BooksThe Shortest History of Ireland by James Hawes: Unorthodox, accessible, deeply impressiveBy Neil Hegarty
MarketsGlass Bottle site apartments to help anchor planned stock market listing of Oaktree portfolio By Joe Brennan
Special ReportsFaster, higher‑quality and more predictable: MMC can speed up housing deliveryBy Emmet Ryan
Special ReportsStrong project management key to delivering Ireland’s transport megaprojects By Emmet Ryan
Special ReportsWanted: 70,000 builders, but can we remedy this construction skills crisis?By Peter McGuire
Special ReportsDelivery doubts: Ireland’s multi-billion-euro infrastructure pipeline By Edel Corrigan
Special ReportsBlueprints to bytes: BIM is evolving from niche tool to core information infrastructureBy Sandra O'Connell
Special ReportsDigital, low‑carbon and AI‑ready: Future-proofing the construction sector By Emmet Ryan
Special ReportsFaster and fairer: Balancing speed and accountability in the planning systemBy Frank Dillon
EducationThinking of doing an EMBA? ‘My advice is simple: grab the opportunity with both hands’By Declan Whiteford
TV & RadioI hate to kink-shame, but is violent leather play really a stable basis for social change?By Patrick Freyne
ResidentialLatest new homes for sale at Altidore Gardens in Newtownmountkennedy from €555,000By Kevin Courtney
BusinessThe grooming gap: do women’s investments in hair and clothing pay dividends at work? By Margaret E Ward
Climate CrisisSouth Africa embraces renewables with a little help from loyal friendsBy Kevin O'Sullivan
EducationEx-prisoner uses jail experience to challenge offenders’ views of ‘masculinity’By Arlene Harris
Crime & LawGardaí play a waiting game for Martina and Ammi Burke with no sign of them in CastlebarBy Conor Lally and Áine Ryan in Castlebar
ScienceNature and biodiversity are critical to food security - and should be national prioritiesBy Yvonne Buckley
Fine Art & AntiquesEnglish and Irish decorative arts in carefully curated Palladian house collectionBy Sylvia Thompson
BusinessInflation could climb above 4% if Iran conflict is prolonged, Central Bank warnsBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
IrelandIrish consumers face rising costs as war in Iran threatens to escalate By Pat Leahy, Mark Weiss and Eoin Burke-Kennedy
In the News PodcastGardaí finally crack bitcoin code of €360m crypto seizureBy Bernice HarrisonListen | 20:21
PoliticsNo large Irish town is likely to achieve city status in the foreseeable future, Minister saysBy Harry McGee
DublinCouncil taken to Labour Court over use of contractors to maintain Shamrock Rovers pitchBy Mark Tighe
OpinionAbsence of religious fervour in debate about Sunday shopping in North is suspiciousBy Newton Emerson
OpinionInsurance transparency code is more about shielding insurers than protecting consumersBy Rosemarie Loftus
Early Edition PodcastPodcast: Where are the Burkes? Where is fuel cheapest? How should I talk about housing?By Aideen FinneganListen | 09:04
Ireland‘Sort out The Parrot, will ye’ – Ireland fans arrive in Prague with tickets thin on groundBy Jack Power
SoccerIreland v Czech Republic: Passion, composure – and Troy Parrott – needed for this oneBy Gavin Cummiskey
OireachtasMiriam Lord: Alan Kelly to Jim O’Callaghan ... I will look for you, I will find you...By Miriam Lord
Housing & PlanningUse of ‘prefab’ to describe modern building methods should be avoided due to ‘historic stigma’By Olivia Kelly
FashionHow Irish wool became cool: from Rathlin Island rope to JW Anderson’s Wicklow yarnBy Deirdre McQuillan
TV & RadioSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happen taps into what we all know: our other half’s family is weird By Ed Power
Global BriefingBlaming Israel for US war on Iran lets Trump off the hook for reckless decisionBy Denis Staunton
USMeta and Google case: Is this social media’s ‘big tobacco’ moment? By Yvonne Judge in San Francisco
MusicSinger Duffy to tell story of her kidnapping and rape ordeal in new Disney+ documentaryBy Laura Snapes
Health‘No plans’ for French-style egg-freezing service for women considering later pregnanciesBy Ellen Coyne
UKEngland set to charge foreign tourists for entry to leading museumsBy Jim Pickard and George Parker
Middle EastIran and US at impasse over ceasefire talks as fears grow of conflict escalationBy Parisa Hafezi, Steve Holland and Alexander Cornwell
IrelandRSA to arrange new driving tests for learners turned away over insurance doubtsBy Vivienne Clarke and Emmet Malone
OpinionDecades after motorists camped overnight for petrol, Ireland is still too dependent on oilBy Diarmaid Ferriter
SportGiles Richards: Why Max Verstappen gave me my marching orders from press conference By Giles Richards
BusinessIran war tests Donald Trump’s tolerance for ‘pain’ in oil marketBy George Steer in New York and Emily Herbert, Malcolm Moore and Jonathan Vincent in London
RugbyMunster head coach Clayton McMillan acknowledges ‘challenging times’ on and off pitchBy Michael Scully
PoliticsOff-the-record conversation between Irish EU official and journalist leaked onlineBy Ellen Coyne
BusinessSolicitor claims he was ‘firefighting’ as staff left over being denied working from homeBy Stephen Bourke
RugbyLeinster suffer blow as RG Snyman ruled out for the remainder of the season with knee injuryBy John O'Sullivan
CourtsCarlow property demolished 10 years ago without permission still not restoredBy Ellen O’Riordan
HealthCompensation scheme opened to children who suffered in Kerry mental health services By Shauna Bowers
HealthDirect-provision-centre operator gave €30,000 to Children’s Health Ireland party fundBy Shauna Bowers
An Irish DiaryPlaques broad and narrow – Frank McNally on Dublin street honours big, small and missingBy Frank McNally
IrelandPlanning permission granted for new petrol station next to site of Creeslough tragedyBy Stephen Maguire
Gaelic Games‘Magic in human form’: Michael Lyster funeral hears of a devoted family manBy Emmet Malone
Housing & Planning‘One last blast’: Musician marks 200th and final housing crisis protest outside Leinster HouseBy Ellen Coyne
Crime & LawJudges adopt heavier sentence guideline for many domestic violence offencesBy Mary Carolan
SoccerIreland under-21s suffer another setback as Moldova secure draw in TallaghtBy Paul O'Hehir at Tallaght Stadium
HealthForced swim tests on animals should not be used in depression studies, says watchdog By Shauna Bowers
Politics‘Significant role’ of Aughinish Alumina for civilian use must be considered in further Russian sanctionsBy Marie O’Halloran
Courts‘A stupid split-second decision’: Apology offered to umpire assaulted during minor hurling matchBy Natasha Reid
War in Middle EastIsrael says it has killed Iranian commander; Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’By Jade Wilson and Sarah Burns
World Cup PlayoffCzech Republic v Ireland: Troy Parrott on target as Ireland leadBy David Gorman and Mary Hannigan
EnvironmentEU court adviser casts doubt on Ireland’s nitrates derogation in water quality caseBy Caroline O'Doherty
