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BooksBarbara Pym is Jane Austen with a side of jumble sales, public transport and laugh-out-loud one-linersBy Jan Carson
MusicThe Music Quiz: Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard directed a music video for which George Harrison song?By Tony Clayton-Lea
Property ClinicWhat are the tax implications of inheriting a family home for use by a sibling with special needs? By Suzanne O'Neill
Commercial PropertyLandmark Drumcondra property offers scope for residential development at €3.75m guideBy Ronald Quinlan
Commercial PropertyRohan Holdings fires up delivery of 500,000sq ft of logistics space along the M50By Ronald Quinlan
Commercial PropertyWell-known hoteliers pay over €12m for Dublin 2 office primed for redevelopment By Ronald Quinlan
HealthDoctors unpaid for months: Poor HR practices exposed at children's hospital group By Jack White
PeopleA sick joke is being played on all of us – we’re being infantilised by convenience techBy Róisín Ingle
Social AffairsEleven special care beds for at-risk children remain empty, High Court hearsBy Kitty Holland
IrelandFormer Inland Fisheries Ireland chief begins case at Workplace Relations CommissionBy Martin Wall
OireachtasThree more Trump years? For God’s sake, Holly, don’t remind us of Ol’ Fanta FaceBy Miriam Lord
HealthChildren ‘robbed’ of quality of life: Test delays affect babies with spinal muscular atrophyBy Ella Sloane
Gaelic GamesNFL Division Three: Clare, Down and Westmeath expected to battle for promotionBy Gordon Manning
PoliticsMacron accuses Trump of trying to ‘subordinate’ Europe in pursuit of GreenlandBy Jack Power, Jack Horgan-Jones and Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Gaelic GamesSeán Moran: All-Ireland club final gave a perfect snapshot of football’s big improvementBy Seán Moran
PoliticsParties got almost €463,000 from Oireachtas to cover increased staff costs after electionsBy Cormac McQuinn
BusinessUS tactics on Greenland ‘tearing apart’ existing trade deal, Minister claims By Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Rugby‘He is playing great rugby’: Luke McGrath on team-mate Harry Byrne’s Six Nations hopesBy Michael Scully
Early Edition PodcastPodcast: Donald Trump to address Davos today. Survey reveals Irish Holocaust ignorance By Andrew McNairListen | 10:28
OpinionIrish people are wrong about immigration, but are we ready for our own Trump?By Kathy Sheridan
RugbyStuart Lancaster aiming to kickstart Connacht’s new era with roof-raising victoryBy Gerry Thornley in Galway
DrinkRestaurant customer doing ‘dry December’ quoted €40 corkage for alcohol-free wine By Marie O’Halloran
HealthSt James’s Hospital management to apologise after paying €1.4m to firm run by staff for radiology servicesBy Martin Wall
Your Wellness‘None of what I intended to do with my life has materialised but I struggle to make a decision to change it’By Trish Murphy
OireachtasDepartment of Justice accused of ‘laziness’ in slow passage of nitrous oxide BillBy Marie O’Halloran
Inside Politics NewsletterAnother day of Europe trying to climb out of a Donald Trump rabbit holeBy Harry McGee
PeopleUS vice-president JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce they’re expecting fourth childBy Lauren Gambino
Social AffairsSVP reports record demand as Irish households struggle with rising energy and food costsBy Sarah Burns
BusinessRyanair would install wi-fi if Musk’s company foots the bill, O’Leary saysBy Barry O'Halloran
Inside Business PodcastOld order ‘not coming back’ as Trump overshadows World Economic ForumListen | 12:54
GolfRory McIlroy calls on LIV pair Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm to pay DP World Tour finesBy Philip Reid
ScéalCampaigners warn Irish language action plan may fail to meet public service targetsBy Éanna Ó Caollaí
PoliticsLeft-wing parties provided quarter of Catherine Connolly’s €447,000 presidential election spendBy Cormac McQuinn
OireachtasGráinne Seoige contacted by ‘hundreds’ of victims after sharing AI sexual abuse ordealBy Caroline O'Doherty
Common GroundLoyalist paramilitaries ‘community workers by day, terrorists at night’ – former PSNI chiefBy Mark Hennessy
OireachtasBus corridor on M4 is already built, but ‘cannot open due to legislative delays’By Marie O’Halloran
Ireland‘She was really loved’: Family of homeless woman found dead in tent urged her to come homeBy Sarah Slater
EuropeUkraine ‘prosperity plan’ delayed by European opposition to Trump over Greenland and GazaBy Henry Foy and Paola Tamma in Brussels, Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Mercedes Ruel in Davos
OireachtasFamilies at ‘breaking point’ due to absence of eating disorder care, Oireachtas toldBy Sarah Burns
BusinessX permitted to appeal High Court dismissal of challenge to regulator’s online safety codeBy Fiachra Gallagher
EconomyEU use of ‘bazooka’ in trade war with US would be ‘nasty’ for Irish tech sector - Bank of Ireland By Colin Gleeson
Middle EastPalestinian prisoners ‘severely mistreated, abused’ in Israeli jails, rights watchdog saysBy Michael Jansen
TV & RadioHeated Rivalry: This hugely bingeable erotic filler at least dares to be differentBy Ed Power
Six NationsOpens in new windowIreland Six Nations squad announcement: Harry Byrne included as Andy Farrell picks squadBy David Gorman
IrelandTaxi industry turning into ‘wild west’ as tech firms seek to take over, TDs hearBy Emmet Malone
FilmMercy review: If AI does take over the world, it can’t be as boring as this film’s depictionBy Donald Clarke
CourtsJury retires in trial of mother accused of eight-year-old daughter’s attempted murder By David Raleigh
BusinessTrump’s Davos speech reflects how emboldened he has become and how ineffectual Europe isBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
BusinessMEPs refer Mercosur deal to EU courts, throwing future of trade agreement into doubtBy Jack Power
Inside Politics PodcastIreland and Europe weigh options as Trump keeps pressure up over GreenlandListen | 39:13
CourtsIrish man who ‘encouraged’ US teens to produce hundreds of sexually explicit videos jailedBy Tom Tuite
EuropeUS officials sought to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban ruling, says French judgeBy Angelique Chrisafis and Andrew Roth
CourtsMan accused of murdering Bruna Fonseca a ‘coward’ and ‘arch manipulator’, jury told By Olivia Kelleher
An Irish DiaryThe other Lemass shooting: Frank McNally on a dark moment in the life of a future taoiseachBy Frank McNally
RugbyEdwin Edogbo and Nathan Doak catch the eye in Andy Farrell’s Ireland squad for Six NationsBy Gerry Thornley
Farming & FoodSinn Féin calls on Bord Bia chair to resign over his firm’s use of Brazilian beefBy Marie O’Halloran and Cormac McQuinn
CourtsMan jailed for dangerous driving causing death of niece while high on drink and drugsBy David Raleigh
Gaelic GamesNo discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National LeaguesBy Ian O'Riordan
RugbyWard and Murphy brothers named in Ireland XV squad to face England A in LimerickBy John O'Sullivan
Middle EastThree journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israel in latest strikes on GazaBy Lorenzo Tondo
CourtsMan stole €90,000 from Dublin primary school while he was chair of management boardBy Sonya McLean
Six NationsFabien Galthié leaves Penaud, Alldritt and Fickou out of Six Nations squadBy Gerry Thornley
CourtsTrial of five gardaí who allegedly attempted to quash road traffic prosecutions reaching closing stagesBy David Raleigh
PoliticsTaoiseach and up to 10 Ministers to visit US for St Patrick’s week celebrationsBy Marie O’Halloran
AustraliaWhy so many shark attacks in Sydney? ‘Perfect storm’ conditions, say experts By Graham Readfearn
CourtsSecretary of Dublin golf club warned of perjury risk after trying to swear oath without Bible By Stephen Bourke
UKIrish government ‘right’ on concerns over discredited North legacy law, British MPs toldBy Freya McClements
Politics‘An affront to basic dignity’: historic convictions for same-sex activity to be expungedBy Marie O’Halloran and Jack Horgan-Jones
EuropeTrump drops tariff threat over Greenland after ‘very productive meeting’ with NatoBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Jack Power
As It HappenedTrump drops threat of tariffs over Greenland following Nato talks in Davos By Órla Ryan, Glen Murphy and Katie Mellett
SoccerDominik Szoboszlai’s low blow and Mo Salah’s return put Liverpool on a high in MarseilleBy Andy Hunter
Crime & LawArmy called to Trump’s Doonbeg golf resort after discovery of suspicious packageBy Conor Gallagher and Caroline O'Doherty
SoccerChampions League: Harvey Barnes seals easy win for Newcastle against PSV, Chelsea beat PafosBy Louise Taylor
CourtsEvidence leaves judge ‘speechless’ after worst domestic violence case he has heard By Tom Tuite
Six NationsHugo Keenan taking positive approach in bid to make Ireland’s Six Nations opener against France By Johnny Watterson