You have more transparency buying a steak in Ireland than you do a home

Take asking prices: it has become the norm now for buyers to assume that every home will sell well above asking price. But ...

Multilingual families: ‘Many still feel pressure to leave parts of themselves at the door’

More than 70 languages are spoken in Ireland and the Mother Tongues festival is helping pass them on to the next generation ...

Author Ian McGuire: ‘Historical fiction is able to encourage the longer view’

The historical novelist on his latest book, White River Crossing; his desire to hobble the tech bros; and his Fermanagh ...

Kiss all the time. Dystopia, occasionally: YA reads for February

Miranda Reason’s debut novel, Day of Now, and new books from Sarah Crossan, Sonora Reyes, Amie Kaufman and KL Kettle ...

Should parents be held responsible for children’s activities online?

Australia has led the way in forcing platforms like TikTok and Instagram to block users under 16. Many European countries are ...
Opinion

We profess horror at past wrongs done to children. What about the wrongs happening right now?

The latest volume of the Child Law Reporting project outlines shocking cases in which, instead of being placed in secure therapeutic units, children remained in special emergency arrangements. These ...

Munich was no love-in, but Rubio spared Europe a Valentine’s Day massacre

Shuttling between realpolitik slap and diplomatic tickle, US secretary of state urges end to ‘western malaise’ ...

The papal portfolio: more S&P 500 than sermon

Two new stock indices launched in conjunction with Morningstar – one for the US, one for the euro zone – are calibrated to Catholic principles ...

Even the most pinch-mouthed Ulsterman is yearning for a rain-free moment

So relentlessly miserable has been the weather that even the most pinch-mouthed Ulsterman – the sort that bellows at the summer sun if it dares to show itself for more than an hour – finds himself ...

Jack Crowley brought tempo as Ireland were rescued against Italy by their bench

Irish side were so poor at times, offering no depth, penetration, pace or subtlety before replacements came on ...

How can I start growing my own plants from seed this spring?

I’d like to grow more of my own plants from seed this year, having had success on a very small scale last spring. Do you think it’s worth my while investing in an electric propagator? Ask any seasoned ...
Opinion

History no longer casts such a shadow over Irish politics but we can’t gloss over the past

The shadows of history no longer loom over Irish politics in the way they once did. But it would be folly to forget the mistakes and unjust to ignore the misdeeds of the past. Violence in politics can ...