Letter of the DayOpens in new windowLetters to the Editor, December 24th: On subsidising private education, and sharing the load at Christmas
Your FitnessChristmas walks: 10 family-friendly trails around Ireland, from easy to challengingBy John G O'Dwyer
Politics‘It’s not for the faint hearted’: Catherine Murphy on poor planning, emigration and political conflictBy Marie O'Halloran
PeopleDonald Trump, millennials and vegans: An A-Z guide on Christmas conversation killersBy Hugh Linehan
BusinessEmployment in Republic to be 500,000 up on pre-pandemic level by end 2025, predicts Ibec By Eoin Burke-Kennedy
PoliticsNew government unlikely to be formed before Dáil returns on January 22ndBy Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn
RacingLossiemouth against Constitution Hill set to be a Kempton Christmas Hurdle cracker By Brian O'Connor
Business‘Toys in those days weren’t like the toys of today’: Smaller toy shops survive through the generationsBy Áine Ryan
IrelandFostering at Christmas: ‘We once had two boys, age 9 and 11, who had never had a Christmas tree’By Arlene Harris
IrelandWhere to now for our declining churches? Younger clergy reflect on a brighter futureBy Patsy McGarry
IrelandOlder Irish people in London: ‘It is so important to have something to get people out of the house. It breaks down the loneliness’By Mark Paul
HealthMore than 40% of public patients on waiting lists who were treated this year were facilitated in private hospitalsBy Shauna Bowers
In the News Podcast‘Saint in a tracksuit’: Could first millennial saint bring young people to Catholic Church?By Bernice HarrisonListen | 14:55
OpinionIndiana Jones should be on the sex offenders’ register: Some Christmas films age better than othersBy Ed Power
OpinionWe like the ideal of Christmas. The reality, though, is often strained, sad and weirdBy Laura Kennedy
Opinion‘My grandad is dead. I am going to tennis today’: Christmas letters to my son, 1997By Fintan O'Toole
USMan charged with murder after allegedly setting woman on fire inside New York subwayBy Edward Helmore and agencies
IrelandIreland weather: Dry, mild and dull conditions forecast by Met Éireann for Christmas weekBy Jade Wilson
US‘It’s all braggadocio’: Donald Trump’s former security chief scathing over lack of coherent strategy
BusinessDIY chain B&Q agrees to acquire three Irish Homebase leasehold stores for €3.9m By Ciarán Hancock
PoliticsMicheál Martin calls for ceasefires in Sudan and Gaza as regions are threatened by famineBy Jade Wilson
Middle EastIsraeli troops force evacuation of patients out of north Gaza hospital, ministry saysBy Nidal al-Mughrabi
EuropeRussian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih apartment block kills man, injures 11, says Ukraine
AmericasOver 160 workers in ‘slavery-like conditions’ found at BYD factory site in BrazilBy Fabio Teixeira
Crime & LawMan charged with dangerous driving causing death of Marguerita Sheridan in Rathkeale, Co LimerickBy David Raleigh