LettersLetters to the Editor, December 10th: On missed opportunities to promote food culture, weather warnings and vanishing venues
MotorsBest cars to buy in 2026: First-time EVs, seven seaters and long-distance drivesBy Michael McAleer and Neil Briscoe
MusicThe Music Quiz: Which Van Morrison song did Bob Dylan encore with at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall?By Tony Clayton-Lea
SponsoredMeta and Deloitte’s Llama for Good hackathon does a power of good for Irish social enterprises
FoodEating out on Christmas Day: ‘We’ll be served beautiful food with no worry about cleaning up’By Arlene Harris
FilmWake Up Dead Man review: Another cosy murder mystery for Daniel Craig’s Poirot send-upBy Donald Clarke
PeopleRóisín Ingle: I’m enjoying fantastic TV that features middle-aged women. It feels a bit revolutionary By Róisín Ingle
Social Affairs‘The only other option would be nursing homes’: Older people turn to gated community in LaoisBy Cian O'Connell
HealthAge classifications on websites and apps could be introduced under online safety reform plansBy Ellen Coyne
Crime & LawIRA spy Stakeknife ‘well rewarded financially and taken on holiday’ by handlers, report revealsBy Freya McClements
OireachtasStorm Bram failed to dampen spirits on the one day all TDs are afforded a smileBy Miriam Lord
AbroadWhen the plane’s wheels screech down on the Dublin tarmac, I exhale a deep sigh of relief By Molly Muldoon
HealthFlu season has started weeks early with ‘significant pressures’ expected on hospitalsBy Cormac McQuinn
RugbyTommy O’Brien enjoying new sense of freedom since removing self-imposed shacklesBy Johnny Watterson
BusinessSeverance deal of near €1m for DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs off the tableBy Arthur Beesley
RugbyGordon D’Arcy: Leinster could do worse than copy French clubs’ blueprint for successBy Gordon D'Arcy
AthleticsFiona Everard longs for the muddy slog of an Irish track ahead of Algarve raceBy Ian O'Riordan
Early Edition PodcastElon Musk taking Coimisiún na Meán to court, and today’s other top storiesListen | 10:00
Gaelic GamesSeán Moran: 2025 was a GAA year of evolution, when skill was rewarded over brawnBy Seán Moran
BooksThe Seven Rules of Trust by Jimmy Wales: Charming, interesting and at times startlingBy Karlin Lillington
OpinionWe should be very worried about AI taking over the classroomBy Eimear Nolan and Dirk Lindebaum
Global BriefingUS and China urge restraint after fresh clashes on Thailand-Cambodia borderBy Denis Staunton
Business Today NewsletterO’Brien blocks DAA-Jacobs deal and how to invest your savingsBy Peter Flanagan
USTrump hits the road again with a rally caught between past battles and future anxietiesBy Keith Duggan
Inside Politics NewsletterEuropean Council president makes a courtesy call as buzz about drones continuesBy Jack Horgan-Jones
MusicEd Sheeran at 3Arena review: Pop’s everyman serves up Christmas bangers and beige balladsBy Ed Power
ArtSean Scully: Tapestry review – A rewarding encounter with one of Ireland’s most acclaimed paintersBy Tom Lordan
PoliticsCoalition delays introduction of cap on value of homes eligible for vacant property grantBy Jack Horgan-Jones
Housing & PlanningMass eviction on Mountjoy Square: ‘I don’t know where to go with the babies’By Alekson Lacerda and Niamh Towey
PoliticsEuropean court stance limits Ireland’s ability to deport criminals, O’Callaghan saysBy Ellen Coyne
CourtsMan (59) jailed for placing pipe bombs at playing fields used by GAA in BelfastBy Ashleigh McDonald
OireachtasIreland’s ‘shameful reputation’ as puppy farm capital of Europe raised in DáilBy Marie O’Halloran
IrelandGlendalough Hotel in Co Wicklow one of 14 premises served with FSAI closure order last monthBy Katie Mellett
Crime & LawHalf of Garda incidents causing death or injury involved people with mental health difficultiesBy Jack White
OireachtasEurope’s failure to agree online child protection laws a ‘collective shame’, says MinisterBy Marie O’Halloran and Ellen Coyne
CourtsFine Gael councillor asked Garda superintendent to ‘sort’ speeding ticket, court hearsBy David Raleigh
Inside Business PodcastWhy are apartments in Ireland so much more expensive to build than houses?Listen | 41:32
BusinessChristine Lagarde says ECB will probably lift growth forecastsBy Olaf Storbeck and Martin Wolf
SoccerLiverpool players will not try to influence Salah on his future, says Szoboszlai By Andy Hunter
EuropeRussia praises Trump’s ‘understanding’ as Ukraine finalises new peace proposalBy Daniel McLaughlin
FilmElla McCay: Big-hearted political comic drama struggles to live up to its superb castBy Tara Brady
Middle EastIsrael responsible for nearly half of global journalist killings this year, report findsBy Michael Jansen
BusinessSale of Nama NI loan book to Pimco ‘may not have been’ an actual conflict of interests, court hearsBy Ashleigh McDonald
EuropeThe Maga push overturning US policy in the BalkansBy Amy Mackinnon and Alex Rogers in Washington and Marton Dunai in Budapest
BusinessRTÉ will outsource Lotto draws in cost-saving drive, Kevin Bakhurst tells media committeeBy Ian Curran
CourtsJudge halts marathon dispute between brother and sister over former family home in DublinBy Mary Carolan
Scéal“Is draíocht de chineál é an ceol domsa agus tá mé ag iarraidh a bheith i mo dhraíodóir.”By Una Mullally
SoccerCrystal Palace put outstanding away record to the test against Shelbourne in TallaghtBy James McDermott
An Irish DiaryFighting Farney – Frank McNally on the battle for his hometown’s ‘western front’By Frank McNally
BusinessVeteran Irish executive says finding out she was being demoted in company newsletter was ‘pretty stressful’By Stephen Bourke
WeatherNew wind warning issued for three of the counties worst affected by Storm BramBy Tim O'Brien and Ella Sloane
BusinessAlleged collusion between school bus operators drove up tender prices, trial hears By Ryan Dunne
Sport‘Dadgummit, let’s freaking go’: 44-year-old grandfather Philip Rivers could start for Indianapolis Colts
Ireland‘Difficult to establish’ why Ireland’s electricity prices are so high, says ESRI By Tim O'Brien
PoliticsPatients face €20 charge for blister pack medication previously covered by State, says DohertyBy Marie O’Halloran
IrelandVolodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Dublin ‘quite some time’ before drones deployed - TaoiseachBy Marie O’Halloran
CourtsMan jailed for eight years for role in late night aggravated burglary in couple’s homeBy Sonya McLean
IrelandNew €19m anti-drone capability to be available to Defence Forces for EU presidencyBy Martin Wall
CourtsHigh Court case over disputed control of Islamic centre in South Dublin is withdrawnBy Fiachra Gallagher
PoliticsUnion warns of potential ‘unsafe’ conditions at Waterford search and rescue base By Martin Wall
AmericasUS forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast, escalating pressure from Trump on MaduroBy Tom Phillips and Andrew Roth
Crime & LawPSNI charge man arrested in cross-Border investigation into ‘violent right-wing extremism’By Ella Sloane
Crime & LawGardaí release CCTV footage of fatal firebomb attack on Edenderry houseBy Sarah Burns and Ella Sloane