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Independent.ie - Opinion

Shane Ross: Presidential candidates are emphatically second-division players in a below-par field

17 hours ago

The Sunday Independent's View: In these polarised times, Ireland must resist the dangerous lure of extremism

17 hours ago

Eilis O'Hanlon: Charlie Kirk assassination shows what happens when fanatics refuse to agree to disagree

17 hours ago

Sam McBride: Mary McAleese's despair at Gerry Adams' TV appearance — and what it tells us about presidential discretion

17 hours ago

David Quinn: We must not abandon neutrality without putting it to the people in a referendum first

17 hours ago

Máiría Cahill: Sinn Féin's dithering cost Frances Black her Áras hopes — now another wrong move could destroy its left-wing reputation

17 hours ago

Letters: 'Irish women seem to work all the hours God sends, and if they didn't make a commotion they'd do all the housework too'

17 hours ago

Teresa Buczkowska: Russia's drones may not reach Ireland, but its lies are already spreading here

17 hours ago

Brendan O'Connor: To the US right, school shootings mean nothing, but the shot that killed Charlie Kirk means everything

17 hours ago

Seeing videos of extreme violence like Charlie Kirk's murder does harm us, but not in the way most think

17 hours ago

Eoin O'Malley: We need to change economic course or more of our young people will be taking flight

17 hours ago

Declan Lynch: Irish football's beaten generation has forced us to manage all our expectations

17 hours ago

Barry O'Halloran: Doha strike sends shock waves through Gaza peace talks and puts entire Middle East region on fresh alert

17 hours ago

Peace activists Rami Elhanan and ­Bassam Aramin: 'We are coming to Ireland to speak up like our lives depend on it. Because they do'

17 hours ago

Conor Skehan: If Budget 2026 is full of giveaways, big cuts will follow within 18 months

17 hours ago

​Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: It's time to stop talking about organics like it's the hippie neighbour

7 months ago

Colin Murphy: We've always been full of promises about ending child poverty. Let's just do it

1 day ago

Édaein O'Connell: In praise of the rural festival – where for a few days, small towns are filled with endless possibilities

1 day ago

John Downing: It's been 66 years since our first and only 'Dub in the park' – could Jim Gavin be the second?

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Geraldine Herbert: Voters should not accept watered down efforts to enact road safety measures

1 day ago

Luke O'Neill: Forget real ale — try the AI version as brewers get a taste for the new technology

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Conor McGregor joins 'a wheelbarrow' and legal eagles in motley crew of Áras hopefuls trying council route to get on ballot

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