16 March, 2016 Digital News Archive

Real-world fuel economy figures from Peugeot and Citroen

By Neil Briscoe

Editorials

An essential investment in water treatment for Dublin

Tesla comes to Ireland . . . for a visit

By Michael Sheridan

Editorials

Domestic factors propel growth

ESRI warns Government on basing spending plans on GDP numbers

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Martyn Turner

GAA women - not "ladies"

Fewer than 100,000 households now in negative equity - ESRI

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Marco Rubio suspends campaign as Donald Trump wins in Florida

Opinion

Jim O’Leary: Tax plans the proof of FF and FG ideological compatibility

By Jim O'Leary

Opinion

Vincent Browne: The case for an unstable government

By Vincent Browne

Obama discusses #ge16 ‘volatility’ with Kenny at Oval Office

By Sarah Bardon and Simon Carswell

Royal Bank of Scotland cuts close to 1,600 jobs in last month

Opinion

John McManus: Property funds have become the new ‘bondholders’

By John McManus

Anglo auditor was ‘concerned’ about €7.2bn transfer

Education

Galway-Mayo IT says it is improving performance

By Carl O'Brien

More 1916 Moore Street buildings assessed for preservation

By Olivia Kelly

Markets

European shares led lower by commodity stocks

By Charlie Taylor

1916 Diary – March 16th

By Patrick Smyth

Footballer is accused of attacking sports coach

By Tom Tuite

Twinlite’s Vieira investment arm transferred to EPF

By Mark Paul

Human rights and symphisiotomy

An Irish Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

By Frank McNally

Second meeting of bank inquiry established by Central Bank

By Ciarán Hancock

Public deserves to hear Irish Nationwide proceedings

By Ciarán Hancock

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International cuts revenue forecast

Kenny hears call for unity between US political adversaries

By Simon Carswell

Russian jets bomb Syria as withdrawal begins

Driving north, to the Arctic Pole (or nearly), in a Mazda CX-3

By Neil Briscoe

Analysis: Complicated Anglo case did not stand up to scrutiny

By Fiona Gartland

Annie Power gets her happy ending on Cheltenham return

By Chris Dooley

Russia’s complex endgame move appears to target diplomatic gains

By Isabel Gorst

Car review: Volvo’s V60 hybrid is a diesel dead-end

By Neil Briscoe

Row looms in Dáil over housing being sold by vulture funds

By Marie O’Halloran

Consumers upbeat about saving policies in election run-up

By Charlie Taylor

Nationalism and Catholicism ruled at 50th anniversary of Rising

By Michael O'Regan

European Commission seeks details of Apple tax in Ireland

By Suzanne Lynch

Anglo case timeline: How events unfolded for O’Mahoney and Daly

By Fiona Gartland

Emissions scandal takes its toll on Volkswagen sales but company still plugging away at the plug-ins

By Neil Briscoe

Angela Gheorghiu might be high-maintenance but she’s worth it

By Michael Dervan

Société Générale to buy Kleinwort and merge it with Hambros

Enda Kenny ramps up pressure on FF during US visit

By Sarah Bardon, Simon Carswell and Fiach Kelly

Life & Style

Michael Harding: I still have regrets about St Patrick’s Day 1976

By Michael Harding

Africa

Zanzibar: trouble in paradise with contentious election results

By Darragh Murphy

Environment

Eight ways to address the housing and homeless crisis

By Mark Hilliard

Grand FG-FF alliance is coming - but it has to be done slowly

By Michael O'Regan

Social Democrats will not join FF or FG minority government

By Fiach Kelly

Driverless truck convoys are on their way

By Michael McAleer

Will Mike Ashley of Sports Direct really take on Westminster?

By Fiona Walsh

St Patrick’s Day: Half a million expected to see Dublin parade

By Olivia Kelly

Social Affairs

Tyrrelstown notices: ‘This is happening all over the place’

By Peter Murtagh

Tyrrelstown plight: Big finance in a shell-shocked house market

By Mark Paul

Normalising our Tricolour

The correct flag protocol

Britain-only Brexit

Tyrrelstown evictions

A hung Dáil - another fine mess

Co-opting onto county councils

1916 banners on College Green

Solving Europe’s humanitarian crisis

Darragh Nelson hoping Ballyboden can complete epic run

By Ian O'Riordan

Oisín Gough not surprised at perceived Dublin ‘resurgence’

By Ian O'Riordan

Andrew’s Lane Theatre facing the final curtain?

By Jack Fagan

Minimum changes for Ireland but maximum respect for Scotland

By Gerry Thornley

French fancy Un De Sceaux can end Mullins’ wait

By Brian O'Connor

Fund buys Blackrock office blocks for €14.5m

By Jack Fagan

Eastpoint block sells for €4.95m

By Jack Fagan

Kilkenny’s Lyrath resort at less than half price

By Jack Fagan

European property investors shift to the east

By Justin Comiskey

Cheltenham: More Of That can edge No More Heroes in RSA

By Brian O'Connor

Un De Sceaux destined for Queen Mother success, say connections

By Brian O'Connor

Fast learner Josh van der Flier hitting the rucks early and often for Ireland

By Gerry Thornley

Sport

Numbers Game: Sloan Sports Conference needs to refocus

By Andy McGeady

New to the Parish: ‘In direct provision, many times I wanted to give up’

By Sorcha Pollak

Emmanuel Petit fears Euro 2016 finals may be marred by violence

By Emmet Malone

Question Time: ‘What would you put in your political manifesto?’

My history of bad relationships has made me suspicious

By Trish Murphy

Lucius emerge from the 1960s to embrace the darkness

By Lauren Murphy

Six houses for sale in Swords town centre

By Jack Fagan

Lidl buys neighbours on Thomas Street, Dublin 8

By Jack Fagan

Carlow’s Sandhills centre for €4m

By Jack Fagan

The best of SXSW Interactive, from big-screen releases to the big TV shows of 2016

By Jim Carroll

Mayo’s most reliable route might not be the most straightforward

By Seán Moran

Brexit Voices: How would the UK leaving the EU affect charities?

By Shane Hickey

Brussels on high alert after anti-terrorism raid leaves one dead

By Suzanne Lynch

US-China ties will progress regardless of election winner, Li Keqiang says

‘Impossible’ for China to miss economic goals, says Li

By Clifford Coonan

David Breen keen that Na Piarsaigh avoid tag of favourites

By Ian O'Riordan

Fitzwilliam Street Georgian makes more than €1.5m guide

By Jack Fagan

Coping: St Patrick’s Day is nothing to be proud of but our feisty nation is

By Laura Kennedy

Man faces trial over sale of allegedly defective condoms

By Anne Lucey

Blackrock site with potential for €2.5m

By Jack Fagan

Adrian Ismay: Postmortem to decide if death treated as murder

By Amanda Ferguson

Dunnes closes Westport outlet

By Jack Fagan

Sport

The Morning Sports Briefing

Ornua opens new €20m cheese plant in Saudi Arabia

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Emmanuel Petit: time for Arsene Wenger to move upstairs

By Emmet Malone

Gold Cup could be on the horizon for Annie Power

By Brian O'Connor

Kinsealy enclave of 10 shops and office units sells for €2.5m

By Jack Fagan

Atletico Madrid edge PSV on penalties to reach last eight

US student gets 15 years in North Korea for stealing poster

By Clifford Coonan

Manchester City advance but Vincent Kompany a concern

By Daniel Taylor

Blackock adjoining shops and offices are sold for nearly €4m

By Jack Fagan

Bryan Cooper opts for Don Cossack over Don Poli

‘Thunderbirds’ co-creator Sylvia Anderson (88) dies

Markets

Deutsche Boerse, LSE see €450m cost savings in merger

Clarehall shop for €1.2m

By Jack Fagan

Georgian trio on Baggot Street for sale individually or as job lot

By Jack Fagan

MK Dons midfielder pictured urinating in a cup at Cheltenham

Italy has highest retail rents

By Jack Fagan

Dublin 10 warehouse and offices to rent for €97,000

By Jack Fagan

Instagram plans changes to newsfeed

By Ciara O'Brien

Another bad day at the office? It may be down to poor design

By Justin Comiskey

German-based Deka completes €180m Whitewater acquisition

By Jack Fagan and Ciara O'Brien

Sport

World T20 format leaves Ireland and associates out in the cold

By Andy Bull

Skellig Michael suffers significant storm damage - OPW

Abroad

Passing on my love for Irish to young students in Italy

By Eoin Pól Ó Rúis

Islamic State flag found at home of dead Brussels suspect

By Suzanne Lynch

Offbeat

Homeless man who helped capture fugitives gets $100,000

Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill signs new deal

Gordon D’Arcy: Confident Scotland can tear up Ireland’s winning script

By Gordon D'Arcy

‘Fada.ie’ website addresses available later this year

By Ciara O'Brien

Anders Behring Breivik upset about microwaved meals

Travel

A Walk for the Weekend: Pilgrim paths to higher ground

By John G O'Dwyer

John Kasich sees path to Republican nomination after win

US election: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton score big wins

By Simon Carswell

What to watch out for when the Fed meets

Fifa looks to reclaim milions from indicted former executives

By Owen Gibson

Property

Rolling plains on to the River Nore

By Gemma Tipton

Seven things to do on St Patrick’s Day without booze

By Aoife Valentine

UK budget: 10 things likely to happen

Man avoids jail for stealing €18,000 from sick children’s charity

The devil is in the detail for Ireland’s Ultan Dillane

By John O'Sullivan

Killian’s share sale adds petrol to Aryzta’s smouldering fire

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Travel

Flight rights: what to do when your bags don’t arrive with you

By Joan Scales

Grimes review: Bits of brilliance derailed by a Butterfly breakdown

By Laurence Mackin

Stormont to decide if gay men can give blood in North

By Alan Erwin

Africa

Al-Qaeda’s branch in Africa makes a lethal comeback

By Dionne Searcey, Eric Schmitt and Rukmini Callimachi

Innovative lung transplant procedure takes place at Mater

By Elaine Edwards

St Patrick’s Day coverage on irishtimes.com

By Rachel Flaherty

Books

Ireland’s Guantanamo Granny by Margaretta D’Arcy: innocence in pursuit of sanity

By Timothy O’Grady

Denis O’Brien sues Revenue for breach of privacy

UK budget: Osborne downgrades growth outlook

Drink

Mid-week tipple: a pale ale that went viral and a fruity Portuguese wine

By John Wilson

PSNI treating death of prison officer Adrian Ismay as murder

Musician in coma four years after surgery gets €550,000 settlement

Conor O’Shea: Ireland must ignore prospect of World Cup pool of death

Starbucks to open in Rathmines landmark site

By Jack Fagan

MK Dons’ Samir Carruthers apologises for Cheltenham incident

PlayStation VR to go on sale in October for €400

By Ciara O'Brien

Abroad

Teaching Irish in Newfoundland, the most Irish place outside Ireland

By Sinéad Ní Mheallaigh

TV & Radio

Saints and begorrah – here’s a list of the greatest-ever Irish fictional characters

By Patrick Freyne

World

Explosive new claims ramp up pressure on Dilma Rousseff in Brazil

By Tom Hennigan

What does binge drinking do to your body?

By Leonie Corcoran

Sprinter Sacre beats Un De Sceaux to Queen Mother Champion Chase

RBS warns of Brexit danger for Ulster Bank

Warren Gatland apologises for referring to ‘Gypsy boy’ insult as ‘just banter’

Marcus Rashford called into England Under-20s squad

Student Hub

St Patrick's Day: not just bacon and cabbage

Student Hub

Is there room for national identity in a globalised world?

Ex-Franciscan leaders charged with aiding sexual predator

By Dave Philipps

Abroad

14 Irish phrases most people won’t understand abroad

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Precious little to choose between Na Piarsaigh and Cushendall

By Malachy Clerkin

Castlebar should prevail against Ballyboden

By Malachy Clerkin

Council defends 1916 banner highlighting Ireland’s parliamentary history

By Hugh Linehan

Food

Why are millions of Irish-Americans serving corned beef on St Patrick’s Day?

By Aoife McElwain

Film

Late Shift - the big-budget interactive film that allows viewers to decide the plot

By Shilpa Ganatra

Album of the week: Iggy Pop's Post Pop Depression - lust for life intact

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Sugar tax on soft drinks reveals British hard line on obesity

Seat posts first profit for eight years

By Neil Briscoe

Gardaí hail conviction of two caught ‘red handed’ with guns

Joe Marler avoids sanction for striking Rob Evans

Worker who hurt back lifting tray of yogurts awarded €153,000

Great Wall of China goes green for St Patrick’s Day

By Clifford Coonan

Cheltenham: Any Currency finally lands Cross Country Chase

Owen Killian adept at flying under the radar

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Marco Rubio goes from establishment favourite to home state loser

French police arrest four Islamist terror suspects

St Benildus prove no match for St Brendan’s of Killarney

Louis van Gaal calls for fans to drive his players on

Court rules in favour of order to dismantle three wind turbines

By Mary Carolan

Obama nominates moderate judge to US supreme court

By Simon Carswell

Connacht Senior Schools Cup: The Jes edge favourites Garbally

EU sanctions policy towards Russia back on agenda

By Suzanne Lynch

Pharma group Shire follows Valeant down

St Brendan’s Killarney edge closer to bridging 24 year gap

ILP broke limits in allegedly circular Anglo transfers, trial hears

By Declan Brennan

Uk budget: Osborne announces £3.5bn in spending cuts

By Denis Staunton

Carlsberg’s new strategy gets lukewarm response

BMW to focus on electric vehicles as part of new strategy

World

Brazil’s Lula takes cabinet post in bid to save Dilma Rousseff

By Tom Hennigan

Your Money

Irish dog breeders under fire after Crufts controversy

By Mark Hilliard

Jon Walters and Robbie Brady make FAI award lists

By Emmet Malone

Middle East

Key Kurdish-Arab group joins Syrian peace talks

By Michael Jansen

Transport

Luas drivers to get 18.7% rise as St Patrick’s Day strike called off

By Martin Wall and Tim O'Brien

Stage

‘People might be cross that some English bloke has desecrated a classic’

By Peter Crawley

Refurbished Custom House visitor centre opens

By Olivia Kelly

Sugar tax a decision for incoming government – Varadkar

By Elaine Edwards

WT Cosgrave’s headstone vandalised in Dublin

By Aine McMahon

Sprinter Sacre completes the fairytale Cheltenham comeback

By Brian O'Connor

UK budget: NI to get £223m extra to spend

By Francess McDonnell

Education

Secondary school teachers threaten autumn strikes

By Martin Wall

Hospital apologises for death of woman discharged without medical review

By Elaine Keogh

Gardaí deny moving homeless people for St Patrick’s Day

By Aine McMahon

Former property developer Kevin McGeever granted free legal aid

By Ann Healy

Jurgen Klopp: ‘We will decide how good the atmosphere is’

PSV Eindhoven vow to find fans who treated Madrid beggars ‘like animals’

By Ben Quinn

Herbal cannabis worth €159,000 discovered in the North

Weather prevents damage inspection on Skellig Michael

By Anne Lucey

Rory Best injury to decide if Schmidt retains same XV

By Gerry Thornley

Yorkhill’s showing gets Willie Mullins thinking for future

By Brian O'Connor

Social Affairs

Republic ranks as the 19th happiest country in the world

By Mark Hilliard

Economic fears prompt Fed to slow pace of rate hikes

Slovak PM Robert Fico says parties to split cabinet seats

Editorials

British budget: Testing times for George Osborne

Hospital software group Oneview Healthcare in €40m IPO

By Dominic Coyle

Ten-month sentence for trying to get phones into prison

Law graduate sentenced for assaults on bouncer and garda

Third man sentenced to life for gangland murder in Tallaght

St Patrick’s Day: road closures, parking restrictions for parade

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames announces she is leaving politics

By Aine McMahon

Kildare defeat Westmeath in Leinster Under-21 semi-final

Fianna Fáil ‘game playing’ on forming next government

By Sarah Bardon

Ulster Under-21 Quarter-finals: Champions Tyrone back in last four

Cheltenham Day 2: Bookies quids in as favourites bite dust

By Chris Dooley

‘Lancet’ study reveals conclusive benefits of getting on your bike

By Conor Pope

Neymar, Suarez and Messi on target as Arsenal crash out

By Sid Lowe

Pressure builds on Aryzta chief after sale of shares worth €16m

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Munster Under-21 semi-finals: Kerry and Cork reach decider

Bayern Munich complete remarkable comeback in extra-time

Colms Dream goes back to hurdles after four wins in chases

By Brian O'Connor

Film

The Boy review: pleasingly ridiculous, high-concept old-school horror fare

By Tara Brady