LettersLetters to the Editor, January 1st, 2026: On five-day-week hospitals, and Simon Harris’s comments on migration.
Letter of the DayOpens in new window‘The debate Simon Harris claims was shut down is still wide open. It is he who has yet to show up for it.’
BooksThe Garden and the Jungle by Edwy Plenel: A persuasive case against western panic over immigrationBy Oliver Farry
RestaurantsFalafel restaurant review: Friendly and skilled taste of the Middle East in Temple BarBy Corinna Hardgrave
FilmPeter Hujar’s Day review: Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall give theatrical masterclassesBy Tara Brady
TV & RadioNetflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 best new shows to stream in JanuaryBy Kevin Courtney
Gaelic GamesMonaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan says ‘there’s space’ for McKenna Cup before National LeagueBy Paul Keane
Abroad‘But the weather!’: An Aussie voluntarily moving to Ireland seemed ludicrous to manyBy Annalisa Cercone
HealthDublin’s Rotunda Hospital transferring women as far as Drogheda due to bed shortageBy Shauna Bowers
Europe‘Ukraine is still in the fight – no one would have predicted that’: What next for Kyiv in 2026?By Daniel McLaughlin and Jack Power
PoliticsAverage worker faces €30,000 drop in income if relying on State pension alone, Minister warnsBy Cormac McQuinn
IrelandYoughal pub used by John Huston when filming Moby Dick to close after almost 150 years By Barry Roche
Gaelic GamesCiarán Murphy: Gaelic football’s revival in 2025 was cultural as much as sportingBy Ciarán Murphy
PeopleWelcome to 2026, year of the pigeon – those gutsy, mangle-footed postmen of the skyBy Emer McLysaght
BusinessFrom PTSB sale to Revolut’s mortgage entry: why 2026 is set to be busy year in bankingBy Joe Brennan
OpinionCriticism of Stormont’s creationist Minister for Education really needs to evolveBy Newton Emerson
Global BriefingSpike in Saudi Arabia-UAE tensions is good news for Houthis, bad news for US and ChinaBy Denis Staunton
OpinionWas Ireland’s reputation as a tiny diplomatic superpower just a flash in the pan fantasy?By Finn McRedmond
TV & RadioThe Late Late New Year Special: It’s a Paudie expanded universe, and we’re all just drifting through By Ed Power
AustraliaIrish man (35) found dead at Whitehaven beach among three deaths on Australia’s east coastBy Nino Bucci, Stephanie Convery and Australian Associated Press
IrelandIreland to deploy large numbers of undersea trackers to detect Russian submarinesBy Conor Gallagher
BoxingAnthony Joshua released from hospital in Nigeria after fatal car crashBy Press Association Sport Staff
TV & RadioRadio Review: Claire Brock is formidable as a guest host - despite one misguided segmentBy Mick Heaney
Consumer TechPrices of smartphones, computers and home appliances could jump by 20% this year amid chip shortagesBy Song Jung-a
Crime & LawGardaí believe wrong house attacked in Finglas petrol bombing that injured fiveBy Conor Lally
PoliticsRoderic O’Gorman: ‘Jim O’Callaghan feels he needs to talk a big game’ on international protection
Crime & LawNew plan expected to increase target number of PSNI officers to more than 7,500By Rebecca Black, PA
Europe‘People were screaming’: New Year party at Swiss ski resort turned into a disaster zone By Denis Balibouse in Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Middle EastUN chief condemns Israel for blocking water and power to refugee agency in GazaBy Mark Weiss
IrelandIntrepid sea swimmers across island of Ireland start year with chilly dipBy Rebecca Black, Press Association
EuropeHistoric church in Amsterdam gutted by blaze amid firework-fuelled new year violenceBy Jeanna Smialek
Your MoneyTens of thousands of mortgage holders failed to take up tax break worth up to €1,250By Jack Horgan-Jones
CourtsPharmacist awarded €20,000 after being excluded from promotion due to working part-timeBy Emmet Malone
Social AffairsFirst baby of year born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital at 35 seconds past midnightBy Sarah Burns
Middle EastTwo people confirmed dead as Iran’s largest protests in years turn into ‘battlefield’By Deepa Parent
An Irish DiaryJust the ticket: Why tangible mementoes will always have a place in a digital world By Steve Coronella
PoliticsMore than 1.5m social welfare recipients to receive average of €520 more in 2026 - as increases come into effect todayBy Jack White and Pat Leahy
EuropeSwitzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in ski resort fireBy Chris Michael in Crans-Montana, and Angela Giuffrida and Luke Harding
RugbyStrong Ulster side out to entertain full house in Belfast as Munster come to townBy Michael Sadlier
TV & RadioThe Night Manager on BBC One review: Dark TV for dark times - with compelling results By Ed Power
Ireland‘They have been denied justice’: Families to mark 50th anniversary of Kingsmill massacreBy Seanín Graham