06 August, 2020 Digital News Archive

Anthony Martial makes sure Lask don’t have the last laugh

By Jamie Jackson

Science

We have been intrigued by infinity’s enigma for . . . forever

By Peter Lynch

Covid and Brexit could pose risk to medicines supply, says pharma sector

By Martin Wall

History

O’Rahilly house at risk after being damaged by vandalism

By Olivia Kelly

Opinion

Simon Coveney: Risk of nuclear catastrophe is unacceptably high

By Simon Coveney

Could local lockdowns work in Ireland?

By Paul Cullen

Politics

Pandemic leaves €8.3bn hole in Irish public finances

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Harry McGee

Services sector grows in July for first time since lockdown

By Peter Hamilton

Mastercard’s Irish unit reports big rise in revenues and profits

By Charlie Taylor

Politics

‘Hammer blow’: Pub reopening delay alarms rural TDs

By Harry McGee

TikTok to invest $500m in data centre and create ‘hundreds of jobs’

By Charlie Taylor

US Congress shows big tech’s business model is everyone’s problem

By Karlin Lillington

Most help-to-buy applications never make it to claim stage

Belfast-headquartered IT company Neueda to create 230 jobs

By Charlie Taylor

Challenge of online learning all about creative collaboration

Atlantic Therapeutics: ‘The Enterprise Ireland grant is a huge boost for us’

Are days numbered for Bank of Ireland’s ‘subscale’ Northern Ireland unit?

Oura ring: Wearable device that tracks activity and vital statistics

By Ciara O'Brien

Google Pixel 4a: A worthy addition to the Pixel line-up

By Ciara O'Brien

Sony Alpha 7S III: An ambitious camera that packs in the tech

By Ciara O'Brien

Innovation

Innovation: From camping to child play and stroke rehabilitation

By Olive Keogh

Wifi problems? Quick tips to get your home internet out of the slow lane

By Ciara O'Brien

No time limits and no pre-booking: what the unpublished pub reopening guidelines reveal

By Jennifer Bray

Food

This delicious, family-friendly twist on a classic is endlessly versatile

By Anthony O'Toole

What is the going rate for a home in... Co Leitrim?

By Ronald Quinlan

D7 residents object to co-living scheme beside Black Church

By Frank McDonald

Paul Stirling’s heart over head decision to play on for Ireland bears fruit

By Adam Collins

Advertising Feature

Bladder weakness and leaks are more common than asthma: how to treat it

Science

How Pavlov’s doggedness led to a breakthrough in psychology

By William Reville

Food

Champagne growers struggle as pandemic takes fizz out of bubbly sales

America at Large: When not taking one for the team is the wisest course of action

By Dave Hannigan

Scientists uncover biological signatures of the worst Covid-19 cases

By Katherine J Wu

Travel

What Carpathian shepherds can teach us about patience and isolation

By Pavlo Fedykovych

Secret storage, sea views in tip-top Trimleston home for €995k

By Alanna Gallagher

For Ciara Grant, getting back to playing ball is just what the doctor ordered

By Mary Hannigan

When I think it won’t hurt too much, I imagine the children I will not have

By Sian Cain

Property values, buyer sentiment remain strong in face of Covid-19

By Ronald Quinlan

What will €385k buy in Dublin and west Cork?

Saturday Lunch with the Brownings: Capturing tensions of domestic life

By Sarah Gilmartin

Felix Jones’s Georgian rescue in Co Limerick for €775k

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Terenure terraced home for €475k is ready to go

By Bernice Harrison

Good life cottage with rental potential in Ireland’s sacred centre for €485k

By Frances O'Rourke

Gaelic Games

GAA playing the long game as they await loosening of spectator restrictions

By Seán Moran

Irish Olympian’s gilt-edged former Monkstown home for €3.45m

By Frances O'Rourke

Family News, a short story by Naoise Dolan

By Naoise Dolan

Film

‘My legs, stomach and solar plexus turned to jelly when Aretha Franklin started to sing’

By Simon Bland

Harding Park, named after a lousy US president who never stepped foot on it

By John Branch

Joels restaurateurs’ US-inspired rooftop home for €950k

By Alanna Gallagher

Joanne O’Riordan: Why doesn’t streaming bonanza extend to women’s sport?

By Joanne O'Riordan

Rugby

Sporting Cathedrals: Le Stadium - European fortress of the mighty Toulouse

By Gerry Thornley

Your Family

My daughter has drawn 331 pictures for me during lockdown

By Geraldine Walsh

John Hume and his legacy

Ex-solicitors charged with fraud over theft of six-figure sum from banks over 18 months

By Barry Roche

Business

TikTok’s Irish move, Ryanair’s Italian clash and a verdict on the Oura ring

By Laura Slattery

Facebook, Twitter pull Trump post with ‘false claims’ about coronavirus

Opinion

UK offers a model for how pubs could reopen

By Finn McRedmond

Abroad

‘Coming home to Ireland felt like a gamble. I felt safe in Korea’

By Philip Brett

Garda taking too long to set up unit to investigate sex crimes, says expert group

By Conor Lally

Rugby

Leo Cullen says rotation will be key as Leinster look to keep on winning

By Gerry Thornley

KBC Ireland takes €95m loan charge amid Covid-19 pandemic

By Joe Brennan

Golf Majors return with US PGA, Man United progress in Europe

By Patrick Madden

All sex crime suspects should keep anonymity unless they are convicted, report recommends

By Conor Lally

Business

Adidas predicts profit rebound after pandemic hit

Bryson DeChambeau trainer insists muscle gain is not down to steroids

By Bryan Armen Graham

Transport

Toyota ekes out weakest first quarter profit in nine years

‘Am I going to die?’ Lebanese bride describes wedding day shattered by explosion

Pandemic boost for Nintendo as Covid-19 drives Switch sales

‘Slim to no chance’ of Nick Kyrgios playing in French Open due to Covid-19 fears

Advertising Feature

Clancy Quay: Transforming the face of premium renting in Dublin 8

Legal definition of media must include social media, says expert

By Shauna Bowers and Vivienne Clarke

Covid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, US report warns

By Peter Beaumont and Rosie Scammell

Three Ireland outstrips European siblings as half-year earnings up 8%

By Mark Paul

German investor pays €60m for Dublin 2 office block

By Ronald Quinlan

David McGoldrick named Republic of Ireland player of the year for 2019

Work

Quality mark urged for workplaces that push gender equality

By Mark Paul

Two men face fraud charges over £1.2bn sale of Nama’s NI loans

By Gerry Moriarty

History

Dublin City Council begins action against Shelbourne Hotel for removing statues

By Ronan McGreevy and Olivia Kelly

How a ship abandoned by its owner brought deadly cargo to Beirut

By Declan Walsh and Andrew Higgins

Covid-19 has distracted us from the looming threat of Brexit

By Cliff Taylor

Markets

European stocks dip on earnings as US futures remain steady

Cathy Sweeney and daughter Lucy Sweeney Byrne shortlisted for Butler Literary Award

By Martin Doyle

Alexis Sánchez joins Inter to save Man United €46.5m in wages

Kathleen Swaine obituary: The ‘coolest, most beautiful cat in town’

By Patsy McGarry

Tom Hennessy obituary: A hard worker, full of mischief and humour

By Patsy McGarry

Thomas (Tommy) Smyth obituary: A well-respected Irish Press worker for more than 30 years

By Ciara Kenny

Hugh Hunter obituary: An Aer Lingus man who loved to travel

By Patsy McGarry

Carmel Dwyer obituary: Laughing, dancing Dubliner with a business brain

By Brian Hutton

Paul Stirling extends T20 deal with Northamptonshire

Timeline: Nama, Project Eagle, Cerberus, £1.2bn and seven-years

By Peter Hamilton

Asia-Pacific

Bells ring out as Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bomb

Garda met challenge of domestic violence surge amid lockdown – report

By Conor Lally and Vivienne Clarke

Donald Trump’s problem is that he is not authoritarian enough

By Janan Ganesh

LeBron James: NBA won’t miss Donald Trump as a viewer

Courts

Kieran Greene appeals conviction for murdering Patricia O’Connor

By Alison O'Riordan

Rugby

Andy Farrell raring to rekindle Ireland’s Six Nations title tilt

By Gerry Thornley

Arkphire wins €50m contract with The London Clinic

By Charlie Taylor

US weekly jobless claims hover at higher levels

Politics

Show us the evidence that pubs spread Covid-19, says Government TD

By Jennifer Bray

David Griffin obituary: ‘He was like the Lord Mayor of Inchicore’

By Patsy McGarry

Harding Park: The municipal course you can play for $50

By John Branch

Business

Energy consumers still in the dark on cost of renewable scheme

Bank of England mulls cutting interest rates below zero

Farming & Food

Irish agritech company MagGrow raises €6m in funding

By Charlie Taylor

Work

How the zombie apocalypse can help prepare us for real crises

By Andrew Hill

Bridie Connaughton obituary: Passionate redhead with great sense of fun and mischief

By Niamh Towey

Premier League clubs reject five subs for new season

By Paul MacInnes

Uefa plans review to discuss allowing fans return to matches

Microsoft now looking to acquire TikTok’s entire global business

By Miles Krupa, Arash Massoudi, Stephanie Findlay and Primrose Riordan

Groenewegen apologises for causing horror crash in Tour of Poland

Covid-19: Temperature scans at airports ‘ineffective’

By Paul Cullen

AIB defends ‘incredibly’ high €1.2bn loans charge as 2008 haunts

By Joe Brennan

Markets

Stocks decline on poor corporate earnings

By Peter Hamilton

Waterford allowed to resume training after suspected Covid cases

By John Fallon

New York’s attorney general sues to dissolve National Rifle Association

By Joshua Chaffin and Kadhim Shubber

Murder accused claims partner died during sex act, court told

By Cate McCurry

Europe

Dutch PM under pressure as infection rate doubles

By Peter Cluskey

Tel Aviv’s gesture of support for Lebanon proves controversial in Israel

By Mark Weiss

GPs see increase in people with Covid-19 symptoms after bank holiday

By Shauna Bowers

Pub reopenings in North pushed back, masks to become mandatory

By Gerry Moriarty

Masks Q&A: Who has to wear them in shops and what happens if you don’t?

By Ronan McGreevy

Africa

South African president under pressure over ANC corruption in pandemic

By Bill Corcoran

Ireland faces ‘recurring waves’ of Covid-19, Minister warned

By Paul Cullen

Cancer services operating as low as half pre-Covid levels

By Paul Cullen

Well-known figures in Irish soccer arrested over €3m heroin haul

By Conor Lally

Social Affairs

Death of pioneer in advocacy for survivors of residential child abuse

By Patsy McGarry

Africa

Sudanese refugees protest in Niger desert camp

By Sally Hayden

‘Moment of reckoning’: angry Lebanese vow not to let leaders off the hook

By Martin Chulov

World

Coronavirus: Ohio governor tests positive ahead of Trump meeting

Tributes paid as boy (15) who fell from Powerscourt Waterfall named

By Colin Gleeson

An Irish Diary

Unholy war: Frank McNally on controversial memorials of a Dublin cathedral

By Frank McNally

Project Eagle: What was it and why is it in the news?

By Barry O'Halloran

Motors

Formula One turns 70 in an uncertain age

By Neil Briscoe

Problematic aspects of Belfast rape trial could not happen in Republic – review

By Conor Lally

Caroline Flack died by suicide after learning of prosecution, inquest finds

England get first Test jitters again as Pakistan attack show their teeth

By Vic Marks

Music

Scarlet for ya: Paul Mescal does classic Connell in The Rolling Stones’ new video

By Ed Power

Beirut explosion: 16 port employees detained as Lebanon mourns 145 dead

Suspect arrested as gardaí allege ‘corrupt practices’ at statutory body

By Conor Lally

Solid start leaves Shane Lowry’s US PGA hopes firmly intact

By Ruaidhrí Croke

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17335 by Crossheir – Thursday, August 6th, 2020

By Lorna Kernan

Revealed: the international evidence NPHET relied on to keep pubs closed

By Jennifer Bray

Ireland's 'R number' of almost 2 a 'serious concern' as number of new cases jumps

By Colin Gleeson and Gerry Moriarty

Europa League: Rangers’ dream dies as Wolves march on

TV & Radio

How Seán the enchanted-cauldron keeper herded all the wild Connells of Meath

By Patrick Freyne

Meat plants Q&A: The lingering coronavirus threat

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Gardaí make 160 arrests for drink- and drug-driving over weekend

By Mark Hilliard

What can €120k buy you in Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Lithuania and Louth?

Editorials

The Irish Times view: Leading on nuclear arms control

Clampdown on Covid-19 restriction dodgers

Pay for hospital consultants

Cathal Brugha’s death in the Mater

Why climate decision is important

Production at Brady’s Ham plant in Kildare stops after 80 staff test positive for Covid-19

By Brian Hutton

Editorials

The Irish Times view: Working group review into sex crimes must be acted on

Keeping the ‘wet pubs’ closed

How best to remember John Hume