16 February, 2018 Digital News Archive

‘Major talent crisis’ means 2 in 3 employees will get salary increases this year – survey

ByPeter Hamilton

An Irish Diary

All-Star (and Ulster) Scot – An Irishman’s Diary about The Runner McGough

ByFrank McNally

Pop-up advice

Editorials

Illegal dumping: cleaning up the countryside

A matter of taste

Shovels

Consultants and badges

‘Bungalow Bliss’ and rural villages

The Central Bank's hard line

A national planning framework

Political deadlock in Northern Ireland

Ghanaian and Jamaican duo dream all way to Pyeongchang

BySean Ingle

FBI was warned about suspected Florida school shooter

BySuzanne Lynch

Governments play for time after collapse of Stormont talks

ByPat Leahy, Gerry Moriarty and Denis Staunton

Gaelic Games

Corofin and Slaughtneil showing the value of experience

BySeán Moran

Additional hospital beds to be delivered four years early by 2027

ByMartin Wall and Fiach Kelly

St Pat’s aiming to make an early statement against champions

ByEmmet Malone

Strategic communications unit has spent €182,000

BySarah Bardon

Transport

Road Warrior: the business of travel

ByJoan Scales

McDonald says ‘mistruths and inaccuracies peddled’ about draft agreement

ByGerry Moriarty

Some unionist commentary on Irish language Act was hysterical and irrational

ByGerry Moriarty

‘Athlone City’ could ‘threaten investment in nearby counties’

ByEoghan MacConnell and Barry Roche

Parish pump wielded in planning framework debate

ByHarry McGee

Gaelic Games

Club and college progress suggest something’s stirring out west

BySeán Moran

Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil row shatters Dáil co-operation on North

ByPat Leahy and Marie O’Halloran

Connacht aiming to extend unbeaten home run

ByJohnny Watterson

Chris Farrell in pole position to claim Ireland midfield spot

ByGerry Thornley

Time for Ulster to press their case for playoff spot

ByJohnny Watterson

Report released into last year’s incident in Dún Laoghaire harbour

ByDavid Branigan

Glenanne stay seven points ahead of Three Rock Rovers

ByJohnny Watterson

A warm conspiracy of disapproval: the table of six, the waitress and me

ByDenis Staunton

Pegasus seek crucial win to step up their title challenge

ByMary Hannigan

Top of table clash in men’s basketball as Tralee travel to UCD

ByMary McGuire

Martyn Turner

ByMartyn Turner

Former Pioneer parent plots new Irish asset manager

ByJoe Brennan

Heartstone review: Sensitive, slightly over-extended debut

ByDonald Clarke

‘Tonya Harding’s story is about a woman being told who she is supposed to be’

ByTara Brady

Opinion

Noel Whelan: Sinn Féin has weaponised the Irish language

ByNoel Whelan

Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet: Landfall – should come with a hurricane warning

ByTony Clayton-Lea

Marlon Williams: Make Way for Love review – brilliant tunes for broken hearts

ByJoe Breen

Goldstone: Power and corruption in the Australian outback

ByTara Brady

Opinion

Ireland should be ashamed of our treatment of asylum seekers

ByFintan Drury

Bord na Móna workers face compulsory redundancy

ByBarry O'Halloran

Receivers seek permission for more than 140 housing units on Dublin site

ByBarry O'Halloran

Creating the augmented workforce

Residential

What can you buy for €75,000 in Greece, France, Bulgaria, Spain and Kerry?

ByEmma Cullinan

Róisín Meets: Johnny Orlando on YouTube fame and ‘haters’

ByJennifer Ryan

Travel

First look: New Dublin hotel fully powered by underground river

ByJoan Scales

Fine Art & Antiques

Irish man’s €60 souvenir turns out to be €30,000 Ice Age relic

ByMichael Parsons

Opening the doors to creativity

HR market overview and salary guide 2018

What’s making you happy? Kind taxi drivers, new baby calves and Chic playing Dublin

Sinners, sailors and those who died by suicide: The adults buried in Ireland’s cillíní

ByGraham Clifford

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

ByDonald Clarke and Tara Brady

Talent Summit speaker Q&A

Hollywood’s problem is endless sequels, not remakes

ByDonald Clarke

Residential

Sea views to inspire from former Howth coachhouse for €1.5m

ByElizabeth Birdthistle

Gaelic Games

John McGrath primed to throw down gauntlet to Wexford

ByDaragh Small

The dishevelled stranger on the street was one of the world’s most famous actors

ByTom O'Keeffe

‘Cats and cars. Kids and chats. Winter coats, wooden coffins. Boom, it’s all over’

ByHilary Fannin

Change is the new normal

Polish coach in line to be part of set-up at Munster rugby

ByJohn Fallon

The times they are a-changin’

Books

Searching for eagles in Mayo and beyond

BySeán Lysaght

Talent Summit: accelerating growth through talent and technology

Philip Lane: From star pupil to ECB hopeful with Nobel potential

ByJoe Brennan

Your Fitness

Dublin marathon winner (83) faces fight for prize money

ByConor Pope

Commercial Property

Will Dublin’s office building boom outstrip demand?

ByPeter Hamilton

Opinion

Regional planning: Can we get it right this time?

ByEdgar Morgenroth

Joanne O'Riordan: Caulfield and Cork braced for new challenge

ByJoanne O'Riordan

The Irish Moët Hennessy executive raising a glass to peace in the North

ByBarry O'Halloran

A little flexibility goes a long way in business

ByOlive Keogh

Compulsory redundancies at a State company and a new asset manager in Dublin

ByMichael McAleer

Post-Brexit losses unlikely to be on scale envisaged by Copenhagen study

ByJohn FitzGerald

Liam Toland: Carbery’s performance is crucial against Wales

ByLiam Toland

The movie quiz: What links Paris, chain saw and whorehouse?

Your Fitness

Mountain-biking injuries go with the territory

ByGeorge Winter

Couple build coffee business on lessons of past failures

BySusan Clarke

Skiing robots, the ‘techlash’ and the landmarks going green for St Patrick’s Day

ByLaura Slattery

Florida school shooting: Nikolas Cruz ‘confessed to police’

BySuzanne Lynch

A sustainable workplace should be more than a pipedream

ByAndrea Prothero, Donna Marshall and Colm McLaughlin

Managers need to be given the resources to coach employees

ByDarina Reilly

Twin brothers arrested on bomb making charges in New York

Wild Geese: ‘In the US, there’s an attitude of ‘go for it’

ByMichelle Jackson

Winter Olympics: Arbez and McMillan build on games debut

Rejjie Snow: Dear Annie review – Irish rapper joins hip-hop stellar club

ByDean Van Nguyen

Abroad

Irish Jam: Community radio for young Irish in London

ByKealan Duignan

Asia-Pacific

Australian government in turmoil after sex scandal

ByJamie Smyth

Max Murphy takes gold and silver in New Zealand

ByLiam Gorman

Tributes paid as Florida high school shooting victims identified

Dublin Metro will extend into southside suburbs

ByFiach Kelly, Pat Leahy and Martin Wall

Andrew Conway signs new deal with Munster and IRFU

Racing

Douvan to head straight for Cheltenham

Richard Russell: Everything Is Recorded – dragged down by too many star guests

ByLauren Murphy

River Matthews: Imogen review – musical solace for recovering news junkies

ByLouise Bruton

Gardaí conducted 612 roadside ’drug-driving’ tests last year

ByJack Power

Offbeat

Huge sinkhole swallows cars on street in Rome

Kerry hospital review reveals 10 missed or delayed diagnoses

ByAnne Lucey

Actor with Down syndrome plays lead in off-Broadway production

BySopan Deb

Gerbrandt Grobler to make first Munster start against Cardiff

Alibaba’s Jack Ma to star in his own martial arts movie

ByAlice Woodhouse

Psychiatric nurses in Waterford vote for industrial action

ByMartin Wall

Abroad

I'm living in a country that cares more about guns than children's lives

ByLisa Tierney-Keogh

SpaceX joins race to make web truly worldwide

ByRichard Waters

Jordan Larmour returns to Leinster fold for Scarlets clash

Added Time: The Irish Times Sports Podcast Episode Three

Harrison told police alleged rape victim couldn’t stop staring at Jackson

ByConor Gallagher

Grief counselling by the frozen peas. A story about snowflakes

ByRóisín Ingle

Food

Crisp festival and expansion plans as Dublin street food hub, Eatyard, reopens

ByMarie Claire Digby

Irish charity Goal scores with Dropbox’s $20m foundation

ByCharlie Taylor

Black 47: First clips of Famine movie revealed

ByDonald Clarke

New hospitals and primary care centres under €11bn health plan

ByMartin Wall

World

Turkey sentences six journalists to life over failed coup

New Scotland boss Alex McLeish: ‘I see it as a bit of fate’

José Mourinho calls rumours of Paul Pogba rift ‘lies’

ByPaul Wilson

Ireland 2040: Transport plan includes €5.7bn for roads

ByTim O'Brien

Culture

Culture plan: €1.4bn allocated to ‘enhance’ museums, galleries, heritage sites

ByPeter Murtagh

Karen Bradley says deal can still be reached on powersharing in NI

ByAmanda Ferguson

What does Ireland need to do now to win foreign direct investment?

ByEdgar Morgenroth

Ireland 2040: €22bn to turn State into low-carbon economy

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Woman in stiletto heels who fell on pub stairs loses damages claim

Transport

Record Renault earnings strengthen Ghosn’s hand

Plea for helping tracing 17-year-old missing since last August

Future of ‘Dreamers’ in doubt as immigration Bills rejected

BySuzanne Lynch

Motors

Ford’s new Focus caught in the open

ByNeil Briscoe

Jackson Way firm wins case over land benefit claim

Education

Education: Expansion of third-level colleges forms key part of NDP

ByCarl O'Brien

Ireland 2040: €5bn Dublin rail plan to see metro built and Dart line extended

ByFiach Kelly Deputy Political Editor

Green Awards celebrate 10 year anniversary as finalists are announced

Man asked schoolgirl (14) for naked pictures after chatting online

ByMichael Donnelly

Golf

Darren Clarke shoots lowest score since 2015 at Oman Open

Sales down at Kraft Heinz as US demand weakens

Judge directs businessman be brought to court by gardaí

Danone eyes more profit growth in 2018

Housing: Urban developments to be focused within existing footprints

ByHarry McGee

Man who raped 20-year-old niece jailed for four years

ByFiona Ferguson

Teas, coffee and water deliver for Coca-Cola

Culture

On TV this weekend: Mary Lou McDonald, Margot Robbie, Sharon Stone

UK aims to keep financial rules close to EU after Brexit

ByGeorge Parker

Project Ireland 2040: the infrastructure plan’s main points

ByRonan McGreevy

Doctor loses appeal over poor professional performance finding

ByAodhan O Faolain

Teamwork to the fore as shortlist for HR Leadership & Management Awards 2018 announced

Europe

SPD in freefall in polls ahead of members’ vote on German coalition

ByDerek Scally

Developer Patrick Kearney entitled to full hearing over €16.9m claim

ByMary Carolan

Jacobellis finds herself out in the cold again

ByBryan Armen Graham

Judge refuses to overturn finding man was lawfully killed by gardaí

ByMary Carolan

Greencoat Renewables to buy Lisdowney wind farm for €22.5m

Donegal Investment Group formally settles €45m dispute

ByCharlie Taylor

Fashion

London Fashion Week: Irish designer’s homage to working women

ByDeirdre McQuillan

Irish economy to remain buoyant but risks on horizon

ByCharlie Taylor

World

US and Turkey ‘lock arms’ to work together in Syria

Facebook ordered by Belgian court to stop collecting user data

BySamuel Gibbs

Tenders sought for half a million HSE branded condoms

ByGordon Deegan

TV & Radio

RuPaul: The Irish are ‘deadlaí agus maightí’

ByFiachradh McDermott

Data commissioner, Google win appeal over ‘right to be forgotten’

ByMary Carolan

‘Another cock-up’ or ‘visionary’? Politicians and industry react to the NDP

ByMark Hilliard

Claire Byrne says she thought Joe Costello ‘had gone doolally’ on her show

Two new hospitals to be built in Cork City under National Development Plan

ByBarry Roche

Tongan Pita Taufatofua does not finish last and keeps his shirt on

ByBenjamin Haas

Gardaí begin murder inquiry in case of woman found dead in wardrobe

ByConor Lally and Elaine Edwards

History

Fintan O'Toole: Plans for culture may see hope triumph over experience

ByFintan O’Toole

Former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney announces Senate bid

Disbelief at plan for German taxpayers to pay for Dieselgate

ByDerek Scally

Gordon Taylor paid four times benevolent grants to former soccer players

ByDavid Conn

Your Money

Dublin man finds €500k EuroMillions ticket in drawer

ByAine McMahon

West Brom players allegedly take taxi from McDonald’s

ByLouise Taylor

Europe

Ankara releases Turkish-German journalist after year in detention

ByDerek Scally

Markets

Markets stronger across the board at end of volatile week

ByCiara O'Brien

Cliff Taylor: Can we afford the new National Development Plan?

ByCliff Taylor

Transport

Aer Lingus pilots back pay 11% pay increase

ByBarry O'Halloran

Significant growth for small towns and villages envisaged in NDP

ByHarry McGee

Time for Eden Hazard to produce his best on the big occasion

ByJacob Steinberg

Sligo to play key role as regional centre under development plan

ByMark Hilliard

Weekend's FA Cup fifth round team news

National plan seeks to locate more housing in towns and villages

ByHarry McGee

Citigroup chief executive gets 48% pay rise to $23m for 2017

Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa pledges to ‘turn the tide of corruption’

ByJoseph Cotterill

Phil Healy takes centre stage at Irish Indoor Championships

ByIan O'Riordan

Selecting regional cities for concentrated development is a sound strategy

ByDr Chris van Egeraat

Sligo’s educated workforce and quality of life can make up for its remoteness

ByEdgar Morgenroth

Chris Froome finishes in the pack in Ruta del Sol’s third stage

Designating more towns as cities would be ‘nonsense’, says Varadkar

ByFiach Kelly

Roger Federer becomes oldest ever world number one

Trump acknowledges Russia mounted anti-US campaign ahead of election

ByDemetri Sevastopulo

Pardew ‘let down’ after four West Brom players allegedly steal taxi

ByLouise Taylor

Cyril Byrne of The Irish Times named Photographer of the Year

Addicts will be able to inject under medical supervision at Dublin centre

ByPeter Murtagh

‘I felt like I was in a war’, says mother of Irish teen caught up in Florida school shooting

ByRonan McGreevy

Economy to grow by 4.4% this year but threats loom

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16568 by Crossheir – Friday, February 16th, 2018

ByLorna Kernan

Bohemians come from behind to beat Shamrock Rovers

Willian’s early effervescence sees Chelsea into last eight

ByDominic Fifield

US indicts 13 Russians and three Russian firms over election interference

BySuzanne Lynch

State owned enterprises expected to make significant contribution to NDP

ByPeter Murtagh

Mahrez runs the show as Jamie Vardy wins it for Leicester

ByEd Aarons

Investment in e-health proposed under development plan

ByElaine Edwards

Social Affairs

Author Emma Hannigan says her cancer treatment options are ‘exhausted’

ByAine McMahon

Florida school shooting: FBI warned about Cruz’s ‘desire to kill’ weeks before shooting

BySuzanne Lynch

Late winner secures points for Cork City in opener

ByEmmet Malone

Connacht's top four hopes take tumble against Zebre

ByLinley MacKenzie

Edinburgh break Ulster hearts with last-gasp drop goal

ByMichael Sadlier

Former Ulster Farmers’ Union president set to run for Seanad

ByAine McMahon