04 October, 2018 Digital News Archive

Belgium opens up to horrors of its colonial past

By Patrick Smyth

Science

The many modern uses of quaternions

By Peter Lynch

Science

Are humans naturally monogamous or polygamous?

By William Reville

British were main Troubles protagonist, Sinn Féin claims

By Gerry Moriarty

Why are there still so few Catholics in the PSNI?

By Gerry Moriarty

Brexit: Dublin expects Britain to make new backstop proposals

By Pat Leahy

Budget 2019: VAT resistance may force more tax on fuel

By Fiach Kelly

Section 39 workers to get €1,000 in April in pay restoration deal

By Martin Wall

Opponents of North South interconnector disappointed at report

By Tim O'Brien

In Greece and Macedonia, name deal opponents see democracy under attack

By Daniel McLaughlin

Teagasc study could hugely improve health of newborn calves

Minister’s chaotic departure marks serious crisis for Macron

By Lara Marlowe

Priviti boosted by timely arrival of GDPR and open banking

By Barry McCall

Equine Medirecord a leader in the race to simplify data management

By Barry McCall

Apple Watch Series 4 review: we’ve fallen for the safety features

By Ciara O'Brien

Using blockchain technology to help people with no legal identity

By Barry McCall

Battle of the smartphones: 4 flagships put through their paces

By Ciara O'Brien

Hero 7 may put GoPro back on top of the action camera market

By Ciara O'Brien

New software platform ReaDI-Watch simplifies the RD&I process

By Olive Keogh

Reference to woman’s place in home must be removed from Constitution

By Caitríona Beaumont

20 years of Google search trends

By Marie Boran

The Irish ‘father of duty free’ and saviour of Shannon

By Fiona Reddan

City council refloats idea of housing homeless on cruise ship

By Jack Power

Culture

Dublin's new Goethe-Institut sets an example for Irish cultural policy

By Derek Scally

Ali Soozandeh: tackling the taboos of setting a film in Tehran

By Donald Clarke

Stephen Collins: Ireland's bank guarantee worked

By Stephen Collins

Foster is rattling around inside a logical trap set by May

By Newton Emerson

Could a €1.6bn fine make Facebook finally care about users’ privacy rights?

By Karlin Lillington

The Gospel According to André: Unwavering fabulousness

By Tara Brady

TV & Radio

The Simpsons, series 30: After 640 episodes it feels as out of date as The Flintstones

By Donald Clarke

Irish-founded lending platform First Circle raises $26m in funding round

By Ciara O'Brien

Call for supports in Budget 2019 to boost start-up rates in Republic

By Charlie Taylor

Making friends online is a numbers game

By Marie Boran

Books

A beginner’s guide to literary festival gigs

By Andrea Carter

Media

Irish PR agency Drury posts double-digit rise in turnover

By Ciarán Hancock

Your Money

Debt in retirement seen as a reality for future pensioners

By Dominic Coyle

Ireland efficient at getting funds, EU auditors find

By Patrick Smyth

Books

In Grandma’s footsteps: how reading links generations

German car companies are winners in the diesel game

Financial services sector needs to amplify its voice

By Barry McCall

Travel

Amsterdam’s plea to tourists: Visit, but behave

By Christopher F Schuetze

Cooney braced for more punishment as Connacht clash looms

By Michael Sadlier

Silver medal a huge event for Sarah Ennis and Irish equestrian team

Joanne O’Riordan: Handball heroines taking game to a new level

By Joanne O'Riordan

Aviva a home from home for Leinster on big derby nights

By Johnny Watterson

Amazon’s Echo Show gets an upgrade

By Ciara O'Brien

‘No bling’ developer’s home in family-friendly enclave for €1.35m

By Madeleine Lyons

Johnny English Strikes Again: The words ‘unexpectedly brilliant’ don’t feature in this review

By Tara Brady

Property

What will €160,000 buy in north Dublin and Co Galway?

By Emma Cullinan

Strand views for €1.65m in Sandymount

By Rose Doyle

Smart Glenageary semi with garden surprise and price drop for €1.25m

By Frances O'Rourke

Tiger turnaround on Orwell Road makes a comeback seeking €2.1m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Property

The joys of househunting: smelly rooms, dirty underwear, and expensive jewellery

By Cliodhna O'Donoghue

Media

Broadcasting regulator gets blunt on public service media

Conor McGregor now calling all the shots in the fight game

By Philip O'Connor

Why are business decisions so difficult? Because they’re made by people

RTÉ inviting submissions for Eurovision songs despite calls for Israeli boycott

By Ronan McGreevy

Work

Ireland’s lack of gender equality in the boardroom

Why it's time to stop taking selfies

By Padraig O'Morain

Policeman killed, six hurt as US gunman takes children hostage

Double digits at Drury, debt in retirement and on being human

By Conn Ó Midheach

Sonia O’Sullivan: The lure of the annual marathon

By Sonia O'Sullivan

All-Ireland League proving a vital outlet for academy prospects

By John O'Sullivan

Phosphorescent: C’est La Vie review – What’s the meaning of life?

By Louise Bruton

Gaelic Games

GAA Statistics: GPS figures revealed and what use are they?

By Eamon Donoghue

Will Oculus Quest bring VR into mainstream?

By Marie Boran

Fundraising for heart disease was no plain sailing

By Lorna Siggins

Man arrested suspected to have tried to poison Trump with ricin

Dunhill Links Championship: The lowdown

Liverpool beaten by Napoli; McGregor must leave his comfort zone

Providence Resources appoints McCoss as senior independent director

By Ciara O'Brien

Advisable.com raises $1m to help grow its team

By Ciara O'Brien

Transport

Honda, Toyota’s investments in autonomous vehicles could prove pricey

Government backs May’s plan for all-UK customs union with EU

Khabib jeered by pro-Conor McGregor crowd at open workouts

FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh nears completion

Jürgen Klopp says blame me for Napoli defeat

By Andy Hunter

UK accuses Kremlin of ordering ‘reckless’ cyber-attacks

Commercial Property

Rockefeller Group unit to buy Clerys with Paddy McKillen jnr for €63m

By Joe Brennan

Watch: How Christian Bale transformed into Dick Cheney for biopic

Under the Clock: A socio-sexual history of Ireland

By Donald Clarke

Bad Brexit would cost North 10,800 jobs, researchers find

By Francess McDonnell

Teenager had ‘no idea’ she was pregnant before giving birth on kitchen floor

By Vivienne Clarke

Light-filled original curving towards the sea in D4 for €1.3m

By Rose Doyle

Books

Film-related words make Oxford English Dictionary’s final cut

Postmistress May, roadie Rees-Mogg and the ‘Great Twatsby’ dominate Tory conference

By Marina Hyde

Danske faces US criminal investigation over €200bn scandal

Tory divisions could lead to UK staying in EU, Theresa May warns party

By Denis Staunton

Hidden D6 seclusion a local downsizer’s dream for €2.25m

By Bernice Harrison

New phase of Maplewood scheme with nominal price increases from €400k

By Alanna Gallagher

North-South Interconnector will proceed regardless of Brexit - Naughten

By Vivienne Clarke

This coastal property on Greystones cliff road is a rare find for €595k

By Peter Murtagh

Claire Roche: From Then to the Here and Now review – A bit too ‘Enya’

By Siobhán Long

Abroad

How I landed my dream video game job, as a producer on Fortnite

By Hazel Kelly

Clean up your act or else: IOC's Olympic boxing ultimatum

By Ian O'Riordan

Property

Twinlite ramps up with 372-unit rental scheme in north Dublin

By Aidan Murphy

Winning lotto ticket worth €5.7m bought in Rathfarnham, Dublin

By Sarah Burns

Harry Arter is back in provisional Ireland squad

By Emmet Malone

The Cure announce Malahide Castle concert for June 2019

Recent storms have cost billions and severely tested Ireland, says EPA

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Mortgage hunters: Time to look beyond the five main banks?

By Peter Hamilton

Ronaldo rape accuser has post-traumatic stress, lawyers say

Murphy rejects council plan to house homeless on cruise ship

By Jack Power

Minutes of Naughten’s New York dinner meeting with David McCourt released

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy, Vivienne Clarke and Sorcha Pollak

Central Bank looking at ‘senior’ bankers in tracker investigation

Innovation awards: Finalists tackling refugee aid, data privacy and equine health

By Barry McCall

Fashion

Drunk Elephant: The cult skincare brand is now in Ireland

By Laura Kennedy

Kieran Read returns as All Blacks look to avenge South Africa loss

Your Money

The four tricks the super rich use to avoid paying tax

By Cliff Taylor

Gareth Bale has been included in Wales squad

Live Register unexpectedly rises in September

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Gardaí following ‘number of lines of inquiry’ following feud death of Derek Hutch

By Louise Roseingrave

Prohibition coming on disposable plastic in public service

By Kevin O'Sullivan and Environment and Science Editor

Dún Laoghaire Harbour company ‘a gift and a jewel’ for locals

By Marie O’Halloran

Transport

Dublin-based Avolon reports rise in airline customers and aircraft

By Charlie Taylor

Woman who claims she slipped on petals from a bridal bouquet settles case

By Mary Carolan

Martin O’Neill dismisses reports of Declan Rice declaring for England

By Emmet Malone

Rory Best to make his first start of the season against Connacht

Spectator hit by wayward Tyrrell Hatton shot at Alfred Dunhill Links

Irish air traffic system failure caused by ‘irregular software’ fault

By Jack Power

Ronaldo gets backing of Portugal manager to miss international games

To be – or not to be – an enhanced human

By Chris Horn

‘This could be my son.’ Republican women get behind Brett Kavanaugh

By Joshua Chaffin

Prithvi Shaw’s Test debut ton for India underlines child prodigy status

Members of Slovakian family jailed for trafficking workers to UK

Commercial Property

Seán Gallagher company in High Court dispute over heating systems

By Mary Carolan

Netherlands ‘foils Russian cyber attack’ on chemical weapons watchdog

By David Bond and George Parker and Mehreen Khan

‘Good chance’ McGrath will support early renegotiation of public pay

By Martin Wall

Transport

Ryanair welcomes court ruling rejecting strike compensation

By Charlie Taylor

Special needs assistants offered €650 in gift vouchers in return for ‘toileting’ pupils

By Gordon Deegan

Alex Kane: My top ten list of existential 'threats to the Union'

By Alex Kane

Gaelic Games

Peter Keane to be named as new Kerry manager

By Ian O'Riordan

Work

Wild Geese: ‘The sky’s the limit in Australia’

By Pádraig Collins

Environmental group challenges extended permission for LNG terminal in north Kerry

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Minister must reconsider refusal of permit for chef, High Court rules

October rugby calendar: Your guide to all of this month’s fixtures

Government attempting to ‘shrink the tax base’ in budget - Howlin

By Marie O’Halloran

Higgins to return €200,000 to State at end of term

By Olivia Kelleher

Central Bank governor sees case for bankers’ bonuses

By Joe Brennan

Culture

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board

By Lorna Siggins

Caveat: Firebreak between bank failures and public bailouts still does not work

By Simon Carswell

U2 drummer settles High Court case against accountants

By Mary Carolan

Lopetegui under fire as Real Madrid’s goal drought causes concern

MI5 can authorise agents to commit crimes, tribunal told

By Denis Staunton

Call for fresh approach to funding new medicines

By Dominic Coyle

Gama Construction workers’ case back before High Court

By Mary Carolan

Friends first approach pays off for Dundalk duo Rafferty and Murphy

By John O'Sullivan

England boss Southgate says he has ‘no update’ on Rice

An Irish Diary

Bones of contention – Why the remains of James Joyce are still in exile

By Frank McNally

Siptu to seek pay rises for healthcare assistants, conference told

By Martin Wall

Three men on trial charged with murder of Peter Butterly

PTSB’s credit rating upgraded by Moody’s

By Joe Brennan

Life sentence prisoners served on average 18 years before being released

By Conor Lally

Residents of centre for disabilities were ‘not adequately protected’

By Elaine Edwards

Irish company RedT Energy raises over €5m in share placing

By Charlie Taylor

Girl who was knocked down after buying an ice cream makes €47,500 settlement

By Mary Carolan

David McCourt - the last man standing in Ireland’s broadband process

Women’s Hockey: Tougher season in prospect for champions UCD

By Mary Hannigan

Healthcare-focused entrepreneurs get boost with opening of new Dublin hub

By Charlie Taylor

Brexit: Taoiseach says any new trade arrangement must have level playing field

By Patrick Smyth

Cancer warnings on alcohol labels will have ‘devastating’ impact – federation

By Sarah Burns

Bosnian election campaigns plagued by abuses, hate speech

Harrington and McGinley just off the pace at Dunhill Links

Glazers’ role in United’s decline a significant factor

By David Conn

Markets

European shares fall after bond yield surge

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Government talks with GPs to re-convene next week

By Martin Wall and Marie O’Halloran

Homeless man jailed after threatening staff with syringe during robberies

ArcelorMittal and Numetal cleared to bid for Essar Steel

Romania under fire over referendum to ban same-sex marriage

By Daniel McLaughlin

Racing

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe: Favourite Enable berthed in stall six

Asia-Pacific

Osaka drops San Francisco as sister city over ‘comfort women’ statue

Chinese military inserted microchips into Apple and Amazon servers – report

Vitamin D supplements do not improve bone density, study finds

By Aine McMahon

Sailing: Top crews face off for final two titles of season

By David O'Brien

More than 9,000 people involved in self-harm episodes in 2017

By Elaine Edwards

Enigmatic Arsenal make it eight straight wins but issues remain

By Amy Lawrence

Celtic’s promising start blown apart by Salzburg in second half

Fr Mathews strengthened by Grainne Dwyer for their debut in top flight

Surge in drug crime but Garda drug units remain depleted

By Conor Lally

‘Green’ buses to be tested on routes in Dublin and Cork from next month

By Mark Hilliard

Nike ‘deeply concerned’ by rape allegations facing Ronaldo

By Paul MacInnes

Minister challenges Labour TD to produce evidence of data protection breaches

By Marie O’Halloran

Rowing: Maurogiovanni confident about Ireland’s future prospects

By Liam Gorman

Bennett to try to repeat successes of last year’s Presidential Tour of Turkey

By Shane Stokes

Education

Sexual consent classes needed across all of third level, says Minister

By Carl O'Brien

Animal welfare groups criticise president for attending Ballinasloe Horse Fair

By Sorcha Pollak

World

Migrants deaths in Mediterranean reach record percentage

By Sally Hayden

Mountain habitats to benefit from new upland network State partnership

By Lorna Siggins

Gaelic Games

James Horan returns to Mayo for four-year term

By Ian O'Riordan

Government to fully restore Christmas bonus in budget

By Fiach Kelly

Naughten says laws and taxes will be used so Ireland meets its climate obligations

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Milkman earned €23,000 in overtime while working for State agency

By Ronan McGreevy

Spend ‘rainy day’ money on housing, says Labour

By Fiach Kelly

Former rap mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight sentenced to 28 years for manslaughter

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 16765 by Crossheir – Thursday, October 4th, 2018

By Lorna Kernan

New emissions rules trigger very large fall in new car sales

By Neil Briscoe

Mike Pence hits out at China over election meddling

By Suzanne Lynch

OPW whistleblower letter makes ‘very serious’ allegations, committee told

By Ronan McGreevy

Álvaro Morata finds goal touch again as Chelsea edge past Vidi

By Jacob Steinberg

Protesters object to ‘inhumane’ abortion legislation before Dáil

By Patsy McGarry

Lionel Messi leaves Spurs toiling on a lower plane of sporting reality

By Barney Ronay

Keïta did not suffer spinal damage in Liverpool’s defeat to Napoli

By Andy Hunter

Abortion: Women nine weeks pregnant may be referred to obstetrician

By Marie O’Halloran

Diversity makes sound business sense

Ageism in the workplace: An age-old problem

By Mimi Murray

Out at work: how Irish companies celebrate diversity

By Danielle Barron

‘We want to make sure we are as inclusive as possible’

By Barry McCall

‘We need to pull women up, rather than always expecting them to push’

By Barry McCall

The five benefits of a racially diverse workforce

By Pádraig Cotter

Mind the (pay) gap

By Sandra O'Connell

Almost every film in cinemas this week, reviewed and rated

By Donald Clarke and Tara Brady

The glass ceiling: ‘Just getting one woman into a senior role isn’t enough’

By Sandra O'Connell

How women can escape the sticky floor of career stagnation

By Aine McMahon

People

It was 1950 and Uncle Joe had acquired his first television set

By Brendan J Nangle

On the board walk: helping women advance at work

By Aine McMahon

British government receives thousands of submissions on legacy of Troubles

By Gerry Moriarty

Headline Mews

Holier than thou

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the US supreme court: falling to new depths

Following the crowd

Dancing to a Tory tune

Heart risks and time changes

The race for the Áras

Bill to ban fur farming

Priesthood in a changing society

Welcoming Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

Conscientious objection

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the politics of the housing crisis: Fine Gael is right to be rattled

Education

Pupils will have to opt in for religious instruction in State schools

By Carl O'Brien

Terminally-ill Irishwoman's case being investigated by Dutch hospital

By Conor Gallagher and Frederiek De Weeda

Modular housing could be stacked on existing buildings

By Olivia Kelly