BooksBooks in brief: A State of Siege; Before the Leaves Fall; and Far Above the World: The Time and Space of David Bowie
BooksThe Irish Unity Dividend by Ben Collins: Little to entice unionists to join the conversationBy Etain Tannam
BooksJournalist and cartoonist Joe Sacco: ‘Ireland is my favourite place in Europe. It’s sane’By Tadhg Hoey
BooksThe End of the Gay Rights Revolution: fear must not blind us to our interlinked fates By Diarmuid Hester
BooksThe Hour of the Predator: Exposing this era that facilitates relationships between modern ‘Borgias’ By Karlin Lillington
BooksDruid Theatre: Fifty Years by Patrick Lonergan – a thorough and persuasive account of Druid’s first half centuryBy Anthony Roche
BooksBorderline Fiction by Derek Owusu: Ambitious novel reaches almost spiritual heightsBy Ruby Eastwood
BooksAnnemarie Ní Churreáin: ‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’By Martin Doyle
BooksAmerica’s Middle East by Marc Lynch: An excellent and angry analysis of an American messBy Daniel Geary
RecipesMark Moriarty’s recipe for perfect bangers and mash with onion and mustard gravyBy Mark Moriarty
RecipesMark Moriarty’s recipe for roasted lamb rack with herb crumb and dauphinoise potatoBy Mark Moriarty
Fine Art & AntiquesAntique furniture, silverware and paintings from Irish country housesBy Sylvia Thompson
FoodNew chef at Castlemartyr’s Michelin-starred Terre: ‘My interest in cooking started on TV. Big fan of Saturday Kitchen’By Jordan Mooney
Fine Art & AntiquesWorks by John Luke, Barrie Cooke and Eva Hamilton feature in upcoming Irish art salesBy Sylvia Thompson
Film‘I knew she was going to pull this off’: Sean Baker takes a back seat to Shih-Ching Tsou for Left-Handed GirlBy Donald Clarke
TV & Radio‘Parasocial’ relationships are very 2025 apparently. They’re also perfectly normalBy Laura Slattery
StageThe Gate’s Christmas Carol: ‘It’s a different proposition to panto. It has something you can dig your teeth into’By Lauren Murphy
TV & RadioStranger Things has turned us inside out and upside down. Is the best yet to come? By Ed Power
PeopleTwenty years in an Israeli prison: ‘We will never accept being sent away. We’re not terrorists’By Sally Hayden
AthleticsElite-level running the ‘crutch’ that helps Niamh Allen juggle family and workBy Ian O'Riordan
Crime & Law‘Emotionally, I’m shattered’: How an Irish professor lost his €1m retirement nest egg to scammersBy Conor Gallagher and Mei-Ling McNamara
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly‘Ronan is hanging out with the absolute scum of the earth: my old man and Hennessy Coghlan-O’Hara’By Ross O'Carroll-KellyListen | 06:22
AthleticsDerval O’Rourke: ‘I almost needed my career to hit rock bottom before I could enjoy it again’ By Ian O'Riordan
PeopleMegan Nolan: ‘How can you think it’s so terrifying in the US and not feel that way about the UK?’By Una Mullally
ObituariesJim Dixon obituary: Seriously injured Enniskillen bombing victim who fought for his beliefs but believed in redemption
USIf Musk is right that work will soon be optional, Trump’s sales pitch to voters is doomedBy Keith Duggan
PoliticsSimon Harris’s short time at Foreign Affairs: building bridges, less foreign travel - and a lot of press releasesBy Jack Power
GardeningEight easy and affordable things to do in the garden guaranteed to bring joyBy Fionnuala Fallon
EnvironmentThe stain on your fingers from the bleeding aphids will go after a few daysBy Éanna Ní Lamhna
EnvironmentThe golden plover’s numbers in Ireland have dwindled to a few isolated strongholdsBy Ella McSweeney
SportHercules, burpees and pushing 152kg: an Irish Times writer takes on the Hyrox challengeBy Gordon Manning
Gaelic GamesThe Kerry paradox: Why the aristocrats of intercounty football never dominate club sceneBy Seán Moran
RugbyMatt Williams: The mighty Springboks have one weakness that Ireland can try to exploitBy Matt Williams
RugbySacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu: Springbok prodigy has a chance to hit the next level at AvivaBy Gerry Thornley
SoccerEven the reporters broke character briefly during Irish football’s fairytale weekBy Gavin Cummiskey
BusinessNorwegian billionaire left to rue Mainstream Renewable deal as losses hit €1.2bnBy Joe Brennan
PeopleFine Gael’s ‘new generation’ who quit: ‘Many TDs don’t see it as a career any more’By Harry McGee
StageA Christmas Carol review: Gate’s imaginative, deeply spooky take works new magic on Dickens classicBy Donald Clarke
FoodFor the birds: alternative showstopper dishes for the Thanksgiving or Christmas tableBy Úna McCaffrey
Politics‘Work to end these wars’: Micheál Martin tells G20 summit of need to end global conflict By Harry McGee
SportTravis Head powers Australia to humbling Ashes Test win over England inside two daysBy Ali Martin at Perth Stadium
Ireland‘Fragile, unpredictable life’ - funerals of Co Louth car-crash friends take place By Sarah Burns
Crime & LawTributes paid to Cork mother Stella Gallagher as funeral arrangements announcedBy Barry Roche
FashionEasygoing but disciplined - descriptions of Paul Costelloe’s clothes also applied to the man By Deirdre McQuillan
Politics‘Borders must not change by force’: World leaders disagree with Trump approach to UkraineBy Harry McGee
SoccerLiverpool ‘far from good enough’, says Arne Slot after Nottingham Forest loss at AnfieldBy Carl Markham, PA
RugbyIreland v South Africa: Battling Irish side beaten by Springboks – As it happenedBy David Gorman
RugbyOnly Ireland’s courage saved them from a scoreboard thrashing against South AfricaBy Denis Walsh
RugbyRassie Erasmus praises South Africa’s dominant scrum after ‘sweet’ win over IrelandBy John O'Sullivan
RugbyAndy Farrell draws positives from spirited Ireland in ‘chaotic’ South Africa defeatBy Johnny Watterson
TransportTaxi drivers take protest against Uber’s proposed fixed fares to Leinster HouseBy Cian O'Connell
