Article Archive

October 15th 2019

• • News

  • 19 ways to make the most of a college open day Education Peter MGuire
  • History ‘special status’ forces big reversal of Junior Cycle reform Education Colm O'Connor
  • My son wants to go to a Dutch university. I’m worried he’s too young. Education Brian Mooney
  • Boys don’t try? Why so many male students are falling behind at school Education Larissa Nolan
  • Everything you need to know about college open days Education Nora-Ide McAuliffe
  • Your guide to open days at the institutes of technology Education Nora-Ide McAuliffe
  • Don’t underestimate the power of apprenticeships Education Jenna Clarke-Molloy
  • Climate disruption is helping drive rise in global hunger, report says World Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Open days at other educational institutions Education Nora-Ide McAuliffe
  • Homeless man killed in Cork may have been victim of spontaneous attack Crime & Law Barry Roche
  • Academic fears State agency could engage in ‘speculative development’ Irish News Jack Horgan-Jones
  • How DUP ex-MLA Jonathan Bell set cash-for-ash scandal ablaze Irish News Sam McBride
  • Coast Guard helicopter in Co Down search after report of person in water Irish News Jack Horgan-Jones
  • Homes evacuated in Derry following report of suspicious object Irish News Jack Horgan-Jones
  • College open days: should you bring the parents? Education Peter McGuire
  • Trump imposes sanctions on Turkish officials over Syria incursion US
  • Brexit pays Varadkar a welcome if unlikely dividend Politics Damian Loscher
  • Irish Times poll: Leo does a Lazarus with ratings jump Politics Harry McGee
  • DUP says ‘gaps remain’ on Brexit deal after Downing Street talks Politics Patrick Smyth , Fiach Kelly
  • Man (31) killed in Co Dublin stabbing named locally Crime & Law Conor Lally , Jack Power
  • M8 motorway in Tipperary reopens after flooding closure Environment Vivienne Clarke
  • 'Ireland's Call' Japanese style - you can't unhear this Offbeat
  • Climate change activists protest against high-speed UK train line UK
  • Thousands protest in Barcelona as Spain jails separatist leaders Europe
  • Planning on attending an open day? Do your homework first Education Brian Mooney
  • New vote on Catalan independence inevitable, says jailed leader Europe Sam Jones
  • John Bolton called Giuliani ‘a hand grenade’, testimony reveals US Peter Baker , Nicholas Fandos
  • Appeal over girl (17) missing from Co Meath home for six days Crime & Law
  • Nearly 590 patients waiting for a hospital bed, nurses say Irish News Martin Wall
  • RTÉ defends giving contract for sale of art work to Sotheby’s Irish News Vivienne Clarke
  • Judge issues arrest warrant for man who demanded €1m District Court
  • Causal link between vaccine and narcolepsy not made by study, court told High Court Colm Keena
  • Mayo man (46) sent forward for trial over murder of wife District Court Tom Shiel
  • Co Dublin fatal stabbing: ‘You don’t expect it, but it does happen – why not here?’ Crime & Law Jack Power
  • Typhoon Hagibis: Death toll hits 66 as rescuers slog through mud Asia-Pacific
  • Five held by gardaí over sophisticated insurance scam Crime & Law Conor Gallagher
  • Man jailed for raping wife has sentence increased Courts Eoin Reynolds
  • Injunctions against Shane Byrne came like ‘spear tackle’, court hears High Court Mary Carolan
  • What’s the German word for a feeling of being left in the dark? Europe Derek Scally
  • Explainer: What is the Emma DeSouza case about? Irish News Simon Carswell
  • Student allegedly raped was ‘blind drunk’, court told Criminal Court Declan Brennan
  • Witnesses to Lyra McKee killing ‘fear intimidation’, court hears High Court Alan Erwin
  • Boy who fractured foot in woodwork class awarded €18,000 Circuit Court Simone Smith
  • Ten things you need to know about college open days Education Brian Mooney
  • Varadkar one-on-one meeting with Johnson was ‘significant risk’ – Howlin Politics Harry McGee
  • Varadkar says he will raise Emma DeSouza ruling with Johnson Oireachtas Marie O'Halloran
  • Man who died by suicide ‘loved to laugh and joke’, sister tells inquest Coroner's Court Louise Roseingrave
  • New Castlebar-Westport road to cost more than €200 million Oireachtas Marie O'Halloran
  • Carers refused to attend elderly woman’s ‘squalid’ home, court hears High Court Mary Carolan
  • Sex offender faces partially suspended sentence over masturbating in public Circuit Court Brion Hoban
  • Russia calls Turkey’s invasion of north Syria ‘unacceptable’ Middle East Henry Foy , Laura Pitel , Chloe Cornish
  • ASTI warns against senior cycle reform until Junior Cycle changes are evaluated Education Carl O'Brien
  • President praises forensic scientists’ work in identifying missing Cypriots World Michael Jansen
  • Dutch police find reclusive family ‘waiting for the end of time’ Europe Peter Cluskey
  • Russian opposition under pressure amid fresh raids and accusations Europe Isabel Gorst
  • E-scooter users may be fined for speeding under Bill tabled by Fianna Fáil Politics Harry McGee
  • Blocked culvert caused flooding which led to closure of part of M8, says TII Irish News Barry Roche
  • Ireland’s ‘diplomatic tour de force’ praised as Macron prepares for summit Europe Lara Marlowe
  • Land development body should be covered by Freedom of Information – ombudsman Politics Jack Horgan-Jones
  • Varadkar invokes St John Henry Newman in conscience debate Oireachtas Marie O'Halloran
  • Pro-independence Catalans willing to play long game in wake of verdict Europe Guy Hedgecoe
  • Cannabis-related admissions to psychiatric hospitals rose 185% in eight years Health Colin Gleeson
  • Arlene Foster backs call by Nuala O’Loan for restoration of Northern Assembly Irish News
  • British PM delays cabinet meeting amid signs of Brexit agreement UK Denis Staunton
  • Patients taken off waiting lists after failing to respond to letters, advocacy group says Health Mark Hilliard
  • ‘Poisoned ballots’ furore in Kosovo angers Serbia Europe Daniel McLaughlin
  • Number of adults seeking help on ADHD diagnosis doubles Irish News Tim O'Brien
  • Coroners to be asked to record ethnicity of people who die by suicide Social Affairs Kitty Holland
  • Homeless man killed in Cork had been offered apartment, says Taoiseach Oireachtas Marie O'Halloran
  • Senior US official tells impeachment inquiry he raised concerns over Trump US Suzanne Lynch
  • Court orders ‘firetrap’ properties in Dublin must be vacated High Court Aodhan O'Faolain
  • Online harassment highlights ‘need to train more gardaí’ Politics Jennifer Bray
  • Grandmother gets 3½ year suspended sentence for pension theft Circuit Court Isabel Hayes
  • Woman (22) loses damages against school over injury 13 years ago High Court
  • Ex-US envoy to North calls on government to push for Border status quo US Suzanne Lynch
  • Quinn Industrial Holdings condemns ‘continuing intimidation’ Crime & Law Simon Carswell
  • Bleeperbike to remove services from Dún Laoghaire Environment Olivia Kelly
  • Derry woman considers UN complaint over UK citizenship ruling Irish News Simon Carswell , Marie O'Halloran
  • Woman whose account was used in €1 million fraud gets suspended sentence Circuit Court Sonya McLean
  • Miriam Lord: Westport to Turlough road eclipses Brexit as day’s big reveal Politics Miriam Lord
  • Charity films show impact of redistributing food on reducing waste Environment Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Man who tried to hijack car with children inside jailed for 20 months Circuit Court Sonya McLean , Isabel Hayes
  • Woman awarded €32,000 after car dragged along M50 by truck Circuit Court Ray Managh
  • Government urged to reinstate pay review process for top staff Irish News Martin Wall
  • Stanton pledges new law so opposite-sex couples can choose who takes adoptive leave Oireachtas Marie O'Halloran

  • Sport

  • No appetite for negativity as Ireland prepare for Swiss role International Emmet Malone
  • Johnny Sexton: ‘We can create something a little bit special’ International Gerry Thornley
  • Johnny Sexton recalls first trip to Japan as a 16-year-old rookie International Gerry Thornley
  • Rassie Erasmus: ‘Japan are the enemy for one week’ International Keith Duggan
  • France v Ireland: How to get there and get a ticket for less than €180 International Ruaidhrí Croke
  • Another draw could see Vladimir Petkovic shown Swiss exit door International Emmet Malone
  • Gerry Thornley: Japan v Scotland was a magnificent irrelevance International Gerry Thornley
  • Scotland to be charged with bringing game into disrepute International Paul Rees
  • England’s dark night in Sofia will go down in sporting infamy International Barney Ronay
  • Sexton’s biggest match looms; Ireland on the brink of qualification in Geneva Sport Ruaidhrí Croke
  • What is the cost of cancelling a sporting event? Other Sports Ruaidhrí Croke
  • IRFU weighing up appealing Bundee Aki suspension International Gavin Cummiskey
  • Shane Lowry faces new challenge as Race to Dubai enters final stretch Golf Philip Reid
  • All Blacks keeping ranks closed ahead of Ireland showdown International Gerry Thornley
  • Three Ireland crews shortlisted for World Rowing Awards Other Sports Liam Gorman
  • Derby pair avoid jail but get two-year ban for drink-driving English Soccer
  • With Rugby World Cup success, Japan have become adept at saying nothing International Keith Duggan
  • Advantage climbers as 2020 Tour de France route revealed Other Sports
  • Bulgaria goalkeeper says fans ‘behaved well’ and England ‘overreacted’ International Metodi Shumanov , Ed Aarons , Simon Murphy
  • Tiger Woods signs deal to write ‘definitive’ memoir Golf
  • Head of Bulgarian FA steps aside after racist abuse International Metodi Shumanov
  • No fans, no TV and no goals - Korean World Cup qualifier ends in stalemate International
  • Gigginstown mob-handed at Punchestown Racing Brian O'Connor
  • Ireland’s Aaron Connolly to start against Switzerland International Emmet Malone
  • Ireland beaten by barest of margins after courageous run chase Other Sports
  • Ireland U-21s blown off course in surreal Iceland defeat International John Fallon
  • Dublin hospital records surge in injuries among women rugby players Rugby Gordon Deegan
  • Switzerland defeat leaves Ireland stuck in the mud International Emmet Malone
  • Fifa urge tougher measures to stamp out ‘disease’ of racism in football International
  • Switzerland 2 Ireland 0: How the Irish players rated International Malachy Clerkin
  • McCarthy would have taken position at start of campaign International Emmet Malone
  • TV View: After Swiss defeat it’s time to light the candles folks International Mary Hannigan

  • Business

  • Dublin-based institute ceases operations after racking up debts of €500,000 Work Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • Ex-Smurfit Kappa chief sues Revenue after €2.3m ‘gift’ dispute Economy Joe Brennan
  • More like Tony Spollen needed if banks are to be held to account Financial Services
  • Stocktake: WeWork not alone in its IPO woes Personal Finance Proinsias O'Mahony
  • So you want to invest in the stock market: what will it cost? Personal Finance Peter Hamilton
  • ‘I would love to have the gumption to haggle but I rarely do’ Personal Finance Tony Clayton-Lea
  • Will higher commercial stamp duty cost me when building a home? Personal Finance Dominic Coyle
  • Typical SME problems made worse by Brexit, survey finds Economy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • Does the budget change amount of car tax I have to pay? Personal Finance Dominic Coyle
  • Who wants to be a TV game show genius? Media & Marketing Laura Slattery
  • Ballymena busbuilder looks at unsure road ahead Manufacturing
  • CPL boss Anne Heraty’s 25% pay rise questioned ahead of agm Retail & Services Joe Brennan
  • Investors undone by elementary mistakes in doing the maths Personal Finance Proinsias O'Mahony
  • CPL in spotlight over CEO pay, Medlab profits, and the cost of playing the markets Economy Michael McAleer
  • Bank of Ireland names former AIB finance executive as CFO Financial Services Joe Brennan , Ciara O'Brien
  • UK jobs boom cools ahead of Brexit as employment falls Economy
  • Facebook’s libra partners officially join association Technology
  • Patreon to open European headquarters in Dublin Technology Ciara O'Brien
  • Neil Woodford ousted as flagship Equity Income Fund to be shut Financial Services
  • Anglo American says Peru copper mine a ‘licence to print money’ Energy & Resources Neil Hume
  • Ireland’s ‘brand value’ grows 12% to $604bn in past year Economy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • Value of Irish hotel sales hits €221m amid pick-up in tourist numbers Commercial Property Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • Irish financial system ready for Brexit, Central Bank governor says Economy
  • Tyrone company wins Ryanair bus contract Manufacturing Francess McDonnell
  • Dublin’s hosting of Euro 2020 matches will net economy €106m, study says Economy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • UK suffers sharpest decline in employment in four years Economy
  • Beleaguered UK carmakers make last-ditch plea for Brexit deal Economy
  • IMF slashes global growth forecast on trade war fears Economy Chris Giles
  • JPMorgan earnings leave Goldman Sachs in the shade Financial Services
  • NUJ urges BAI to investigate Communicorp’s ban on journalists Media & Marketing Laura Slattery
  • New mobile network GoMo takes aim at Irish operators Technology Ciara O'Brien
  • Limerick firm sues for €3.6m over alleged defects in heating systems Retail & Services Mary Carolan
  • Credit unions may have to pull €1.8bn from UK in chaotic Brexit Financial Services Joe Brennan
  • Central Bank secures court orders against director of mortgage firm Financial Services Mary Carolan
  • Irishman Seán Anglim resigns as Laura Ashley finance director Retail & Services
  • Irish arm of Renault sees profit fall 3% despite revenue increase Manufacturing
  • Banks lead rally on growing prospect of Brexit deal Markets Barry O'Halloran
  • Baker Broderick's in €6.5m deal with Aldi Agribusiness & Food Barry O'Halloran
  • Neurovalens secures £750,000 funding for new sleep aid product Health & Pharma Francess McDonnell

  • Opinion

  • An Irishwoman’s Diary on Generation Z, the last letter in generational angst Opinion Elgy Gillespie
  • A 'capacity for joy'... How do you make a good priest? Opinion Rev Prof Declan Marmion
  • Rugby and the forward pass Letters
  • Old sayings and colloquialisms Letters
  • Finding ‘Rural Ireland’ Letters
  • Ireland’s energy needs Letters
  • Budget 2020 was anything but progressive Letters
  • Extinction Rebellion and Mary Robinson Letters
  • Access to comprehensive contraception service Letters
  • RTÉ exporting the arts Opinion
  • Is climate change an issue of human rights? Opinion Suryapratim Roy
  • Martyn Turner Opinion
  • Fintan O’Toole: Tories must grasp the profound stupidity of their approach to the North Opinion Fintan O'Toole
  • Electric cars Letters
  • The Syria debacle: what Trump and Obama have in common Opinion Roula Khalaf
  • National song contest – Frank McNally on New Zealand’s Irish anthem Opinion Frank McNally
  • Deal or no deal Britian sowing seeds of future confrontation with the EU Opinion Rafael Behr

  • Life & Style

  • Kombucha: What’s in it and does it have health benefits? Food & Drink Rose Costello
  • My rear wall needs mending because of my neighbour’s tree Homes & Property
  • Rooms improved on a rugged two acres in Porterstown for €1.5m New to Market Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • Five of the best serums to give your skin a boost Beauty Laura Kennedy
  • A world apart at gate lodge beside UCD for €695k New to Market Alanna Gallagher
  • The drug created to treat just one patient Health & Family Gina Kolata
  • The murdered Carlow man who shaped the silent movie era of Hollywood Abroad Nathan Mannion
  • People with surnames that begin with an A, B or C are the worst Health & Family Fionnuala Ward
  • We will never forget the words, ‘your daughter ... won’t see her first birthday’ Health & Family Arlene Harris
  • Blood service getting creative with how they increase flow into clinic Health & Family Louise Lawless
  • Our Test Drive: the Renault Megane GT Line TCe Motors

  • Culture

  • Cad iad na Tuarascálacha Gníomhaíochta Briogáide? Heritage Éanna Ó Caollaí
  • IRA volunteers killed by British forces after tip-off by local woman Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Carlow, 1921: The IRA shoot a pharmacist who wouldn’t close his shop Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Widow of TD executed during Civil War took her own life Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Galway, 1920: Black and Tan with revolver shot in all directions during gunfight Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • IRA headquarters refused request to defend Ballaghaderreen Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • IRA capture of Trim RIC Barracks ‘a very big job’ Heritage Mary Carolan
  • Offaly, 1923: ‘Undesirable girls’ rounded up and chained to railings Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Dundalk a town of ‘British shoneens, British camp hangers-on and the Ancient Order of Hibernians’ Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Laois, Easter 1916: ‘He was fond of the booze’ – IRA man who fired first shot sacked over drinking Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • RIC officer shot dead in revenge for treatment of republican prisoners Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • IRA seize police station with help from RIC constable who switched sides Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Final attack on day of War of Independence truce aborted Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Shooting dead of IRA volunteer instigated general strike against British rule Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • ‘There is far more value set at present on the life of a greyhound’ Heritage Brian Hutton
  • Seizure of £48 in dog tax among IRA operations in Cavan Heritage Mary Carolan
  • Tyrone, 1921: ‘I’m going to see my girl’ – British soldier turned IRA man shot dead in attack Heritage Brian Hutton
  • Monaghan, 1920: Deadly raid brought Eoin O’Duffy to prominence Heritage Mary Carolan
  • Cockney and priest helped IRA pull off daring capture of police barracks Heritage Brian Hutton
  • Kilmichael ambush largest in War of Independence Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • ‘We are absolutely on the racks. This week will see the end of us’ Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Michael Collins failed to deliver promised back-up to IRA in North Heritage Brian Hutton
  • Five IRA men killed in botched ambush Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • IRA commander’s claims of British deaths ‘strained credulity’ Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • IRA made three attempts to capture Baldonnell Aerodrome Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Tipperary, 1919: The woman who hid Dan Breen after Soloheadbeg ambush Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Armagh, 1921: IRA man tormented by woman’s killing in attack on Protestant village Heritage Brian Hutton
  • Anti-Treaty nurse drugged guards to aid soldier’s escape Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Erskine Childers executed over possession of a pistol Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Donegal centre of plans to destabilise new Northern Ireland state Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • War of Independence: how the IRA was structured Heritage
  • About the military archives Heritage Daniel Ayiotis
  • Irish Revolution was one of the most chronicled revolutions in history Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Leitrim, 1921: IRA volunteers lied about War of Independence attacks Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • Traveller’s body used as decoy to lure Black and Tans Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • A remarkable record of the road to independence Heritage Paul Kehoe
  • Senior cycle guide: Exploring the past: how to approach history Heritage Eimear Jenkinson
  • Emigrants who got State pensions . . . and sometimes lost them Heritage Ronan McGreevy
  • IRA plot to cut off Belfast’s water supply thwarted by damp dynamite Heritage Brian Hutton
  • ‘Totally different to creating work for adults’: Theatre makers on working with children Stage Sara Keating
  • Paul Rudd: ‘I came to terms early on that I wasn’t going to be Brad Pitt’ tv-radio-web Dave Itzkoff
  • Oblique projections from the nuclear age Visual Art Aidan Dunne
  • Junior Cycle guide: Written and visual primary sources bring history alive for the student Heritage Frieda Crehan
  • Fire and Rain: the burning of Long Kesh 45 years ago today Books Ronan Bennett
  • The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth: rich and elaborate biography Books Aidan Dunne
  • Revolutionary Ireland: defiance, youth and pessimism Heritage Diarmaid Ferriter
  • Jeremy Renner ‘threatened to kill himself and his ex-wife’ Film
  • Pharrell denounces Blurred Lines: ‘We live in a chauvinist culture’ Music Laura Snapes
  • The Circle viewers fall for Paddy Smyth, an Irish reality TV star with a difference tv-radio-web Tanya Sweeney
  • Dating is now so warped, adult supervision might be a good idea tv-radio-web Peter Crawley
  • Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share 2019 Booker prize Books
  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Angelina Jolie isn’t cruel enough Film Donald Clarke
  • 100 years ago today, the British cabinet began work on partitioning Ireland Books Cormac Moore
  • Irish Spanish Latin American Festival: a bridge between English and Spanish Books
  • Thin Lizzy nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 induction Music Glen Murphy