13 December, 2016 Digital News Archive

Family film

Alcohol and other drugs kill two people a day in Ireland

By Paul Cullen

Racing

Handicapper says Douvan has “potential to be anything’

By Brian O'Connor

‘Babette’s Feast’ shows us value and future of the Eucharist

By John Horgan

Ross Byrne to take up full-time outhalf duties for Leinster

By John O'Sullivan

The artist who damaged her brain

By John Rainsford

HSE warns €14bn budget for 2017 may not be enough

By Sarah Bardon and Martin Wall

Water charges committee may face deadlock over report

By Harry McGee

Michael Creed warns on EU’s proposed fish quota cuts

By Lorna Siggins

Baby left in buggy down a lane while mother smoked heroin

By Kitty Holland

Birdsong

Top Republicans part with Trump on Russian ‘meddling’ claim

By Simon Carswell and Clifford Coonan

Greece Letter: Too great a burden on shoulders of tourism

By Richard Pine

Child welfare to be stepped up in FAI’s new coaching ‘pathway’

By Emmet Malone

Ireland’s intake of refugees remains low, says ESRI report

By Mark Hilliard

Restoring public sector pay cuts remains unsustainable

By Jim O'Leary

Sing out loud and proud – it will make you feel better

By Arlene Harris

Leinster not assuming it will be the same against Northampton

By John O'Sullivan

Gaelic Games

Tomás Quinn hails ‘mental strength’ of formidable St Vincent’s

By Seán Moran

Culture

Does a disability necessarily make you worse off?

By Joe Humphreys

Busy Bob

Making America great again

‘Wellbeing’

Bad day for rugby’s ‘bad boy’

Article 50 and Brexit

Garda pay and pensions

Parked cars blocking cycle lanes

Free travel and pensioners

Hot birds and small thongs

‘Snob value’ and choosing university

Emigrants and the Czech Republic

Time to act on climate change

Culture

The Irishman building relationships around the world

By Arminta Wallace

TV & Radio

The Crossing review: ‘It’s the people not screaming you have to get to first’

By Peter Crawley

Declan Ganley firm in legal action against US government

By Barry O'Halloran

Fintan O’Toole: Still no shame in helping yourself to other people’s money

By Fintan O’Toole

Where are the incentives for the negative equity generation?

By Fiona Reddan

Cantillon: INBS hearings resume – this could go on . . .

Cantillon: Is inflation about to make a comeback?

Education

I can’t afford to work as a teacher – what am I going to do?

By Brian Mooney

Where are the female fund managers?

By Proinsias O'Mahony

Business

Bombardier’s Belfast staff likely to face more jobs uncertainty

By Francess McDonnell

One of the most common lung disorders in Ireland you’ve never heard of

By Rachel Flaherty

Cautionary tale about advice to ‘drink plenty of fluids’

By Dr Muiris Houston

Art

Building a Pallas: 20 years of modern art in Ireland

By Aidan Dunne

Your Family

A Christmas where mummy and daddy don't argue is top of children’s wish list

By Sheila Wayman

Dangerous industrial cleaner linked to rising popularity of ‘chemsex’

By Paul Cullen

Music

Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift team up for some 50 Shades Darker action

By Ailbhe Malone

Transport

Europcar Group to buy out its Irish franchisee in new strategy

By Peter Campbell

Your Fitness

Exercise can take your breath away – for all the wrong reasons

By George winter

Get real: This season, give yourself the gift of authenticity

By Anne McCormack

Lone Star warns investors of INBS mortgage warranty risks

By Joe Brennan and Ciarán Hancock

‘To attract top talent, increase pay for high ranking public staff ’

By Martin Wall

Commercial Property

Hibernia takes full ownership of 1 Windmill Lane in Dublin

By Fiona Reddan

Gale warning for coastal areas on Tuesday night

Me & My Money

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Britain sells further 1% of shares in Lloyds Banking

Return legs in Champions Cup offer chance at redemption

By Gerry Thornley

People

Forestry swallows houses. Its onward march is unrelenting in the west

By Michael Harding

Does having owned a home in the US bar us from Help to Buy scheme?

By Dominic Coyle

UniCredit to raise €13bn in Italy’s biggest share issue

History

High Nelly at the ready as Garda Museum moves into new home

By Peter Murtagh

The Morning Sports Briefing

Five things you need to know today

Gender quotas for sporting boards an odd fight to pick

By Malachy Clerkin

Gaelic Games

22 years settling rows – ‘The Championship 2016’ is here

By Seán Moran

Brazilian judge approves return of Pat Hickey’s passport

By Ian O'Riordan

Cristiano Ronaldo wins his fourth Ballon d’Or award

Koeman: Everybody at Everton is underperforming, including me

By Dominic Fifield

People

‘My mixed identity and brown skin pushed me into a dilemma. Where do I belong?’

By Sorcha Pollak

Environment

Exploration company eyes up rich seam of gold in Co Tyrone

Books

Reviewing first 10 years of Dublin Review of Books

By Enda O'Doherty

Brussels set to tighten rules on jobless benefits for EU citizens

By Jim Brunsden

Media

Christmas crackers in short supply on traditional TV channels

By Laura Slattery

Children as young as five have unsupervised internet access

By Rachel Flaherty

Coveney makes his housing move

By Fiach Kelly

Yaya Toure: ‘I was not intentionally consuming alcohol’

The Pro 12 rises: Resurgent sides put English and French to the sword

By Robert Kitson

Culture

The 20 ‘best’ new Irish Christmas cracker jokes

By Garvan Grant

Paul Mason: Our economic problem isn’t robots, it’s low-wage car-washes

By Paul Mason

Central Bank makes three senior director appointments

By Ciarán Hancock

Motors

First Drive: Land Rover Discovery embraces the digital age

By Neil Briscoe

Trump picks Exxon chief Rex Tillerson as secretary of state

Business

Trinity’s climate initiative: a cool move or just hot air?

Offbeat

Alien ship? Time capsule? Strange object found on New Zealand beach

UK inflation hits two-year high as weak sterling bites

Dublin, Cork landlords limited to 4% rent rises under plan

By Fiach Kelly

Man arrested in connection with David Douglas murder

‘Don’t let the hidden harm of alcohol abuse define you’

Food

New emojis include sharks, facepalms and the millennial favourite: avocado on toast

By Marie Claire Digby

Racing

Coneygree’s trainer Sara Bradstock not scared of Thistlecrack

By Greg Wood

Garrett Kelleher ordered to appear in court over insurance claim

By Barry O'Halloran

How to . . . get Apple’s latest iOS update

By Ciara O'Brien

State to take in 1,100 Syrians from Greece by September - Tánaiste

By Vivienne Clarke

The end of the Kolpak player: How Brexit is to affect county cricket

By Andy Bull

Hospital trolley numbers surge as strike threat looms

By Paul Cullen

New England Patriots survive Baltimore Ravens comeback

English rugby chief backs leadership of Dylan Hartley

Threat of garda strikes needs to be removed, says Fitzgerald

By Vivienne Clarke

Phil Taylor: ‘Without me they wouldn’t be there. But my time is coming to an end’

By Donald McRae

The new rent controls, and how they might affect what you pay

By Fiona Reddan

Sale Sharks defend contentious Denny Solomona signing

Books

‘Few things bring a parent and child closer than sharing a great story’

Film

Whatever happened to the Christmas movie? Here are six that need a remake

By Seamas O'Reilly

Apple 10.2 update brings more than 100 new emojis

By Ciara O'Brien

Transport

Nissan profits miss estimates

Wonder Woman removed from position as UN ambassador

Antonio Conte points to John Terry’s key role off the pitch

Books

The past casts a long shadow

By Kathleen Curtin

Mike Phelan: video technology ‘around the corner’

Doctor undertakes not to repeat mistake made with cancer patient

By Liz Farsaci

Suspect arrested in connection with Cabra weapons seizure

By Rachel Flaherty

Abroad

I had no words to say goodbye to my best friend in Sydney

By James Parnell

Denis O’Brien fails to get orders identifying Red Flag client

By Mary Carolan

Tax reform: TDs told Ireland has more to fear from EU than Trump

By Charlie Taylor

‘Christmas miracles really can happen on Dublin Bus’

By Mark Hilliard

Media

‘Sunday Business Post’ publisher appoints Siobhan Lennon as CEO

By Ciarán Hancock

Prosecution says Bernadette Scully broke all her own rules

By Natasha Reid

A GAA club in Tiger’s Bay? Carl Frampton hopes so

Galway disability centre ‘failed to prevent peer-to-peer abuse’

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Funeral of poet John Montague in Dublin on Wednesday

Golf

Henrik Stenson named European Tour Golfer of the Year

Lionel Messi meets ‘plastic shirt’ Afghan boy who became viral sensation

Kanye West and Donald Trump speak about ‘life’ at meeting

By Amber Jamieson

Yelp takes €65.4m writedown on Irish assets after wind-down

By Charlie Taylor

Opus Dei leader Javier Echevarría Rodríguez dies aged 84

By Patsy McGarry

Oireachtas

Government’s rent control agenda a lonely position, claims Howlin

By Michael O'Regan

Rent proposals: Coveney to limit increases on properties in Dublin and Cork

By Fiach Kelly

State to get €280m from IBRC liquidators

By Cliff Taylor

Opposition parties unconvinced by Coveney’s rental plan

By Fiach Kelly, Sarah Bardon, Vivienne Clarke and Rachel Flaherty

Prescription charges for over-70s to be reduced from March

By Paul Cullen

Agitated Pep Guardiola won’t change playing style

By Paul Wilson

Galway man hopes to set new rowing record on Atlantic trip

By Nora-Ide McAuliffe

History

Original key to Oscar Wilde’s prison cell sells for £15,000

By Michael Parsons

Martin Wolf: China crisis is just a matter of time

By Martin Wolf

Middle East

Paris attacks suspects killed in Syria, US claims

Pat Hickey’s OCI successor to be appointed in February

By Ian O'Riordan

Film

The Black Hen review: Nepali drama puzzles and provokes

By Tara Brady

Fianna Fáil will not support proposals to cap rent hikes at 4%

By Sarah Bardon

Podcast: Battle for Aleppo, Trump transition, Indian crisis

By Declan Conlon

Football abuse scandal: Met Police receive 106 allegations

Jail avoided over fraudulent mortgage to pay brother’s drug debt

Martyn Turner

Auf Wiedersehen: Angela Merkel still standing as leaders bow out

By Derek Scally

Chelsea willing to sell Oscar to Shanghai for £60 million

By Dominic Fifield

Film

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review - this time it's war

By Donald Clarke

NTMA to increase amount of new borrowing

By Cliff Taylor

Ireland records best year for tourism with 11% growth

By Tim O'Brien

Apple’s AirPods finally go on sale online at a cost of €179

By Ciara O'Brien

Shares in Ireland’s largest landlord down on new rent controls

By Charlie Taylor and Fiona Reddan

Media

Vivendi’s Bollore turns up heat on Berlusconi over Mediaset

Denis O’Brien suffers a serious setback in Red Flag battle

By Peter Murtagh

Middle East

Fight for Aleppo is almost over – but a new phase of misery begins

By Martin Chulov

Woman entitled to damages over eviction by council

By Mary Carolan

London Metropolitan police receive 106 allegations of sexual abuse

By Jamie Grierson

Environment

Roads in northwest ‘hampering’ investment, jobs and tourism

By Colin Gleeson

Farming & Food

Aryzta shareholders back Gary McGann appointment

By Charlie Taylor and Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Republic of Ireland’s Under-19s face tough test in Euro Elite phase

By Emmet Malone

Africa

Gambian ruling party challenges election result

Bluestone names Peter McGuinness as CEO

Sochi stripped of bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships

State seeks quashing of murder conviction over pathologist procedures

By Ruaidhrí Giblin

Chamber policy chief joins job creation agency

By Barry Roche

Witness tells of woman’s claim she was kidnapped by ex-partner

By Conor Gallagher

Donald Trump’s oilman diplomat raises hackles over pipeline to Putin

By Simon Carswell

Business

Bausch + Lomb and Siptu agree to talks

By Dominic Coyle

Robert Lewandowski extends Bayern Munich contract

Italy’s new prime minister wins first confidence motion

By Paddy Agnew

Chelsea fined £100,000, Man City £35,000 for brawl

Music

Music can help you cheat at board games this Christmas

Irish Nationwide inquiry told it is ‘obliged’ to dismiss charges

By Ciarán Hancock

Bird flu alert: Farmers may be ordered to bring flocks indoors

By Ciarán D'Arcy

Aidan O’Driscoll murder: Gardaí suspect former local associates

By Barry Roche

Man jailed over alleged attempt to kill Donald Trump

History

Best websites for recording events of 1916 and life in 2016 chosen

By Hugh Linehan

Rent control plan ‘step in right direction’, say housing advocacy groups

By Kitty Holland

Ibrahim Halawa addresses judges at trial in Cairo court

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Cabinteely want to be ‘the biggest brand in Irish football’

By Emmet Malone

Government releases €4m funding to aid agency Goal

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

Former TD Seán Conlan (FG) guilty of assault with broken glass

By Colm Keena

Minister admits intervention in rental sector is 'counter-intuitive'

By Kitty Holland

Markets

Unicredit plan cheers European investors

By Mark Paul

Phil Jones not getting carried away despite resurgence

By Jamie Jackson

Zika virus ‘can replicate’ in foetal brains and after birth

Editorials

The fuller picture emerges on pay and pensions for gardaí

Cost of Garda deal to be split between savings and €25m allocation

By Pat Leahy

Italy convicts man over deaths of nearly 700 migrants

FF warns 4% rent cap will lead to 12% rise over three years

By Sarah Bardon

Taoiseach admits he uses personal email account for official business

By Marie O’Halloran

Food

And the Taste of Success winner is ...

By Marie Claire Digby

Dundalk and Cork dominate award nominations

By Emmet Malone

Proposals by expert group on water ‘would not breach EU rules’

By Harry McGee

Property

Landlords disappointed at lack of tax breaks in new rental strategy

By Madeleine Lyons

Education

Pay increases for post-2012 teachers spelled out

By Aine McMahon

Mairead McGuinness fails in bid for European Parliament president

By Suzanne Lynch

Berkeley balcony group to push forward reforms

By Aine McMahon

Oireachtas

Kenny rejects Dáil criticism of Government rent plan

By Michael O'Regan

Sweet return to Blackburn for Shane Duffy after horror stint

Séamus Coleman goal lights the spark as Everton fight back

By Andy Hunter

Leicester come back down to earth at Bournemouth

By Ben Fisher

Middle East

Battle for Aleppo ‘ends’ as Syrian forces agree ceasefire