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Irish Times - Opinion

Dublin officialdom virtue-signalled about Ukraine. People in rural Ireland did the work

22 hours ago

Children being denied legal representation is yet another shameful failure by the State

22 hours ago

Ireland is set to miss major climate targets. We should be angry

14 hours ago

Ireland's left has failed to penalise government for decades of inaction but the right has

2 days ago

What makes someone a murderer? Irish-born philosopher believed she had the answer

1 day ago

An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much

17 hours ago

Every year, as I get ready to file a tax return, I experience a strange sort of reckoning

2 days ago

Was that a stock market wobble, or the start of something more serious?

2 days ago

Don't mistake protest votes for Democrat support in US midterms

3 days ago

What the British budget tells us about Irish politics

3 days ago

James McClean's stance on opening up may work for him but we are not all elite sportspeople

3 days ago

France is likely heading towards ECB support and a Marine Le Pen presidency

3 days ago

Shouty phone calls on buses, cyclists on footpaths ... Civilisation is falling apart

3 days ago

History shows there's no room for ambiguity when it comes to drinking and driving

3 days ago

Were bad landlords partly to blame for race riots in Northern Ireland?

3 days ago

Andy Burnham making TikToks about parking tickets seems to be missing the point

3 days ago

An Irish language take on consent

22 hours ago

Improving access to the Irish countryside

22 hours ago

Ending global food crisis must remain a moral and political imperative

22 hours ago

Health service must be provided with necessary resources

22 hours ago

True cost of EV chargers

20 hours ago

Books of Evidence – Frank McNally on a Dublin Garda station's homage to literature

7 hours ago

School meals scheme is a great achievement but can be improved

7 hours ago

Youthquake in Belgrade as students oust authoritarian Vucic

7 hours ago

Lula has much to do after dramatic comeback win

1 day ago

A €10 cap on hospital parking charges seems reasonable

1 day ago

Who are the Burke children trying to impress? Could it be their mother?

2 days ago

I love Vinted. I just wish it loved me back when I was scammed

2 days ago

France may calm violence in the short term but it is a country infused with dread

3 days ago

What is the reason for the enduring public fascination with Elizabeth Holmes?

3 days ago

Australia welcomed tens of thousands of young Irish in recent years. That's about to change

2 days ago

Germany offers a stark vision of Ireland's possible future

3 days ago

The Annals of Inisfallen are part of Irish history. They don't belong in a British library

3 days ago

Quiet scaling back of BusConnects is a travesty

7 days ago

Leo Varadkar thinks we should apologise to northern nationalists for partition. Why?

7 days ago

Did the internet really get less toxic after Russian data centres went down?

8 days ago

A food delivery site that promises to deliver no food? At first, I didn't see the appeal

9 days ago

There has been a frightening shift in the way drug gangs intimidate their victims

9 days ago

The 'Irish pope' who was equally disliked by Irish patriots, Protestants and Britain

10 days ago

I was abused by swim coach Derry O'Rourke. The George Gibney case raises similar questions

10 days ago

€43bn should have been enough to build 110,000 homes. Only 27,000 were built

12 days ago

For Houthis, war in Gaza is a chance to strengthen role in Iran's 'axis of resistance'

13 days ago

The 'Liveline effect' will be crucial to resolving the public sector strikes

14 days ago

When did children stop playing outside?

14 days ago

Are Simon Harris and gen Z about to turn Ireland into a nation of investors?

15 days ago

Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway

17 days ago