BooksThe Pelican Child by Joy Williams: Stories of everyday happenings with one eye on the troubling futureBy Colm McKenna
BusinessAircoach received €25m ‘equity injection’ from UK parent amid losses, route closuresBy Ian Curran
FoodTwelve of the best new restaurants in Ireland from 2025By Corinna Hardgrave, Joanne Cronin and Ali Dunworth
InnovationTiming, team and resilience trump ideas when it comes to innovation, studies showBy Olive Keogh
Your MoneyRise of non-bank lenders strengthens position of brokers in Irish mortgage marketBy Dominic Coyle
TV & RadioRun Away star James Nesbitt: ‘My Irishness has always been very important to me. I fought to play my roles as Irish’By Ed Power
TV & Radio2026 on TV: Dancing with the Stars, The Night Manager and 18 other new and returning shows to catch By Ed Power
PeopleFrom embassy childhoods to settling in Ireland: ‘No one seems to look down on you here’By Hosanna Boulter
State PapersCensoring Sinn Féin Christmas card ‘a step too far’, NI officials told after staff complaintsBy Freya McClements
State PapersBlair rejected inquiry into killing of loyalist terrorist Billy Wright amid prison claimsBy Shane Hickey in London
State PapersBertie Ahern opposed ethics bill establishing Sipo when it was proposed, records showBy Órla Ryan
State PapersBertie Ahern lobbied Tony Blair for more information on Sellafield security amid concernsBy Shane Hickey in London
TV & RadioDancing with the Stars 2026: Who are the contestants, when is it on and what’s new?By Laura Slattery
State PapersUK foreign minister called for earlier end to ‘counterproductive’ Sinn Féin broadcast ban
AbroadWelcome to The Pause: a time when memory and doing nothing catches us unawareBy Genevieve Carbery
State PapersFreedom of Information law would cause European sources to dry up, officials fearedBy Órla Ryan
Courts‘I can barely walk’: Woman who claims ex-partner cut her back on St Stephen’s Day is given barring orderBy Jack White
State PapersVenal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston ChurchillBy Mark Hennessy
Ireland‘I have been told a minimum of 11 years waiting’: On the housing list as a wheelchair userBy Kitty Holland
State PapersNI department was advised from London on how to present its response to Chernobyl radiation in food chainBy Freya McClements
State PapersBritish officials reluctant to share Dublin-Monaghan information over resource concernsBy Shane Hickey in London
State PapersPSNI dismissed claims loyalist Jim ‘Doris Day’ Gray was informantBy Shane Hickey in London
State PapersSlow progress a feature of North’s early powersharing that endures to this dayBy Freya McClements
PoliticsVaradkar’s advisers received nearly €500k in exit payments after his resignation as taoiseachBy Martin Wall
State PapersDUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gatheringBy Órla Ryan
State PapersWT Cosgrave wrote of ‘highest esteem’ for Mussolini as he tried to save Franciscan gardenBy Ronan McGreevy
HistoryJohn Major’s ‘politically inept’ block of Gerry Adams trip to London handed SF ‘propaganda coup’By Shane Hickey in London
State PapersUnionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and LondonBy Mark Hennessy
Rugby‘The skill level is so much better’: AIL’s rise opens the door to the professional game for club playersBy Nathan Johns
FilmFour new films to see this week: Marty Supreme, Cover-Up, Sentimental Value and David Bowie: The Final ActBy Donald Clarke and Tara Brady
GolfTiger Woods at 50: A legendary career of titles, surgeries and hopes for a competitive returnBy Philip Reid
EducationWhich CAO programmes must be listed due to portfolio, interview or performance criteria?By Brian Mooney
Ireland‘We were heartbroken when they left’: Removal of asylum seekers from Wicklow village raises questionsBy Ellen Coyne
Global BriefingIreland spends record €330m to tackle humanitarian crises as others cut aid budgetsBy Denis Staunton
OpinionThe old Irish habit of begrudgery didn’t disappear, it just turned in another directionBy Fintan O’Toole
Europe‘We are heading for a war Europe might lose’: Continent preparing public for possible conflict By Naomi O’Leary
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Middle EastHamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump says after Netanyahu meetingBy David Smith in Washington and Jason Burke in Jerusalem
Social AffairsMinimum wage to rise to €14.15 and auto-enrolment pension scheme to begin on January 1stBy Emmet Malone
USMarjorie Taylor Greene says she was ‘naive’ for thinking Donald Trump is man of the peopleBy Edward Helmore
Housing & PlanningNumber of renters seeking advice on eviction notices spiked in September, charity saysBy Niamh Towey
SoccerFrom Marc Guéhi to Ivan Toney – who could be on the move in the January transfer window?By Ed Aarons
Crime & Law‘Very large minority’ of drivers engaging in risky behaviour, gardaí warn By Conor Gallagher
Middle East‘A black legal hole’: Europe criticised for leaving young citizens trapped in SyriaBy Sally Hayden
BusinessDonald Trump expected to impose new levies if US supreme court strikes down tariffsBy Aime Williams
RugbyGordon D’Arcy: Ciarán Frawley’s move to Connacht is not as progressive as it seemsBy Gordon D'Arcy
EuropeRussia says it has moved nuclear-capable missiles, which can travel 5,500km, closer to Europe By Andrew Osborn
IrelandA grocery price war has started in Ireland. Is your shopping about to drop considerably? By Conor Pope
SoccerAntoine Semenyo move to Manchester City nears as Bournemouth hammer out termsBy Jamie Jackson, Ed Aarons and Jacob Steinberg
Middle EastSaudi Arabia strikes port in Yemen as tensions escalate with United Arab EmiratesBy Ahmed Al Omran in Jeddah and Andrew England in London
Crime & LawGardaí release images of car believed to have been used in fatal Co Offaly firebombingBy Conor Gallagher
Middle EastIran to listen to protesters’ ‘legitimate demands’ after widespread dissentBy William Christou
RugbyUlster confidence ‘growing every week’ ahead of final festive interpro against MunsterBy Michael Sadlier
An Irish Diary‘Every hip, young thing in south County Dublin seemed to be partying it up at Leopardstown’ By Frank McNally
PoliticsSteve Bannon promises ‘Irish Trump’ and says he is working to form ‘national party’ in IrelandBy Tim O'Brien
