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Irish Times - Opinion

Los Angeles has a lot more to offer than tired tropes highlighted by your correspondent

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Idea that some babies and mothers only survived because they went private is a myth

10 hours ago

Europe faces risks from both China and the US - but there are solutions

1 day ago

On Bloomsday, if you take just one message from Ulysses then it should be this one

1 day ago

Trump says US will be 'guardian of the Middle East'. How much more can the region endure?

1 day ago

Loyalists who burn people out of their homes are firebombing their own political futures

10 hours ago

Elon Musk conjures up a fantasy for Wall Street and a nightmare for Belfast

1 day ago

Trevor Dietz and Fontaines DC emerged in a Dublin that seems to be slipping away

2 days ago

There was no collusion in the failure to stop Bill Kenneally. There didn't have to be

3 days ago

I won't waste my time writing about this again ... definitely

3 days ago

Beware ideas which offer a pseudointellectual cover for racist rioting

3 days ago

Western Europeans won the lottery of life. But this is changing, culturally and economically

4 days ago

Europe must end its juvenile taboo against talking to Russia

4 days ago

Argentina's AI chief executives are a scary thought. But will we notice any difference?

4 days ago

Ireland's refusal to say sorry to men convicted of Sallins train robbery is shameful

5 days ago

Do we really want to stop Intel trading with its sister plant in Israel?

5 days ago

'Neutral venue' will not placate the three in four fans opposed to Ireland playing Israel

5 days ago

Abolishing private maternity care is not a solution

10 hours ago

Wide of the target regarding voluntary hospitals

10 hours ago

Knotty issue of healthcare and the lack of capacity

10 hours ago

Talking to Russia about ending the war in Ukraine

10 hours ago

Not so simple: Alison Healy on errant behaviour by fans at a recent Paul Simon gig

21 hours ago

Government must get off the fence on social media controls for children

20 hours ago

The Irish Times view on the Swiss population referendum: a setback for the right

21 hours ago

Trump accepts defeat

1 day ago

The National Economic Dialogue is a talking shop - though at times a useful one

1 day ago

Some of Ireland's three-seater constituencies were drawn up to keep Fianna Fáil out of Government

2 days ago

If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women's choice, she needs to fund it

2 days ago

Divorce is not the reason many kids are growing up without a father figure

2 days ago

SpaceX is not just too big to fail. It is too essential to be allowed to

3 days ago

An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos

3 days ago

How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?

4 days ago

Ireland's asylum system is flawed, but a factory for fast decisions is not the answer

6 days ago

13,633 DAYS SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS SHOT DEAD IN FRONT OF ME. 13,633 DAYS SEEKING THE TRUTH

7 days ago

District heating schemes could dramatically reduce Ireland's energy bills

8 days ago

Debate: Should Ireland start getting ready to go nuclear?

8 days ago

Ireland will be an 'honest broker' in the EU presidency – a bystander and abstainer

9 days ago

Should decisions about whether AI can be used in war be left to private companies?

10 days ago

All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it

11 days ago

Ireland's range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there

11 days ago

Let's not make the same mistake as the UK. 'Sensible' degrees are overrated

12 days ago

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

12 days ago

'Like the Eiffel Tower': Trump's cage fight plan sums up his presidency

13 days ago

One by one, we are losing those who survived the Holocaust and could say 'I was there'

14 days ago

Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths

15 days ago

'An inside job': US public opinion on Israel has shifted

16 days ago