PoliticsCatherine Connolly highlights wars and climate change in first Christmas message as PresidentBy Katie Mellett
LettersLetters to the Editor, December 22nd: On being Jewish in Ireland, water charges and rugby tackle school
BooksFlats and Cottages: Herbert Simms and the Housing of Dublin’s Working Class 1932-48By Frank McDonald
EconomyLong-fingering the switch to EVs is potentially disastrous for EU car manufacturersBy John FitzGerald
FoodCalf’s head soup and the royal pudding recipe: Christmas recipe advice from our archivesBy Úna McCaffrey
EconomyPoliticians need to embrace risk to speed up delivery of key infrastructure projects By Shane Dempsey
BusinessAI drives big shift in skills for accounting graduates, RSM warns before hiring spreeBy Hugh Dooley
AbroadAfter the Bondi attack: ‘We would love to feel some love from Ireland,’ says RabbiBy Laura Kennedy
Ireland‘It is so important to support smaller shops’: west coast villages count on loyal locals at ChristmasBy Áine Ryan
EducationMore than 300 extra educational psychologists needed, officials tell Minister By Martin Wall
Housing & Planning112,000 home hunters availed of relief from Help to Buy since 2016, but criticism remainsBy Marie O’Halloran
EducationCivil servants say targeted bursaries for teachers must be considered to boost supplyBy Martin Wall
Crime & LawPrisoner electronic tagging first part of criminal justice system to be privatisedBy Conor Lally
RacingWithout each other, Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott would never have scaled such heightsBy Denis Walsh
SoccerKen Early: The Saipan film makes the conflict between Keane and McCarthy less interestingBy Ken Early
OpinionManchán Magan’s ability to fuse present and past defined a rich year in the artsBy Una Mullally
Advertising FeatureINGLOT announces strategic expansion into Dunnes Stores with five new Irish locations
AustraliaBondi gunmen had ‘tennis ball bomb’, made Islamic State-inspired video, police allegeBy Ariel Bogle
In the News PodcastA day with Tommy Robinson, leader of Britain’s right-wing nationalist upsurgeBy Bernice HarrisonListen | 26:41
IrelandCastletown House access road and public parking reopens after two-year standoffBy Katie Mellett
Global BriefingUnravelling of plan to use frozen Russian assets is good news for EU and Ukraine By Denis Staunton
SoccerRoma coach lashes out at Evan Ferguson: ‘You need more to be a centre forward than being tall’By Susy Campanale
AbroadEmotional reunions at Dublin Airport: ‘He hasn’t had Christmas at home in seven years’By Conor Pope
Crime & LawGardaí arrest 170 in one week for driving under the influence as drug use risesBy Sarah Burns
BusinessLidl and Tesco among leading retailers being impersonated by fraudsters in social media ad scams By Hugh Dooley
IrelandMeath fire: foul play not suspected in Sunday afternoon blaze at Civil Defence HQ in NavanBy Katie Mellett
Middle EastMansour Abbas: The Arab kingmaker eyeing Israel’s 2026 electionBy Andrew England in Maghar
CourtsMan jailed for six months after ‘destroying floor’ of cathedral by defecating on itBy Gordon Deegan
BusinessCooley Distillery owner stops production at main Jim Beam bourbon site in Kentucky for 2026By Hugh Dooley
CompetitionsWin tickets to ‘In Good Company’ featuring at First Fortnight festival in The Abbey Theatre.
Middle EastIsraeli opposition parties criticise proposed Bill to establish October 7th inquiryBy Mark Weiss
EuropeRussia sees ‘slow progress’ in peace plan talks as Moscow bomb attack kills generalBy Daniel McLaughlin
CourtsAccused to be tried at Central Criminal Court over alleged murder of Ukrainian teenagerBy Tom Tuite
Gaelic GamesOne victory from Paradise: Loughrea can re-establish Galway supremacy with final winBy Gordon Manning
Sport‘It just stood up into this huge mountain’: Conor Maguire surfs his biggest wave yet at MullaghmoreBy Ian O'Riordan
HealthEmergency departments face unprecedented demand, but drop in people presenting with fluBy Katie Mellett
CourtsMan jailed for four years after hitting garda with car and reversing toward himBy David Raleigh
BusinessCerberus winds up company that bought Project Eagle loans in NI from Nama By Barry O'Halloran
BusinessIrish households quaffed nearly a million bottles of prosecco last ChristmasBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
SportAdded time: Seven last-minute Christmas gift ideas for the sports fan in your lifeBy David Gorman
MusicReluctant pop star Chris Rea felt ‘Monty Python-silly’ in Slane but was beloved in IrelandBy Ed Power
HealthImproved disability and youth mental health services among commitments in HSE’s 2026 planBy Emmet Malone
Crime & LawDrive-by shooting in Rathkeale under investigation amid heavy Garda presenceBy David Raleigh
RugbyConnacht aiming to repay fans’ faith after ‘letting them down’ against DragonsBy Linley MacKenzie
Ireland‘Pups are not just for Christmas’: Dublin mayor highlights importance of dog welfare By Katie Mellett