Article Index

Average mortgage loan now exceeds €300,000 with first-time buyer market ‘particularly hot’, MyHome report finds

By Ciarán Hancock

Letters

Letters to the Editor, January 9th: on social media and fact-checking, and filling Seanad vacancies

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Irish financial sector could add up to 43,000 jobs if opportunities harnessed, says EY

Books

Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War – A fascinating chronicle of postwar resettlement

By Geoffrey Roberts

Rowing back on flexible work options

Switching mortgages can result in significant savings, says AIB

The Damned review: Chilly horror powered along by suspicion, atmospherics and an unforgettable landscape

By Tara Brady

Technology

Zuckerberg shifts to Trump, but will he pay a price?

By Ciara O'Brien

Advertising Feature

Newmarket Yards development earns Reddy A+U top honours at Fit Out Awards 2024

Restaurants

Restaurant review: A dining experience that feels more like being fed by an accountant than a chef

By Corinna Hardgrave

Europe

We like our meats smoky: Nordics lobbied EU over flavouring ban

By Jack Power

Most Dublin businesses support removal of Dublin Airport cap, notes survey

By Fiona Keeley

Economy

Mixed messages on jobs and productivity

By Cantillon

New phone technology removes need for hardware and means more flexibility

Music

Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown soundtrack review – In what world does this Dylanless Bob Dylan album make sense?

By Ed Power

Maria review: Angelina Jolie captures the tragic glamour of Maria Callas in a masterly portrayal of the opera star

By Donald Clarke

Consumer Tech

Better passwords, empty inbox and thinking before you share: How to put manners on your tech use

By Ciara O'Brien

Leinster’s kryptonite Will Skelton eager to stand tall against old rivals again

By Gerry Thornley

A path forward for Europe to compete on the internet

By Nicholas Gruen

No let up in pain for would be home buyers

By Cantillon

Health

Uptake of flu vaccine this year ‘disappointing’, says HSE chief clinical officer

By Shauna Bowers

Shipping company boosted Irish Sea charges at start of month

By Barry O'Halloran

Ireland cannot rely on a soft and woolly international reputation anymore

By Finn McRedmond

TV & Radio

American Primeval review: Seldom has the stench of American conquest risen so raw and hot

By Ed Power

Garry Ringrose confident Leinster can balance the yin and yang of attack and defence

By John O'Sullivan

Politics

Garda file on Moriarty tribunal sent to DPP 14 years after final report on ‘payments to politicians’

By Conor Lally

Tom Farrell revelling in the Munster experience

By Gerry Thornley

Alvarez & Marsal opens Irish office after hiring a former KPMG managing director

By Joe Brennan

Limerick’s Shane O’Brien confident pain of last season will fuel Treaty hurlers for 2025

By Gordon Manning

Innovation

AI-driven platform addresses high rate of attrition among PhD students

By Olive Keogh

Social Affairs

Company vetting lapses spark alarm within child protection agency Tusla

By Jack Power

Social Affairs

‘Misuse and abuse’ of State payment by some hosts of Ukrainian refugees, charity warns

By Sorcha Pollak

Health

Hot school meals scheme: ‘We are institutionalising consumption of ultra-processed food in our children’

By Conor Purcell

Sport

Dave Hannigan: Lionel Messi an odd and inexplicable choice for Medal of Freedom

By Dave Hannigan

Politics

Public-only consultant contracts: is the health system finally beginning to see some benefits?

By Shauna Bowers

There’s a science to keeping resolutions – and it needn’t be a marathon effort

By Stuart Mathieson

Ireland is not immune to the wave of foreign state espionage sweeping Europe

By Edward Burke

Exploring the power of urban green spaces to connect

By Claire O'Connell

Conor Murphy’s puzzling move to the Seanad crystallises sense of an unsettled Stormont

By Newton Emerson

Daire Cregg: I didn’t grow up wearing a Carlton jersey

By Gordon Manning

Ciarán Murphy: Sigerson Cup missed a trick by not playing by new rules

By Ciarán Murphy

Social Affairs

Tusla placed children with firm blacklisted over vetting concerns

By Jack Power

Abroad

‘I stepped through a door and emerged as a US citizen’

By John Connolly

In the News Podcast

A radical departure from Ireland’s approach to drug addiction

By Sorcha Pollak

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Culture

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris reveals drug and alcohol addiction

By Maya Yang

Business Today Newsletter

Screen Actors Guild awards: Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott nominated

By Benjamin Lee

Editorials

Mario Draghi's report on the EU economy has important messages on how to compete

No let up in housing costs

By Peter Flanagan

XOcean raises €115m to boost global growth

By Ciara O'Brien

People

Sugar Ray Leonard on the defeat that still hurts: ‘He kicked, he cursed me. He even cursed my wife’

By Ella Sloane

Middle East

Far-right Zionist leader says Israel is ‘preparing hell for Hamas’

By Mark Weiss

Screen Actors Guild awards: Full list of nominations

M&S says economic outlook uncertain after strong Christmas sales

By Deirdre Hipwell and Jennifer Creery

Tesco says UK market share highest since 2016 on food sales, with Irish sales up more than 4%

Young people are rejecting work. Why?

By Delara Zand

Musk examines how to oust Starmer as prime minister before next UK election

By Anna Gross in London and Joe Miller in Washington

‘There’s only so much gritting they can do’: Drivers in Laois on negotiating snow and icy roads

By Stephen Farrell in Stradbally, Co Laois

Mack Hansen handed three-match ban but will not miss start of Six Nations

By John O'Sullivan

Department of Agriculture reveals 8 per cent gender pay gap as difference narrows

By Emmet Malone

Sports Briefing

Messi’s medal, Will’s woes and Ringrose’s rude health

By Mary Hannigan

Smart Money

Could one US dollar soon be worth more than one euro? What does this mean for Ireland?

By Cliff Taylor

Crime & Law

Woman (30s) arrested in relation to Co Louth hit-and-run that left cyclist (40s) in critical condition

The Counter Ruck Podcast

‘I’ve been involved a lot in turnarounds’: Michael Cheika on his coaching philosophy and career to date

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Crime & Law

Man (42) charged with the murder of Paula Canty in Mallow

By Barry Roche

‘Decomposed rat carcass’ and live cockroaches found by inspectors at restaurants and takeaways

By Claire Murphy

Windmill Lane Pictures announces it is closing with immediate effect

By Colm Keena

Ryanair plans to fly full summer schedule from Tel Aviv

By Klaus Lauer

Rugby star Stuart Hogg to be supervised for a year after admitting to domestic abuse

Stage

Abbey Theatre gets €9.5m in strategic funding from Arts Council, €1m more than last year

By Tim O'Brien

VW strains to hit EU emission targets as EV deliveries tumble

By Kana Inagaki

Body found during search for Joe Noonan (62), missing in Limerick since Tuesday

By David Raleigh

‘This is the worst I’ve ever seen’: Ash and flame upend life in southern California

By Shawn Hubler

Republic of Ireland defender Niamh Fahey announces international retirement

By Gavin Cummiskey

Why has Ireland joined the ICJ case against Israel? Is it simply that it’s the right thing to do?

By John McManus

Photography

LA fires in pictures: Homes and businesses destroyed as blazes swarm Hollywood

How the tell-nothing sport documentary craze failed its viewers

By Aaron Timms

‘Outsider’ Michael Cheika reveals role of aggression in getting Leinster job

By Nathan Johns

Competitions

Win a two night getaway with The iNUA Hotel Collection

Canada

Justin Trudeau: A fighter who didn’t know when to throw in the towel

By Stephen Maher

Health

Surge in flu cases as almost 4,000 fall ill in first week of the year

By Ronan McGreevy

Courts

Chris Farrell released by French side Oyonnax following conviction in connection with gang rape

By Sharon Gaffney

Union boss Mick Lynch announces retirement from RMT

By Jasper Jolly

Middle East

Election of Joseph Aoun ends Lebanon’s two years without a president

By Michael Jansen

Data centre producer Ardmac sees 45% profit jump

By Gordon Deegan

Corporate borrowers kick off 2025 with record-setting $83bn bond bonanza

By Harriet Clarfelt and Will Schmitt

GAA appoints Tipperary’s Willie Maher as new national head of hurling

By Gordon Manning

Asia-Pacific

Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to shelters

Americas

Venezuela opposition hold street protests ahead of Maduro inauguration

Europe

Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine

Golf

Tom McKibbin shapes up for eventful new season with Team Cup matchplay duty

By Philip Reid

LA fires: Some 180,000 ordered to evacuate with death toll of five expected to rise

Housing & Planning

The Irish property market in five graphics

By Paul Scott

Insurers brace for up to $20bn losses from California wildfires

By Lee Harris

Weather

Ireland weather updates: New orange warning issued for low temperatures and ice from this evening

By Sorcha Pollak and Ronan McGreevy

Courts

Man lay at bottom of pool for more than five minutes while lifeguards stood by chatting, court hears

By Paul Higgins

Amad Diallo signs new five-and-a-half-year deal at Manchester United

Global markets finish slightly higher as sterling continues to slump

By Fiona Keeley

Environment

Ireland weather: Status orange ice warning for 15 counties but temperatures set to climb in coming days

By Ronan McGreevy

Economy

UN predicts world economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025

An Irish Diary

Mapped Out – Frank McNally on a wealthy namesake’s mansion, destroyed in the Los Angeles fires

By Frank McNally

‘It has been an absolute nightmare’: Families shelter from effects of cold snap in Limerick hotel

By David Raleigh

Young Scientist: ‘Laughter does help learning’ - primary pupils tackle big research questions

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Andre Agassi: ‘Everything that happens on a tennis court is really a metaphor for life’

By Laura Slattery

Students draw from personal experiences, from spinal operations to dancing at Coldplay, for Young Scientist projects

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Crime & Law

Man who brought shotgun on train bound for Dublin station released without charge

By Glen Murphy

Sean Dyche sacked as Everton manager, Séamus Coleman to take temporary charge

By Andy Hunter

Editorials

Fourteen years is an unacceptable length of time for the Garda to take with the Moriarty tribunal findings

Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeral

By Keith Duggan

Sport

The most thankless job? Referees, it’s time to share your thoughts

By Muireann Duffy

Liz Truss legal letter orders Keir Starmer to stop saying she crashed UK economy

By Eleni Courea

Sanctions for Mack Hansen show rugby authorities are taking abuse of officials seriously

By John O'Sullivan

Politics

Michael Lowry ‘fully confident’ he has no case to answer as Moriarty tribunal file goes to DPP

By Harry McGee

Irish community in LA pulls together as wildfires rage around it

By Colin Gleeson

Rory Gallagher threatens legal action unless GAA president Jarlath Burns retracts Naas email

By Gordon Manning

Europe

Musk says ‘things will get much worse’ for Germany unless voters rally behind far-right party

By Derek Scally