Starbucks’ European unit pays $183m to US owner despite dip in growth

Coffee chain’s tax bill from European businesses was $3.1m

100 years ago today the partition of Ireland was made official

Ireland is still living with the consequences of the Government of Ireland Act

Richard Weber: An acclaimed Irish poet who suddenly went silent

Obituary: The Dublin man was predicted to be ‘one of the significant poets of his generation’

Meet Jimi Blake, the garden obsessive who became gardening royalty

New book shows all sides of this Irish horticultural genius and his beloved Hunting Brook in west Wicklow

Chef Danni Barry brings star quality to new Co Down restaurant

Food File: bicycle made from Nespresso pods, gourmet trip to Cork, plant-based in Sligo

Fire burns on historic High Island off Galway coast

Island with centuries-old monastic settlement is on sale for €1.25 million

Second-generation Irish: ‘We were outsiders among the English – and the Irish too’

Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home

Dynamic Dalkey house rises from the rocks

A rocky north-facing site was the starting point for this stunning home with panoramic sea views

Deserted Connemara island on sale for €1.25m

High Island is home to 7th-century monastic settlement and thousands of birds

Michael Viney’s Christmas quiz: test your nature knowledge

Do you know your cetaceans from your elasmobranchs? Prove it

Claire Roche: From Then to the Here and Now review – A bit too ‘Enya’

Ennis drownings: schools and rugby club pay tribute to ‘brothers in arms’

‘The boys played a great style of rugby. They were hard as nails but skilful with it’

How the west gave a poet his dream and identity

Another Life: Michael Viney on Richard Murphy’s Connemara life

Richard Murphy: standing apart

The Battle of Aughrim alone would have stood as a memorable testament to his gifts but he leaves much else that holds the mark of major poetry