12 October, 2017 Digital News Archive

Just 31 more social homes planned for 2018 under Budget

By Kitty Holland

The six options being considered by the Oireachtas abortion committee

By Pat Leahy

Education

Analysis: 12,000 extra schools places needed in 2018

By Carl O'Brien

Pressure at Fianna Fáil ardfheis to rule out any Sinn Féin deal

By Sarah Bardon

Women can’t be told anything anymore for fear of offence

By Larissa Nolan

Grandmother seeking access tells Family Court she only shoplifted for food

By Fiona Gartland

Courts Service rejects claims of significant losses in wards’ funds

By Tim O'Brien

Culture

Government’s culture strategy all spin and no substance

By Hugh Linehan

Report that State to miss out on EU agencies post-Brexit rejected

By Mary Minihan

Legal uncertainties surround abortion law options, committee warned

By Pat Leahy

Theatre of the absurd in ritual dance between EU and British press

By Patrick Smyth

No rest for Paschal Donohoe as he does the budget media whirl

By Miriam Lord

Sky Soundbox enhances your home audio experience at a price

Farming & Food

Voluntary code on junk food doomed to failure, say academics

By Mark Hilliard

World

More than 20 million ‘at risk of starvation’ in developing world

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Teagasc and food sector have a lot on their plate

By Barry McCall

'These mothers are not capital E evil, but they damage their children'

By Caroline O'Donoghue

Interiors

Five speedbumps to avoid during a refurb

London will dictate the success of Paschal Donohoe’s first budget

By Stephen Collins

What can you buy in the Caribbean, London, Brittany and Meath for €325K?

By Emma Cullinan

Stage

War dances and gale forces: This week’s best theatre shows

By Peter Crawley

Newton Emerson: Curious tale of the Brexit dog that didn’t bark

By Newton Emerson

What lies ahead for Barça in an independent Catalonia?

By Richard Fitzpatrick

Innovation

Focus and openness to alternative paths

By Frank Dillon

Saz’iso: At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me – lovelorn urban folk from Albania

By Nigek Wood

After 2018, public sector recruitment should slow

Smartly extended Ballsbridge bungalow for €850,000

By Rose Doyle

Commercial Property

Downturn in pub sales reflects upswing in the Irish economy

By Patrick Murtagh

Innovation

David Blunkett: Tech industry must change on cybersecurity and women

By Marie Boran

Rassie Erasmus sizes up physical challenge of Castres

By Gavin Cummiskey

Super-sized home on giant site off N11 for €3.5m

By Frances O'Rourke

Church of Ireland funds buy stake in Nama holding company

By Joe Brennan

The bloody Battle of Passchendaele is shrouded in shame for the British

By Ronan McGreevy

Extended bungalow close to Bray seafront for €635K

By Rose Doyle

James's Gate plan tees Liberties up as Dublin's next hip district

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Will a water-seal compound work on my gable wall?

Latest phase of Cairn homes in Lucan from €315,000 off plans

By Gemma Tipton

Upgraded on Ulverton with flexible family options for €1.95m

By Frances O'Rourke

Data commissioner welcomes ‘critical’ €4m budget rise

By Charlie Taylor

Boutique scheme in parkland setting in D14

By Alanna Gallagher

Irish hockey star Anna O’Flanagan enjoying Dutch adventure

By Mary Hannigan

Details on HBFI agency are as sparse as houses

Rena Buckley and Sinead Aherne joint winners of sportswoman award

By Mary Hannigan

Video marketing platform boost for property sector

By Olive Keogh

Linda Green-Kiely: life after €150m sale of Voxpro

By Charlie Taylor

Your Money

Christmas – and a CGT exemption – comes early for investors

New EU laws will give consumers ‘more of a say’ over data

By Charlie Taylor

Davenport owner Noel O’Callaghan sells his only US hotel

By Mark Paul

Innovation

Laser weapons and holograms: What we can expect in next 10 years

By Chris Horn

Taking up Slack: ‘Our goal is to be up there with the elite’

By Charlie Taylor

Aiding the eternal quest for a good night’s sleep

M&S charges Irish shoppers up to 39% more than UK counterparts for Christmas products

By Fiona Reddan

Irish employees feel they are lagging when it comes to digital skills

By Charlie Taylor

Budget 2018 leads to small losses in income at all levels

By Tim Callan

Facebook to sell portable headset for virtual reality

Steps finally being taken to change shameful data retention law

By Karlin Lillington

Pat Gilroy a typical left-field choice from John Costello

By Malachy Clerkin

Detached Alexander Strain classic in Glasnevin for €1.1m

By Bernice Harrison

Improving defence key to Irish provinces’ chances in Europe

By John O'Sullivan

GAA chief Páraic Duffy leaves behind a decade of radical change

By Malachy Clerkin

Joanne O’Riordan: Embracing disability sport – without the pity

By Joanne O'Riordan

Review: My UV Patch by L’Oreal

By Steven Douglas

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile is officially dead

By Marie Boran

Automation may transform how we do business

By Marie Boran

Irish P2P lender Linked Finance raises €2m as it looks to expand

By Charlie Taylor

Facebook testing a ‘trusted news’ button

By Marie Boran

The best Irish album of the last decade – and you’ve never heard it

By Donal Dineen

Trudeau says he discussed Bombardier row with Trump

M&S euro prices lack festive cheer, while earners await post-budget ‘fiscal drag’

By Laura Slattery

Collapse of UVF supergrass inquiry proves system a waste of time and money

By Gerry Moriarty

Public service pension and retirement costs set to reach €3.1bn

By Martin Wall

Media

Sky chairman Murdoch survives vote on re-election to board

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice – two lo-fi hearts beat as one

By Siobhan Kane

Alphabet’s driver-less car unit demands $1bn from Uber

Observing the Tao of Paschal Donohoe

By Pat Leahy

People

My period was 10 days late. You know what that means in Ireland

By Laura Kennedy

President praises Irish soccer team for ‘rising to occasion’

By Simon Carswell

Italian fashion house Gucci to go fur-free from 2018

Reservoir Digs: Clifden fishing lodge where Quentin Tarantino stayed for €800K

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Town and Country: what you get for €150,000

By Emma Cullinan

Rathfarnham five-bed with clever design for €1.05m

By Rose Doyle

Interiors

Know your cornices from your corbels at historic home-ownership series

Standing by its players is no longer good PR for the NFL

By Les Carpenter

Women and girls trafficked to Ireland for sham marriages – report

By Ronan McGreevy

From a pastime to being a full-time writer

By Andrea Carter

Man in his 80s dies in Co Monaghan road incident

Bitcoin price soars above $5,000 to all-time high

By Julia Kollewe

Golf

Cameron Smith’s blemish-free 64 leads the way in Kuala Lumpur

Education

Schoolchildren urged to watch viral video on cyberbullying

By Carl O'Brien

Bank of America plans to move European trading hub to Paris

O’Flynn Group moves close to home with Ballincollig scheme

By Alanna Gallagher

CRH said to be mulling bid for South African cement company

Government plans to lift building height restrictions

By Barry O'Halloran

Commercial Property

AIB signs lease for new Dublin city-centre headquarters

By Charlie Taylor and Joe Brennan

Education

Anti-abortion UCD students’ union president says she has been subject of ‘bullying campaign’

By Carl O'Brien

Arsenal may be forced to sell Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in January

Sarah Davis-Goff and Cecelia Ahern sign major book deals

By Martin Doyle

House prices jump 12.2% in year to August

By Charlie Taylor

Prices for consumer goods inch up 0.2% in twelve months

By Peter Hamilton

Ranelagh three bed with smart finish for €1.1m

By Alanna Gallagher

Abroad

California wildfires threaten top American wineries

Travel

Five nights in a four-star Co Mayo hotel for €219 and other great deals

By Joan Scales

Iain Henderson to lead Ulster in European opener against Wasps

Work

Ticket inspector sacked after private investigator saw him lifting weights

By Gordon Deegan

Possible papal visit pushes back All-Ireland football final

By Eamon Donoghue

It’s official: Offaly is the most Catholic county, Dún Laoghaire the least

By Patsy McGarry

Traveller youth and high unemployment highlighted in census

By Kitty Holland

Ryanair puts pressure on pilots to accept pay offer

By Tanya Powley

Ireland set for Test cricket debut at home to Pakistan next May

Stage

King of the Castle review: An overlooked work steps into the canon

By Mick Heaney

Sales at WH Smith travel shops beat high street for first time

Africa

Kenya bans protests from city centres amid election standoff

Apple given go-ahead to start €850m data centre in Athenry

By Mary Carolan

Boom and bust puts young people off careers in construction

By Barry O'Halloran

Reversing pension changes would cost €60m next year, Tánaiste says

By Michael O'Regan

Brexit: EU says talks at ‘disturbing’ impasse over money

By Patrick Smyth

Film

Ben Affleck apologises for groping actor Hilarie Burton

‘People are tired of their kids coming home in body bags’

By Stephen Starr

ABP Food Group opens €24.5m green energy plant in UK

By Colin Gleeson

Ibrahim Halawa set to receive consular visit this week

By Seán Dunne

TV & Radio

‘Irish Times’ dominates nominations for journalism awards

By Hugh Linehan

GAA to consider legal advice to prevent testimonial events

By Eamon Donoghue

Food

Irish historian in Cambridge uncovers drinking habits of 16th century Ireland

By Deirdre Falvey

Science

One day the ‘Voyager’ spacecrafts may be the only evidence that we ever existed

By Conor Purcell

Gordon Strachan steps down as Scotland manager

Ireland women book World Cup slot after Australia win 23-0

By Mary Hannigan

First print of controversial Che Guevara stamp sells out

By Elaine Edwards and Ronan McGreevy

Tracker mortgage scandal: ‘We still find ourselves in turmoil’

By Conor Pope

Abroad

The hipster church enticing millennials to Mass in Brooklyn

By Aisling O'Leary

Murder investigation follows car crash in Fermanagh

Man who stabbed pregnant sister over ‘Dublin baby’ found not guilty by reason of insanity

By Natasha Reid

Brighton v Everton moved to 1.30pm kick-off to suit Indian TV

Apple Athenry planning delay a ‘black hole of bureaucracy’

By Peter Hamilton

Irish employment excluding construction now higher than pre-crisis peak

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

United States withdraws from UN cultural agency Unesco

Appeal against Dublin mosque over call to prayer ‘noise pollution’

By Olivia Kelly

Paris St Germain president investigated for World Cup bribery

By David Conn

Asia-Pacific

US woman and family freed after five years as captives in Pakistan

Now Showing: My Journey To Self-Improvement, a Harvey Weinstein Production

By Brian Boyd

Middle East

Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation deal

Sean Dyche says Jon Walters could be fit for playoffs

Waitress who drove man who loved her into deep harbour loses appeal

By Ruaidhrí Giblin

Stage

Rapids review: An artful antidote to the resurgence of HIV

By Peter Crawley

Lufthansa snaps up parts of failed Air Berlin

Racing

Aidan O’Brien believes Newmarket trio are closely matched

Hockey: League and cup matches set up a busy weekend

By Stephen Findlater

Commercial property stamp duty issues will be resolved soon, says minister

By Barry O'Halloran

World Cup playoff tickets to go on sale next Friday

By Emmet Malone

Women may fear seeking advice after taking abortion pills, GPs say

By Jack Power

Anne Enright loses out in planning battle with neighbours

By Gordon Deegan

I don’t know what the tracker-mortgage scandal is about

By Conor Pope

Sam Bennett makes it a hat-trick of stage wins in Turkey

By Shane Stokes

Middle East

Fatah deal leaves future of Hamas military wing unresolved

By Michael Jansen

Eighth amendment committee a ‘farce’, say two members

By Fiach Kelly and Jack Power

Russia hit by wave of fake bomb scares by ‘telephone terrorists’

By Isabel Gorst

Ukraine seeks to placate Hungary in education-law row

By Daniel McLaughlin

Robbie Brady escapes suspension over Ashley Williams incident

Science

Learning the truth of education

By William Reville

Woman settles action over her birth 20 years ago for €8.5m

By Mary Carolan

Woman sues over fall on allegedly ‘defective’ Dublin footpath

Your Money

How did thousands of women lose out on their State pensions?

By Dominic Coyle

Potential exists for finding of legal right to State housing - judge

By Mary Carolan

Republic’s residents are taking more trips to the North

By Francess McDonnell

Adams: Martin is terrified of challenge Sinn Féin poses

By Sarah Bardon

Digicel said to prepare up to $50m Hurricane Irma claim

By Joe Brennan

Golf

Paul Dunne well placed once again at Italian Open in Monza

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Markets

Bank of Ireland bounces back following recent dip

By Colin Gleeson

AIB’s resurgence is a ‘proxy of the Irish economy’

By Suzanne Lynch

Barnier may get more wriggle room to help break Brexit impasse

By Patrick Smyth

Thrilling three-way Team Racing battle points to permanent place

By David Branigan

‘People in cities just don’t have time for religion’

By Jenna Clarke-Molloy

Delight as Apple decision heralds ‘Silicon Valley of west of Ireland’

By Lorna Siggins

Your Money

Learners waiting up to nearly five months for driving test

By Seán Dunne

Approach to nursing home contracts ‘may be illegal’

By Vivienne Clarke

Offaly’s Catholics face uphill struggle despite Census revelation

By Eoghan MacConnell

Apple to use Galway data centre to help run iTunes and Maps

Tánaiste defends budget mental health funding pledge

By Marie O’Halloran

Harvey Weinstein: NYPD and London police investigate

By Jamiles Lartey and Kevin Rawlinson

California fires: At least 24 dead and hundreds missing

Sean Gallagher ‘Tweetgate’ case against RTÉ almost ready to hear, court told

Murder inquiry begins after body of woman dead ‘since 2015’ found

By Gerry Moriarty

Bruton to propose end to school ‘baptism barrier’

By Michael O'Regan

Gerry Thornley’s Champions Cup pool-by-pool guide

By Gerry Thornley

Asia-Pacific

Duterte signals shift in war on drugs in curse-laden speech

Less than half of Church of Ireland members in Cork attend services

By Barry Roche

Asia-Pacific

Chinese communists must be wary of religion, party newspaper warns

By Clifford Coonan

Jupp Heynckes joins football's growing grey brigade

By Simon Burnton

More than 2,100 people on hip replacement waiting lists

By Elaine Edwards

Lung disease patients get access to ‘life-changing’ drug extended

By Elaine Edwards

Trial of former Anglo exec Tiarnan O’Mahoney begins

Pilot raises concerns of Ryanair colleagues with Michael O’Leary

By Mark Hilliard

Live insect in dessert among Food Safety Authority complaints

By Fiona Gartland

Media

Pitt leaves INM as Michael Doorly set to become interim chief executive

By Mark Paul

One million M50 tolls unpaid last year, TD says

By Mark Hilliard

Government views arts and artists as ‘extras in world where politics is show business’

By Marie O’Halloran

Irish mother’s car crash death being treated as murder

By Gerry Moriarty

Obstacles remain to deal, say Sinn Féin and Brokenshire

By Gerry Moriarty

Farming & Food

Minister may grant stamp duty concession to some farmers

By Harry McGee

Monika Dukarska to lead Irish rowers on Lake Geneva

By Liam Gorman

Sipo asked to clarify issues over Government’s €5m ‘spin unit’

By Harry McGee

Rafael Nadal extends winning streak to 14 matches

The Remedy Club review: Mature songs of Irish-Americana

By Siobhán Long

Classical and opera highlights this week

By Michael Dervan

What’s in a name?

An Irish Diary

Famous last haircut – An Irishman’s Diary about the Pearse Brothers’ favourite barbershop

By Frank McNally

Buying house number 13 lucky for some

By Peter Hamilton

Editorials

Obesity: A public health crisis

The Bible in Irish

Stamp of approval for Che Guevara?

Experts – a second opinion

Brexit and the sovereignty of parliament

Editorials

Scotland: Setbacks magnify Nicola Sturgeon’s task

Mindfulness and curriculum overload

Climate change, the citizen and society

Feminism, feminist activism and ‘dissident feminists’

TV & Radio

Is the baby still breathing? The riveting, discomfiting ‘Trauma’

By Peter Crawley