03 February, 2018 Digital News Archive - The Irish Times

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How the Civil Service became a hotbed of great Irish writing

By George O'Brien

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

By Jo Linehan

In a word . . . Phone

By Patsy McGarry

Hank by Mark Ribowsky review: live fast, love hard, die young

By Brian Maye

The Rivers of Dublin by Clair L Sweeney

By Brian Maye

The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry

By Kevin Gildea

Groundhog Day and Candlemas

Joint custody – An Irishman’s Diary about cannabis, civil engineering, and two famous O’Shaughnessys from Limerick

By Frank McNally

Thinking Anew – ‘Praise the Lord who heals the broken-hearted’

By Michael Commane

Salary scale unfair to young teachers

Richard Murphy: standing apart

Is this the plastic age?

Sonic boom

Longevity

Health: a system stuck in a holding pattern

Pursed lips at Bond reference

Taoiseach’s Seanad nominees

Electric vehicles – time to take a lead

Health and social costs of poverty

McAleese and Vatican conference

The Eighth Amendment

Brewing heiress who helped establish TCD institute in father’s memory

Martyn Turner

The Irish woman who became a leading Brexiteer

By Shane Hickey

What if the Monica Lewinsky scandal had happened in the #MeToo era?

By Suzanne Lynch

Irish racing set to be broadcast on Racing UK from 2019

By Brian O'Connor

Cocaine haul worth €400m leads to commendations

By Olivia Kelleher

TDs are evenly split on 12-weeks abortion proposal

By Pat Leahy

Ikea billionaire who turned small Swedish business into behemoth

FBI and White House clash as memo inflames tensions

By Suzanne Lynch

An Anglo-Irish poet who wrote to unite his divided self and land

Voice of St Vincent de Paul and professor of mechanical engineering

Real-life Derry Girls: ‘The nuns are gone but the pupils are the same’

By Freya McClements

Garda civilian staff at odds with Garda HQ over homicide investigations

By Conor Lally

Children turned away from Educate Together schools due to ‘restrictions’

By Carl O'Brien

Hutch-Kinahan feud may end but the cycle of violence will not

By Gary Gannon

Kendrick Lamar, The Script and Imagining Ireland: The best pop and rock this week

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Miriam Lord’s Week: Leo is made up to meet Love Actually’s maker

By Miriam Lord

Ian Bailey says Government failed to pass on French interview request

By Barry Roche

Rural TDs lobby against investment plan’s ‘urban bias’

By Pat Leahy

Two major charities owed €520,000 by online platform Ammado

By Simon Carswell and Clare O'Dea

Garda homicide allegations were first raised over a year ago

By Conor Lally

The Joe Schmidt interview: ‘Hopefully I haven’t outstayed my welcome’

By Gerry Thornley

Cliff Taylor’s bluffer’s guide to Brexit – Phase II

By Cliff Taylor

Big cities and small homes: are we ready to start living like Europeans?

By Cliff Taylor

This Album Changed My Life: Burial – Untrue (2007)

By Niall Byrne

Nicolas Cage is now being spliced into every film ever made

By Seamus O'Reilly

Toyota to introduce own finance house for Irish car buyers

By Michael McAleer

Tiffany Haddish: Our New VBF

By Louise Bruton

Pat Leahy: The national plan should annoy people

By Pat Leahy

Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland faces a day of reckoning on abortion

By Diarmaid Ferriter

From Waterville in Kerry to Waterfront in Belfast: the best trad music this week

By Siobhán Long

Virtual reality: Even better than the real thing?

By Donald Clarke

Podcast of the week: a human take on life behind bars

By Sarah Griffin

New Artist of the Week: Peggy Gou

By Niall Byrne

Breda O’Brien: Making abortion safe, legal and rare is impossible

By Breda O'Brien

Theatre of the week: Swan Lake reimagined and the Gregory deal remembered

By Peter Crawley

Without cracking even a nail, RuPaul’s Drag Race breaks into the mainstream

By Jennifer Gannon

The best jazz this week: Trish Clowes to perform My Iris

By Cormac Larkin

What sort of Europe does Ireland want?

By Paul Gillespie

Mango & MathMan: ‘It’s okay to be from Dublin and talk like this’

By Una Mullally

Treats for piano gourmands: this week’s classical highlights

By Michael Dervan

It’s time for Ray D’Arcy to wake up from his Montrose torpor

By Mick Heaney

Gig of the week – The Spike Cello Festival

By Cormac Larkin

Look up, it’s ’er Lingus

By Arminta Wallace

Art in Focus: Alan Butler – Down and Out in Los Santos

By Aidan Dunne

Emil Nolde: an artist ‘more inclined to contrast and discord’

By Aidan Dunne

Fantastic beasts and unlikely heroes: the best visual art this week

By Aidan Dunne

Mothers Schools help Muslims spot potential jihadis at home

By Daniel McLaughlin

White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht review: A sea of troubles

By Sarah Gilmartin

Irish life laid bare, one court case at a time

By Rosita Boland

Vincent Browne: The scale of hatred for Gerry Adams is unfair

By Vincent Browne

In praise of brown ale: time to whet your taste buds

By Sorcha Hamilton

Children's books round-up: sky-high adventures and spidery tales

By Sara Keating

Sean Moncrieff: Men who buy their own clothes are a bit weird. Right?

By Sean Moncrieff

He asks if he can hold my bottom lip. I’m not delirious about the idea

By Dominique McMullan

Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’

By Patrick Freyne

Ireland needs to ‘get over itself’ in relation to Germany

By Derek Scally

Onion and cider soup

By Carmel Somers

Matt Williams: This is the worst France team I have ever seen

By Matt Williams

Priced out of Walkinstown? Consider Clondalkin

By Tadhg Peavoy

The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin review: spirited, highly readable debut

By Paraic O'Donnell

Warren Gatland’s milestone comes at a testing time for Wales

By Paul Rees

Brit(ish) review: dazzling stories about race and identity

By Martina Evans

Fine Art & Antiques

Fine art auctions and results

By Michael Parsons

Rugby brawl was more than ‘private school brats’ behaving badly

By Kevin Power

Fine Art & Antiques

Curious case of the President's pistols: missing from Kildare mansion

By Michael Parsons

Dolly Alderton: ‘I was reckless, I took too many risks’

By Catherine Conroy

From hazel flowers to wildfowl, there's plenty to see in early spring

By Paddy Woodworth

Is airline food a reflection of consumer anxiety?

By Aoife McElwain

Flawed paradise: Catching the buzz of the real Jamaica

By Kilian Doyle

Alsace onion tart

By Carmel Somers

Fine Art & Antiques

Views of Ceylon from a Belfast artist

By Michael Parsons

Turning a rented property into a home: The Dos and Don’ts

Six ways to stamp your style on a rental

By Tanya Sweeney

‘Why are we walking past people in sleeping bags on the wet ground?’

By Deirdre O'Kane

‘Are you willing to lose a relationship over cutlery?’ ‘Yes, I am’

The Gord goes: ‘Do you ever inquire as to what your daughter gets up to online?’

By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

The Hoarder is a stockpile of claustrophobic horror

By John Boyne

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney

By Ethna Viney

Braised stuffed white onion

By Carmel Somers

Every Dublin rental has a dark brown fake leather couch

By Geraldine de Brit

Shane Horgan: On My Culture Radar

By Shilpa Ganatra

Writer’s Luck, A Memoir by David Lodge: uniquely honest record of an English novelist’s life

By Eilis Ni Dhuibhne

Know your onions: tear-free dishes that will make your mouth water

By Carmel Somers

Review: a disappointing one-trick pony

By Catherine Cleary

Designer Kathy de Stafford collaborates on jewellery collection for brides

By Deirdre McQuillan

In praise of older books: A Guest of Honour by Nadine Gordimer (1970)

By Julie Parsons

Dazzling the Gods, by Tom Vowler review: short stories measured to perfection

By Nuala O’Connor

Tinder for tradespeople, Pippa’s planners; Monart’s new look

By Deirdre Falvey and Orna Mulcahy

Onion and parsley salad

By Carmel Somers

From a brown trout to Rory McIlroy’s wedding: the saving of Ashford Castle

By Conor Pope

Around the world with Norman Davies: a powerful history lesson

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Ireland’s rocks remarkably rich in evidence of ancient sea life

By Michael Viney

In her own words: Muriel Spark at 100

By Gerald Dawe

French apple tart – a quick pastry cheat tip

By Vanessa Greenwood

Lambrusco is having a fizzy, dizzy moment

By John Wilson

‘Blame alcohol, not rugby.’ What’s behind the Kiely’s fights?

By Sorcha Pollak

Make 2018 the year you grow great tomatoes from seed. Here’s how to start

By Fionnuala Fallon

‘MMA fighters are, by and large, a sensitive bunch’

By Jo Linehan

Don’t Skip Out On Me by Willy Vlautin review: hurts where it counts

By Peter Murphy

Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit review: a gripping tale of domestic terror

By Declan Burke

Kintu, by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi review: an engrossing and intimate read

By John Patrick McHugh

Can’t get to the gym? Build your own

By Alanna Gallagher

Fintan O’Toole: Is Brexit the maddest thing England has ever done? Not quite

By Fintan O’Toole

Ireland face the unknown in Six Nations opener with France

By Gerry Thornley

Irish Times Poetry Now Award shortlist revealed

David McWilliams: If you want to work smarter, quit your smartphone

By David McWilliams

Jennifer O’Connell: She’s 44, bright and stubbornly single – why is that a problem?

By Jennifer O’Connell

Nature Diary: gorse flowers

By Sylvia Thompson

Study shows high levels of mobile phone radiation linked to tumors in rats

‘Gaelic football is my priority’: Kevin Feely on life after quitting soccer

By Malachy Clerkin

Pain game: how an Irish tech firm is helping to reduce injuries in rugby

By Gavin Cummiskey

Design Moment: Homemaker, 1955

By Bernice Harrison

England's Owen Farrell and the endless pursuit of perfection

By Johnny Watterson

Sex, lies and handlebar tape: how to avoid a doping ban

By Ian O'Riordan

Manchester’s trailblazing Babes and a legacy cut short

By Michael Walker

Bravery and goodness: Harry Gregg, the reluctant hero of Munich

By Michael Walker

Fire and fury await Dublin in Tyrone

By Keith Duggan

Financial Services

AIB in talks to buy Investec Ireland

By Joe Brennan

Financial Services

Bank of Ireland hires Australian to lead €900m technology overhaul

By Joe Brennan

Man charged over armor-piercing bullet sale to Las Vegas gunman

Niamh Briggs returns for Ireland's clash with France

By Gavin Cummiskey

Back-to-the future deal makes McCanns top bananas once again

By Joe Brennan

Louis Fitzgerald backs family’s west Dublin pub purchase

By Mark Paul

Dow Jones experiences biggest daily points drop since financial crisis

Will Philip Lane’s ECB nomination rain on Spain’s parade?

If the spirit that made playing France so terrifying has gone, what is left?

By Keith Duggan

‘The 1980s were nothing like as appealing as current TV series make them seem’

By Marian Keyes

Banks back in the dock as tracker scandal rumbles on

By Colin Gleeson

Tipperary can open their account after sluggish first outing

By Seán Moran

Liquid gold rush: Dublin’s new breed of pub barons catching the bar buzz

By Mark Paul

Q&A: What is the Republican memo and why is it controversial?

By Suzanne Lynch

Rickie Fowler tied for the halfway lead in Phoenix Open

Republicans accuse FBI of anti-Trump bias

By Suzanne Lynch

Darren Clarke falls to the bottom of leaderboard in Kuala Lumpur

Varadkar will have a fight on his hands to pass 12-weeks legislation

By Pat Leahy

UCD medicine students forced to resit exam after hundreds get A grade

By Jack Power

Why the days of satellite dishes for watching TV are nearing an end

Financial Services

AIB and Bank of Ireland set to fare better in bank stress tests

More power to you: Household solar energy grants on way

By Kevin O'Sullivan

MPs condemn protesters after ‘violent’ fracas at Rees-Mogg debate

Pressure mounts on Poland to back away from Holocaust bill

Link between alcohol and cancer emphasised by Government

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Footpad eases home to take Arkle honours at Leopardstown

Presumed innocent: a history of adolescent sexuality

By Gemma Tipton

Celtic’s casualty list grows as Kilmarnock claim dramatic win

Fingal council opens applications for low-interest mortgages

By Sarah Burns

Manchester City’s progress checked by battling Burnley

Spice Girls really, really want to get the band back together

Knocknagree claim maiden junior title

By Paul Keane

Dominick St flats rebuild running a year behind schedule

By Jack Power

Three vacant sites listed on Dún Laoghaire land-hoarding register

By Jack Power

Faugheen beaten once again at Leopardstown

By Brian O'Connor

Jones wants ‘brutal’ and ‘ruthless’ showing from England side

By Robert Kitson

Rampant Eibar put five past sorry Sevilla

Tomb dating back 4,400 years discovered in Egypt

Sharp fall in asylum-seekers granted humanitarian reprieve

By Jack Power

Alexis Sánchez on target as Man United close the gap to 13 points

Brighton secure key victory to add to West Ham week of woe

Cunningham and Browne keep Preston on the front foot

N Korea used Berlin embassy to get missile parts, spy chief claims

Cavanagh enjoys one final day at headquarters

By Paul Keane

Wales put Scotland in the Halfpenny place

Trump Says Republican memo ‘totally vindicates’ him

Nigel Farage spots ‘gap’ in Irish political market for Irexit party

By Simon Carswell

France 13 Ireland 15: Ireland Player Ratings

By Gavin Cummiskey

Ireland escape to victory with stunning Sexton drop goal

By Gerry Thornley

Italian captured after shooting and injuring African migrants

Ramsey shines brightest as new-look Arsenal hit five against Everton

Irexit conference: ‘I am hoping something comes of this’

By Simon Carswell

Guirado rues poor French discipline

Rory Best explains reason behind attendance at trial

Uma Thurman: Harvey Weinstein assaulted me

By Maureen Dowd

Kerry get their teenage kicks in Castlebar

By Keith Duggan

Van der Flier set for time out with suspected medial ligament damage

By Gavin Cummiskey

Actor Uma Thurman accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault

Galway put to the pin of their collar again

Ireland’s Got Talent: 82-year-old Evelyn wows the judges

By Jennifer Gannon

TV View: Ireland’s got talent all right - it’s in Johnny’s right boot

By Mary Hannigan

Tipperary blow away Waterford with stellar second-half show

Dublin fill their boots against Tyrone

By Seán Moran

France too strong for new-look Ireland in Toulouse

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