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Sinn Féin’s US fundraising and lobbying arm sent €41,000 to party in Belfast

Latest filing by Friends of Sinn Féin shows it raised almost €100,000 in the US in six months

By Colm Keena

Peace in our time?

Picture this: A bored Donald Trump in the Chateau de Versailles

As Popeyes opens in Ireland, it’s clear we’re becoming a fast food nation

In Ireland, Britain and the US, more than half the average diet now consists of ultra-processed foods; for some who are younger and poorer, it is up to 80%

By Diarmaid Ferriter

Investigation into how a machine gun fell from a Garda vehicle in Dublin

A member of the public saw the gun on the road and flagged down a second Garda vehicle

By Conor Lally

Irish and exemptions

If Irish attracted bonus CAO points as higher-level maths does, it might incentivise students to take the subject more seriously

It is time guidelines were put in place to help cat owners

I agree with licensing cats in the same manner as dogs

Clear pattern of child poverty

Unacceptable that children continue to grow up without access to a minimum essential standard of living

Reassurance of private maternity care

As a bereaved mother undergoing IVF treatment, I need continuity of care to feel safe enough to undertake another pregnancy

Farewell to a devout reader and letter writer

Long-time contributor to Irish Times letters page has signed off in his 100th year

‘It was a lifestyle, not a job’: Confessions of a sports writer who mostly saw it all

Making a career of mishaps and misadventures from Rio to the island of Jeju but still getting the story somehow

By Johnny Watterson

Case highlights a contradiction in private education

If fee-paying schools can afford facilities for one cohort of students, why not equipment for another?

How detailed will Fine Gael’s plan for Irish reunification be?

Issues from policing to currency that affect all of us need to be addressed

Birds of a feather

I watched two crows cleverly work out how to access a chip bag, but alas, they haven’t learnt to use a bin

Kilkee wastewater plant and the local community

Good infrastructure and environmental stewardship should not be competing objectives

Dublin and the east coast are bursting at the seams. Ireland needs another city

As we prepare for a reconfigured Ireland, the ideal place for a new city is the northwest – Sligo to be precise

By Justine McCarthy

KPMG Ireland chief on pushing for more office days and the impact of AI on head count

Managing partner Ryan McCarthy leads an all-island firm with nearly 4,000 staff and more than €600m in annual revenues

By Ciarán Hancock

‘I was so welcomed in France. I think it’s because I have the nose of a Frenchman’

The Canadian actor Théodore Pellerin, star of Nino, straddles the European and North American movie worlds. With his looks, talent and nose for a good role, he should go far

By Donald Clarke

New arguments against abortion surface in a ‘retro’ Kieran Cuddihy Liveline show

Radio: When the Liveline host revisits reliably contentious subjects, he’s not just indulging in nostalgia

By Mick Heaney

Judy Blume: A Life by Mark Oppenheimer - A quirky and comprehensive biography

Most vivid sections of this biography concern Blume’s early years

By Maya Kulukundis

Beating three South African teams on the bounce is the only response to Champions Cup loss

Tough days on the road bonded our Munster group — just like Bilbao will have gelled the Leinster lads

By Conor Murray

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