BooksShe’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark: Punchy, funny and unapologetically perturbing short storiesBy Miriam Balanescu
BooksCaricature and the Irish: Satirical Prints from the Library of Trinity College, Dublin c 1780-1830By James Kelly
BooksEve in Ireland: Controlling and Silencing Irish Women, 1922-1972 by Ailish McFaddenBy Adrienne Murphy
LettersLetters to the Editor, December 21st: mental health services for children and young people, climate crisis, and mistletoe
RecipesSweet and sour pot-roasted turnips with star anise, maple syrup and toasted hazelnutsBy Mark Moriarty
CultureWhy do so many news sites look so boringly similar? Because they have to play by Google and Meta’s rules By Hugh Linehan
Africa‘We need Macron to act.’ The view in Mayotte, the French island territory steamrolled by cyclone ChidoBy John Eligon, Julie Bourdin and Aurelien Breeden
CultureThe Guide: The Coronas, Damien Dempsey and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
BooksKevin Power: Literary magazines are all the more vital for operating off the commercial gridBy Kevin Power
Ross O'Carroll-KellySorcha is standing at the island with a boning knife in one hand and an espresso in the other, grinning at us like a serial killerBy Ross O'Carroll-KellyListen | 05:53
People‘One Christmas Day my brother set me on fire’: seven writers spill their most bizarre Yuletide yarns
WorldWestern indifference to Israel’s thirst for war defines a grotesque year of hypocrisyBy Denis Staunton
MusicThe music of 2024: Our critics’ verdicts on the best albums and acts of the yearBy Tony Clayton-Lea
OpinionTaylor Swift tops the economic charts, electoral victory for Centrist Dads and Apple’s awkward €13bnBy David McWilliams
RacingSpillane’s Tower favourite to deliver King George glory to Grand National-winning trainer Jimmy ManganBy Brian O'Connor
Climate CrisisA year of devastating climate firsts, a dispiriting outcome to Cop29 and elections where climate was off the radarBy Kevin O'Sullivan
PoliticsReferendums, resignation and repeat elections - a year of drama and political shocksBy Jennifer Bray
PoliticsHarris concedes Martin will get first turn as taoiseach in new rotation deal to form governmentBy Jack Power, Jennifer Bray and Pat Leahy
PoliticsThe jawdropper, the quickest split, the good turn: Miriam Lord’s 2024 Political AwardsBy Miriam Lord
Your MoneyChristmas dinner for under €35? We went shopping to see what the grocery shop really costsBy Conor Pope
EuropeUkraine: Key events that shaped 2024 and will influence the conflict in 2025By Daniel McLaughlin
PeopleDonald Trump is changing America in ways that will reverberate long after he is deadBy Keith Duggan
SoccerKevin Kilbane: Hallgrímsson taking the first steps to making Ireland competitive again By Kevin Kilbane
UKShocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for BritainBy Mark Paul
OpinionMuch of what Irish emigrants prize in Australia can be found in Europe, but lazy logic gets in the way By Derek Scally
EnvironmentDublin Airport night flights: rule on limits a ‘necessity’ to manage health effects from plane noiseBy Barry J Whyte
OpinionIt was Mariah Carey’s Irish mother who imbued in her a love of all things ChristmasBy Clare Moriarty
OpinionThe mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have notBy Mark O'Connell
OpinionDominique Pelicot and his co-defendants are not monsters, but something more frighteningBy Jennifer O'Connell
TransportIrish Rail’s Christmas timetables: what train services are running over Christmas and new year?
IrelandIreland weather: Chance of snow before Christmas as Met Éireann issues multiple warningsBy Jade Wilson
Ireland‘There’s the sun coming up now, my God’: Hundreds gather at Newgrange for winter solsticeBy Stephen Farrell
IrelandHugs, tears and joy at the airport as the Dublin of Christmas returns comes to lifeBy Conor Pope
TransportIrish lorry drivers at risk of being stranded in British ports on Christmas Day, haulage body saysBy Conor Pope
EuropeGerman Christmas market attack: Five dead, including child (9), as details of alleged perpetrator emergeBy Derek Scally
Europe‘I’ll never forget the trail of bodies’: Magdeburg witnesses recount Christmas market attackBy Derek Scally
Rugby‘It’s really f***ing starting to get to us as a team’ - Mack Hansen hits out at how Connacht are refereed By Johnny Watterson
IrelandGearóid Ó Cairealláin, Irish language activist and father of Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap, dies aged 67By Laura Coates
RugbyConnacht left with feeling of ‘what if’ as Leinster dog out victory to remain unbeatenBy Johnny Watterson