Crime, emigration, a busy political calendar and the year of the live blog

Story of student who missed out in CAO lottery tops the charts as we look back at last 12 months

A lane in Dublin city centre is to be closed to the public due to persistent antisocial behaviour - it has some murky mentions in The Irish Times archive going back decades

IT Sunday: Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year

Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year

This year’s most-read articles feature familiar issues alongside others that carry the distinct mark of 2022

Met Éireann issues warnings ahead of arrival of two storms in the coming days

Despite the media circus at the time, many questions remain about the death of Maria Kirwan on the small island in September 1852

‘Men have been born, have had children born to them, and seen their children’s children, without ever knowing another Monarch’

Dáil Éireann voted in favour of the Anglo Irish Treaty 100 years ago today

Which stories did Irish Times readers choose to read the most online this year?

King George V opened the Northern Parliament on this day 100 years ago, drawing huge crowds onto the streets

Congressional support for peace is ‘vitally important’ says Ireland’s Ambassador to US

‘Before the troops came down they just fired away without any regard for our safety’

The passenger liner was torpedoed on this day in 1915 off Ireland’s southern coast