13 October, 2017 Digital News Archive

The stockmarket says everything about the Government’s housing policy

By John McManus

Brexit Britain: Country on the edge of a nervous breakdown

By Eleanor Tiernan

Simon Harris to seek Cabinet approval for health reforms

By Sarah Bardon

Environment

Ireland taking a ‘shameful’ approach to emissions targets

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Data centre timeline: How Apple secured plan for Athenry

Trump to announce decision on Iran nuclear deal on Friday

By Suzanne Lynch

Ulster need to hit the ground running in Champions Cup

By Gerry Thornley

Objectors to Apple data centre plan consider appeal move

By Lorna Siggins

Austria’s political wunderkind gets ready for his close-up

By Derek Scally

Government needs ‘roadmap’ to rectify pension imbalance

By Fiach Kelly and Michael O'Regan

INM sets aside up to €2m for departures of senior management

By Mark Paul

Irish fears of hard Brexit rise as talks hit ‘disturbing’ impasse

By Pat Leahy and Patrick Smyth

Education

Government urged to fast-track education board investigation

By Carl O'Brien

Judgment due on O’Brien appeal over refusal of Red Flag discovery

By Peter Murtagh

From The Horrors to The Breeders: the week’s best rock gigs

By Tony Clayton-Lea and Louise Bruton

A revolting orgy of indulgence laced with brilliance of so many images

By Donald Clarke

Emma Langford review: A Limerick original with talent to burn

By Tony Clayton-Lea

The Crayon Set – Lost Languages album review: An upbeat gem from Dublin band

By Lauren Murphy

Beck is back, filling the dance floor with snap, crackle and pop

By Lauren Murphy

Bach to Bach: How does pianist Sonya fare with her namesake JS?

By Michael Dervan

King Krule - The OOZ album review: as classically cool as a round-neck tee

By Dean Van Nguyen

Jazz Highlights – October 13th-19th

By Cormac Larkin

St Vincent: Masseduction – woozy trip through a sensory overload paradise

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Clouds over Carrick-on-Shannon: this week’s trad highlights

By Siobhán Long

Marius Neset - Circle of Chimes album review: cycles, patterns, rhythms - and stellar playing

By Cormac Larkin

Loving Vincent: Wonderful, corny, weird and a little cheesy

By Donald Clarke

Liam Gallagher plays the song name game – just roll with it

By Eoin Butler

Pink’s Beautiful Trauma: relatable pop with a positive message

By Louise Bruton

Fassbender’s charisma fails to mask The Snowman’s big problem

By Donald Clarke

‘There’s an entire generation whose first exposure to sex was depraved’

By Tara Brady

Noel Whelan: Calm and cautious budget helps secure Government

By Noel Whelan

Ariana Grande gives a shout-out to the sisterhood

By Ailbhe Malone

Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: Gabor Szabo’s Dreams

By Donal Dineen

Transport

Worldwide flight passenger numbers hit 3.8bn in 2016

By Joan Scales

Robert Plant – Carry Fire album review: The more you listen, the better it gets

By Joe Breen

Art

William Crozier and Eithne Jordan: this week’s art highlights

By Aidan Dunne

Westport work wear firm expands in Australia

By Simon Carswell

President told of UK’s challenge to securing post-Brexit deals

By Simon Carswell

John FitzGerald: Budget 2018 contains missed opportunities

By John FitzGerald

Focus is sometimes a brain-drain that makes you careless

Hilary Fannin: I don’t really believe in the notion of a truer, deeper self

By Hilary Fannin

Cork City hope for a champagne supernova at Dalymount

By Emmet Malone

Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: What links Steve Jobs and Bobby Sands?

By Donald Clarke

Resist the creeping ‘anything goes’ culture in the workplace

By Olive Keogh

Nobody believed I saw de Valera driving through our council estate

By Martin Nugent

Property

I don’t have the deeds. Can the Land Registry prove title on my house?

A small, firm stool is preferable when you are wielding a pooper scooper

By John Breen

Taking an active approach to investments

Niall Horan: ‘Tinder? No way. It’s filthy in there’

By Tanya Sweeney

Travel

It’s Friday the 13th: strange superstitions from around the world

By Leonie Corcoran

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

By Donald Clarke and Tara Brady

My son wants an eating plan and I am horrified

Gaelic Games

James McCarthy hopes Diarmuid Connolly sticks to the football

By Paul Keane

Val McDermid: ‘If you want to understand where we are in 2017, read Rain Dogs’

Overcoming your work experience deficit is easier than you think

By Andy Molinsky and Jake Newfield

Inside Track: Primrose cafe co-owner Melanie Breslin

By Eimear McGovern

Hooking up with Dunnes Stores helps butcher Pat Whelan raise the steaks

By Mark Paul

Wild Geese: From Old Bawn to Big Sur

By Susan Clarke

Gerry Thornley: Celtic revival is exactly what Champions Cup needs

By Gerry Thornley

Transport

Three barred from disclosing information about aircraft lessor

By Barry O'Halloran

Commercial Property

Storm clouds gather over stamp duty increase

By Barry O'Halloran

Financial Services

Nama plans final €500m buyback of bonds

By Joe Brennan

Ireland’s divorce rate remarkably low compared to wider world

By Patsy McGarry

China’s trade accelerates as economy remains in high gear

The Hell Fire Club: the perfect setting for a great horror story

By Jonathan Barry

Liam Toland: Tadhg Furlong vital for Leinster in unlocking space

By Liam Toland

Paschal Donohoe’s great walks, Brexit’s ‘Project Batna’ and ubiquitous pumpkins

By Laura Slattery

Samsung boss resigns hours after company record profits

Ireland’s Jewish population rises by almost 30%

By Patsy McGarry

Pitt leaves INM; ‘extraordinarily difficult’ Brexit deals and why 13 is a lucky number (for some)

By Conn Ó Midheach

Dublin tech firm signs €20m deal with Australia’s biggest telecom group

By Simon Carswell

Rose McGowan claims Harvey Weinstein raped her

Harvey Weinstein was pushing me and screaming. He called me the C-word

By Jennifer Ryan

Your Fitness

Triathlon race day looms in a sweltering Hawaii

By Aileen Flynn

Klopp must show how much Liverpool have progressed - or not?

By Barney Ronay

Draghi pledges rock-bottom rates as Germany calls for change

TV & Radio

#WomenBoycottTwitter: Actor Rose McGowan’s suspension prompts protest

Harvey Weinstein is a ‘monster,’ says Abrahamson

By Ronan McGreevy

Commercial Property

Cairn gets planning permission for projects in Donnybrook, Rathgar

By Charlie Taylor

‘They are my family’: Italian worker gets paid leave to look after sick dog

By Megan Specia and Gaia Pianigiani

Sport

ICC gives green light to Test championship but Ireland excluded

Donohoe hails ‘landmark’ announcement by Nama

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Asia-Pacific

Three people killed in skydiving accident in Australia

Liverpool v United: A look back at some memorable encounters

Canney calls for statutory appeal timeline after Apple case

By Vivienne Clarke

How Australia targeted Irish after act of terror

By Ronan McGreevy

Abortion committee expected to vote on recommendation within weeks

By Jack Power

Man to appear in court after body of woman dead since 2015 found

By Amanda Ferguson

Asia-Pacific

‘They threw my baby into a fire’: Rohingya recount atrocities

By Jeffrey Gettleman

Abroad

I voted for Australian marriage equality from my computer in Ireland

By Luan McKenna

Property

Open House 2017: Everything you need to know

By Gemma Tipton

Science

Learning maths has never been easier!

By Peter Lynch

Denis O’Brien loses court appeal over Red Flag dossier

By Mary Carolan

Space

Out-of-control Chinese space station accelerates toward Earth

Stage

Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart review – A spellbinding storyteller

By Arminta Wallace

Protests to mark opening of new Scientology base in Ireland

By Ronan McGreevy

Micheál Martin to propose severe sanctions for land hoarding developers

By Sarah Bardon

Caveat: a delay, a decision, a text to Leo: Apple gets the go-ahead

By Mark Paul

TV & Radio

Mindhunter’s clichéd characters add nothing new to latest Netflix drama

By Jennifer Gannon

Simon Zebo returns for Munster’s European opener in Castres

Sport

Baltimore Ravens running back reveals love of Irish dancing

By Eamon Donoghue

Viking volume: Dublin residents tell roaring Splash tourists to tone it down

By Dan Griffin

Motors

Pick a Porsche, any Porsche for a fixed monthly fee

By Neil Briscoe

Food

World BBQ Championships in Limerick: Everything you need to know

By Marie Claire Digby

Una Mullally: What men could do about Harvey Weinstein

By Una Mullally

Obituaries

Obituary: Anton de Brum, politician, born February 26th, 1945; died August 22, 2017

Bundee Aki rested for Connacht’s Challenge Cup opener

Financial Services

Charleville credit union placed in liquidation

By Barry O'Halloran and Tim Healy

Alex Ferguson and Bobby Charlton to attend Kenny Dalglish Stand opening

By Andy Hunter

Brent Pope: ‘I’m not ashamed to say I have had to go on antidepressants’

By Jack Power

Tracker mortgage scandal: Varadkar urges banks to repay what is owed immediately

By Barry Roche

Aer Lingus flight to Cork diverted after ‘full emergency’ declared

By Ronan McGreevy

Ceramic poppies marking first World War losses go on show in Belfast

By Amanda Ferguson

Taoiseach confident of progress in EU-UK talks to avoid hard Brexit

By Barry Roche

Leinster blow as Johnny Sexton ruled out of Montpellier game

By Gerry Thornley

Asia-Pacific

China’s WeChat app uses N-word to translate ‘black foreigner’

By Clifford Coonan

Autonomous cars can never replace human drivers, says MEP Deirdre Clune

By Tim O'Brien

Woman who sued after falling on broken concrete settles case

By Mary Carolan

Transport

Uber embarks on legal battle to retain London licence

Man who claimed dead mother’s pension for 16 years jailed

By Jessica Magee

Obituaries

Obituary: Frank Jeal; born, February 23rd, 1937; died, August 28th, 2017

Ronald Koeman: I’m not interested in Roy Keane’s comments

Refugee-hostile Hungary urges Europe to protect Christians

By Daniel McLaughlin

Daughter of murderer Danny Keena urges other domestic abuse victims to seek help

By Natasha Reid

Brexit talks making progress on Irish issues, says Coveney

By Barry Roche

José Mourinho: Man United will thrive off Anfield ‘animosity’

By Jamie Jackson

Fianna Faíl members advised to ‘fight the party’s corner’ on social media

By Sarah Bardon

Science

Just two chicks survive Adélie penguin breeding season

Profits slump as Takeda’s Irish subsidiary records €384m in revenues

By Charlie Taylor

Malky Mackay to take interim charge of Scotland

Mother says she can’t stop girl (15) absconding to get married

By Gordon Deegan

Racing

Laurens holds off September in thrilling finish at Newmarket

Some churches should close over manpower gap, says ‘Irish Catholic’ editor

Bruce Arena quits as US boss after World Cup failure

Student Hub

The travel tales – Nightmare on Maine street

Student Hub

Chasing health and happiness

The weekend’s Premier League team news

Roche Ireland runs up further losses following €130m writedown

By Charlie Taylor

Obituaries

Obituary: Anne Wiazemsky, actor, director and writer

Landlord told to let family back into rented home he boarded up

By Ray Managh

Student Hub

Taoiseach dismisses UK and US style loan scheme

Sport

Ireland named among 13 participants in new ODI league

Hurricane Ophelia may hit Ireland with storm force winds

By Jack Power

Middle East

Appeal to repatriate bodies of mother and son raises €25,000

By Ronan McGreevy

Commercial Property

Glenveagh Properties formally commences trading in Dublin

By Charlie Taylor

Hammond regrets calling EU ‘the enemy’ over Brexit

Michael Doorly confirmed as interim chief executive of media group INM

By Peter Hamilton

Africa

Jacob Zuma to face corruption charges after ruling

By Bill Corcoran

‘Overworked’ Mayo janitor (73) awarded €64,000 damages

By Mary Carolan

EU’s proposed trade deal with Latin America criticised by trade ministers

By Patrick Smyth

French far-left leader’s tongue gets him in hot water

By Lara Marlowe

Former Trinity provost appointed to Irish Times Trust

Press in Ireland threatened by ‘rapacious’ tech companies

By Hugh Linehan

Markets

Bayer asset sale pushes European shares to almost four-month high

By Peter Hamilton

Golf

Paul Dunne solid as Shane Lowry misses cut at Italian Open

California wildfires: Teams search ruins as death toll hits 31

Varadkar attacks Labour’s ‘points-scoring’ over communications unit

By Barry Roche

Health

Robots will transform medicine and revolutionise eye surgery, says expert

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Wicklow County Council to pay costs of €1m in libel action

By Peter Murtagh

People smugglers alter routes amid European clampdown

By Peter Cluskey

Racing

Moore and Mullins combine for Lagostovegas in Cesarewitch

By Brian O'Connor

Hamilton Academical facing crisis after falling victim to fraud

Mother-of-three (36) died of rare bleeding condition after birth

By Conor Kane

All eyes now on Tehran after Trump’s fiery speech on nuclear deal

By Suzanne Lynch

Middle East

Trump attacks ‘fanatical’ Iran and puts nuclear deal in doubt

Ulster’s Marcell Coetzee facing a further nine months out

Mourinho says Manchester United will thrive in a hostile Anfield

By Jamie Jackson and Andy Hunter

Prisoner’s single ‘slopping out’ case likely to cost State over €1m

By Mary Carolan

Fianna Fáil members vote to block Sinn Féin coalition

By Sarah Bardon

Viking loot plundered: Irish help sought in tracing artefacts

By Lorna Siggins

‘Mischievous’ letter seeks Fianna Fáil award for Ahern

By Sarah Bardon

Environment

Ireland secures ‘fair deal’ on carbon emissions under EU pact

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Bus Éireann hires coaches for 300 services after staff miss work - Minister

By Martin Wall

Lagarde says strong global growth should be more widely spread

By Suzanne Lynch

Revenue dog sniffs out €24,500 in cash during Dundalk raid

By Seán Dunne

Trump has no power to kill off Iran nuclear deal, insists Mogherini

By Patrick Smyth

Cork-Limerick motorway to be in capital plan, Taoiseach confirms

By Barry Roche

Environment

West coast to be hit by tail end of Hurricane Ophelia on Monday

By Seán Dunne

Racing

O’Brien’s Group One record quest spans the globe this weekend

By Brian O'Connor

Sláintecare: ‘Single-tier’ health sector plan will face resistance

By Martin Wall

Time for Munster’s young guns to earn their spurs

By Gavin Cummiskey

Government to re-establish board to oversee operation of HSE

By Martin Wall

Saudi Aramco’s global listing in doubt as Riyadh explores private sale

Financial Services

High Court places Charleville Credit Union in liquidation

By Barry O'Halloran and Tim Healy

Australian police charge Irishman (36) over drugs haul

By Aine McMahon

Goodman’s ABP gets approval to take over organic beef producer

By Barry O'Halloran

History

Francis Ledwidge statue to be unveiled in Slane

By Ronan McGreevy

Dundalk keep title race on life support after late Bray winner

Ibrahim Halawa in ‘good spirits’as he awaits return home

By Seán Dunne

Piutau and Stockdale help Ulster take the sting out of Wasps

By Gerry Thornley

Painstaking wait for Cork City’s coronation goes on

By Emmet Malone

Why are Scientologists setting up a European hub in Ireland?

By Mario Danneels

Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante ruled out for up to seven games

By Nick Ames

Back newspapers with public money, says Fianna Fáil

By Fiach Kelly

Culture

In a Word . . . de Valera

By Patsy McGarry

Interiors

Home Front: what’s new in interiors this week people

By Arminta Wallace

Fine Art & Antiques

Design Moment: Muji, c. 1980

By Bernice Harrison

Fine Art & Antiques

In Paris, a clearance sale for the boho set

By Steven Kurrutz

Fine Art & Antiques

Auction results: Adam’s Townley Hall sale totals €2m

By Michael Parsons

Trump takes first step to revoking Iran agreement

By Suzanne Lynch

Micheál Martin has one shot at power in the ‘game of thrones’

By Pat Leahy

When Black Dogs Sing by Tanya Farrelly

By Margaret Madden

Drink

The best wines to drink with pizza

By John Wilson

Bombs, Bullets and the Border, by Patrick Mulroe

By Frank MacGabhann

An Irish Diary

Where furry friends run free – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Hare’s Corner’

By Frank McNally

Dream on

Thinking Anew – The nature and promise of hope

By Michael Commane

The decision is final

Editorials

Soccer and geopolitics: reimagining the world

A pint in time

The Reformation and Ireland

Editorials

Housing crisis: soaring towers are no solution

House Building Finance Ireland

Brexit and the sovereignty of parliament

Tracker mortgage scandal

The ranks of the ‘dissident feminists’

Budget 2018 and the tax base