Toyota reveals plans for 175-acre ‘smart city’ as Uber and Hyundai unveil €1.4bn taxi service

Toyota, Daimler and Hyundai unveil bold future visions at world’s largest tech show

After a positive result in final warm-up match, John O'Sullivan breaks down what we learned

Will Addison and Andrew Conway make persuasive cases for inclusion in World Cup squad

Woodlawn House, located beside the Luas was lived in by a colonel, a confectioner and former president of Ireland Erskine Childers

DUP will only support ‘The Festival of Britain’ if it is called the ‘Festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’

Tanya Sweeney: As my due date approaches I am moving like a post-marathon Jabba the Hut

WhatsApp group causes commotion in Cabinet as invitations to Taoiseach’s bash prove scarce

These festive classics seem innocent, but they hide a darker, more disturbing message

Shaun Usher’s hugely popular blog cataloguing historical letters has grown into a series of books and he's now turning his attention to speeches

Amid much political huffing and puffing, the latest Brexit ‘plan’ leaves many unsure

Patrick Freyne: Every December the Eighth it happens - hordes of salivating red-faced rural types

With Brexit looming, Lir Chocolates seeks at diversify its export sales away from the UK

The Irish Heart Foundation puts it simply: ‘Stop targeting children’

International buyers fly in to bid on a trove that includes a car from ‘Back to the Future’

Rising numbers are shunning arts courses due to poor job prospects – but colleges are responding with revamped degrees

In a time of renting and mobility, why not tend your plants in transportable vessels?

Interview: The celebrity gardener on fame, China, and the horticultural establishment

These are some of the many flowers that can be grown from seed in early summer

Frenchman puts humiliation of Munich behind him and intends to continue managing

The City of Light – and of love – isn’t just for couples – it’s for all the family

Twelve bed, 21 bath property in Bel Air is US’s most expensive home

US president-elect Donald Trump posts an unusual New Year’s message on his Twitter account

Or is it the most wonderful time of the year? Pricewatch debates the festive season

Here’s some of the writer’s more memorable quotes on pasta lovers, Prince Charles and Celine Dion

Father-of-four recently said he had ‘full-English’ of cancers

‘There is barely a morsel of offal that is not included’

Century on from author’s birth, group’s goal is to make every child in the world a fan

Irish authors reveal what Roald Dahl’s books mean to them – both as readers and as writers

Though well-liked, Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ struggled at the box office – just the latest in the chequered history of Roald Dahl film adaptations

Children who read his books at his peak are now grown up and have thoroughly imbibed his subversive messages: don’t believe what you’re told; distrust authority; seize power

Solid political liberal who worked hard for charities dies after Alzheimer’s complication

This energy efficient three-bedroom mid-terrace cottage was refurbished in 2011 by the owner of Skelligs Chocolate

In the Atlanta headquarters the archives chart the history of the Coca-Cola bottle and the brand

If you’re here for a degree, you’re in the wrong place. College is all about having fun and learning about yourself

Alain de Botton explains the thinking that prompted him to marshal leading writers into closed organisations

Reading laboratory tasked with determining the molecular structure of chocolate eggs

The broadcaster made ‘a small surplus’ in 2013, but pressures remain, committee hears

It’s not dress or no dress – it’s VIP, Platinum or Economy Class for show tickets