FilmFour new films to see this week: A House of Dynamite, Re-Creation, The Smashing Machine and UrchinBy Donald Clarke and Tara Brady
BooksNew crime fiction: From a strong Michael Connelly work to a darkly funny Finnish road tripBy Brian Cliff and Elizabeth Manion
StagePatrick O’Kane on Denouement: ‘It’s a play about renewal in the face of an apocalypse’By Jane Coyle
BooksIan McEwan: ‘I’ve been following politics for years, and I’ve never felt such anxiety about the chaos, the lack of leadership’By John Self
TV & RadioObituary star Siobhán Cullen: ‘I love walking through cemeteries. Pop into your local graveyard’By Ella Sloane
AthleticsOrla Comerford: ‘Female sprinting in Ireland is probably the strongest it’s ever been’By Gordon Manning
CourtsWife ‘terrified’ to sleep in same bed as husband who threatens to rape her, court hearsBy Mary Carolan
Your WellnessOur long-time friend has become a judgmental gossip. Should we confront her?By Roe McDermott
MusicLyra: ‘I don’t smoke and I cut out all drink when I’m going on a tour to mind my voice. And there I was, throwing up in a toilet’By Nadine O’Regan
PeopleSwearing is part of who we are - as Irish as Tayto, Hill 16 and building delaysBy Seán Moncrieff
CourtsNew legal term: a woman’s double murder trial, DJ Carey’s fraud sentence and Conor McGregor’s application By Mary Carolan and Alison O’Riordan
Social AffairsFire in Carrickmines, 10 years on: ‘Some don’t want to talk, some are angry’By Kitty Holland
Soccer‘There’s more to achieve’: Michael O’Neill’s ambition undimmed as he nears 100th gameBy Michael Walker
OpinionTony Blair’s Middle East record makes him an extraordinary choice to govern postwar GazaBy Vincent Durac
OpinionOne day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care systemBy Breda O'Brien
OpinionHeather Humphreys would bring this one vital quality to the role of president By Olivia O'Leary
EuropeGisèle Pelicot to attend appeals court as man convicted of raping her contests verdictBy Angelique Chrisafis in Nîmes
EducationMy son plans to drop higher-level Irish for the Leaving Cert. Is this a good idea?By Brian Mooney
OpinionPresident Michael D Higgins spoke truth to the powerless as well as the powerfulBy Paul Gillespie