Can I leave my niece a home without her losing it to pay inheritance tax?
Woman who has no children herself is trying to provide for a relative who have been living with their own children in a property she owns for many years
Message from the Editor: Trump v the Vatican
Is Pope Leo the moral leader the world so badly needs?
How can we square €500 Ryder Cup tickets and a €9bn surplus with talk of a world recession?
The Government needs to act with an urgency born of the risk that ongoing corporate tax growth is far from guaranteed
By Cliff Taylor
‘My partner’s blunt communication style is grating on my nerves. Should we break up?’
Ask Roe: How my partner expresses himself is starting to take from my enjoyment of the relationship. What should I do?
Is Leitrim a figment of the imagination? Leo Varadkar once thought so
Plus: The youthful protester pope, and a hiccup in a case against John Magnier
Ireland’s new fastest man Benji Richardson: ‘This is a country I’ve always wanted to run for’
The fastest Irishman on the planet has been winning medals for South Africa – but now he’s on track to represent Ireland at the next Olympics. He’s keen to share his story
‘It’s run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans’: The weird world of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
US citizens seem to secretly yearn for the honours system they abandoned in 1776
Ben Lerner: ‘I want us to think of the book as another hand-held device’
Fiction such as Ben Lerner's keeps us connected to reality in ways that even functioning smartphones cannot
Sara Baume on the best new fiction in translation
Books by Martina Hefter, Mieko Kawakami, Jeyamohan, Balsam Karam and Yuri Felsen
By Sara Baume
Books in brief: Black Bag; Afloat; and You Want What We’ve Got: Big Tech v Big Journalism
An offbeat meditation on masculinity by Luke Brennan, an intimate study of the small-boat traditions of the Atlantic by David Gange, and a warning from Jason Whittaker
Pope Leo is the religious leader non-believers needed
His opposition to Donald Trump and the war on Iran is only a part of what makes Leo a unique and important figure in our time
Ireland’s population is told it has never been richer, yet it has never felt poorer
The State takes in €126bn a year and cannot create a civil protection agency, a gas storage facility or a train to Donegal
By Sinéad O'Sullivan
Fossil fuels and climate change impact women’s rights
Only a structural shift to clean energy can deliver real security
The death of the ‘real Ginger Man’, Gainor Crist
JP Donleavy always maintained that there was no proof Crist died in Tenerife
Claims that solar developments could undermine national food security stretch credulity
Golf courses, which also take land out of food production, are rarely framed as a threat to national food security
Split opinions on Sitka spruce’s biodiversity value
Are such plantations ‘alive to all forms of native flora and fauna’ or do they ‘limit biodersity almost completely’?
High Court rebuke erodes central bank authority as its powers grow
Many in the financial industry would argue that the pendulum has swung too hard towards the regulator
By Joe Brennan
Could the US go downhill for good following Trump’s war on Iran?
The Suez crisis was the end of the road for Britain as a global rule-maker. The US is setting itself up for a repeat
Munster likely to remain the IRFU’s problem child no matter how they behave on the pitch
Even if they finish the season strongly and reach the Champions Cup, a reboot is needed after years of mismanagement at the province
Could Independent Ireland grow on back of fuel price protests?
Party with four TDs, an MEP and 24 councillors draws support from conservative, traditionalist and right-leaning voters, polling indicates
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s ard fheis to see Kneecap workshop - and what’s with new Dáil seating plan?
A three-hour short programme sharpened Shinner appetites for Saturday’s packed agenda
By Miriam Lord
We call on Government to use existing legislation to prevent widespread psychiatric harm
Semi-synthetic cannabinoids being sold in vapes risk triggering psychotic illnesses
Independent Ireland are very pleased with themselves
In recent weeks we have seen the rise of a Eurosceptic, flag-waving, populist, socially conservative, ‘grassroots’ political organisation
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