BooksBook reviews in brief: teenage love, the power of nature and the chaos of motherhoodBy Brigid O'Dea
LettersLetters to the Editor, January 18th: On the Independents and the next government, and renewable energy
Gaelic Games‘It shouldn’t be getting discussed on The Late Late Show’: Jarlath Burns declines to retract email to NaasBy Seán Moran
BooksA Tract for Our Times: A Retrospective on Joe Lee’s Ireland 1912–1985: Reappraisal of a historic classicBy Daniel Carey
BooksNew books about inequality by Thomas Piketty: Counterpoints to the Trump-Musk war on the stateBy Paul Sweeney
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly‘You wouldn’t last one day as a girl,’ Honor tells meBy Ross O'Carroll-KellyListen | 06:03
Fine Art & AntiquesBig Purcell book sale includes an Irish dictionary older than Samuel Johnson’s famed tomeBy Sylvia Thompson
CultureThe Guide: Dara Ó Briain, Lisa O’Neill, TradFest and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endBy Tony Clayton-Lea
BooksAuthor Jon Ransom: ‘My mother was remarkable. She gave me a passion to tell stories’By Martin Doyle
Life & StyleWild caving, axe throwing, aerial yoga: Step outside your comfort zone with these hobbiesBy Jen Hogan and Ella Sloane
TV & RadioDismayed by pop culture’s shift towards Trump? Then you might be one of the people to blameBy Hugh Linehan
USElon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg bending the knee before Trump shows they stand for nothingBy Keith Duggan
Music‘Who actually has the power? Is it Taylor Swift – or have men just found a way to profit off the idea of a powerful woman?’By Ed Power
FilmCameron Diaz: ‘I left movies because I wanted to live my life differently. We started our family, and that was all I wanted to do’By Donald Clarke
RugbyPeter O’Mahony back from injury for Munster’s crunch Champions Cup clash at NorthamptonBy John O'Sullivan
OpinionIf we want less strain on capacity, we should limit immigration to some extent By David McWilliams
OpinionTensions between France and Algeria escalate with row over deportation of influencerBy Lara Marlowe
USDonald Trump inauguration: All you need to know from Irish time schedule to the biggest momentBy Damian Cullen
PoliticsStrong expectation of several promotions and new portfolios when cabinet is announcedBy Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn
Food‘It’s kind of become our daughter’s cheat meal’: The view on new hot school meals programmeBy Sarah Burns
PoliticsChaos for coalition colleagues as RIGs and Raegionals openly identify as part of oppositionBy Miriam Lord
EnvironmentIrish deer populations have become rampant, and the trees are paying a priceBy Ella McSweeney
TransportRemoval of Road Safety Authority’s advocacy role ‘would be backward step’, chairwoman arguedBy Martin Wall
RacingEnergumene hoping to overcome veteran status in Clarence House clash with JonbonBy Brian O'Connor
RugbyLeinster hoping to take the plunge in attack against Bath with a restyled backline By John O'Sullivan
PeopleAoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: ‘I mourned friendships for too long that were actually past their time’By Jen Hogan
TransportMinisterial and public frustration at driving test delays led to Road Safety Authority break-up review, board saidBy Martin Wall
PoliticsBashed tables, dad dancing and pizza: how the deal for a new government was done By Jennifer Bray
Your MoneyNext Government’s newborn savings plan for newborns needs to aim higher By Proinsias O'Mahony
OpinionI counted 276 new spending promises in the programme for government. This is delusionalBy Cliff Taylor
OpinionPeter Thiel, big tech’s chief conspiracy theorist, says the state is keeping big secrets from us. And he should knowBy Mark O'Connell
USTrump plans Chicago immigration raids in first move of largest deportation operation in American historyBy Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz
Politics‘I’d like to know what the rules are’: First Fine Gael meeting to ratify new government deal raises queries about opposition speaking timeBy Tim O'Brien
CourtsBoy (16) barred from using bicycles, e-scooters or ‘anything on wheels’ as he is accused of supplying cocaineBy Tom Tuite
HistoryMulcahy’s push for alternative to Fianna Fáil in 1948 government talks ‘enhanced democracy’, UCD event toldBy Ronan McGreevy
PoliticsLegal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benchesBy Sarah Burns
Crime & LawPatrick MacEntee was the ‘outstanding criminal lawyer of his generation’, funeral service toldBy Mary Carolan
EducationTeachers to avail of cost-rental accommodation to alleviate recruitment shortages in schoolsBy Ronan McGreevy
HealthHSE will continue to monitor drugs market in Cork to identify if ‘extra risky substances’ are circulatingBy Olivia Kelleher
RugbyMunster lose to Northampton Saints in thriller to likely miss out on home knockout tieBy Nathan Johns and John O'Sullivan
Rugby‘When we’re poor, we’re being very poor’: Munster rue sloppiness in Northampton defeatBy Nathan Johns
CultureIreland’s new must-see tourist sites for fans of film and fiction: From Sally Rooney’s novels to Cillian Murphy’s moviesBy Emer McLysaght
RugbyLeinster demolish 14-man Bath to go undefeated in Champions Cup pool stagesBy John O'Sullivan and Gerry Thornley
USThousands protest in Washington against Trump inauguration: ‘A lot of people are disillusioned’By Gabriella Borter
RugbyLeo Cullen praises solution-focused Leinster for fighting back after blistering Bath startBy Gerry Thornley
FilmOscars 2025 nominations today: What are the chances for Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy? By Donald Clarke