LettersLetters to the Editor, December 15th: On traffic chaos and congestion charges, treading water and drone embarrassment
BooksChildren’s books for Christmas: from a crime-fighting fox to the best encyclopaedias By Sara Keating
FoodSix top chefs and their Christmas plates: A fresh take on potatoes and a Sicilian dessertBy Vic O'Sullivan
MusicPink Floyd: Wish You Were Here 50 review – Brilliantly bleak masterpiece comes with its own mythologyBy Ed Power
BusinessStudent accommodation landlords should be allowed reset rents for new tenanciesBy Ciaran McIntyre
BusinessDrumshanbo Irish gin maker posts rise in revenue and profit in spite of Trump’s tariffs By Ciarán Hancock
EconomyIreland has second highest emissions per head in EU and must do more to reach net zero by 2050By John FitzGerald
AbroadAm I Irish-ish? I’m not not Irish. Being second-generation Irish in Britain is complicatedBy Laura McDonagh
Business‘When you take someone’s money, you’re working for them’: Irish entrepreneur who spurned investors By Hugh Dooley
CourtsGroup takes third legal challenge over planned development of 402 apartments in south Dublin By Mary Carolan
Your Money‘I’m a bit careless with money at times. It’s important not to let it rule your life’By Tony Clayton-Lea
FashionPaul Mescal and Jacob Elordi look great with a man bag. But can Conor Pope pull one off? By Conor Pope
AbroadLetters home: ‘Parisians are the Dubs of France, nobody speaks to each other on the metro’By Kate Byrne
PoliticsSinn Féin’s property portfolio: Inside the wealthiest political party in the State By Colm Keena
AmericasVenezuela’s Machado is backing Trump against Maduro - allies say they’ve tried everything elseBy Michael Stott in Rio de Janeiro and Joe Daniels in Bogotá
Business‘Spotify levy’ could fund next generation of CMATs and Fontaines DCs, says trade bodyBy Ian Curran
TravelSample the slow travel gems on our doorstep – they are better for you and the planetBy Joanne Hunt
IrelandDefence Forces made significant contribution to refugee crisis response, figures show By Conor Gallagher
PoliticsNew data centres may need additional electricity supply close to Ireland’s peak demandBy Ellen Coyne
SoccerEven for great players like Mo Salah, the end can come suddenly and without warningBy Denis Walsh
RugbyMunster still striving to reach levels of performance demanded, McMillan admits By Gerry Thornley
Your Family‘My kids idolise their dad. Should I tell them one reason for our separation is his affair?’ By John Sharry
Early Edition PodcastPodcast: 4 stories in 10 minutes – who were the Bondi Beach attackers?, and moreListen | 10:54
OpinionUnited left can’t wait for the next election. It needs to build a housing movementBy Una Mullally
Global BriefingNew Chilean leader faces task of keeping good terms with both US and ChinaBy Denis Staunton
Business Today NewsletterCalls for a ‘Spotify levy’, and Drumshanbo Irish Gin’s latest profitsBy Ian Curran
AustraliaBondi Beach victims named: Holocaust survivor, 10-year-old girl and rabbi among those killedBy Rachel Hall, Martin Farrer and Benita Kolovos
Australia‘I was sprinting as fast as I could’: Irish eyewitness describes Bondi Beach killings By Greg Flynn in Bondi
In the News PodcastDaniel Aruebose, Michael Gaine and Evan Fitzgerald: The key crime stories of 2025 By Bernice HarrisonListen | 28:01
PoliticsFianna Fáil review into disastrous presidential campaign ‘must come out this week’By Ellen Coyne
Sport‘This team loves that guy’: Co Down man Charlie Smyth the hero for New Orleans Saints in NFLBy Muireann Duffy
EconomyDiplomatic traffic intensifies on Mercosur deal as France tries to delay decisionBy Jack Power
SportPhilip Rivers: how a 44-year-old grandpa nearly pulled off one of the NFL’s greatest comebacksBy Doug Farrar
FilmRob Reiner: Spinal Tap and When Harry Met Sally director had unparalleled run of hit movies By Donald Clarke
CourtsMan who stabbed father to death during psychotic episode not guilty by reason of insanityBy Eoin Reynolds
AustraliaWho are the Bondi Beach shooting suspects, Naveed and Sajid Akram?By Nino Bucci and Jordyn Beazley
Middle EastHamas says it will not disarm. What does this mean for the peace process?By Michael Jansen
Bondi Beach attackBondi Beach shooting: Suspected gunmen were known to security services; more victims of attack named
BusinessCushnahan denies standing to benefit financially from Nama’s NI loan saleBy Ashleigh McDonald
CourtsWoman (33) pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of ‘inspirational’ teacherBy Gordon Deegan
Gaelic GamesLGFA to trial 12 new rules during next year’s league and college competitionsBy Gordon Manning
USThe Clintons’ battle to avoid testifying in the Epstein inquiry may be coming to a headBy Annie Karni in Washington
PoliticsFF TDs call for immediate publication of report into presidential campaignBy Jack Horgan-Jones
Courts‘Monster’ jailed for life after he ‘smiled directly’ at partner as he killed daughterBy Eoin Reynolds
An Irish DiaryDrum role: Alison Healy casts an incredulous eye over a much-loved Christmas carolBy Alison Healy
RugbyOwen Doyle: Rugby’s law makers must speed the game up or it risks losing its appealBy Owen Doyle
Gaelic GamesPáirc Uí Chaoimh and Breffni Park to host All-Ireland club football semi-finalsBy Gordon Manning
Gaelic GamesMark O’Connor’s return to Australia deprives Dingle of key man in All-Ireland semi-finalBy Gordon Manning
Social AffairsAnti-Semitism report will detail ‘over 100 incidents of hatred’, chief rabbi saysBy Patsy McGarry
IrelandWelshman to have his dying wish honoured with scattering of his ashes at Cork charity complexBy Barry Roche
USSon of Rob Reiner arrested after director and his wife found dead in Los Angeles homeBy Catherine Shoard, Sian Cain and Ramon Antonio Vargas
EuropePeace process for Ukraine closer than at any time since start of Russian invasion, says MerzBy Jack Power
FilmTen great Rob Reiner movie moments: From Co Clare’s ‘Cliffs of Insanity’ to Kathy Bates’s sledge-hammer performanceBy Donald Clarke
Gaelic GamesDonegal’s Patrick McBrearty announces retirement from intercounty footballBy Gordon Manning
Australia‘My son is a hero’: Man who risked life to disarm alleged Bondi gunman remains in hospital By Caitlin Cassidy
CourtsTusla took ‘unprecedented’ steps to accommodate minor it considered most vulnerable in the StateBy Fiachra Gallagher
SoccerManchester United and Bournemouth share points and thrills in eight-goal extravaganzaBy Jamie Jackson