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Irish Times - Opinion

AI is moving fast. Official Ireland is not

13 hours ago

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State's job?

6 hours ago

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

14 hours ago

Ireland's climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

6 hours ago

Mark Carney proves Donald Trump can win elections outside his own country

10 hours ago

Here is something the 'soft left' parties need to pay attention to

1 day ago

Social Democrats are attuned to the recycling young Gaelscoil parents – not so much lefty as modern

1 day ago

RTÉ should be accountable for its spending, but critics' focus is too selective

1 day ago

Arsenal have become the club of the Irish diaspora

2 days ago

Sinn Féin stance in Northern Ireland makes it plain its natural coalition partner is Fianna Fáil

2 days ago

In an age of misinformation and provocation, here's who stood by the people in recent byelections

3 days ago

Post-byelection squabble among left-wing parties does not inspire confidence for future

3 days ago

A party that cannot get a tenth of the vote in Dublin or Galway retains power. This is dangerous

4 days ago

Struggling to get your children off Fortnite? There's a reason for that

6 days ago

Fewer people are having babies. Could smartphones be the reason?

6 days ago

Ireland is facing a cocktail of uncertainty - two key signs this week need to be heeded

7 days ago

It is literally incredible 100% of the time, to be honest – and so on and so forth

14 hours ago

Newton Emerson and the charge Sinn Féin cannot be trusted in government

14 hours ago

No more manual election counts? Count me out

14 hours ago

Why was there no boycott of the Ireland-Qatar match?

14 hours ago

Government keeps consumers in the dark regarding energy plan

14 hours ago

Smart TV: Alison Healy on what television programmes and films teach us about jobs – or don't

1 day ago

Principles meet harsh realities in Occupied Territories Bill

22 hours ago

Ireland's summer festivals continue to thrive

1 day ago

Ireland's goodwill from its treatment of Ukrainian refugees should not be wasted

1 day ago

Rising energy bills are a warning sign for next winter

1 day ago

This, and worse, is what is happening to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody

14 hours ago

I'm a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

2 days ago

Taoiseach was wrong to dismiss comparisons with famine-era evictions. Here's why

3 days ago

Should Ireland copy the UK's generational ban on smoking?

4 days ago

There is little interrogation of public spend on car parking amid bike shelter angst

4 days ago

Women's role in boycotts: 'No woman in Ballinrobe would dream of washing him a cravat'

5 days ago

Amazon's 'flying rivers' are reaching a tipping point

5 days ago

Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue

6 days ago

Ireland's politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn't

6 days ago

Tech workers are so well paid, many don't bother to join a union. That's going to change

6 days ago

Presbyterian Church is celebrating 100 years of women in leadership

6 days ago

The paradox of Donald Trump: his popularity has tanked, yet he remains untouchable

7 days ago

Why does this cheery, propulsive love song make me feel so wretched?

7 days ago

Ironic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world's data centre capital

8 days ago

Two-thirds of Ireland's wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

9 days ago

We finally know how much money shapes Irish elections

10 days ago

These figures tell the real story of Fianna Fáil's impact on housing

11 days ago

As smart cities reduce car use, Ireland goes all in

11 days ago

Under-16s say a social media ban won't work. The Government needs to listen to them

12 days ago

We're all 'doing phone'. It's no way to spend a life

13 days ago