LettersLetters to the Editor, December 20th: On whether politicians are up to the job, schools funding and the sweet life
BooksPoem of the Week: Evie Hone’s Nativity Window (Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, Clontarf) By Daniel Reardon
BooksThis Is Not a Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri: An elegant book from our Persian-Irish host By Brigid O'Dea
RecipesMark Moriarty’s Christmas recipe for chocolate, hazelnut and peanut butter crepe cake with candied hazelnutsBy Mark Moriarty
BooksMan Up by Cynthia Miller-Idriss: A bracing, vital intervention against misogyny By Roe McDermott
Culture2025 in culture politics: Arts Council’s IT crisis, RTÉ’s financial strain and Trump’s assault on the BBC By Hugh Linehan
FilmPaul Mescal and Jessie Buckley: ‘There was an undeniable energy and chemistry between us’By Donald Clarke
Housing & PlanningLiving in a mould-covered garden studio: ‘Christmas is going to be miserable’By Niamh Towey
Your WellnessDon’t lose it: How to survive the emotional timebomb of family at Christmas By Roe McDermott
IrelandMan found dead in Phoenix Park was unidentified for a year, despite ID in pocketBy Una Mullally
Media‘If you’re doing it, we will know about it’: How Revenue is watching Ireland’s influencersBy Paul Colgan
Crime & LawHe was found dead in the Phoenix Park. It took a year to identify him as James O’Neill By Una Mullally
AthleticsKate O’Connor’s calm mindset was her greatest asset during medal-winning yearBy Ian O'Riordan
Gaelic GamesSlaughtneil’s heartbreak will go on as Loughrea set to weather the storm By Gordon Manning
People2025 in Irish politics: A messy Dáil start, more housing woes and, finally, a new presidentBy Ellen Coyne
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly‘Elf went missing and Sorcha’s old man went loop-the-focking-loop. He actually rang the Gords’By Ross O'Carroll-KellyListen | 06:05
PoliticsIs Micheál Martin’s Fianna Fáil leadership at risk? We asked the party’s TDsBy Pat Leahy, Cormac McQuinn, Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones
Ireland‘People come once and love coming back’: Meet the Christmas tree farmers with a ‘privileged’ jobBy Geraldine Gittens
People‘Reflecting on 2025, there’s an ominous sense that even greater disasters await us’By Laura Slattery
PoliticsMiriam’s Lord’s week: Fianna Fáil election fiasco report bundles Jim Gavin under the busBy Miriam Lord
RacingPaddy Power is not so mischievous any more but there’s still a dark side to what it doesBy Denis Walsh
OpinionCliff Taylor: A second class business degree won’t be much use in the world of AIBy Cliff Taylor
RacingHonesty Policy leads hopes of a first Irish success in Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle By Brian O'Connor
PeopleChristmas is a time to remind ourselves not to rely on our emotions to make decisionsBy Emma Howard
IrelandMartin to use Lebanon visit to call for accountability over Seán Rooney killingBy Sally Hayden
Housing & PlanningDrummer from The Script is landlord of mould-ridden ‘uninhabitable’ garden studio By Niamh Towey
BoxingHospitalised Jake Paul given ‘kudos’ by Donald Trump as Anthony Joshua overwhelms YouTuberBy Bryan Armen Graham in Miami
IrelandMan (34) dies on way home from work as car leaves road and enters river in CorkBy Barry Roche and Sarah Burns
IrelandSmall plane that crashed in Waterford had issues with fuel pump and faulty spark plugBy Sarah Slater
IrelandDefence Forces took ‘correct decision’ not to shoot down rogue drones, says TaoiseachBy Sally Hayden and Sarah Slater
Middle EastUS launches strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for killing of US troops By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press
AmericasUS forces seize second vessel off Venezuelan coast as Trump ramps up pressure on MaduroBy Associated Press Reporters
IrelandTaoiseach demands ‘proper justice’ for Pte Seán Rooney as he visits Irish troops in LebanonBy Sally Hayden
RugbyStuart Lancaster calls on Connacht to be ‘consistently tougher’ after heavy Dragons defeatBy Linley MacKenzie