Article Archive

May 5th 2018

• • News

  • Rees-Mogg: UK retreat from Brexit customs union stance would be ‘bizarre’ Politics Pat Leahy
  • ‘We consider ourselves pro-life journalists in a kind of activist way’ Irish News Peter Murtagh
  • Abortion referendum: Motivated Yes versus determined No Politics Harry McGee
  • Tony O’Brien approved for US role on basis firm not engaged with HSE Irish News Martin Wall
  • GPs to provide repeat smear tests free of charge Irish News Martin Wall
  • US-North Korea summit time and place decided, Trump claims US Suzanne Lynch
  • Nóirín O’Sullivan asked before resigning if Charlton legal bill would be paid Irish News Fiach Kelly
  • Trump circle continues to mutate as loyal members fall out of favour US Suzanne Lynch
  • HSE facing High Court actions linked to Portiuncula failings Health Conor Gallagher
  • Miriam Lord: Cheers to the men calling for compassion Politics Miriam Lord
  • Storm in a DVD cup: lucid Daniels story eludes Trump camp US Suzanne Lynch
  • Anti-teenager alarms a form of assault, says Minister Social Affairs Conor Gallagher
  • Leo turns to Jed and Harry for inspiration during referendum canvass Irish News Fiach Kelly
  • Church services Religion & Beliefs
  • Skylarks stunned me, just like the poets the bird has hoisted into verse Environment Michael Viney
  • Bertie Ahern’s post-politics decade: ‘You get the impression he really misses it’ Politics Fiach Kelly
  • May 1968 and the death of a French revolution Europe Lara Marlowe
  • Judging Bertie Ahern: ‘We all partied, but he served the drinks’ Politics Pat Leahy , Fintan O'Toole , Geraldine Kennedy , Newton Emerson , Miriam Lord , Cliff Taylor , Gerard Howlin
  • Lebanese election will not alter political map of country Middle East Michael Jansen
  • Murdered Slovakian couple were to marry this weekend Europe Daniel McLaughlin
  • Stormy waters nothing new to a president continuously in the spotlight US Suzanne Lynch
  • Second large earthquake hits Hawaii after Kilauea volcano erupts US
  • Trump says London hospital a ‘war zone’ from knife crime US
  • This heron swallowed its struggling rat whole. Readers’ nature notes and queries Environment Ethna Viney
  • Save the 8th defends practice of referendum campaigners speaking at Mass Social Affairs Nora-Ide McAuliffe
  • Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released Europe
  • Teenager charged with GBH after woman attacked with drill Crime & Law Colin Gleeson
  • Nasa begins first ever exploration of Mars’ interior World
  • ‘Great power competition’: US and Nato to counter Russia in Atlantic US
  • Man dies in Co Derry crash Irish News Colin Gleeson
  • ‘I struggled with knowing who Ann’s baby’s father might be’ Irish News Sarah Burns
  • Cannabis worth €110,000 spotted by firefighters tackling blaze Crime & Law Colin Gleeson
  • ‘The woman who has had an abortion probably lives on your street and you just don’t know it’ Social Affairs Sarah Burns
  • Don and Rudy, disaster twins US Gail Collins
  • Repeal the Eighth campaign enlists Dublin sculpture for weighty symbol Irish News
  • Trump calls London hospital a ‘war zone’ due to knife crime US
  • Nasa begins first ever exploration of Mars’ interior Science
  • Russian opposition leader detained at anti-Putin rally World

  • Sport

  • Republic of Ireland Under-17s primed for Belgium test in Euro group opener International
  • Rory McIlroy endures the birthday blues at Quail Hollow Golf John O'Sullivan
  • Galway a glorious mystery as they prepare to defend title Gaelic Games Malachy Clerkin
  • Here comes the summer and a wide open hurling championship Hurling Malachy Clerkin
  • Ireland’s anabolic steroids boom: a tell-tale sign of recovery Other Sports Ian O'Riordan
  • O’Brien bidding for ninth Newmarket 2,000 Guineas win in 20 years Racing Brian O'Connor
  • O’Brien pursues historic Kentucky Derby success with Mendelssohn Racing Brian O'Connor
  • GAA Previews: New York hopes high as Leitrim come calling Gaelic Games Ian O'Riordan
  • When it's not Europe it’s just not the same for the Red Army Pro14 Gerry Thornley
  • Opportunity knocks for Hanrahan – and Munster Pro14 Gerry Thornley
  • Lansdowne look to have the final edge over Cork Con Rugby Gavin Cummiskey
  • Memorable Croke Park day when the Faithful stood their ground Hurling Keith Duggan
  • A legacy that still lives on: Manchester United’s 1968 European Cup win Soccer Ruaidhrí Croke
  • New hurling championship structure may pose awkward questions Hurling Seán Moran
  • Nicky English: New format excites but nobody’s sure of the implications Gaelic Games Nicky English
  • Gambles on both sides in Steven Gerrard's Rangers appointment Soccer Michael Walker
  • Football championship will be diminished by Diarmuid Connolly’s absence Gaelic Football Keith Duggan
  • Your essential county by county guide: 2018 hurling championship Hurling Seán Moran
  • Stoke’s Premier League stay comes to an end with defeat to Palace English Soccer
  • Saxon Warrior powers to Guineas glory for Donnacha O’Brien Racing
  • Josh O’Hanlon sends Cork City back top of the table National League
  • Katie McCabe relishing prospect of first FA Cup final Soccer Emmet Malone
  • West Brom keep survival hopes alive with win over Tottenham English Soccer
  • Munster huff and puff to set up a semi-final with Leinster Pro14 Gerry Thornley
  • Premier League round-up: Swansea remain deep in relegation mix English Soccer
  • Improvement from McIlroy and Woods at Quail Hollow Golf
  • Alex Ferguson recovering well after emergency surgery English Soccer
  • Real not to give unbeaten champions Barcelona guard of honour Soccer
  • Paul Dunne and Gavin Moynihan top their group in Golf Sixes Golf
  • Everton’s last-gasp leveller keeps relegation battle alive English Soccer
  • ‘The thing we will miss most is his smile and his attitude’ Pro14 Gerry Thornley

  • Business

  • Barnier bites his tongue as DUP comes out swinging Business Colin Gleeson
  • Dublin-based Clanwilliam acquires fourth Australasian business Technology Charlie Taylor
  • Desmond-backed Rietumu’s auditors highlight risks amid Latvian clampdown Financial Services Joe Brennan
  • Market Beat: Investors have rightly learned to fear results day at Paddy Power Betfair Markets Joe Brennan
  • Dilosk-backer close to buying Irish covered bonds bank Financial Services Joe Brennan
  • Irish owner reveals PwC given ‘falsified evidence’ in Wasps audit Companies Mark Paul
  • Ikea in talks for site for full-size store on Jackson Way land in south Dublin Commercial Property Barry O'Halloran
  • Flagging O’Brien’s new €70m corporate jet Transport & Tourism
  • State agency to meet schools over Carillion collapse Construction Barry O'Halloran
  • Australian banking inquiry exposes litany of abuses Financial Services Pádraig Collins
  • Goodmans embroiled in row after buying repossessed farm Agribusiness & Food Mark Paul

  • Opinion

  • Battle of the beards Letters
  • Useful church Letters
  • Ready, aim, duck – An Irishman’s Diary about misfiring metaphors Opinion Frank McNally
  • The Irish Times view on Thomas Kinsella: a forensic mind Editorial
  • Health screening programmes Letters
  • Information and governance Letters
  • Naming housing estates Letters
  • Keeping fit at Dublin Airport Letters
  • Missing phones Letters
  • Health service and mandatory disclosure Letters
  • The Eighth Amendment Letters
  • Ireland’s hidden public toilets Letters
  • Running the HSE Letters
  • Fintan O’Toole: Women die while outrage after outrage fails to shift attitudes Opinion Fintan O'Toole
  • The Irish Times view on the cancer scandal: a numbingly familiar pattern Editorial
  • Higgins is right that history should be compulsory for Junior Cert Opinion Diarmaid Ferriter
  • Cliff Taylor: Setting up HSE does not look so clever now Opinion Cliff Taylor
  • Is Trump being played by Kim Jong-un? Opinion Ruadhán Mac Cormaic
  • Compassion’s role in voting on Eighth Amendment Opinion Breda O'Brien
  • David McWilliams: Grinds, an educational leg-up for €3,200 a year Opinion David McWilliams
  • Less shouting and more legislating by TDs would have served Vicky Phelan better Opinion Pat Leahy
  • Martyn Turner Opinion

  • Life & Style

  • Counter-culture guru behind Burning Man Festival People
  • Tireless advocate for children with special needs People
  • Entrepreneurial Donegal priest who achieved national celebrity in Korea People
  • The schnitzel has been making a comeback – and about time too Food & Drink JP McMahon
  • Buying a piano can be a grand investment Homes & Property Deirdre Falvey
  • Six art and vintage sales to visit around Ireland this bank holiday weekend Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Elizabeth Taylor’s Van Gogh back on the market - worth considerably more Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Adam’s having a blue moment as sale majors in sapphires Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Dermot Bannon: ‘I’ve done a house design in an hour’ Homes & Property Tanya Sweeney
  • Eight of the best garden furniture designs Interiors Alanna Gallagher
  • Antiques fairs and art results: Vintage ‘High Nelly’ bicycle sells for €7,000 Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Vote no to death. Yes for compassion. No. Yes. Yes. No’ People Jennifer O'Connell
  • Sean Moncrieff: Trump is unlovable. It’s just Republicans hate the other side more People Sean Moncrieff
  • Body talk: The art of reading body language in the digital era People Tanya Sweeney
  • The Irish hat maker turning heads, including Lady Gaga’s Fashion Deirdre McQuillan
  • ‘Forget smartphones, it’s us cranky button-fanciers that have the short attention spans’ Life & Style David Mullen
  • I was Ann Lovett’s boyfriend People Rosita Boland
  • Priced out of Dún Laoghaire? Head to Bray Homes & Property Tadhg Peavoy
  • Climber and astute editor whose work captured essence of a modernising Ireland People
  • Great Portuguese white wines from €8 Drink John Wilson
  • Cat laughs: Family-friendly breaks in Kilkenny Ireland Damian Cullen
  • A stitch in time: Tolkien tapestries worth travelling for Europe Bernice Harrison
  • How to make a perfect fish cake Food & Drink Carmel Somers
  • Fancy a slice of Tony O’Reilly’s beef herd? Food & Drink Marie Claire Digby
  • The great experiment: Heron & Grey closes its doors to create Michelin magic Food & Drink Marie Claire Digby
  • Caving, plunging, wall-walking: Adventures in Ireland’s outdoors Ireland John G O'Dwyer
  • Go wild in the garden: how to sow your own wildflower meadow Gardens Fionnuala Fallon
  • What’s on this season’s wedding wish list Interiors Deirdre McQuillan
  • Logo overload? Try a bar with taste at heart Drink Sorcha Hamilton
  • Vicky Phelan, cancer and me: the disturbing parallels between our cases Health & Family Adrienne Cullen
  • ‘Priced out of Killiney? That’s what you get for choosing an orts degree!’ People Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • Design Moment: Bubble Chair, 1968 Interiors Bernice Harrison
  • Overends Kitchen: Chefs often hit snooze button at brunch. Not here Restaurant reviews Catherine Cleary
  • Marian Keyes: My first visit to Aldi and its magical Middle Aisle Fashion Marian Keyes
  • Why I love to . . . swim at sunrise Fitness Jo Linehan
  • ‘In a shouty, benevolent rant, my first boss taught me how to be a chancer’ People Erin Fornoff
  • What’s better than chocolate cake? This three-tiered gateau Food & Drink Vanessa Greenwood
  • Lip balms: Rule No.1 – ditch the vaseline Beauty Laura Kennedy
  • ‘I’m 38 and divorced, so why do men in their 20s want to date me?’ Health & Family Roe McDermott
  • Baa baa bank holiday: family fun on an urban farm Travel Jo Linehan
  • What’s Hot and What’s Not Life & Style Una Mullally
  • Gateau Diane Recipes Vanessa Greenwood

  • Culture

  • Tracy Ryan: On My Culture Radar Culture Shilpa Ganatra
  • Art in Focus: James Malton – St Catherine’s, Thomas Street, Dublin Visual Art Aidan Dunne
  • Freya Ridings: Our New VBF Culture Louise Bruton
  • This Album Changed My Life: Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (1998) Music Cormac Brady
  • Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey review: a gripping tale Books Declan Burke
  • New artist of the week: Snail Mail Music Niall Byrne
  • Connect by Julian Gough review: Inelegant but full of tantalising intelligence Books Matthew Adams
  • State of the union: the woman keeping postmodern dance on its toes Stage Una Mullally
  • Dublin Dance Festival: there's a movement going on Stage Michael Seaver
  • Alice Isn’t Dead: A creepy road trip into darkness tv-radio-web Sarah Griffin
  • May '68: when revolution came to the Cote d'Azur Film Donald Clarke
  • Iceage: Something Rotten from the state of Denmark Music Ed Power
  • Gordon Snell on writing alongside Maeve Binchy Stage Gordon Snell
  • The best jazz gigs this week Music Cormac Larkin
  • F for Ferg by Ian Cochrane review: it's grim up North Books Claire Looby
  • The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houm review: Powerful, symmetrical, and well co Books Jonathan McAloon
  • Things Bright and Beautiful by Anbara Salam review: missionary prose Books Houman Barekat
  • RTÉ presenters keep cervical screening on the air as authorities fail the test tv-radio-web Mick Heaney
  • Dreams Must Explain Themselves by Ursula K Le Guin: revealing insight into literary creativity Books Brian Maye
  • Stinging Fly Stories: charting many different Irelands Books Catherine Taylor
  • Grace After Henry by Eithne Shortall review: a romance in reverse Books Jonathan McAloon
  • ‘It’s a shame there aren’t more three-dimensional representations of women’ Books Catherine Conroy
  • West by Carys Davies review: a morally complex novel Books Sarah Gilmartin
  • Radical Markets review: ‘Read this difficult and provocative book’ Books Paschal Donohoe
  • Poem of the week: Harvard Yard Books Harry Clifton
  • ‘Who Wants to Be a Milliner?’ – a classic Clarkson vehicle Culture Patrick Freyne
  • Never mind church. Let’s take Hozier to Eurovision Music Patrick Freyne
  • Classical music highlights of the week Music Michael Dervan
  • This week’s visual art highlights Visual Art Aidan Dunne
  • The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story review: brilliant and life-changing Books Martina Evans
  • Matchstick Man by Julia Kelly: grim reality, beautiful words Books Ruth Fitzmaurice
  • Bolder and wiser: our new and improved history of Ireland Books Thomas Bartlett and Jane Ohlmeyer
  • In praise of that elegant wordsmith, Thomas Kinsella Books Harry Clifton
  • In praise of older books: ‘The Butcher Boy’ by Patrick McCabe (1992) Books Julie Parsons
  • Ed Sheeran’s Irish superfan: ‘Last night made me excited for the rest of the dates’ Music Tanya Sweeney
  • Kanye West’s slavery remarks: free thinker or racist troll? tv-radio-web Seamas O'Reilly
  • Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny, and Heidi Talbot, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, John McCusker and Paul Meehan: this week’s best traditional gigs Music Siobhan Long
  • A tiny ripple of human turbulence Heritage Arminta Wallace
  • Noel Gallagher, Ray Lamontagne, Bedouine and the Vinyl festival: this week’s best rock and pop gigs Music Tony Clayton-Lea , Louise Bruton