29 July, 2020 Digital News Archive

Unbeaten Siskin faces biggest challenge yet in Sussex Stakes thriller

By Brian O'Connor

Convicted IRA bomber charged with historic child sex offences

Prison diaries give insight into bleak conditions during pandemic

By Conor Gallagher

Kathy Sheridan: Let Vicky Phelan die on her own terms

By Kathy Sheridan

Martyn Turner

Prince William jokes about scaring football opponent with ‘sniper’

Cork to be reimagined as haven for cyclists and pedestrians under new plan

By Barry Roche

Michael McDowell: Ireland silent on Uighurs’ plight

By Michael McDowell

Difficulties in reopening schools

It will take more than €10 per pupil, per week to keep schools open

By John Boyle

Cuts to pandemic welfare bill critical to managing deficit, officials warn Ministers

By Jennifer Bray, Marie O’Halloran and Martin Wall

Fully-let Galway city centre investment seeks €1.95m

By Ronald Quinlan

St Vincent’s Hospital Fairview lands offer scope for 600 new homes

By Ronald Quinlan

Dublin 15 warehouse at €1m offers net initial yield of 8.18%

By Ronald Quinlan

Plan to review 700,000 welfare claims by end of year to make ‘savings’ of €520m

By Jennifer Bray

Motors

Audi wants to use your car to power your home

By Neil Briscoe

Education

Majority of Irish children say pandemic homeschooling impaired learning

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Film

Last and First Men: An extraordinary, engrossing and moving piece of cinema

By Tara Brady

Mixed-use investment in Dublin 8 guiding at €3.2m

By Ronald Quinlan

Music

Thomas Bartlett: ‘It was self-soothing in the desolation of Covid’

By Siobhán Long

Bewley’s to pay €749,000 to Ronan group to settle arrears on Grafton Street cafe

By Ciarán Hancock

New PTSB chief cuts mortgage rates as Avantcard eyes market

By Joe Brennan and Colin Gleeson

Irish molecular diagnostics company GlowDX raises €1.1 m

By Charlie Taylor

Bankruptcy: ‘play ball and it's very easy’

By Colm Keena

Economy

Is foreign travel during a pandemic antisocial behaviour?

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Regeneron to pay €60 per sq ft for offices at One Warrington Place

By Ronald Quinlan

Books

A Silent Fury: The ugly truth about the El Bordo mine fire

By Sarah Gilmartin

Culture

Online culture: What’s on in a time of Covid-19?

By Deirdre Falvey

Friend impressed with Arnold’s hunger as Connacht prepare for restart

By Linley MacKenzie

Golf

Will Nick Faldo’s dream of a world-class golf course on Bartragh Island become reality?

By Aonghus Ó Maicín

Knight Frank launch dedicated residential capital markets division

By Ronald Quinlan

Gordon Elliott chases more big-race glory in Galway

By Brian O'Connor

Food

A new terrace in the sky for drinks and dinner

By Marie Claire Digby

Twinlite presses ahead with 282-unit rental scheme in north Dublin

By Ronald Quinlan

Drink

O’Hara’s: The old hand of Irish craft beer hops into new adventures

By John Wilson

Residential

Relax on a rooftop in Dublin 8 artisan home for €425k

By Bernice Harrison

People

‘I come from an explicit, brash, rude culture. Ireland is a lot more implicit’

By Sorcha Pollak

Gaelic Games

Shane O’Donnell’s Clare future remains uncertain

By Paul Keane

Gaelic Games

Club Players’ Association calls on GAA to re-engage on issue of fixture impasse

By Ian O'Riordan

Sporting Cathedrals: Principality a bubbling cauldron of Welsh national pride

By John O'Sullivan

Health

School return to prove particularly challenging for children with autism

By Sylvia Thompson

People

Róisín Ingle: Why this little bit of wood and plastic is just fantastic

By Róisín Ingle

Books

Learning from the past: The power of archives

By Catriona Crowe

Music

The Music Quiz: Who covered Taylor Swift’s 1989 album, song by song?

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Bewley’s U-turn; mortgage rate cut; and anti-social travel

By Dominic Coyle

Deutsche Bank posts loss amid restructuring and coronavirus crisis

Health

My 21-year-old daughter doesn’t seem to have any friends. Would therapy help?

By Trish Murphy

Public servants using Covid-19 to ‘lie on couch and watch box sets’

By Marie O’Halloran

UK signs deal for 60m doses of Sanofi/GSK Covid-19 vaccine

Food

Lockdown braised beef: A lean brisket and craft beer match made in heaven

By Jeanetta Abbott

Motors

Will coronavirus convince us all to buy campervans?

By Neil Briscoe

Beacon Hospital reaches deal with insurers to cover per-admission Covid test

By Martin Wall

Markets

Tullow Oil expects to record impairment of up to $1.7bn

By Peter Hamilton

Education

Irish team reaches semifinals of World Schools Debating Championship

By Sarah Burns

Motors

Great Irish drives for staycationers, covering every corner of the island

By Bob Montgomery

Duffy’s Circus may face final curtain as it celebrates 150 years

By Sarah Slater

Draper Esprit makes £18m after sale of TransferWise stake

By Peter Hamilton

Gordon Elliott eyes Galway glory; GAA clubs shouldn’t shut down after one positive case

German fund pays €145m for Dublin residential rental portfolio

By Ronald Quinlan

Malachy Clerkin: GAA clubs shouldn’t shut down after one positive case

By Malachy Clerkin

Next’s sales decline by better-than-expected 28%

Office market down but not out, says Hibernia Reit chief

By Barry O'Halloran

Trinity College spin-out Volograms raises €1.5m in funding

By Charlie Taylor

Man dies following disturbance at house in Kilkenny

By Shauna Bowers

Gaelic Games

David Brady: I'd like to see an official line from Croke Park

By Ian O'Riordan

Dáil passes law to place PUP on statutory footing

By Marie O’Halloran

Russian federation says Putin backs 2027 Rugby World Cup bid

Billionaire bosses to feel heat over tech giants’ wealth and power

Brentford hope to mark Griffin Park goodbye with playoff win

Property

We want to split our house into two units. Can you give us a ballpark cost?

Aldi increases spend on Irish products as demand jumps

Liverpool to play Community Shield on August 29th

Farming & Food

Tillage farms threatened despite link to famous Irish brands

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Smurfit Kappa shares jump on €193m dividend ‘surprise’

By Joe Brennan

Markets

Arkle Resources CEO departs with ‘immediate effect’

By Peter Hamilton

Putin looking listless as anti-Kremlin protests grow in Russia’s east

By Henry Foy

Stage

Abbey Theatre does not plan to renew joint directors’ contracts

By Deirdre Falvey

Parents of Nóra Quoirin take legal case against Facebook and user

By Shauna Bowers

Coronavirus: European Union signs Remdesivir deal with Gilead

New Zealand mourns loss of trailblazing former captain Andy Haden

Eleven DUP Assembly members defy advice of leader Arlene Foster

By Gerry Moriarty

Madeleine McCann case: German police search garden for third day

Scrums could be dropped for recreational rugby’s return in Britain

By Sean Ingle

TV & Radio

Why oh why are the snowflake Irish always so upset by the British claiming their stuff?

By Patrick Freyne

Social Affairs

Nursing homes no longer restricting visitor numbers under new guidelines

By Shauna Bowers

IPL Plastics agrees sale to Madison Dearborn

By Joe Brennan

High Court challenge to housing development in Meath Gaeltacht

By Mary Carolan

Glenn Whelan in shortlist for FAI Player of the Year award

By Emmet Malone

Education

University teachers seek clarity on process for re-opening third level education

By Martin Wall

Travel

Two windows for $250k: Virgin Galactic unveils its moodily lit spaceship cabin

By Kenneth Chang

Property

Neighbours win out in battle over Bartra’s Dalkey development

By Ronald Quinlan

€18,500 for child who fractured bone in foot on shopping centre escalator

By Ray Managh

Paul Cook resigns as Wigan manager ahead of appeal hearing

By Ben Fisher

Appeal court quashes man’s conviction over Dublin gang rape

By Natasha Reid

EU watchdog tells British banks to get ready for full Brexit

Half of all adults do not use bus or rail services

By Tim O'Brien

Irish-based insurers pick women for only 21% of top roles

By Joe Brennan

Una Mullally: PUP changes - equal parts stupid and vindictive

By Una Mullally

Guidelines for pubs to reopen on August 10th need to be issued this week, say vintners

By Jennifer Bray

FAI in line for more than €5.5m in emergency Fifa funding

By Emmet Malone

Online fitness boom helped data use surge 40% in lockdown

By Ciara O'Brien

Barclays steps up provisions as pandemic hurts consumer business

Media

Spotify hints at improving advertising and listening trends

Shelbourne’s banished statues were part of mania for all things Egyptian

By Ronan McGreevy

TV & Radio

Complaint over Ivan Yates’ ‘Trumpian’ Covid comments rejected

By Sarah Burns

Limited fans to attend Irish Cup final in Windsor Park

By Andy Hunter

Air Corps uses newest craft to rotate troops in disputed African region

By Conor Gallagher

Appeal court adds two years to detention for minor who tried to murder woman

Bohs commit to providing sanitary products at matches

By Louise Lawless

Middle East

Trump’s sanctions push Iran and Syria closer to China

By Michael Jansen

Mohaather bursts through late on to win Sussex Stakes

By Greg Wood

TikTok boss lambasts Facebook for ‘maligning attacks’ and ‘copycat’ product

By Hannah Murphy

Court rules on case with implications for unaccompanied learners

By Mary Carolan

Farming & Food

Dawn Meats takes full control of UK joint venture with Dunbia

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

GAA must take heed as baseball becomes a game for the few, with money

By Dave Hannigan

Injunction sought over ‘stray’ electricity from adjoining bakery

Pharma body hopeful of extending deal with State on cost of medicines

By Martin Wall

Coronavirus alert app to be launched in Northern Ireland

By Gerry Moriarty

Michael Healy-Rae tells court bullet in head threat left him rattled

By Tom Tuite

Coronavirus: No further deaths and 14 new cases reported

By Jack Power and Gerry Moriarty

Cork city unveils €5m package to support business in city centre

By Barry Roche

US to start pulling 12,000 troops out of Germany ‘in weeks’

By Katrina Manson

Golf

Brooks Koepka hopes St Jude defence can spur some form

Stephanie Ng case: Huge debate at DPP over decision to appeal boy’s sentence

By Conor Gallagher

Middle East

Coronavirus: Israel hands key tasks in pandemic fight to IDF

By Mark Weiss

Varadkar intervened over retention of State car for Coveney

By Marie O’Halloran and Jack Horgan-Jones

Exeter drop ‘Big Chief’ mascot after review of club branding

Council investigates removal of slave statues from Shelbourne Hotel

By Ronan McGreevy

Economy

Fed vows to support the US economy amid a shaky recovery from pandemic

Republic of Ireland’s Louise Quinn signs for Fiorentina

By Emmet Malone

Markets

Earnings drive big swings in European stocks

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Belfast woman convicted of attempting to kill police

Leaving Cert student’s challenge over calculated grades gets urgent hearing

By Mary Carolan

Child abuser who assaulted teenage girls jailed for two years

By Sonya McLean

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the future of Bewley’s, Grafton Street

An Irish Diary

Brat’s tale: Frank McNally on the curious evolution of the Irish word for ‘flag’

By Frank McNally

PUP explainer: What’s the latest on pandemic payment squabble?

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Man accused of Kevin Lunney assault fails to have charges dropped

By Alison O'Riordan

Gardaí found breaches of Covid-19 regulations in 22 pubs last week

By Conor Gallagher

Leading Irish-Americans urge boycott of ‘Irish Lives Matter’ T-shirts

By Suzanne Lynch

Sam McConkey: Covid-19 is ‘grumbling’ around young people

By Brian Hutton

Taoiseach urged to rebuke colleague over ‘lazy’ public servants claim

By Marie O’Halloran

Martin adopts ‘passive stance’ on all-Ireland health, claims McDonald

By Marie O’Halloran

Coronavirus: US deaths pass 150,000 as Trump claims areas ‘corona free’

By Suzanne Lynch

Calls for inquiry after migrants captured by Libyan coast guard shot dead

By Sally Hayden

Coronavirus: France battles nearly 1,400 new cases as Europe sees ‘big wave’

By Naomi O'Leary

Transport

Judge ‘minded’ to approve survival scheme for CityJet

By Aodhan O'Faolain and Barry O'Halloran

Ireland’s Bennett third in second stage of Vuelta Burgos

Early Doors squeezes through to win Galway Plate

By Brian O'Connor

Editorials

Irish Times view on Scottish independence and instability in the UK

Ireland’s Covid travel debate shaped by a peculiar blindness

By Naomi O'Leary

Certainty urgently required on reopening, says third-level union

By Martin Wall

Health

Aer Lingus to receive almost €30m for collecting PPE from China

By Gordon Deegan

Two men killed in single vehicle crash in Co Monaghan were Polish nationals

By Jack Power

Environment

Adopt energy policy now to prevent importing of fracked gas, urge campaigners

By Kevin O'Sullivan

MPs say airport testing may cut need for quarantine in England

By Jessica Elgot

Tech executives reject claims at US hearing they are too powerful

By Suzanne Lynch

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17328 by Crossheir – Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

By Lorna Kernan

Complaints over ‘offensive’ Tampax tampon advert upheld

By Jack Power

Liquidators appointed to south Dublin nursing home

By Jack Power

Brentford just one step away from Premier League

By Jonathan Liew

David McMillan returns to Dundalk

By Emmet Malone

Fine Gael blames poor election result on series of pre-poll gaffes

By Jennifer Bray

Newton Emerson: Fading myth of the North’s world-beating schools

By Newton Emerson

Residential

What can you buy for €495k in Spain, South Africa, Italy, Indonesia and Dublin 6

Almost one-third of 17/18-year-olds ‘risky drinkers’, study finds

By Jack Power

Interiors

House Proud: Transformative ideas for domestic kitchen space

By Alanna Gallagher

Concerns over school reopening plan

Staycation nation no more, please

A route for Aer Lingus?

Debate on euthanasia

Removal of statues from the Shelbourne

Ukuleles for TDs

Nazi spies in Ireland

Testing times

Normal People and real life