17 March, 2018 Digital News Archive

YA fiction reviews: from suffragettes to spies

ByMartin Doyle

In a word . . . Patsy

ByPatsy McGarry

No Way Out: The Irish in Wartime France 1939-1945 - review

ByFrank MacGabhann

It’s All Relative: Adventures up and down the world’s family tree review

ByJoe Culley

Ireland in full colour – parades, poetry and a festival weekend

ByJo Linehan

Environment

Look what got washed up by Storm Emma: Readers’ nature queries

Farewell to the Horse: the final century of our relationship - review

ByJoe Culley

Ships: A journey of 1980s synths and dreamy vocals

ByLouise Bruton

The green bin

Thinking Anew – St Patrick’s demanding mission

ByFergal Mac Eoinín

An Irish Diary

Still in the post after 260 years – An Irishman’s Diary on a treasure trove of undelivered letters

ByOliver O’Hanlon

Sinn Féin and abstentionism

Editorials

Master and patron: traditional music loses two pivotal figures

Remembering Stephen Hawking

‘Take back Trinity’ campaign

Tom Mathews on the Dart

The Eighth Amendment

Varadkar, Trump and the wind farm

Editorials

St Patrick’s Day: pride rooted in humility

Obituaries

Ireland’s first lay speech therapist, and a prolific writer and performer

Karen Bradley on the Border: ‘We will make it work’

BySuzanne Lynch

Dagger John: Prelate a major force in 19th century Irish-America

BySuzanne Lynch

‘One punch can ruin your life. Use your brain, not your fists’

ByMarese McDonagh

Scummy but proud Ireland fans hoping for St Patrick’s Day victory parade

ByFrank McNally

Repeal campaigners will not accept a No vote, says Minister

ByLara Marlowe and Pat Leahy

Crime & Law

Poland accuses High Court of playing ‘political games’

ByDerek Scally

Obituaries

Writer and a feminist before her time

Obituaries

Last true vaudevillian had an endless desire to make people laugh

Repeal campaign should not dodge the 12-week issue

ByKitty Holland

Sigrid, Paloma Faith, Bell X1, Joan Baez: this week’s rock and pop highlights

ByTony Clayton-Lea

How worried should we be about Trump’s comments on Irish tax rates?

ByCliff Taylor

TV & Radio

Podcast of the Week: On Drugs – Pain

BySarah Griffin

New artist of the week: The Blaze

ByNiall Byrne

Dublin Airport: The bits passengers don’t get to see

ByPatrick Freyne

Stage

‘Art’ at the Gaiety, ‘Late at the Gate’: the best theatre this week

ByPeter Crawley

Pat Leahy: Leo Varadkar’s wind farm storm will blow over

ByPat Leahy

Film

Catherine Keener: ‘I did not know about Harvey Weinstein at all’

ByTara Brady

Are these famous Patricks Irish enough? Let’s award Pat Points

ByPatrick Freyne

We must listen to civic unionism’s concerns about Irish language Act

ByDiarmaid Ferriter

An Irish Diary

Church services

Gig of the Week: Bell X1, still ringing the changes

ByTony Clayton-Lea

The best traditional music this week – A world premiere at the NCH

BySiobhán Long

Stage

Enda Walsh: Grief is the Thing with Feathers floored me

ByPeter Crawley

Film

James Kelman: ‘Irish writers get cushy jobs because they never challenge a single damn thing’

ByÉamon Sweeney

Art in Focus – Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1620) by Il Guercino

ByAidan Dunne

TV & Radio

Ivan Yates: liberal-baiting shock jock or rebel without applause?

ByMick Heaney

Poem of the Week: Moon Struck

ByGeraldine Mills

Equal time will not guarantee fairness in Eighth debates

ByBreda O'Brien

The best jazz gigs this week: Maarja Nuut graces Little Museum

ByCormac Larkin

History

The Times We Lived In: The odd ‘Bowl of Light’ on O’Connell Bridge

ByArminta Wallace

Fáilte Ireland objected to wind farm after message from Varadkar

BySimon Carswell and Suzanne Lynch

James Taylor, Tom Ó Drisceoil, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alina Pogostkina: the best classical music this week

ByMichael Dervan

Where does Ireland fit in Europe now?

ByPaul Gillespie

Flight of the Conchords: ‘It feels like people are consciously casting women now’

ByShilpa Ganatra

Karl Blau on the Van Halen album that changed his life

ByNiall Byrne

Neil Murray: On My Culture Radar

ByShilpa Ganatra

Cherry bomb: R&B singer Mabel is our new VBF

ByLouise Bruton

Martyn Turner

Fake at Science Gallery: the best visual art shows this week

ByAidan Dunne

Middle East

Arrests and torture of Syrian refugees returning home reported

BySally Hayden

Angry Slovaks demand elections after leader quits over reporter's murder

ByDaniel McLaughlin

Abortion referendum: Many minds not made up as ‘12 weeks issue’ is key

ByHarry McGee

In praise of the food producers, who work hail rain and snow

ByJP McMahon

Ireland’s history with immigrants is fraught with tough experiences

ByBryan Fanning

Drink

We’ve come a long way from the pint of plain

BySorcha Hamilton

The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu – suffocating in the borderlands

BySuzanne Lynch

History

First look at renovated Russborough House as it reopens after €1m renovations

ByMichael Parsons

Raw turnip, parsnip and carrot salad with honey and ginger dressing

ByCarmel Somers

What has art to do with climate change?

ByPaddy Woodworth

Time of my life: ‘The moment I knew I was a filmmaker’

ByPaul Rowley

Irish stew with parsley and dulse-crusted dumplings

ByCarmel Somers

Environment

Curled octopuses among the many washed-up victims of Storm Emma

ByMichael Viney

Abroad

‘The emotion is incredible’: being in a St Patrick’s parade marching band

ByCiara Kenny

Cheese and stout fondue – the ultimate celebration dish for our country

ByCarmel Somers

Hurling managers divided on best way to prime squads for championship

ByMalachy Clerkin

England awaits as ‘scummy’ Ireland swoop on Twickenham

ByGavin Cummiskey

Property

Priced out of Castleknock? Take a look at Blanchardstown

ByTadhg Peavoy

FF to insist public pay equality process begins in budget

ByMartin Wall and Fiach Kelly

Giving out is the most genuinely Irish tradition there is

ByJennifer O’Connell

History

Fintan O’Toole: The British and Irish are no big deal to each other, which itself is a very big deal

ByFintan O’Toole

The Maura Laverty Story: from Rathangan to Tolka Row review: a full life

ByCaitriona Clear

We millennials can be guilty of overtalking, overanalysing, overeverything

ByDominique McMullan

Fashion

Aran jumper myths debunked

ByRosita Boland

Fr Malachy Finnegan: A child abuser and his victims

ByPatsy McGarry

Cycle series: A rural route through Kerry’s rich heritage

ByDonnacha Clifford and David Elton

A retro classic pudding that will leave you wanting more

ByVanessa Greenwood

Racing

No rest for Irish trainers as relentless pursuit of winners goes on

ByBrian O'Connor

The full Irish: how B&Bs bounced back

BySandra O'Connell

‘How we discovered the very best of Ireland’

ByJohn McKenna

Interiors

Do you really need that extension?

ByTanya Sweeney

Abroad

DNA tests: 'According to this, we're first cousins but I've never heard of you'

ByPatrick Kelleher

Drink

A fantastic four Irish whiskeys from among our very finest

ByJohn Wilson

Property

Turning the house upside down to make the most of the Dublin Bay views

ByArlene Harris

Sound Off: What’s with all the faulty headlights on our roads?

ByMaria Emily Higgins

Fine Art & Antiques

Auctions & Fairs: Autographed Ledwidge manuscript for auction in London

ByMichael Parsons

Kindling the Flame: 150 years of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation by Niamh Puirséil – striking the right balance

ByDiarmaid Ferriter

Seán Moncrieff: ‘The driving licence office is where dreams go to die’

BySean Moncrieff

Fashion

Green is no longer a colour – it’s an ideology

ByDeirdre McQuillan

Your Fitness

Louise O’Neill: Why I love to. . . find stillness

ByJo Linehan

Gardening

Camellias are bursting into bloom in pink, red, cream and yellow

ByFionnuala Fallon

The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda bread

ByJennifer O’Connell

Apple meringue pudding

ByCarmel Somers

The Executor by Blake Morrison – a literary detective story?

BySeán Hewitt

Corofin look to repeat recent history at Croke Park

ByKeith Duggan

Hurling moves centre-stage with historic club final

BySeán Moran

Inquiry highlights State failure in oversight of search for Rescue 116

ByLorna Siggins

Fine Art & Antiques

Hotelier Louis Fitzgerald pays €37k for portraits of 13 taoisigh

ByMichael Parsons

Ireland’s darkest, oddest and weirdest secrets uncovered

ByManchán Magan

Dylan Hartley determined to finish Six Nations tournament on a high

ByGavin Cummiskey

Putin’s fourth term may be his most difficult yet

ByGerard Toal

A Moonless, Starless Sky review: a diligent but at times artless portrayal

ByEd O’Loughlin

This American life: the artful eye of Walker Evans

BySean Sheehan

The Friendly Ones review: Philip Hensher skilfully combines his twin themes

ByJohn Boyne

In praise of older books: The Shining by Stephen King (1977)

ByJulie Parsons

Restaurants

Review: A restaurant with notions as big as the bills

ByCatherine Cleary

Cocktail Bar by Norah Hoult review – regularly appeared on the censor’s list

ByEilis Ni Dhuibhne

Four great recipes that celebrate Irish food

ByCarmel Somers

David McWilliams: In Ireland, the old get richer and the young grow poorer

ByDavid McWilliams

Queen of puddings

ByVanessa Greenwood

Africa

Modern-day St Patricks: the child shepherds of Lesotho

ByDarragh Murphy

‘Bouncy castles attract undesirables. They’re not for People Like Us’

ByRoss O'Carroll-Kelly

The Eight Mountains review: An arduous ascent into adulthood

BySarah Gilmartin

1980s Ireland: a sad, fallen place where I found my inspiration

ByDanny Denton

Interiors

Best in Class: The Look of the Irish

ByAlanna Gallagher

Sport

The other Grass Arena – where the history of mortality beckons

ByIan O'Riordan

Twickenham: the best place to win, but worst place to lose

ByGerry Thornley

Crime & Law

Who is Justice Aileen Donnelly and why have her actions caused anger in Poland?

ByMark Hilliard

Give me a crash course in ... Irish economic growth

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Life & Style

Nature Diary: Shamrock

BySylvia Thompson

US attorney general fires former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe

As Irish America celebrates it should spare a thought for more recent arrivals

ByDonald McCarthy

Milking it: Bailey's ditches the dairy

ByMarie Claire Digby

Interiors

A deadly shade of green with a touch of arsenic

ByBernice Harrison

Jacob Stockdale: the fearless rookie producing All Black numbers

ByGavin Cummiskey

Business

Taoiseach keeps eye on the prize in awkward Trump encounter

ByColin Gleeson

Commercial Property

Lidl seeks €46m for Ballymun student beds

ByMark Paul

Time to repay most expensive bank-rescue debt decade after St Patrick’s Day Massacre

ByJoe Brennan

Sport

What could be more – or less – natural than Ireland winning at Twickenham?

ByKeith Duggan

Financial Services

AIB purchase of Investec Ireland could point way forward

ByJoe Brennan

Matt Williams: Ireland have a rare and beautiful opportunity

ByMatt Williams

Transport

DAA goes back to market for proposed four-star hotel at Dublin Airport

ByLaura Slattery

UK police launch murder inquiry over death of Nikolai Glushkov

Michael Walker: Has West Ham's new stadium seen them lose their soul?

ByMichael Walker

Russia hits back by expelling 23 British diplomats

Financial Services

AIB hires banks for ‘bail-inable’ bonds under new rules

ByJoe Brennan

Fashion

A kelly green Zara dress to dye for. (And it's got pockets)

ByMarian Keyes

Technology

Theranos’s cautionary tale of incorrect claims

Weekend football previews: Kerry seek new dawn while Mayo prepare for fresh start

ByKeith Duggan

Weekend hurling previews: Cuala target double; top counties target a semi-final spot

BySeán Moran

Farming & Food

Drumshanbo distillery to produce new ‘Sausage Tree’ vodka

ByColin Gleeson

Irish building up a head of steam in Myanmar

ByStephen Starr

Crime & Law

Two held as gardaí seize drugs worth €1.4 million in Dublin

Your Money

‘Latte levy’ could reduce disposable coffee cups by 250,000 a day

ByConor Pope

Time for London to wake up to the reality of Ireland’s trade border after Brexit

Victims of Fr Finegan should ‘not suffer in silence’, bishop says

ByJack Power

Irish flights grounded as cold snap hits London Heathrow

BySimon Carswell

Liverpool fans call for £30 cap on away tickets for Man City quarter-final

How to hide on St Patrick’s Day: dress as a leprechaun

ByPatrick Freyne

Christian Eriksen inspires as Spurs stroll into FA Cup semi-finals

Panic as Virgin Media customers in Dublin lose TV3 signal

ByJack Power

Greig Laidlaw’s late penalty helps cure Scotland’s travel sickness

Varadkar’s email to Fáilte Ireland shows ‘bad judgment’

BySimon Carswell

Varadkar says he is proud to walk in New York parade with partner Matt

BySuzanne Lynch

Corofin a cut above Nemo at Croke Park

St Patrick’s Day parades: round-up from around the country

Ireland’s Grand ambition realised against England

ByGerry Thornley

England 15 Ireland 24: England player ratings

St Patrick’s Day: ‘We heard you guys have a pretty good party over here’

ByJack Power

How Twickenham ground staff aided Ireland’s victory

Twitter reacts: ‘S#%^*+ Irish will have some craic in London tonight'

England 15 Ireland 24: Five key moments from the match

ByRuaidhrí Croke

Joe Schmidt praises his ‘ordinary men’ for ‘exceptional deeds’

Premier League round-up: West Brom and Stoke slip further into relegation mire

Offbeat

Has the US army just posted the weirdest St Patrick’s Day tweet?

BySimon Bracken

TV & Radio

Aengus Mac Grianna signs off after 30 years at RTÉ

ByAine McMahon

Joe Schmidt relaxes in the relief of Grand Slam glory

ByJohn O'Sullivan

Cuala strike late to send All Ireland hurling final to replay

BySeán Moran

England 15 Ireland 24: Ireland player ratings

ByGavin Cummiskey

Salah scores four as Liverpool blow Watford away

TV View: England’s war horses beaten by a Furlong

ByMary Hannigan

As Schmidt has taught Ireland’s rugby team, so he can teach the rest of us

ByDiarmaid Ferriter

Supporters jubilant after Slamming chariot off the rails

ByFrank McNally

Eddie Jones takes Ireland defeat on the chin

ByGavin Cummiskey

Record breaking Jacob Stockdale excited for crack at All Blacks

ByJohn O'Sullivan

Abroad

'Ireland will always be my home-home': Emigrants on the meaning of 'home'

Sport

UCD Marian end 40-year wait for Super League title

ByMary McGuire

At least 16 die as boat sinks off Greek island

Tame Manchester United back to winning ways in FA Cup

ByJamie Jackson

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16593 by Crossheir – Saturday, March 17th, 2018

ByLorna Kernan

David Clifford to the fore as Kerry relegate Kildare

Golf

Rory McIlroy within striking distance at Bay Hill

Higgins lauds rugby team on ‘St Patrick’s Day never to be forgotten’

BySimon Bracken