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Arlene Foster seeks conciliation with Republic over Brexit DUP leader Arlene Foster at the Killarney Economic Conference in Co Kerry. Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan/PA Wire

  • Government plans for no-deal Brexit
  • Brexit will make EU, UK ‘poorer’
  • Scotland hit with labour shortage
Health tips Ten steps to boost your energy
Referendums can be marked by ‘uninformed opinions’ Abortion Referendum posters on a pedestrian bridge on the Stillorgan Road in 2002. Photograph: David Sleator
  • Irish News
  • 17:10

Concern expressed at Citizens Assembly over holding multiple polls on the same day

  • Breda O'Brien: Referendum reform is vital
Richie Sadlier: Martin O’Neill can’t expect to walk back into Ireland job “I know what I’d be thinking if I was in Martin O’Neill’s dressing room and he started to question the mentality of any of the players.” Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
  • International
  • 08:00

The manager can no longer credibly claim to be committed, and the FAI must come clean

Oireachtas set to back repeal of Eighth Amendment, survey shows Almost half of all TDs (46%) are in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment, while 15% said they are opposed. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
  • Politics
  • 01:00

‘Irish Times’ review finds that one in three TDs has yet to declare a position on the issue

  • How will TDs vote?
  • Sutherland tried to stop the Eighth
  • 'The Irish Times' view
  • The Referendum Tracker
Sean Spicer interview: ‘Russia inquiry does not threaten Trump’ Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ was ‘between 30 and 40 per cent accurate’. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
  • US
  • 05:00

Former White House press secretary also says US president will win a second term

  • Trump is 'in excellent health'
  • Outrage over ‘s***hole countries’ remark
  • Is Trumpwatching an unhealthy obsession?
Eat less meat for yourself and for the planet A  head of cauliflower rubbed in a red spicy sauce  in a cast-iron pan ready to be roasted
  • Food & Drink
  • 06:00

A vegetable-forward dish that I like to cook at this time of the year is roasted cauliflower with hazelnuts and lardo

Fire and Fury review: the book Donald Trump deserves Call security: US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office with Reince Priebus, Mike Pence, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer and Michael Flynn. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty
  • Books
  • 06:00

Michael Wolff’s tell-all page-turner captures the chaos of political life under the 45th president

Why do women love dresses with pockets? Marian Keyes explains Pockets give me confidence and swagger. Instead of sliding meekly into a room of strangers, my knuckles white around a clutch bag, I can stick both my hands into my dress pockets, arms akimbo, thus taking up more space in the world.
  • Fashion
  • 06:00

Sudden Wild Enthusiasms: Dresses with pockets

All together now: NY style co-living comes to Dublin 2 The communal living space in Node’s Dublin residence
  • Homes & Property
  • 06:00

Unlimited coffee, a sense of belonging and some cracking interiors aim to lure the millennial renter in Fitzwilliam scheme

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Ceremony for men killed in Aer Lingus training flight crash  Dave Kavanagh, brother of trainee pilot John Kavanagh who was killed in an Aer Lingus training flight in 1967, at a memorial event on Saturday at the crash site  in Co Meath. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
  • Irish News
  • 16:01

Cause of incident during training flight more than 50 years ago has never been ascertained

Irish father and daughter stranded in Ghana after airline row Michaella Itaire and her father Michael  pictured with former taoiseach Enda Kenny. The pair say they were refused entry onto their flight from Ghana back to Europe due to luggage issues.
  • Irish News
  • 16:48

Irish citizens were refused permission to board flight after disputing extra fee for luggage

Ulster turn the tide against La Rochelle at Kingspan Stadium  Ulster’s Nick Timoney is congratulated after scoring his try. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
  • European Cup
  • 15:48

Ulster put poor form behind them to claim Champions Cup win in Belfast

  • Pool One table and results
Catherine Deneuve and the French #MeToo battle Catherine Deneuve: ‘Heavy-handed or clumsy come-ons are not an offence. Nor is gallantry a macho attack.’ Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA
  • Film
  • 06:00

Women who denounce the ‘puritanical witch-hunt’ are out of touch, say younger critics

Varadkar will seek to extend FG-FF government deal by summer Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Government Buildings in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
  • Politics
  • 01:00

Taoiseach to move on confidence-and-supply agreement following abortion referendum

  • Decision time for Fianna Fáil
Abortion tracker We ask every TD and Senator if they want the Eighth Amendment repealed
 

Latest News

Exeter result puts ball firmly in Leinster’s court 17:24
Round-up: Sako strike sees Crystal Palace edge Burnley 17:19
Chelsea held by Leicester in no score draw at the Bridge 17:11
West Ham rout Huddersfield as resurgence continues 17:10
Referendums can be marked by ‘uninformed opinions’ 17:10
“The universities award honorary doctorates. We just thought, isn’t it time we started to award Honorary Leaving Certificates?”
RO'CK ‘To my ears, Irish always sounds like someone is hurting a Norwegian’
 

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1 Blackberry antibiotic lands Cork student top BT Young Scientist prize
2 Arlene Foster seeks conciliation with Republic over Brexit
3 Eat less meat for yourself and for the planet
4 Trump’s ‘sh**thole’ comments are no surprise to this Irish woman in America
5 Irish father and daughter stranded in Ghana after airline row
6 Ten steps to boost your energy this winter
7 Second Brexit referendum could ‘result in worse deal’
8 Oprah 2020? Why Americans are dreaming of a President Winfrey
9 All together now: NY style co-living comes to Dublin 2
10 ‘To my ears, Irish always sounds like someone is hurting a Norwegian’
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Film Reviews

Jack Black and Jason Schwartzman in The Polka King. Photograph: Netflix The Polka King

 

Frances McDormand: what sets her performance apart is her ability to let vulnerability and compassion seep through the cracks. Photograph: Merrick Morton/Twentieth Century Fox Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

A Woman’s Life A Woman's Life

 

Simon Zebo: “My love for Munster could definitely bring me back. I’ve an incredible connection with the supporters around Munster.”  Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
Simon Zebo 'If I wasn’t to play for Ireland again I wouldn’t be happy'
 
‘The total spend on healthcare in Ireland is among the highest in the OECD. But our health outcomes – ie, what we get for spending all that money – tend to be comparatively poor.’ Photograph: Getty Images
Pat Leahy The health crisis will not be solved by money alone
 
Curtain up All the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards nominations
 
Secret salaries Jennifer O’Connell: I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours
 

Sport

N’Golo Kante climbs above Jamie Vardy during Chelsea’s goalless draw with Leicester City. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters Chelsea held by Leicester in no score draw at the Bridge
  • English Soccer

Third 0-0 in a row for last season’s champions against 2015/16 league winners

Manuel Lanzini scores West Ham’s fourth aganist Huddersfield. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA West Ham rout Huddersfield as resurgence continues
 Stoke managerial target Quique Sanchez Flores has said he wants to remain at Espanyol in Catalonia. Photograph: PA Quique Sanchez Flores rules himself out of vacant Stoke job
  • Exeter result puts ball firmly in Leinster’s court
  • No inner conflict for Simon Zebo as he prepares to face Racing

Life & Style

Purple aubergine curry by Arun Kapil Indian spice and Irish sourdough
  • Marie Claire Digby

Food file: Arun Kapil brings some flavour; foodie lessons in the Fumbally; and themed afternoon tea

Glovers Alley at the Fitzwilliam Hotel in Dublin: Andy McFadden (right) with executive pastry chef Aoife Noonan and head chef Philip Roe. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill First look: The 32-year-old chef taking over Thornton’s
Design Moment: Maclaren buggy, 1965
  • Nature Diary: Migratory wading birds a winter delight
  • What’s hot and what’s not this week

Culture

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Woyzeck in Winter, Hamnet, Far Away and Red, all nominated for best production The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2018: the nominations

Who’ll be named best actor, actress, production and more? Here are all the shortlists

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds performing on stage with Shane MacGowan in London, 1992. Photograph: Redferns Shane MacGowan and me, by Nick Cave, Glen Matlock, Camille O’Sullivan
Paul Cummins’s Weeping Window What can memorials mean when history is so raw?
  • Lullaby by Leïla Slimani review: Meet the help from hell
  • Fire and Fury review: the book Donald Trump deserves

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Junk-bond titan Coulson braves market jitters to tee up payday

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Design Moment: Maclaren buggy, 1965

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‘Oh boy it feels good!’: Vaccination opens way for clearing badgers of cattle TB

Fintan O'Toole Fintan O'Toole -

Fintan O’Toole: The A&E crisis is perfectly acceptable

Business

German chancellor and CDU leader Angela Merkel and SPD leader Martin Schulz shake hands in Berlin on Friday following all-night preliminary coalition talks. Photograph: Steffi Loos/Getty Images German-Irish relationship faces stress over tax-avoidance measures
  • Economy

Coalition parties name Irish-based tech giants in vow to tackle tax fraud and avoidance

Trainer Aidan O’Brien during early morning exercises for two-year-old colts at Ballydoyle Ballydoyle fails to secure exemption on working hours for stable staff
Hacker Kevin Mitnick at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition at the RDS this week: “The motivation for me was that it was fun and an intellectual challenge but for many hackers now it’s about fraud, espionage and so on.” World’s most renowned hacker on how pranks led to prison
  • Jaguar Land Rover to create 150 jobs at a new engineering centre in Shannon
  • Junk-bond titan Coulson braves market jitters to tee up payday

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 Gerbrandt Grobler: the Munster recruit served a two-year ban after testing positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho The drugs don’t work: understanding sport and mental health
  • Other Sports
The last taboo: it’s time for an end to the  cultural secrecy around salaries Jennifer O’Connell: I’ll tell you my salary, if you tell me yours
  • People

Opinion

Fintan O’Toole: The A&E crisis is perfectly acceptable Fintan O’Toole: The A&E crisis is perfectly acceptable
Breda O’Brien: Referendum Commission reform is vital to democracy Breda O’Brien: Referendum Commission reform is vital to democracy

Highlights

The Crash – 10 years on: scars remain amid the recovery

The Crash – 10 years on: scars remain amid the recovery The economic bounceback is benefiting many households but the legacy of the crash is still biting

50 people to watch in 2018

We’ve scanned the land for the hottest young talent making waves in the worlds of business, fashion, food, sport, activism, art, design, film, TV, tech, media and music

How Scientology is trying to insert itself into Irish schools

The controversial church is giving out teaching materials that hide its involvement

Brexit

Arlene Foster seeks conciliation with Republic over Brexit

Arlene Foster seeks conciliation with Republic over Brexit DUP leader emphasises close ties but says ‘my party was never in favour of the EU’

EU and UK will both ‘end up poorer over Brexit’

Negotiations unique in terms of international trade deals, says leading expert on EU law

Brexit creating chronic labour shortages in Scotland, says UK minister

SNP says if a second referendum were to be held, majority voting to remain would be even higher

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People to watch in 2018 2:11 People to watch in 2018

We’ve scanned the land for the hottest young talent making waves in the worlds of business, fashion, food, sport, activism, art, design, film, TV, tech, media and music. Here we talk to a few of those men and women.

Jude Hughes: The tailor who works in a basement 2:59 Jude Hughes: The tailor who works in a basement
Looking under the (car) covers 2:55 Looking under the (car) covers
  • Men's Sheds: A place for projects, chats and cups of tea
  • 'It gives me something to look forward to,' Dublin's homeless find solace in dance

Abroad

Karen McHugh, chief executive of Safe Home Ireland, with Aideen Archbold. Photograph: Tom Honan ‘I wanted to die in Ireland’: The late-in-life homecomings
  • Marie Claire Digby

How Aideen, Mary, Donal and Leo came home, helped by Safe Home Ireland

‘There is a real and urgent problem here that is escalating. It runs so deep it’s inescapable. It’s in schools, at the voting booth, in housing, in police stations, on the streets, in the White House… nowhere is exempt from the insidious racism that keeps millions of Americans from living full and free lives.’ Trump’s ‘sh**thole’ comments are no surprise to this Irish woman in America
Hugo O’Doherty (right) and his brother Bart at the top of Mont Royal with downtown Montreal in the background. Welcome to My Place . . . Montreal
  • Family in Kildare, work in Copenhagen: Life as a 'commuter emigrant'
  • President honours ‘splendid Irish man abroad’ Liam Neeson

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Simon Meehan from Colaiste Choilm, Cork, Winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year 2018 at the 2018 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition at the RDS with his project an Investigation into the antimicrobial effects of both aerial and root parts of selected plants against Staphylococcus aureus, with fellow pupils from his school.
Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times


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