Article Archive

September 15th 2018

• • News

  • Miriam Lord: Tánaiste keeps his papal kitten promise Politics Miriam Lord
  • Soaring health deficit causing alarm within Government Irish News Martin Wall
  • Harris sought nearly €1bn in health capital funding to be brought forward Irish News Martin Wall
  • Cancer, renal and other healthcare investments to be delayed Irish News Martin Wall
  • Storm damage a natural consequence of Republicans’ climate policy US Suzanne Lynch
  • Council seeks to remove mother and children from vacant house Social Affairs Kitty Holland
  • Scally report contrasts with political hysteria of early scandal Politics Pat Leahy
  • Three men released after no trace of drugs found on yacht Irish News Barry Roche
  • Thinking Anew: ‘Who do people say that I am?’ Religion & Beliefs Michael Commane
  • Sleeping disorders rising in line with obesity epidemic Health Kevin O'Sullivan
  • MPs call for ban on Irish fishing vessels after Brexit Irish News Denis Staunton
  • State in firing line if ban on Israeli settlement imports passes Politics Simon Carswell
  • More than 900 vacancies in child and family agency highlighted Social Affairs Aine McMahon
  • Ireland’s prison gangs: ‘You hear a scream and suddenly a fella’s pumping blood’ Crime & Law Conor Gallagher
  • Masked men and angle grinders: How not to repossess a property Social Affairs Jack Power
  • Kosovo’s murky politics cloud hunt for Serb politician’s killers Europe Daniel McLaughlin
  • Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney Environment Ethna Viney
  • Pike no longer deemed to be the unacceptable foe Environment Michael Viney
  • Church services Religion & Beliefs
  • Dyscalculia: Why maths doesn’t add up for some of us Environment Carl O'Brien
  • Trump’s diplomatic chaos: Visiting Ireland? A new ambassador? World Suzanne Lynch
  • Storm Florence leaves at least eight dead amid major flooding in US US
  • Woman in her 70s dies after being hit by 4x4 in Co Galway Irish News
  • Philippines death toll from Typhoon Mangkhut rises to 16 Asia-Pacific
  • ‘Tact’ lacking in approach of some doctors to CervicalCheck women Health Martin Wall
  • EU Contest for Young Scientists opens in Dublin Science Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Pope Francis urges ‘brothers and sisters’ of the Mafia to repent Europe
  • Hundreds buy tickets for Roscommon GAA’s Dublin house raffle Irish News Ronan McGreevy
  • Police in Mexico City chase mariachi gunmen after three shot dead World
  • Tougher security needed to protect against African swine fever, Creed says Environment Brian Hutton
  • Irish doctors on trial in UK over alleged insurance fraud Crime & Law
  • Copy of 1916 Proclamation withdrawn after private sale for €100,000 Irish News Brian Hutton , Mark Hilliard
  • Donegal Orange Hall reopens after destruction in 2014 arson Politics
  • EU should make UK an offer to end Brexit ‘paralysis’, Blair says UK
  • Man critically ill after being shot during Belfast ‘disturbances’ Crime & Law Brian Hutton
  • Young Scientists lauded for ethical focus on climate change Science Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Crowdsourcing a way out of Storm Florence floodwaters US Jack Healy , Sheri Fink
  • Nasa satellite to measure ice sheet changes fires into orbit Science
  • Timmy ‘The Brit’ McCarthy: An energetic eulogy for late set dance teacher Irish News Barry Roche
  • Locals begin to deal with the aftermath of Storm Florence US
  • Where is Fan Bingbing? China's most famous actor mysteriously disappears Asia-Pacific
  • Typhoon Mangkhut lashes the Philippines with 200km/h winds Asia-Pacific

  • Sport

  • Johnny Sexton and Leinster prepare hot welcome for Dragons Pro14 John O'Sullivan
  • Centre cannot hold as Mayo football beset by turbulent times Gaelic Football Malachy Clerkin
  • Roaring Lion and Alpha Centauri head ‘Irish Champions Weekend’ cast Racing Brian O'Connor
  • Unfinished business brings McGrath back to Dublin fold Gaelic Games Malachy Clerkin
  • Rising star Oisín Murphy brings globetrotting run back home Racing Brian O'Connor
  • Rugby World Cup 2019: Ireland on track to be big in Japan International Gerry Thornley
  • Ashley still owning the pitch at Newcastle but losing the middle ground Soccer Michael Walker
  • Sideline Cut: Fundamental reform the only way forward for Irish football Rugby Keith Duggan
  • Rugby World Cup 2019: How much will it cost to follow Ireland in Japan? Rugby Gerry Thornley
  • Ulster bid to maintain early momentum in South Africa Pro14 John O'Sullivan
  • Acid test for Dublin as they face their serial conquerors Gaelic Football Sean Moran
  • Ronan O’Gara: The world's most interesting young coach Rugby Robert Kitson
  • Heroic Springboks cling on to secure historic win over All Blacks International
  • Gary and Paul O’Donovan are golden in Bulgaria Other Sports Liam Gorman
  • Wijnaldum and Firmino give Liverpool win over Spurs at Wembley English Soccer
  • Mighty mare Winx makes it 27 wins on the spin Racing
  • Argentina complete day of upsets with win over Wallabies International
  • Steve Hansen says New Zealand will learn lessons from defeat International
  • Lewis Hamilton shoots the lights out to take pole in Singapore Other Sports
  • Eden Hazard hat-trick helps Chelsea continue perfect start English Soccer
  • Cresser and Lusty take Liffey Descent after tricky race Other Sports
  • Wallabies lurch to a new low as player-fan tussle follows Pumas loss International
  • Aidan O’Brien’s Kew Gardens a game winner of Doncaster St Leger Racing
  • Jürgen Klopp hails Liverpool’s best game of the season English Soccer
  • Arsenal win again to heap more misery on Newcastle English Soccer
  • Sané, Silva and Sterling see Man City stroll to victory over Fulham English Soccer
  • Jack Harrison rescues a point for Leeds at Millwall English Soccer
  • Manchester United end Watford run to make it back-to-back wins English Soccer
  • Murphy times run to perfection as Roaring Lion pips Saxon Warrior in thriller Racing Brian O'Connor
  • Pádraig Harrington gets back in the mix with 65 at KLM Open Golf
  • Barcelona ride their luck to sink Real Sociedad Soccer
  • Leinster hit half-century as Dragons put to the sword at RDS Pro14 John O'Sullivan

  • Business

  • United Ireland would see living standards in Republic fall by 15% Economy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • Former finance minister Charlie McCreevy steps down as Ryanair director Transport & Tourism Barry O'Halloran
  • Brexit tug-of-war gathers steam with six months to go Business Colin Gleeson
  • Backhanded compliments on tax? We’ll take em’ Economy Charlie Taylor
  • Sky Cinema eyes piece of the action with movies of its own Media & Marketing Charlie Taylor
  • Musgrave trebles its profits in the North Retail & Services Mark Paul
  • Payout for staff stake ‘unlikely’ following Sunday Business Post sale Media & Marketing Mark Paul
  • Which Dunnes Stores rival will pursue Donnybrook Fair? Retail & Services
  • Dunnes Stores withdraws from talks to buy Donnybrook Fair Retail & Services Mark Paul

  • Opinion

  • Trump blimp Letters
  • Normal exposure Letters
  • Russian tourism and Salisbury Letters
  • Obesity – a burgeoning crisis Letters
  • The Scally report Letters
  • Populist governments and the EU Letters
  • To ‘platform’ or to ‘no platform’? That is the question Opinion Eleanor Tiernan
  • The Constitution and women in the home Letters
  • The Irish Times view on concussion in sport: protect the players Editorial
  • The Land Development Agency Letters
  • National Lottery and good causes Letters
  • The death of rural Ireland? Letters
  • What counts as a ‘far-right’ opinion? Letters
  • Fintan O’Toole: Boris Johnson has stopped being funny Opinion Fintan O'Toole
  • Diarmaid Ferriter: Role of women in the home remains enigma Opinion Diarmaid Ferriter
  • David McWilliams: Dereliction is legalised vandalism for the property-owning classes Opinion David McWilliams
  • Scally report on cervical screening puts many previous reports to shame Opinion Susan McKay
  • Cliff Taylor: Government being pulled deeper into housing market Opinion Cliff Taylor
  • UK constitutional crisis looms if Brexit talks founder Opinion Paul Gillespie
  • Pat Leahy: Labour must fight back to position of power Opinion Pat Leahy

  • Life & Style

  • Put a ring on it: ‘You should look down at your hand and feel happier every time’ Fashion Deirdre McQuillan
  • Five of the best handwash and lotion duos Beauty Laura Kennedy
  • Gardening: It's always a pleasure to return to the joy of propagation Gardens Fionnuala Fallon
  • Design Moment: The Bic Pen, 1938 Fine Art & Antiques Bernice Harrison
  • Our life is fossilised in the geological strata of our tea towels Homes & Property Philip Judge
  • Best in Class: Time for some texture Interiors Alanna Gallagher
  • Can I get a pet, Mummy? Let’s get 20,000 bees Food & Drink Jacqui Corcoran
  • Respected advocate for the Irish and international aquaculture People
  • One of the first whistleblowers on sex abuse in Catholic Church People
  • Fine art auctions and results Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Orla Tinsley: It was important to live, even though I was dying Health & Family Orla Tinsley
  • What’s hot and what’s not this week? People Una Mullally
  • Beer for all: ‘No beards, tats or check shirts required’ Drink Sorcha Hamilton
  • Ban on ivory trade has art world thrown into a quandary Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Marian Keyes: I’m in love with this gamechanger of a skin product Fashion Marian Keyes
  • Hugh Wallace: ‘Our farmhouses need saving, not the cities’ Interiors Liz Dwyer
  • Actor best known for femme fatale roles in Carry On films People
  • Annual watercolour showcase to run at new Phoenix Park venue Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: My sons take after me in their love of being surrounded by admiring females People Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • We don’t talk about ‘career men’, so don’t call me a ‘working mum’ People Jennifer O'Connell
  • Stopping a negative state of mind People Una Mullally
  • Memories of a Persian kitchen Food & Drink Marie Claire Digby
  • Mellow fruitfulness: comforting recipes for autumn Food & Drink Carmel Somers
  • Pi: The best pizza restaurant in Dublin. No contest  Restaurant reviews Catherine Cleary
  • Orange wine? Yes, it’s strange but give it a go Drink John Wilson
  • Apples lie at the core of Armagh, the Harvest County Ireland Mimi Murray
  • How can we get more seaweed in our daily diet? Food & Drink JP McMahon
  • Bread and butter pudding, but better Food & Drink Vanessa Greenwood
  • Lynn Ruane: ‘Having a baby at 15 stopped me when I could have begun to use heroin’ People Patrick Freyne
  • Seán Moncrieff: The presidency isn’t about politics. It’s about poetry People Sean Moncrieff
  • Sound off: The never-ending frustration of a certain airline People Peter Broderick
  • ‘My epitaph? Don’t rob these flowers People
  • ‘Brendan Kennelly’s words raised my spirits’ People Ailís Ní Ríain
  • Philip Treacy: ‘A hat is plastic surgery for the face’ Fashion Deirdre McQuillan
  • Food File: The weekly food news round-up Food & Drink Marie Claire Digby
  • What are some of food’s best cameos in the theatre? Food & Drink Aoife McElwain
  • Bijou blooms add sparkle at Adam’s jewellery auction Fine Art & Antiques Arminta Wallace
  • Why I Love . . . Squash Fitness Jo Linehan
  • Travelling through Kenya: Kissing giraffes and panoramic views Long Haul Deirdre McQuillan
  • Monkfish with saffron and honey  Recipes Carmel Somers
  • Spiced green beans Recipes Carmel Somers
  • Soup au Pistou Recipes Carmel Somers
  • Coming back to a forever home in Ranelagh Homes & Property Emma Cullinan
  • Suite sensation in Kilkenny Travel Jo Linehan

  • Culture

  • A good introduction to controversial Chinese author Yan Lianke Books
  • Netflix rewrites the book on literate high school rom-coms Culture Seamas O'Reilly
  • From TV3 to Virgin Media: 20 years of lights, cameras and survival tv-radio-web Laura Slattery
  • Crash, Crisis, Crypto: a short history of investment banking Books Aifric Campbell
  • This Album Changed My Life: Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993) Music Niall Byrne
  • Lenny Abrahamson: ‘I was offered some very high-profile prestige movies’ Film Donald Clarke
  • Colin Stafford Johnson: On My Culture Radar Culture Shilpa Ganatra
  • New artist of the week: Versatile Music Niall Byrne
  • Nicole Richie: Our new VBF Culture Louise Bruton
  • The Saturday poem: The Descent into Limbo Books Matthew Sweeney
  • In the City of Love’s Sleep review: autumnal love portrayed Books Jonathan McAloon
  • Chimney sweeps, princesses, Cinderfella, hairdos and medieval details Books Sara Keating
  • Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk: much to admire Books Michael Cronin
  • The Times We Lived In: A Lady Lavery of great note Heritage Arminta Wallace
  • The Sky Is Falling: Muddled and a bit barmy Books Donald Clarke
  • Crazy Rich Asians: The end of whitewashed casting choices can’t come too soon Film Tara Brady
  • ‘How to write a book? It’s one word, one sentence, one paragraph’ Books Una Mullally
  • Newstalk’s Captain Sensible and Sid Vicious bicker on tv-radio-web Mick Heaney
  • Talk dirty: Jason Derulo and Peaches head up this week’s best rock and pop gigs Music Tony Clayton-Lea , Louise Bruton ,
  • Dublin tenement life: ‘I was born right there in 1939’ Heritage Deirdre Falvey
  • Nuance-ticklers and word nerds: celebrating the art of translation Books Frank Wynne
  • In praise of older books: A Diary of Love by Maude Hutchins (1953) Books Julie Parsons
  • Local history round-up: playing games at wakes and women pirates Books Paul Clements
  • Small Victories: The True Story of Faith No More review Books NJ McGarrigle
  • Lake Success review: comic look at US psychosis Books June Caldwell
  • The Dark Dark review: vibrant renditions of people on the brink Books Sarah Gilmartin
  • Tell me more, tell me more: the story of Grease, 40 years on Film Tanya Sweeney
  • The Letters of Oliver Goldsmith review Books Claire Connolly
  • Roscommon’s great outdoors tv-radio-web Tadhg Peavoy
  • Art in focus: My Comfort and Joy, by Seamus Harahan and Thomas McCarthy Visual Art Aidan Dunne
  • Podcast of the week: Wolf 359 tv-radio-web Sarah Griffin
  • Robert Ballagh: ‘Betty was really good at assessing things. I don’t have that any more’ Visual Art Mick Heaney
  • McQueen’s ‘Widows’ so consistently funny that flaws hardly matter Film Donald Clarke
  • Cock Cock... Who’s There? review: The darkest parts of net dating culture Stage Sara Keating
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah – The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity review Books Houman Barekat
  • Sympathy for the devil: how DruidShakespeare got to the soul of Richard III Stage Peter Crawley
  • In a Word ... Directions Culture Patsy McGarry