TravelI enter India, my ancestral home, a stranger and leave a ‘belly-button relative’By Shilpa Ganatra
Stage‘Disco Pigs was the start of everything’: Enda Walsh on 30 years of the play that made his nameBy Mary Leland
Property ClinicWe want to buy a house in Donegal but are worried it may have defective blocks. What can we do?By Val O'Brien
ResidentialLook inside: Extended 1950s five-bed in Rathfarnham brought bang up to date with A BerBy Kevin Courtney
BusinessJohn Fitzpatrick: ‘The two hotels are running perfectly. Someone might make me an offer ... but I’m not in any hurry’By Ciarán Hancock
IrelandLack of access to books adding to impact of poverty on children’s education, ESRI findsBy Hugh Dooley
Social AffairsWomen and children given weeks to ‘uproot our whole lives’ as homeless facility closesBy Órla Ryan
IrelandSociety must prepare for one third of children born today living to 100, report argues By Marie O’Halloran
SoccerManchester City’s inflatable bananas are back. Business is booming for Imre VaradiBy Mary Hannigan
Your Money‘A hovercraft I bought many years ago is still sitting in the same place as the day I got it’By Tony Clayton-Lea
SoccerKen Early: There’s a reason the world’s best players are staying away from the Premier LeagueBy Ken Early
IrelandCutting Palestine flag necklace from Cheap Irish Homes episode a ‘mistake’, says RTÉBy Órla Ryan
AthleticsDublin Marathon countdown: Essential dos and don’ts before Sunday’s classic endurance testBy Ian O'Riordan
In the News PodcastElon Musk’s ‘flying’ Tesla: car of the future or just more hype? By Bernice HarrisonListen to Elon Musk’s ‘flying’ Tesla: car of the future or just more hype? Listen | 20:18
Crime & LawSex trafficking victims ‘inappropriately’ housed in direct provision, charity saysBy Hugh Dooley
Social Affairs‘I never thought I would do my Junior Cert’: Inside the centre helping teens stay in educationBy Kitty Holland
Ireland‘They are ashamed to come forward’: Men experiencing domestic abuse reluctant to get help, says charityBy Mary Carolan
ScienceWho was George Gabriel Stokes? The Irish mathematician whose 180-year-old puzzle has AI giants at warBy Aoife Kearins
AbroadBroke in Australia, I took a street sales job - but sidelined my better instinctsBy Eddie Ferns
IrelandAny pay deal reached with unions must have productivity elements, says TaoiseachBy Emmet Malone and Pat Leahy
BusinessCarVal generates €310m surplus in four years from loan portfolios bought for €1bnBy Killian Woods
RacingSmall Fry has big Australian ambitions as racing’s global perspective increases By Brian O'Connor
BusinessHotel planned on central Dublin site after investor rules offices and housing ‘not viable’By Killian Woods
RugbyAs rugby becomes more sanitised, the ‘dark arts’ are being legislated out of the gameBy Denis Walsh
LettersLetters to the Editor, October 19th: On protecting citizens from hardship, public service pay and buying second hand books from Britain
RacingFuturity likely to prove decisive in Aidan O’Brien’s hopes of another British trainers’ title By Brian O'Connor
Your FamilyLove is complicated, but neurodivergent people often bond around shared experiencesBy John Sharry
OpinionDid the internet really get less toxic after Russian data centres went down?By Sinéad O'Sullivan
OpinionSally Rooney could have made things a great deal easier for herself. She chose not toBy Mark O’Connell
BusinessGerman investor’s Dublin office doubts and John Fitzpatrick’s New York hotel boomBy Killian Woods
CourtsHuge rise in claims of unlawful detention linked to withdrawal of solicitors’ servicesBy Mary Carolan
DublinCouncillors urged to reverse ban on developing John Magnier/JP McManus Liffey Valley land By Olivia Kelly
Gaelic GamesClub football championships: Use our interactive map to see the state of play in each county around Ireland
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MusicMelanie C in Dublin review: Spice Girl meets teenage raver in night of effortless joyBy Laura Slattery
Inside Politics NewsletterSecond public sector strike is off, but legal-payment dispute rumbles on By Paul Colgan
Europe‘The war is getting nearer’: Ukraine’s eastern exodus accelerates as Russia steps up attacksBy Daniel McLaughlin
Crime & LawGardaí believe trio arrested after M50 pursuit were involved in earlier crime spreeBy Conor Lally
StageWexford Festival Opera 2026: The Gambler review – Challenging Prokofiev comes to life in five-star productionBy Michael Dervan
AustraliaAustralian MP Helen Haines has critical injuries after being hit by car in ‘deliberate act’By Nino Bucci and Krishani Dhanji
CourtsPSNI feared gun use by dissident republicans if parade went down Garvaghy Road, court toldBy Freya McClements
MusicLiam Gallagher, who hasn’t released a worthwhile song since 1995, is wrong about Fontaines DCBy Ed Power
PoliticsEuropean governments opted for ‘Trumpian’ turn on development aid, says Richmond By Jack Power
Soccer‘This is a big club with a tremendous history’ - Duncan Ferguson named as new Glentoran manager
UKRussell Brand had ‘maniacal grin’ as he dragged woman into toilet and raped her, court toldBy Emine Sinmaz
TransportNew battery-electric trains due to arrive next year in bid to relieve overcrowding on servicesBy Tim O'Brien
Middle EastWorld Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza due to funding shortagesBy Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza
CourtsJudge ‘coerced’ into adjourning six rape and sexual offences trials as solicitors withdrawBy Mary Carolan
Crime & LawGardaí believe several people can help with Jamie Bailey murder investigationBy Conor Lally
PoliticsFailure by Sinn Féin and DUP to agree Stormont budget ‘beyond alarming’, says NIO minister By Mark Hennessy
Asia-PacificJapan leads mission to make first return trip to MarsBy Michael Peel in London and Harry Dempsey in Tokyo
Europe‘I have never felt anything so painful in my life’: Irish caught in French riotsBy Naomi O’Leary
CourtsPaddy McKillen jnr stands over financial statement in personal insolvency bid, court toldBy Fiachra Gallagher
PoliticsUnion boss set to warn politicians on hazard of mishandling artificial intelligenceBy Cormac McQuinn
IrelandWaterford arson victims were ‘a beautiful family who did no wrong’, funeral toldBy Sarah Burns
StageWexford Festival Opera 2026: Croí na Féile review – Joseph Calleja, Ermonela Jaho, Daniela Barcellona and Giorgi Manoshvili take to the stageBy Michael Dervan
AfricaKenyan cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of almost 200 murders By Jefferson Kahinju in Mombasa
BusinessStud owned by billionaire John Malone concerned over Mount Juliet expansion planBy Gordon Deegan
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EuropeUS gave us no warning of Russian strikes on Kyiv power plants, Zelenskiy saysBy Andrew Roth in Kyiv
CourtsWoman jailed for helping to commission murder by buying petrol to destroy getaway carBy Isabel Hayes
Rugby‘If we do that, we’ll win’: Connacht backs coach clear on what’s needed to beat ZebreBy Linley MacKenzie
EnvironmentWarning not to drink water affected by aluminium in Tipperary lifted but boil notice staysBy Caroline O'Doherty
BusinessEx-Labour Court chairman subject to dignity-at-work complaint from senior official, WRC toldBy Stephen Bourke
Europe‘There’s nothing left’: French businesses count the cost of a weekend of unrestBy Naomi O’Leary
Gaelic GamesDraws for provincial football championships to take place on November 19thBy Gordon Manning
PoliticsOpposition parties left and right in Dáil unite to resist shelving neutrality triple lockBy Harry McGee
DublinDublin council denies St Edmundsbury housing rezoning but gives green light to two other sitesBy Katie Mellett
CourtsRape trials only cases ‘deliberately’ targeted by striking solicitors, Jim O’Callaghan to tell OireachtasBy Cormac McQuinn and Mary Carolan
HealthRising demand raises concerns for ‘fiscal sustainability’ of healthcare system, ESRI saysBy Shauna Bowers
Europe‘Massive’ security operation planned in France ahead of fresh protests on SaturdayBy Naomi O’Leary
