Top Stories of the Year

Emirates declined to issue boarding passes to couple on €6.5k trip due to what reader says is a ‘minor imperfection’

‘We’re in the middle of the city but ... we wanted something dramatic, lots of room height and a conceptual design from the inside out’

The Oscar winner reunites with Eileen Walsh, his Disco Pigs co-star, for Small Things Like These. For young Irish abroad, was its Ireland worth returning to?

The Irish former world champion cyclist has lost his holiday business, his villa in the south of France, pension, investments and many of his closest associates. Does he have any regrets?

Kilkenny is now home to Nicole Server, from the Philippines, and Bart Pawlukojc, from Poland

Like all parents of Israeli children, I fear for their safety in Israel. But I also now fear for their safety abroad

Sally Hayden’s photographs of bomb sites in southern Lebanon

Galway hurler Joe Canning writes about the ‘off-the-wall intensity’ of Ger Loughnane’s training regime, how the game takes players to the rawest of places and the infamous story of the Dew Drop 15 in this extract from his new book

Television: Former ITV frontman clearly feels betrayed but viewers will need to decide whether sympathy is merited or not

The TikTok and Instagram star, who is hosting a new podcast, has grown used to attention from strangers. Not all of it is welcome

Parents of LGBTQ+ children share their experiences of them coming out, while a psychotherapist offers advice on how to provide support

Wild Geese: Jonathan O’Connor lives in Atlanta, Georgia

Tell Me About It: I have a great relationship with my parents, but I feel stifled by their constant attention. How can I set boundaries so my life can really blossom, without hurting their feelings?

Anne O’Connell is one of more than 1,300 people aged under 65 who were described in the Ombudsman’s Wasted Lives report as living inappropriately in a nursing home

It may be Italian-inspired but Tuscan grandmothers would be crying into their floury aprons

Gift and inheritance tax is self-assessed but choosing to ignore rent-free accommodation could come back to bite you

Sometimes, when a problem is complex and protracted, a simple example of hubristic extravagance can become the emblem of all that is wrong

New studies say a dramatic drop in temperatures here could happen a lot sooner than previously feared

Qareeb Urrahman came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021

Father says his daughter is inconsolable after not being accepted for UCD course

Yes, we’ve all done mad, reckless stuff when we were too naive to know the dangers, but not usually with our parents’ blessing

Trio who were renting nearby transformed unattractive plot into stylish, modern townhouses

Athletics Integrity Unit’s charge against Bahrain Athletics Association raises serious questions – including about the merit of Salwa Eid Naser’s Olympic 400m silver medal

After the sinking of the technology tycoon’s superyacht off Sicily, we explore Mike Lynch's remarkable history

Israeli activist says only ‘intervention from outside’, possibly in the form of sanctions, could convince Israeli authorities to change approach to occupied territories

Derry woman was founding member of Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and wrote about social injustice

Their produce selling like hot cakes, fabulous artisan bakeries have popped up all over the island

This was the loudest gig I have attended in Croke Park and the compendium of classic cuts performed perfectly showcases why this rock band remains one of the most enduring in history

There is hope now that natural patterns of society and economics will revive, and a century of waste in Derry can be swept away

London Letter: In practice, only the British show any respect for the 100-year old CTA. It should embarrass Irish authorities, but it doesn’t.

Thousands lined O’Connell Street as Ireland’s athletes travelled back from Paris 2024

Kieran Duggan gave champion rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, and women’s fours rower Natalie Long, a lift home from Dublin Airport to Co Cork

Double Olympic gold medal is looking forward to all the normal things in life that boxing denied her

Kellie Harrington beat China’s Wenlu Yang to win gold in the women’s 60kg final

Dave Robinson switched to running eco park after insurance quote of €40,000 for adventure park

Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sport

Ask Roe: I’m realising I often consent to sex with my husband not because I want to have sex but because I think I ‘should’

The actor and TV presenter had a bruising time on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016. She talks about victim-shaming, gaslighting and life in the public eye

I was very annoyed I couldn’t play on the slide in the local park, like my schoolfriends could. So, I blamed my doctor

Tell Me About It: ‘Nobody calls in to me and I think if I died, nobody would know for days’