17 December, 2015 Digital News Archive

Anthony Foley to remain at Munster for another year

By Gerrry Thornley

Dylan Hartley emerges as favourite to captain England

Cantillon: Two sides to crack down on corporate tax

Science

That’s Maths: How many gifts did my true love give to me overall?

By Peter Lynch

Education

Employers would contribute to third-level costs under proposals

By Carl O'Brien

Racing

Injury puts Coneygree out of the Gold Cup running

Middle East

7,000 Syrians who died in state detention ‘tortured or executed’

By Martin Chulov

Central Bank of Ireland has 56 vacant posts, says Noonan

By Ciarán Hancock

Enda Kenny says there will no changes in medical card rules

By Michael O'Regan

Taoiseach pledges citizens’ assembly on abortion issue

By Marie O’Halloran

Property

Seven-bed house in Killiney, Co Dublin sells for €9m

By Aidan Murphy

Racing

Willie Mullins has confidence in Vautour’s jumping ahead of King George

Miriam Lord: End-of-term fun until Halligan silences the lads

By Miriam Lord

Failed plan for national children’s hospital cost €35m, says Dáil report

By Sarah Bardon

Analysis: Board feels the heat even in season of giving

By Ciarán Hancock

Ireland aims to phase out fossil fuels by 2100

By Harry McGee

No Minister should expect reappointment, says Taoiseach

By Harry McGee

Developers slow to build so they can boost profits – Nama

By Barry O'Halloran

Corruption dominates lead-up to Spanish election

By Guy Hedgecoe

Minister may face judicial review over Ludlow murder

By Gerry Moriarty

Fianna Fáil Senator calls for gardaí to detain ‘undesirables’

By Marie O’Halloran

Health

Varadkar blames high drug prices on greed

By Paul Cullen

Transport

Volkswagen faces inquiry by EU anti-fraud agency

Padmasree Warrior joins US arm of Chinese electric car start-up

AIB to pay €1.62bn to State as first repayment of bank bailout

By Ciarán Hancock

Star Wars box office takings to rocket – that’s the Vader do it

By Donald Clarke

Science

William Reville: The hidden psychology of Christmas

By William Reville

Funeral held of ‘Downton’ star’s fiance

Coalition energy strategy: Plan little more than aspirational

By Harry McGee

World’s lakes warming more rapidly than oceans

By Lorna Siggins

AstraZeneca boosts respiratory unit with Takeda deal

Net Results: California leads the charge for electric car

By Karlin Lillington

Property

Ikea’s design lab for living conjures future home concepts

By Aideen McCole

Fianna Fáil calls for West Link toll cut to combat gridlock

By Marie O’Halloran

HSE warned on budget overrun consequences

By Martin Wall

Luke Marshall relieved to finally showcase talent for Ulster

Andy Lee saving aggression for ring as title tension builds

By Ciaran Gallagher

Europe Letter: EU may be suffering from ‘enlargement fatigue’

By Suzanne Lynch

Les Kiss’s men hungry to rub salt in Toulouse wounds

By John O'Sullivan

Leinster v Toulon: Mike McCarthy to join 300 club

By Gerry Thornley

An Irish Diary

An Irishman’s Diary about gender-neutral pronouns

By Frank McNally

Uber agrees alliance with Facebook

Gaelic Games

Bernard Brogan unhappy with GAA’s drug-testing blood plan

By Johnny Watterson

Republican debate: Bush comes out swinging against Trump

By Simon Carswell

Reoffending criminals

Enet owner investment approaches €100m

By Cliff Taylor

Seanad electoral system

Responding to flooding crisis

Oil and the cost of petrol at the pumps

Maths in schools and universities

Commercial Property

Cantillon: Tara deal another timely check-in for Dalata

COP 21 agreement on climate change

Patronage and schools

Artists to receive bursaries to mark Easter Rising

By Ronan McGreevy

Amnesty and the Eighth Amendment

The HSE and local accountability

Third-level fees and student loans

Alcohol and minimum unit pricing

Opinion

Frank McDonald: White Paper on low-carbon energy future is pretty lame

By Frank McDonald

Opinion

Eamonn McCann: “Pro-life” advocates play fast and loose with language

By Eamonn McCann

Web Log: Snowboarding fun with ‘Alto’s Adventure’

By Marie Boran

Web Log: May the apps be with you

By Marie Boran

Web Log: Fuzzy bears and furry rabbits invade Silicon Valley

By Marie Boran

Opinion

Ruairí McKiernan: Happy birthday Chelsea Manning and thank you

By Ruairí McKiernan

Garda morale low, reveals staff association survey

By Martin Wall

Kid's Christmas: Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf review at the Gaiety

By Sara Keating

The best non-fiction books of 2015

By Eileen Battersby

Kids Christmas: Beauty and the Beast at the Tivoli

By Kevin Courtney

Kid's Christmas: Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf at the Lyric

By Jane Coyle

Kid's Christmas: Little Light at Civic Theatre

By Sara Keating

Kid's Christmas: Jack and the Beanstalk at The Helix

By Sylvia Thompson

Eileen Battersby’s books of the year: Fiction

By Eileen Battersby

Kid's Christmas: Aladdin at the Lambert Puppet Theatre

By Sara Keating

Kid's Christmas: Tracks in the Snow at the Ark

By Sara Keating

Science

Keep the Christmas dinner safe from merry microbes

By Claire O'Connell

Food

Lilly Higgins’s Christmas Special: Spiced Rum Butter

By Lilly Higgins

The Irish players at the forefront of new publishing

By Celine Naughton

How much can you know about Star Wars if you've never seen the films?

By Ian Malaney

Search to resume for missing fisherman off south west coast

By Barry Roche

Cantillon: Behind Chinese walls consultants prosper

Motorist fined €25,000 and cars seized over unpaid M50 tolls

By Colin Gleeson

Media

Laura Slattery: Diary of a despairing, caffeine-dependent hack

By Laura Slattery

2016 will be the year of virtual reality

By Ciara O'Brien

Providence ‘encouraged by discussions’ over Barryroe

By Pamela Newenham

Media

2015: The media year in takeovers, own goals and the scramble for an audience

By Laura Slattery

Asia-Pacific

Technician dies after getting sucked into Air India jet engine

The Morning Sports Briefing

Crude oil falls after US fed rate hike, inventory gains

Sonia O’Sullivan: More Irish athletes need winning attitude

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Protests held after Freddie Gray case ends in mistrial

Media

2015: Media quotes of the year

By Laura Slattery

America at Large: Tom Brady drops ball with support for toxic Trump

By Dave Hannigan

Man knocked down while attempting to move dead horse

Nama’s Leitrim, Longford assets unsuitable for social housing

By Fiona Gartland

Transport

European Parliament set to hold inquiry into VW scandal

James McClean: Jürgen Klopp is ‘a bit of an idiot’

People

Equality street: ‘It can be the campest Christmas ever now’

By Anthea McTeirnan

Star Wars screenings: film ‘transcends gender and age’

By Ian Maleney

EU summit to focus on refugee crisis, Brexit referendum

By Suzanne Lynch

Pints, misprints, scoops and wheezes: the glory days of the Press

By Dave Kenny

Former UBS forex staff banned by Swiss watchdog

Music

On the Record: Jim Caroll picks his winners, losers and also-rans of 2015

By Jim Carroll

Justin Bieber shows in Dublin sell out within minutes

By Ronan McGreevy

No more flying your drone over military bases from Monday

By Ronan McGreevy

Computershare fined €322,500 for multiple breaches of regulations

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

People

Family Fortunes: The year the turkey arrived alive

By Catherine Clancy

Education

Catholic trust got concessions from State before divesting school

By Joe Humphreys

AstraZeneca buys 55 per cent stake in Acerta for $4 billion

Highest December temperatures in six decades recorded

By Ronan McGreevy

David de Gea dismisses reports of dressing room unrest

Bloody Sunday soldiers win legal bid on transfer to North

Drivers who smoke in cars with children face fine next month

By Sarah Bardon

Refugee crisis reveals Sweden’s ‘national psychosis’

By Derek Scally

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy punched in face during walkabout

Abroad

Emigrant Disco: A big reunion party for the old crowd

By Ciara Kenny

A love letter to bookshops, by Kerrie O’Brien

By Kerrie O'Brien

Golf

Sporting Advent Calendar #17: Amateur Paul Dunne leads the Open on final day

By Philip Reid

Alexis Sánchez could return for Manchester City clash

By David Hytner

Reissue of the week: The Red Shoes - Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 film is still worth seeing

By Donald Clarke

Transport

Dublin Airport passenger numbers up 18 per cent

By Pamela Newenham

Government approach to Halawa case ‘the best way’

By Marie O’Halloran

Social Affairs

Response to homelessness offers few solutions, says Simon

By Kitty Holland

Tech Tools: iKydz

By Ciara O'Brien

John Hume: the politician who made peace possible

By Seán Farren and Denis Haughey

Tech Tools: Millennium Falcon gets the drone treatment

By Ciara O'Brien

Tech Tools review: Samsung Gear S2

By Ciara O'Brien

Food

Culinaria: JP McMahon’s sprout appeal

By JP McMahon

Music

Shuffle: Four terrible Christmas songs you shouldn't listen to this year

By Eoin Butler

Paul O’Connell gets used to his new Toulon colours

By Gavin Cummiskey

Janet Yellen’s new role: risk taker

Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy found guilty of tax evasion

Supreme Court to hear local election candidate’s appeal

By Anne Lucey

Mortgage debt declines by €61 million in third quarter

By Pamela Newenham

Culture

Patrick Freyne: Bah humbug to Christmas - it was so much better in the olden days

By Patrick Freyne

Supreme Court orders recount of votes in north Kerry

By Mary Carolan

Barcelona ease into the Club World Cup final

Infamous US drug entrepreneur arrested on suspicion of fraud

Tánaiste calls TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn a ‘barroom brawler’

By Marie O’Halloran

Man choked on steak dinner at TGI Friday’s, inquest told

By Louise Roseingrave

Varadkar says he will not lobby FG colleagues on abortion law

By Sarah Bardon

EU fish quotas will damage Irish Sea ecosystem, trust says

By Lorna Siggins

Ulster’s Newport Gwent Dragons fixture rescheduled

Global markets jump in response to US rate hike

By Arthur Beesley

Africa

Delegates from Libya's rival factions sign UN peace deal

Brian McDermott back for second stint as Reading manager

Offbeat

Irish woman meets her Swedish doppelganger online

Offbeat

Late Late Toy Show star delivers special weather report

Vladimir Putin delivers furious tirade attacking Turkey

IMF chief Lagarde to stand trial over role in €400m Tapie payout

Bloody posters and eggy bread fall foul of ad watchdog

By Conor Pope

Chelsea confirm sacking of Jose Mourinho in statement

By David Hytner

Health

Most cancer cases due to avoidable factors, research suggests

Offbeat

‘Aah. Holy S*$&! I thought he was on a bus’

By Conor Pope

AIB secures another €200m from SBCI to lend to businesses

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Africa

Burundi on cusp of civil war, warns UN human rights chief

Your Money

Dublin Airport expecting 80,000 passengers on busiest day of year

By Aine McMahon

Middle East

Mother of beheaded Isis hostage condemns Marine Le Pen

Man given life sentence for murder of ex-girlfriend’s partner

Fashion

Wear it out: Snapchat king James Kavanagh isn’t really one for trends but he is in thrall to the big scarf

By Emma Fraser

Social Affairs

Labour will tackle private rented sector if re-elected, Kelly says

By Kitty Holland

Elderly woman dies after collision between car and lorry

Most owners buy back cars seized over M50 toll non-payment

By Fiona Gartland and Mark Hilliard

Brown Thomas ordered to take hoverboards off its shelves

By Conor Pope

Central Bank’s Stefan Gerlach to join Swiss private bank

GP jailed for indecent assault of girl released pending appeal

British PM’s welfare plan breaches key EU principle, warns Kenny

By Suzanne Lynch and Denis Staunton

The Forbidden Room review: All the phantasmagoria you can handle

By Tara Brady

Dispute over Heatons shareholders’ sale to Sports Direct adjourned

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Three quarters of penalty points issued for speeding - CSO

By Aine McMahon

Markets

Wall Street turns negative after Fed interest rate move

Ex-partner of ballerina Monica Loughman seeks defamation ruling

By Ray Managh

Richard Boyd Barrett to present Bill to prohibit fracking

By Harry McGee

Star Wars: The force awakens the feminists

By Anthea McTeirnan

Timeline: Chelsea’s season of woe under Jose Mourinho

People

Send us your Santa letter

New laws on drones unveiled as rise in complaints expected

By Mark Hilliard

Gardaí given extra time to question heroin seizure suspects

By Kathryn Hayes

M&A bankers are partying this Christmas, but doing it discreetly

Australian figures show many multinationals paid little or no tax on earnings

‘Time to get real’ on how Garda members feeling - AGSI chief

By Mark Hilliard

Leinster to appeal Cian Healy’s two-week suspension

Woman dies in north Cork two vehicle collision

By Barry Roche

World

UN could have prevented deaths of 250,000 Syrians - Flanagan

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Jerry Beades challenges Kelly nomination as High Court chief

FG activist says John Perry pact worked on the night

Claims on US military flights could endanger lives, says Joan Burton

By Michael O'Regan

First part of Arlene Foster’s unionist coronation goes smoothly

By Gerry Moriarty

Solution urged over threatened cut to Aran island ferry service

By Lorna Siggins

Leo Varadkar says dealing with drug companies brings out the socialist in him

By Marie O’Halloran

Executive agrees new budget for Northern Ireland

By Francess McDonnell

Health

HSE head asks why State contests negligence cases

By Paul Cullen

Africa

Niger government foils coup attempt, president says on TV

Global stocks boosted by new Fed policy

New rules may have minor impact on drink prices

By Marie O’Halloran

Racing

Annie Power on road to recovery and may race before Cheltenham

New DUP chief Arlene Foster seeks ‘more harmonious’ society

By Gerry Moriarty

Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy guilty of tax evasion after 32-day trial

UN Security Council adopts plan to throttle Isis financial network

Boyd Barrett introduces Bill to ban fracking

By Marie O’Halloran

Star Wars: Habitats directive ‘breached’ on Skellig Michael

By Lorna Siggins

José Mourinho’s exit shows that winning title does not bring security

By Daniel Taylor

José Mourinho sacking: Dressing room discord spelled the end

By David Hytner