Jim Boyce: ‘I’ve known Infantino for years. He should have told Trump to keep out of football’
The Belfast-based former Fifa vice-president on the red-card review controversy, 57 years of marriage and being caught up in a bombing
Weekend
Stories that appear in the Weekend section of The Irish Times print edition
Photo essay: what people carried as they fled Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Baby bottle, parents’ medicine and dog food among items brought with those fleeing war
The Norwegian football miracle: How did it happen?
Collective effort and individual flair make Norway a wonderful team to watch, and increasingly hard to beat
Norway the clear economic winners after England’s own goal with North Sea oil
Scandinavian nation’s mature political system in stark contrast to greed, cronyism and economic mismanagement
Ireland’s Greenest Places: Why we want to salute Net Zero Heroes
As the deadline to nominate people and places in the second Ireland’s Greenest Places competition approaches, we take a look at some of those already in the running
‘We have entered a new reality’: Ireland is alarmingly unprepared for a heatwave future
From a lack of cool spaces to the push for more energy efficient homes, Ireland has no clear plan to cope with a warming world
Prodcast: ‘It’s about being proud to be Irish, proud to be a Prod, proud of my country’
Two Irish Protestants have started a new podcast on life in contemporary Ireland
What is The Odyssey? The 3,000-year-old question
Everyone knows the story of the Trojan horse. Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey follows what happens after
‘You just nearly killed me and we’re both lucky I’m wearing a helmet,’ I told the SUV driver
There is nothing more I can do to ‘be seen’, and nothing I can do about drivers who don’t look
Former RTÉ broadcaster Brendan Balfe: ‘I haven’t listened to Radio 1 for a long time’
Balfe was the first face in colour from RTÉ TV studios, and in his day, his voice was as familiar as that of Gay Byrne to Irish audiences
The story of two Dubliners planting a wood on the wild Atlantic coast
This is a story about how two people living in Dublin made a small wood and a garden on the north coast of Sligo
Ireland punishes tax evaders. Pollution should be just as risky
Nature absorbs the impact of polluters because the political will isn’t there to make the consequences serious enough to stop them
This unexpected visitor crashed my daughter’s post-Leaving Cert party
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on woodwasps, butterworts and more
The Irish contribution to US independence was downplayed by white Anglo-Saxon Protestants
The story of the American Revolution was mostly written by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who downplayed the role of Scots-Irish and Irish
Why the American dollar was more important than US constitution
While the constitution may have been the creed, money was America’s sacrament
In pictures: Behind the scenes at Marlay Park gigs in Dublin
‘It’s not like a typical festival’: Florence + the Machine in Rathfarnham was one of the big concerts of the summer
Leaving Cert holidays in Albufeira: ‘You know, 18-year-old Irish lads, they’re not all careful’
Former schoolmates let off some steam in Albufeira’s lively pub and club scene
The heat dome is back over Europe. Does that mean another heatwave for Ireland?
Higher temperatures on the way but we might not exceed the mid-20s and there should be less humidity
New €3 charge means online shopping is now a lot more expensive
From July 1st, an order of three items from outside the EU will become at least €9 more expensive
Why do we fall in love rather than climb, jump or dive?
Everything from cancer to hobbies is now described as ‘your journey’, but I prefer words that don’t make false promises
This beautiful orchid is growing in our suburban front lawn
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
Author and GP Claire Gleeson: ‘I remember as a child I found the concept of eternity terrifying’
The Dublin writer on what she has lost and would like back, childhood memories, and what she wished she started doing years ago
Actor Agnes O’Casey: ‘I have a very clear sense of my great-grandfather’s spirit and his mind’
The Star City and Black Dove actor recalls being brought to productions of Séan O’Casey’s plays as child
Facing the music: St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir School struggles to attract boy singers
A decline in the number of boy choristers at St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir School in Dublin has led to a recruitment drive
‘Fake Jews’: German play explores psychological minefield of identity and the Holocaust
The deeper you dive into what is known as Wilkomirski Syndrome, the stranger it gets
Photo story: A dark new vision of Oklahoma! at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
A dark new vision of Oklahoma! at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Something is happening in the underwater world of Irish kelp
As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere
Why the Phoenix magazine failed after 43 years of pestering those in power
I used to work for the Phoenix, and I felt its lash plenty of times in recent years. I always thought: fair enough
Ireland’s Greenest Places: Community is the catalyst that can create change
Shining a light on people working together to protect and restore our natural enviromnent is a key function of this year’s competition
Girls growing up in Ireland: ‘I’m sitting on the bus and there’s grown men making comments’
Four teenagers reflect on issues that affect them, including unwanted male attention, social media and the importance of female friendship
Alan Greenspan was so able and yet so blind
Hibernian Greenspan-ism was embraced from the Galway tent to the Central Bank’s bulletins, and celebrated as Ireland became increasingly indebted
France’s hottest day: ‘We had 44 degrees. I have a photo of the thermometer’
On Wednesday the temperature in Paris rose above 40 for only the fourth time in 150 years. How did France, used to June averages of 25 degrees, cope?
The pleasures of Vinted have often little to do with money, although the cash is nice
Think it’s all about the money? Think again
‘I’m learning Irish. I need to get comfortable with not being any good for a long time’
I can see echoes of Catalan education in my new Irish lessons conducted over a few pints
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