11 February, 2021 Digital News Archive

The Books Quiz: Who is the poet laureate who read at Joe Biden’s inauguration?

By Martin Doyle

The Books Quiz: Who wrote The Dig, now adapted for Netflix?

By Martin Doyle

EU and vaccination

Covid FM

Package deal

NCT – the roads less travelled

Never too old?

Planning

Ireland must support people of Myanmar

Trump’s impeachment trial

Israeli occupation and Palestinians

Past and future of psychiatric hospitals

Children’s hospital

Government, employers and the Leaving

Beijing should release Irishman as Chinese New Year ‘gesture’, says TD

By Simon Carswell and Conor Lally

Finn McRedmond: Will Andrew Neil’s GB News shake up the media landscape?

By Finn McRedmond

Science

Clotting and Covid-19 – going beyond the lungs

By Claire O'Connell

Newton Emerson: Cross-Border finger-pointing is pointless

By Newton Emerson

U-turn over Limerick road plan prompted by fears for €400m investment

By Cormac McQuinn, David Raleigh and Marie O’Halloran

CAO points could climb if calculated grades model is used again

By Carl O'Brien

Soccer tournaments proposed to defuse tensions in Dublin’s north inner city

By Conor Gallagher

State support for journalism is in the public interest

By Séamus Dooley

Covid-19: What might mandatory hotel quarantine look like?

By Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn

‘Cautious and conservative’ the mantra as Government plans reopening

By Pat Leahy

Cheap and quick: Could rapid antigen testing be the way out of lockdown?

By Paul Cullen

Slow vaccination rollout seen as biggest threat to Irish business

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Innovation

How businesses fail to get the best from software

By Frank Dillon

Flipdish secures €40m in funding from Stripe-backer Tiger Global

By Charlie Taylor

Zero trust the key to staying one step ahead of wily online fraudsters

By Ciara O'Brien

Science

The science of bogslides: We must learn how to judge the risks

By Ella McSweeney

Culture

Teaching children to respect all opinions can be problematic

By Joe Humphreys

Arrivals to Ireland may have to book slot in quarantine hotel

By Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee and Pat Leahy

Innovation

Making home-cooked meals the new convenience food

By Olive Keogh

Peter McVerry charity given €1.6m in cash-for-residency scheme

By Barry O'Halloran

Strong returns from Isif except for State’s shares in bailed-out banks

Local authorities can deliver housing at more affordable rates

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

NDRC announces new supports for entrepreneurs

By Charlie Taylor

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro: Superb sound, but why won’t they fit me?

By Ciara O'Brien

Samsung Galaxy Smart Tag: Keep track of your prize possessions

By Ciara O'Brien

British developers show the way to Irish rivals on addressing defective homes

Georgian elegance with original charm in Blackrock for €2.25m

By Bernice Harrison

Old school Terenure redbrick on popular stretch for €950k

By Bernice Harrison

Culture

Bill Gates, live in your living room, and five other big online events this week

By Kevin Courtney

Property

Town & Country: What will €330,000 buy in Dublin and Kildare?

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Hollywood Hills glamour in Killiney mansion for €10m

By Madeleine Lyons

Names and identity: Nomenclature as tool of slavery and invasion

By Laura McKenna

Music

Victoria Mary Clarke: ‘Johnny Depp has been a bit of a hero for me and Shane’

By Victoria Mary Clarke

Seaside villa with knockout bedroom suite for €1.385m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Antoine Dupont enjoys genius trait of thinking quickly but never being in a rush

By John O'Sullivan

Property

First-time buyers: Surge in demand may not be all that it seems

By Madeleine Lyons

Interiors

Irish Georgian Society’s conservation talks for period properties go online

By Alanna Gallagher

Nadia Power named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for January

By Mary Hannigan

Light Perpetual: Magnificently observed love letter to London

By Sara Keating

Golf

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am lowdown

By Philip Reid

Obituaries

Lives Lost to Covid-19: Des Manahan was a legend of the stage in Waterford

By Jennifer O’Connell

Johnny Sexton questions timing of intervention by French doctors

By Gerry Thornley

Dr Barry O’Driscoll believes rugby’s concussion protocols not fit for purpose

By Gavin Cummiskey

Thug Life: When the ugly spectre of violence became part of the beautiful game

By Keith Duggan

Sonia O’Sullivan: The secret training diary of an ageing athlete

By Sonia O'Sullivan

Solitary souls are not necessarily from one age cohort

By Áine Ryan

Five experts, five tips: How to maintain good musculoskeletal health

By Sylvia Thompson

Simply love: a tale of two black figurines

By Emily Bernard

People

Did Kim Kardashian’s seven-year-old paint this? Have we all just lost our minds?

By Jennifer O’Connell

Fidelity Investments Ireland to add 90 new jobs to its workforce

By Ciara O'Brien

Housing costs, Fidelity jobs, and McVerry Trust gets €1.6m from investor scheme

By Ciarán Hancock

Trump directly provoked mob that stormed US Capitol, impeachment trial hears

By Suzanne Lynch

Joanne O’Riordan: NFL leaves victims and survivors out in the cold

By Joanne O'Riordan

Commercial Property

Manhattan landlords offer concessions to lure tenants

Film

Slalom: A film as chilling as its permacold environment

By Tara Brady

Everton edge FA Cup nine goal thriller; GAA return to play suspended indefinitely

In its push for data, Facebook is losing the trust of its users

By Ciara O'Brien

Expect to hear ‘cautious and conservative’ line ad nauseam over coming weeks

By Pat Leahy

Irish doctors do not expect reversal in plans to favour Pfizer, Moderna for over-70s

By Simon Carswell

World

Coronavirus: Germany extends lockdown until March 7th

Travel

Boost Irish tourism by giving out holiday vouchers, sector urges Government

By Conor Pope

Volkswagen, Microsoft expand deal to help speed up automated driving

Spanish fisherman treated in hospital after taking ill on trawler off Cork coast

By Barry Roche

AstraZeneca sees growth picking up, even without Covid-19 vaccine

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Why the Safe-Air Code must be part of our new normal

Tearful Sofia Kenin crumbles under pressure of title defence

By Tumaini Carayol

Mako Vunipola set to feature against Italy after long injury lay-off

By Gerard Meagher

Snow and ice warning in place for most of country until Friday morning

By Sarah Burns

Yoshiro Mori expected to resign after comments about women

By Justin McCurry

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, day 2: Key takeaways

By Eileen Sullivan

Nationalists need Amazon ‘just as much as unionists’, says Foster

José Mourinho surprised by Gareth Bale injury

Property

Schitt’s Creek mansion put up for sale for $15m

By Stephanie Convery

Farming & Food

Brexit: Meat sector suffering 40% hike in costs

Joe Biden raises rights abuses in phone call with Xi Jinping

By Demetri Sevastopulo and Tom Mitchell

Microsoft made an approach to acquire Pinterest

By James Fontanella-Khan, Richard Waters, Arash Massoudi and Hannah Murphy

Liz Nugent receives UCD’s Literary and Historical Society James Joyce award

By Martin Doyle

Six who died in Cork plane crash remembered on 10th anniversary

By Barry Roche

Stage

Don’t cry for me, Jackie Weaver: Lloyd Webber writes tribute to Zoom sensation

By Helen Pidd

KBC Ireland sees no new spike in distressed loans in longer lockdown

By Joe Brennan

Abroad

Secrets of an Irish telephone psychic: ‘He will never leave his wife for you’

By Paula Gahan

Eir chairman ‘really sorry’ for customer-care issues

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Taoiseach says he will travel to Washington for St Patrick’s Day ‘if invited’

By Vivienne Clarke

Can Ireland rely on super-low interest rates to manage Covid-19 debt?

By Cliff Taylor

It’s time to make the phased reopening of school a reality

By Clive Byrne

Transport

Aircraft lessor Avolon lost €30m in 2020 as Covid-19 hit travel

By Barry O'Halloran

Nearly two-thirds of workers have pension cover, CSO figures show

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Decision to withdraw GAA’s Level 5 exemption taken without Nphet input

By Seán Moran

Number of public servants to rise to 370,000 over next 19 months

By Harry McGee

Ireland only EU economy to grow in 2020

By Naomi O'Leary

Testy exchanges as Tánaiste insists Government cannot direct Central Bank to act on business interruption claims

By Marie O’Halloran

Covid-19: Further 52 deaths and 866 Covid-19 cases confirmed

By Paul Cullen and Sarah Burns

John Horan says GAA ‘not in any rush’ to return to play

By Seán Moran

George Nkencho ‘needed help, not bullets’, his sister says

By Conor Lally

HSE says nearly 250,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered to date

By Ronan McGreevy

George North out of Scotland clash as Wales make five changes

Labour Party calls for €100 million fund to support schoolchildren during pandemic

By Pat Leahy

Australian Open: Nadal defies Mmoh and a heckler to advance

Investigation to be held into withdrawal of NI ports border control staff

By Freya McClements

Commercial Property

Objectors lodge 10 appeals against permission for Kiely’s scheme

By Gordon Deegan

English governing bodies demand social media bosses combat ‘havens of abuse’

Doctor who gave nearly-expired vaccine to his wife fired and charged with theft

By Dan Barry

England turn to George Ford at outhalf for Italy match

By Gerard Meagher

Suspect linked to Westie killings and Gilligan gang arrested in Spain

By Conor Lally

Obituaries

Lives Lost to Covid-19: Marie Cummins was a knitter, swimmer and painter

By Brian Hutton

Partial reopening of special schools ‘a mixed day’ for families

By Carl O'Brien

Stripe makes climate action purchase tool available worldwide

By Ciara O'Brien

Gardaí investigating alleged assault involving two lawyers in Dublin

By Conor Lally

Six Nations: Ireland v France – TV details, team news, kick-off time and more

By Patrick Madden

Social Affairs

Trócaire joins Irish agencies to help victims of global disasters

By Patsy McGarry

Man (23) charged with sexually assaulting woman out running in Dublin

By Tom Tuite

Middle East

Palestinian elections confirmed for later this year amid frustration with ruling parties

By Michael Jansen

Farming & Food

Covid comfort: Jameson’s appeal grows during pandemic

By Charlie Taylor

Austrian lender Bawag emerging as frontrunner to acquire Dublin-based Depfa

Irish penalties for illegal fishing compatible with EU, court rules

By Sean McCárthaigh

Healthcare workers who refuse vaccination can be removed, says HSE chief

By Ronan McGreevy and Mark Hilliard

Michael D Higgins: Empire shapes our past and present relationship with Britain

By Michael D Higgins

Woman with terminal cervical cancer seeks urgent mediation of claim

Siptu and the INTO row in behind new public pay deal

By Martin Wall

Former Terenure teacher admitted sex abuse 20 years before Garda inquiry

By Brion Hoban

DUP say GAA should provide more funding for Casement Park

Difficulties in the North due to Brexit, not protocol, insists Barnier

By Naomi O'Leary

Asia-Pacific

India and China move to ease tensions in heavily contested zone

By Rahul Bedi

Farming & Food

Kerry shares slide as ‘short seller’ questions M&A record

By Joe Brennan

Cafe owner fined €1,500 for breach of Covid-19 regulations

By Paul Murphy

Commercial Property

Hibernia Reit says rent collection on track despite Covid-19 restrictions

By Ciara O'Brien

No agreement on when economy might reopen, says Varadkar

By Pat Leahy and Marie O’Halloran

Pensioner dies in house fire on north side of Cork city

By Olivia Kelleher

Racing

Heaven Help Us primed for Cheltenham return

Environment

More than €240m allocated for cycle and walking routes

By Olivia Kelly

Jofra Archer to miss England’s second Test against India

By Ali Martin

Markets

Irish shares dip as Kerry drop offsets CRH advance

By Joe Brennan

Middle East

Covid-19: Israel eyes carrot-and-stick approach as vaccination slows

By Mark Weiss

Covid-19: Donnelly says not all over-70s to be vaccinated until May

By Marie O’Halloran

New drug shows ‘huge potential’ in tackling obesity

By Gina Kolata

Anthony Watson hits out at ‘double standard’ over players taking a knee

By Gerard Meagher

Talks under way in action against former Anglo banker Tom Browne

Foster says next week a ‘key decision point’ on NI lockdown strategy

Gardaí seize catalytic converters and cash in Co Meath raid

By Conor Lally

Editorials

The Irish Times view on CETA: a battle already won

Changes announced for this year’s Vuelta a Espana

Asia-Pacific

Myanmar’s military junta moves to assume sweeping powers over internet

By John Reed

Meghan Markle wins privacy case against Mail on Sunday

By Caroline Davies

Editorials

The Irish Times view on the global vaccine effort: a moral failure with a high cost

Europe

Covid-19: Merkel warns of mutations amid push for looser lockdown

By Derek Scally

Biden warns China will ‘eat our lunch’ if US fails to embrace new initiatives

By Suzanne Lynch

Europe

Lukashenko claims Belarus has suffered ‘blitzkrieg’ from West

By Daniel McLaughlin

An Irish Diary

Turning an Old Leaf – Frank McNally on the revelations of second-hand books

By Frank McNally

Varadkar signals intent to select new health chief despite pay row

By Marie O’Halloran

Europe

German Catholic charity admits ‘massive deficits’ in founder’s behaviour

By Derek Scally

Formula One closer to endorsing sprint races to determine grid placings

Ireland v France: Henderson set to replace Ryan with Ruddock to start

By Gerry Thornley

Environment

Coronavirus-safe spaces to be created for cultural events and dining

By Olivia Kelly

Your Money

Yoga centre’s liquorice Covid-cure falls foul of advertising watchdog

By Sorcha Pollak

Craft beer canning business lands top enterprise award

Environment

Irish private sector must commit to ‘net-zero’ emissions, says Mary Robinson

By Kevin O'Sullivan

Live-streaming or pre-recorded? What works best in online teaching

By Ann Marcus-Quinn

FAI expects League of Ireland to begin as scheduled in March

By Emmet Malone

The Dublin theatre-turned-vaccination centre: ‘We’re planning for 5,000 people a day’

By Jack Power

Ings and Armstrong send Southampton past Wolves

By Peter Lansley

FA Cup Draw: Man United face a trip to Leicester

Makhlouf vows ‘action’ against insurers avoiding payouts for valid Covid claims

By Joe Brennan

UK government defends Covid-19 vaccine supply as Scotland plans to scale back rollout

By Denis Staunton

Unionist delight at Sturgeon’s woes are testament to her standing

By Denis Staunton

PayPal says Irish online consumers still favour international sites

By Ciara O'Brien

Doctor to stand trial for possession and distribution of child pornography

By Declan Brennan

Girl made 999 call to say her father had been raping her for two years

By Fiona Ferguson

DNA test contradicts couple’s sworn claims about child's paternity, judge says

By Mary Carolan

Crosaire Blog

Crosaire No 17495 by Crossheir – Thursday, February 11th, 2021

By Lorna Kernan

Woman with mental health issue loses challenge to planning permission refusal

By Mary Carolan

ASTI agrees to fresh talks with Foley after quitting Leaving Cert negotiations

By Carl O'Brien

Gardaí appeal for witnesses after Crumlin Village armed robbery

By Tim O'Brien

Trump could incite violence again, impeachment trial hears

By Suzanne Lynch

Government action unnecessary as GAA never intended to resume play

By Seán Moran

Chelsea scrape past stubborn Barnsley to reach quarter-finals

By Jamie Jackson

TV & Radio

On First Dates Ireland, Covid-19 is merely a background detail

By Ed Power

José Mourinho’s patience with Gareth Bale starting to wear thin

By David Hytner

UK and EU appear to harden positions on implementing Northern Ireland protocol

By Denis Staunton and Naomi O'Leary