Poli
BooksBehind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj: A humane portrayal of Palestinian lifeBy Rabeea Saleem
BooksJudgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J Bass - Essential reading By Mihir Bose
