14 October, 2019 Digital News Archive

Brexit is less people’s revolution and more mid-life crisis

By Peter Flanagan

Too many ghosts haunt our mental health service

By John Farrelly

Murdered homeless man’s injuries consistent with severe beating

By Barry Roche and Olivia Kelleher

Officials warn of ‘moral hazard’ in covering rent arrears

By Jack Power

Bill banning sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s goes to Cabinet

By Marie O’Halloran

Your Money

The growing trend of shrinkflation means you could be paying more for less

By Conor Pope

Social Affairs

Getting IVF abroad: ‘Our daughter is stateless, she doesn’t exist’

By Sorcha Pollak

Belfast pogroms: ‘The street was a mass of brain matter and blood’

By Ronan McGreevy

Varadkar resists pressure for early election if Brexit deal agreed

By Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray

New film calls for ‘major initiative’ to support victims of Troubles

By Gerry Moriarty

Prisons struggling to cope with 20% jump in female inmates

By Conor Gallagher

Brexit: Hopes of deal by deadline fade as DUP opposition hardens

By Patrick Smyth, Gerry Moriarty and Simon Carswell

Tusla warns Zappone about stay-in-school scheme for children at risk

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Inquiry into acquisition of government offices site in Wexford

By Marie O’Halloran

Selling Brexit solution will be as tricky as figuring it out

By Simon Carswell

Belfast's 1922 massacre of McMahons caused furore abroad

By Ronan McGreevy

Hopes fade that Brexit deal can be put to EU leaders this week

By Patrick Smyth

Lisa Smith may have fled Syrian camp following Turkish assault

By Colm Keena

Fee-paying school conducted inquiry into sexual assault allegation

By Jack Power

Social Affairs

Garda vetting decision prompts organisations to seek legal advice

By Jennifer Bray

Brexit: President of Cyprus voices hope for united Ireland

By Michael Jansen

Botox complaints include infections, blurred vision and haematoma

By Paul Cullen

Belfast pogroms: ‘The street was a mass of brain matter and blood’

By Ronan McGreevy

Transport

Fáilte Ireland tender sparks turf war with Tourism Ireland

By Mark Paul

IDA chief appointed adjunct professor at Smurfit business school

By Joe Brennan

Half of Irish SMEs cancel investment plans over Brexit

Wealthy Hong Kong investors applying for Irish visas

By Peter Goff

Film

‘As a person of colour, I’m political whether I want to be or not’

By Tara Brady

Music

‘People are emotionally strong but they still need to share their feelings with someone’

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Owen Doyle: Officials must be clearer on forward passes

By Owen Doyle

Work

How to master the awkward but essential art of office small talk

By Lindsay Mannering

Property

What sold for €730k in Harold’s Cross, Clontarf, Ranelagh, Naas

Fashion

‘If you are going to buy a ring, turn it upside down and look at the inside’

By Deirdre McQuillan

Music

Elton John: ‘George Michael was too stubborn to get sober’

People

‘I was fascinated by Ireland. I thought I could find inspiration here’

By Una Mullally

People

Let the sun power your home by installing your own PV panels

By Manchán Magan

Tame display in Tbilisi leaves Ireland needing to take down a big beast

By Emmet Malone

Fashion

Hail Havana: The Dublin boutique still going strong after 25 stylish years

By Deirdre McQuillan

Una Mullally: Elizabeth Warren’s patronising joke is a gift to Republicans

By Una Mullally

Ken Early: Mick McCarthy’s attitude towards Aaron Connolly needs to change

By Ken Early

Rugby World Cup: Larmour runs free as Ireland find their the groove against Samoa

By Gerry Thornley

Food

Does a teaspoon keep the fizz in a bottle of bubbly?

By Aoife McElwain

Books

Patrick McCabe’s The Big Yaroo: The Butcher Boy grows up, a bit

By Catherine Toal

Rugby World Cup: Sympathy all round for Bundee Aki as he prepares to learn his fate

By Gerry Thornley

Goodbye stethoscope: A tech breakthrough in how doctors diagnose

By Dr Muiris Houston

Your Fitness

The countdown to the marathon is on. What should I do now?

By Mary Jennings

Flu season is upon us: Here’s everything you need to know

By Áilín Quinlan

Your Family

I appear to have acquired a new dog and I’m not even sure I like her

By Jen Hogan

The All Blacks now stand between Ireland and semi-final history

By Gerry Thornley

Food

Duck and plum is a classic combination – and easy to cook

By JP McMahon

The Ireland rugby team are Irish sport's real Stepford Wives

By Brian O'Connor

Asia-Pacific

Typhoon Hagibis: Rescuers wade in muddy waters to find survivors

Fiscal watchdog warns over spending, tourism turf war and Ireland’s golden visas

By Michael McAleer

Liam Toland: Ireland smile returns but it needs to be wider against the All Blacks

By Liam Toland

Swiss must improve mental strength against Ireland, says Petkovic

By John Fallon

Exhilarating Japan arrive on the big stage in the land of the rising water

By Keith Duggan

Work

SoftBank in talks to take control of WeWork amid cash crunch

By Eric Platt and James Fontanella-Khan

Ireland to meet the All Blacks, thrilling Japan put Scotland to the sword

By Patrick Madden

Superdry founder becomes permanent chief executive

Irish tax windfall paying for unsustainable spending - watchdog

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Johnny Sexton: being clinical is key if Ireland are to beat All Blacks

By Gerry Thornley

Lego looks at piecing together a rental service

By Peggy Hollinger and Richard Milne

Google’s rooftop sports pitch approved despite local opposition

By Sean McCarthaigh

Steve Hansen on Joe Schmidt: ‘I might be able to set him up’

By Gavin Cummiskey

Humphreys leads trade mission to Japan amid World Cup hype

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Business sentiment in North drops to record low on Brexit

By Francess McDonnell

Brexit: Coveney says deal possible this week as EU seeks UK concessions

Two GAA players remain in hospital after Enniskerry lorry fall

By Jack Power

Abroad

‘Vulnerable’ returning emigrants: ‘I try not to let my children see me cry’

By Rachel Flaherty

TV & Radio

Fortnite blackout: Map is sucked into a black hole

Homeless man murdered in Cork was ‘talented chef’ who served Elton John

By Olivia Kelleher

The Offload: unprecedented IRFU statement ends a messy week

By Gavin Cummiskey

TV & Radio

El Camino review: A zippy and scenic ride, but we already had the map

By James Poniewozik

Three share Nobel Prize in economics for work to alleviate poverty

Teenage girl wins appeal over refusal of Irish citizenship

By Mary Carolan

Stage

Collection of Lovers review: Can’t a woman can’t take a bath with a stranger any more without them getting the wrong idea?

By Peter Crawley

€80m event centre in Cork city gets planning approval

By Barry Roche

Sport

Added Time: time to see if Ireland are moving on or moving out

McCarthy suggests Connolly might be set to start in Geneva

By Emmet Malone

Stage

The Haircut! review: King Labhraidh Loingseach gets a makeover

By Sara Keating

Brexit: Mapping how we got to the latest proposal

By Simon Carswell

Protests as Catalan leaders get lengthy jail terms over independence bid

Beef taskforce meeting is adjourned as farmers protest

By Shauna Bowers

Children admitted to adult mental health units despite lack of facilities – report

By Paul Cullen

Stage

Sopro review: Memoir of an invisible woman

By Peter Crawley

Businessman Jim Mansfield Jnr to apply for legal aid

By Olga Cronin

Hungary’s opposition takes Budapest in blow to Orban’s power

By Daniel McLaughlin

Music

Griselda review: Pantomime vibe intrudes on some triumphant moments

By Michael Dungan

Euro 2020 qualifier - Switzerland v Ireland: Kick-off time, TV channels and more

By Patrick Madden

Flight attendant sues estate of deceased Cranberries star Dolores O'Riordan

By Mary Carolan

The key questions about Boris Johnson’s Brexit customs plan

By Cliff Taylor

Film

The Irishman: Scorsese says no one else in Hollywood would back movie

By Andrew Pulver

Luas Green line trams to extend to 55m over next 14 months

By Tim O'Brien

Paedophile Richard Huckle fatally stabbed in British prison

NI-born people are considered British until they renounce citizenship, court rules

Alisson to make Liverpool comeback against United

By Andy Hunter

Clondalkin residents protest construction of nursing home on nuns’ land

By Shauna Bowers

Judge hopes children's hospital building works legal row can be resolved

HSE warns 8,000 women who had breast implants about risk of rare cancer

By Paul Cullen

Disclosures Tribunal hears Garda’s claims he was discredited

By Colm Keena

Clampers told not to engage in ‘predatory’ behaviour towards motorists

By Mark Hilliard

Boy settles case against Giraffe creche mentioned in RTÉ documentary

Former prostitute brings defamation case against another ex sex worker

By Ray Managh and Simone Smith

Gardaí investigating sex assault allegations against sports star seize vehicle

By Conor Gallagher

Trump former Russia adviser to testify in impeachment inquiry

US warns tariffs may rise in December without final China trade deal

Man jailed for three years after puncturing neighbour’s lung

By Sonya McLean

Sport

Illinois and Nebraska to meet in Dublin in 2021

Setanta redevelopment will hurt Kilkenny store, court told

By Tim Healy

Bundee Aki’s World Cup over after he receives three-week ban

Bullock Harbour group challenges permission for development

By Aodhan O'Faolain

Tony Spollen, key figure in bogus accounts inquiry, dies

Racing

Mullins hopeful Down Royal won’t be impacted by Brexit

By Brian O'Connor

Technology

Novosco Group bought for £70m by German-listed Cancom

By Francess McDonnell

Teen in €60,000 injury claim pictured doing ‘somersaults’ weeks after crash

By Ray Managh

Solicitor to be struck off over professional misconduct

By Mary Carolan

Father of five was sent child pornography videos in WhatsApp group, court told

By Sonya McLean

Jailing Catalan separatists a historic error

By Alfred Bosch

CervicalCheck laboratory MedLab sees profits fall but revenue rise

By Gordon Deegan

Mixed reaction to court ruling on British citizenship

By Amanda Ferguson

Firm ordered to pay €30,000 to catering assistant whose bottom was pinched

By Gordon Deegan

No female students insulted on students’ WhatsApp group, says Law Society

By Conor Gallagher

Commercial Property

Green Reit deal on track despite €65m tax bill shock

By Joe Brennan

Trump is right to take troops out of Syria. Now they must leave Iraq and Afghanistan

Ireland under-21s must avoid slip up in Iceland

By John Fallon

Asia-Pacific

Violent imagery of ‘bodies smashed’ used in Beijing warning to Hong Kong

By Peter Goff

Racing

Make A Challenge supplemented for Ascot Champions Sprint

By Brian O'Connor

Man arrested over alleged abuse of patients in Antrim hospital

Markets

Brexit uncertainty causes markets to falter

By Ciara O'Brien

Mick McCarthy happy to take a point in Switzerland

By Emmet Malone

Africa

Mozambique election observer’s murder casts ‘shadow’ on poll

By Bill Corcoran

Location of Lisa Smith and child unknown as fighting continues in Syria

By Conor Gallagher

Cyprus president pledges to protect Irish Border, single market and peace process

By Michael Jansen

Taoiseach’s head of policy rules out general election before May 2020

By Fiach Kelly

Social Affairs

Coroner flags Savita guidelines ahead of McEvoy inquest

By Kitty Holland

EU ministers demand Turkish withdrawal from Syria

By Patrick Smyth

Gannon Homes revenues more than doubled last year

By Gordon Deegan

Ivor Callely and wife being sued over €2.9m allegedly due in loans

Middle East

Turkish forces press ahead despite Kurdish-Syria deal

By Laura Pitel, Chloe Cornish and Henry Foy

Polish opposition vows to stand up to government reforms

By Derek Scally

Catalan independence: what’s the story and what happens next?

By Sam Jones

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the Syrian crisis: Trump’s historic mistake

Johnson repeats promise to ‘get Brexit done’ as hopes for timely deal fade

By Denis Staunton

Fishermen warn of ‘mayhem’ on seas in event of no-deal Brexit

By Marese McDonagh

Transport

Trailfinders suing ex-employees over steps taken before resigning

Fears over crime and press freedom cloud Albania’s hopes for EU accession talks

By Daniel McLaughlin

Varadkar’s poll bounce of 15 points restores popular appeal

By Pat Leahy

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll: Brexit and budget factors

Goldman and Morgan Stanley expected to suffer IPO earnings hit

By Laura Noonan

Former US adviser in Russia testifies before House committees

Booking.com owner becomes latest to drop Facebook’s Libra

Praise and condemnation as Catalan separatists given lengthy jail terms

By Guy Hedgecoe

Sunday Business Post in talks to purchase Irish Tatler publisher

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Northern Ireland bounce back against Czechs

Catalonia verdicts mean no end in sight to stand-off with Madrid

By Guy Hedgecoe

Investigation under way into loyalist band parade in Belfast City Hall

By Amanda Ferguson

World

Mexico: Fourteen police officers killed in ambush

Number of marriages in State fell by about 1,000 last year

By Jack Power

Heavy flooding closes motorway in Cork and Tipperary

By Jack Power and Colin Gleeson

Irish Times poll: Varadkar’s approval rating rises above 50%

By Pat Leahy

Books

Booker Prize 2019: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo are joint winners

By John Self

Number of same-sex marriages dips after post-referendum rush

By Jack Power

TV & Radio

Dublin Murders: True Detective set in Celtic Tiger Ireland

By Peter Crawley

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17083 by Crossheir – Monday, October 14th, 2019

By Lorna Kernan

England’s win over Bulgaria overshadowed by racist abuse

By David Hytner

Protesters take to Catalan streets and flights cancelled

By Guy Hedgecoe

Johnson adamant Brexit will occur on October 31st

By Denis Staunton

James Joyce: Return writer’s remains to Ireland, say Dublin councillors

By Jack Horgan-Jones

IRA made three attempts to capture Baldonnell Aerodrome

By Ronan McGreevy

Anti-Treaty nurse drugged guards to aid soldier’s escape

By Ronan McGreevy

Offaly, 1923: ‘Undesirable girls’ rounded up and chained to railings

By Ronan McGreevy

Ten things you need to know about college open days

By Brian Mooney

Cockney and priest helped IRA pull off daring capture of police barracks

By Brian Hutton

Michael Collins failed to deliver promised back-up to IRA in North

By Brian Hutton

‘There is far more value set at present on the life of a greyhound’

By Brian Hutton

College open days: should you bring the parents?

By Peter McGuire

RIC officer shot dead in revenge for treatment of republican prisoners

By Ronan McGreevy

Your guide to open days at the institutes of technology

By Nora-Ide McAuliffe

Don’t underestimate the power of apprenticeships

By Jenna Clarke-Molloy

Five IRA men killed in botched ambush

By Ronan McGreevy

Monaghan, 1920: Deadly raid brought Eoin O’Duffy to prominence

By Mary Carolan

IRA commander’s claims of British deaths ‘strained credulity’

By Ronan McGreevy

Tyrone, 1921: ‘I’m going to see my girl’ – British soldier turned IRA man shot dead in attack

By Brian Hutton

IRA volunteers killed by British forces after tip-off by local woman

By Ronan McGreevy

History ‘special status’ forces big reversal of Junior Cycle reform

By Colm O'Connor

‘We are absolutely on the racks. This week will see the end of us’

By Ronan McGreevy

My son wants to go to a Dutch university. I’m worried he’s too young.

By Brian Mooney

Galway, 1920: Black and Tan with revolver shot in all directions during gunfight

By Ronan McGreevy

19 ways to make the most of a college open day

By Peter MGuire

Laois, Easter 1916: ‘He was fond of the booze’ – IRA man who fired first shot sacked over drinking

By Ronan McGreevy

Dundalk a town of ‘British shoneens, British camp hangers-on and the Ancient Order of Hibernians’

By Ronan McGreevy

IRA seize police station with help from RIC constable who switched sides

By Ronan McGreevy

Shooting dead of IRA volunteer instigated general strike against British rule

By Ronan McGreevy

Widow of TD executed during Civil War took her own life

By Ronan McGreevy

Carlow, 1921: The IRA shoot a pharmacist who wouldn’t close his shop

By Ronan McGreevy

Boys don’t try? Why so many male students are falling behind at school

By Larissa Nolan

Kilmichael ambush largest in War of Independence

By Ronan McGreevy

Everything you need to know about college open days

By Nora-Ide McAuliffe

Cad iad na Tuarascálacha Gníomhaíochta Briogáide?

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

World

Climate disruption is helping drive rise in global hunger, report says

By Kevin O'Sullivan

IRA plot to cut off Belfast’s water supply thwarted by damp dynamite

By Brian Hutton

Traveller’s body used as decoy to lure Black and Tans

By Ronan McGreevy

Old sayings and colloquialisms

Leitrim, 1921: IRA volunteers lied about War of Independence attacks

By Ronan McGreevy

An Irish Diary

An Irishwoman’s Diary on Generation Z, the last letter in generational angst

By Elgy Gillespie

Rugby and the forward pass

RTÉ exporting the arts

Finding ‘Rural Ireland’

Ireland’s energy needs

Budget 2020 was anything but progressive

Access to comprehensive contraception service

Erskine Childers executed over possession of a pistol

By Ronan McGreevy

Extinction Rebellion and Mary Robinson

Trump imposes sanctions on Turkish officials over Syria incursion

Coast Guard helicopter in Co Down search after report of person in water

By Jack Horgan-Jones