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Irish Times - Opinion

Micheál Martin's political enemies have been waiting to move. They may have to wait longer

4 hours ago

To bandy about the serious accusation of anti-Semitism in unserious ways is dangerous

1 day ago

Palestine ambassador: Ireland has a strong affinity and connection with our people

1 day ago

Should 16 year olds have the right to vote? A political scientist and a youth leader debate

3 days ago

A simple question stopped Ireland in its tracks: why were so many children incarcerated?

4 hours ago

There is one other measure we could take to reduce deaths from road crashes

4 hours ago

Northern Ireland is already a 'sanctuary city' in the UK – it could yet become one in Europe

1 day ago

Bambie Thug should not have been making statements on Ireland's behalf

1 day ago

Simon Harris's Duracell bunny, frantic honeymoon approach to being Taoiseach

2 days ago

If you're shocked to learn that conspiracy theories are gaining traction, you're in a bubble

2 days ago

Don't believe the Government spin, we will never get our bank bailout money back

2 days ago

One of the two main museums dedicated to memory of Great Famine has disappeared. That's astonishing

3 days ago

Are we over-using terms like 'far-right', 'racist' and 'fascist'?

4 days ago

Why is it beyond those in power to use empty buildings to house people in an emergency situation?

4 days ago

Irish universities are running on fumes. Who can blame them for tapping tourists for cash?

5 days ago

Nobody can answer one simple question about the hate speech Bill

5 days ago

Cyclists and drivers – sharing the road

5 hours ago

The Taoiseach and the housing crisis

10 hours ago

Israel, Palestine and reconciliation

10 hours ago

Migration and the Border

10 hours ago

Wind and energy

10 hours ago

Custer's Last Tune – Frank McNally on the dubious history of the ballad Garryowen

15 hours ago

Violence against politicians is corrosive of democracy

13 hours ago

It should not be beyond the wit of Dublin City Council to reopen the Portal

14 hours ago

The latest opinion poll brings better news for the Government and Taoiseach Simon Harris

23 hours ago

The new business support package will assist many SMEs, but some fundamental questions remain

1 day ago

Under its right-wing government, Sweden's emissions have started going in the wrong direction

3 days ago

You steal a can of beer or damage an abandoned bike. Should you be jailed?

4 days ago

'For us, Rwanda equals death': an asylum seeker in England on the UK government's deportation plan

5 days ago

'Quiet' weddings: My ceremony took 20 minutes and afterwards I went back to work

5 days ago

A politics of fairness: Transformation in how we live must come, one way or another

5 days ago

There's too much death: Prospect of an 'official' British history of the Troubles is hurtful to families like mine

6 days ago

Europe is a beacon for Ukraine, but Ukraine is a necessity for Europe

6 days ago

Povertyism needs to be taken as seriously as racism and sexism

8 days ago

Protesting students will not be shamed, badgered or bribed into silence

9 days ago

€600 Communion money: Is it just a bribe to get people to keep the faith?

9 days ago

Has single-sex education had its day? Jen Hogan and Finn McRedmond debate

10 days ago

Any drift towards the right could be disastrous for Europe's climate agenda

10 days ago

I think of the hostages and their tortured families and weep for the broken generations in Gaza

11 days ago

If the workers behind a €9,000 designer jumper earn nothing, what exactly am I paying for?

11 days ago

Seamus Heaney pointed to an ecological spirituality that is furiously tender to the earth

12 days ago

I spent my maternity leave in a chemo chair. Then I got a letter telling me to go back to work

13 days ago

Maybe now the Irish Government will accept that the UK and unionists had a point about open borders

13 days ago

Moves to address the decadent and dangerous balance of world power must be based on evidence

13 days ago

US student protests: Democrats are worried this is 1968 again

13 days ago

Housing is the missing link in the debate about immigration

15 days ago

I've been stopped entering a pub and told 'we don't rent to Poles'. But Ireland is my home now

16 days ago

Migration row: Have we forgotten these are people we're talking about?

16 days ago

Eurovision boycott: We cannot participate in an event that lets Israel 'artwash' its crimes

17 days ago

Hot school meals: A close look at the ingredients list is not pretty. This is industrial food

16 days ago

Stop referring to EU as a 'bloc' – this is divisive linguistic rot imported from Britain

18 days ago

I am that deeply suspect Irish creature, a mother of an only child. It was by choice

18 days ago

I took the 'easy way out' and gave birth by Caesarean. And yes, it was easier

19 days ago

Is 'wokeness' really the new religion? I find that hard to believe

19 days ago

Ozempic changed the lives of obesity patients. And then we had to stop prescribing it

20 days ago

No wonder Americans are flocking to see Civil War. Many believe a civil war is coming

20 days ago

EU's new migration pact portrays irregular migrants as debased, undeserving and possibly criminal

23 days ago

Should the mandatory three-day wait for abortion be lifted? Dr Mary Favier and Eilís Mulroy debate

24 days ago

From coral babies to a battery-powered grid, there are reasons for hope

24 days ago

Ireland may be the only place in the world that does not fully appreciate benefits of Catholic education

24 days ago

'Money and I are best friends': The influencers promising that manifesting will make you rich

25 days ago

When it comes to tackling global warming, individual actions do not go far enough

26 days ago

Iran's attack has ended Israel's isolation

27 days ago

Stabbings at the Sydney mall: When horror came to 'County Bondi'

27 days ago

Normies, incels and red-pilled: What are the dangerous ideas boys are being fed online?

29 days ago

We're heading for an unfair, elitist two-tier divorce system

1 month ago

Is it better to buy an electric car now or to wait? Conor Pope and Michael McAleer debate the options

1 month ago

What other EU state would build schools on roads with 80km/h speeds and no footpaths?

1 month ago

Don't bet on Supreme Court ruling on personal injuries awards bringing your premiums down

1 month ago

Could scrambling the weather or sucking carbon out of the air help solve the climate crisis?

1 month ago

Skorts are meant to make camogie players more ladylike. Who asked for that?

1 month ago

After the Covid pandemic, where does churchgoing fit into Irish lives?

1 month ago

It took leaving and returning for me to become a Derry girl

1 month ago

Ireland's planned unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state sends a dangerous signal

1 month ago

No healthcare system could cope with the volume and complexity of the injuries we're treating in Gaza

1 month ago

When it comes to the cost of Irish unity, maybe it's okay if the heart overrules the head

1 month ago