Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn't

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When almost every fact has a set of alternative facts, good journalism matters more than ever

9 hours ago

Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting, but his statement on unity still mattered

9 hours ago

People who would never normally get bail are walking free because of the legal aid row

1 day ago

It's easy to look tough on immigration. It's much harder to build empathy

1 day ago

Rollout of the reformed Leaving Cert should be suspended

1 day ago

What would your last words be? Here are some of the best deathbed one-liners

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A realistic emergency preparedness booklet would say 'prepare for a slow decline'

2 days ago

People who get up early were left disappointed by Varadkar. Harris is ready to try again

2 days ago

There is a landmine posing a big danger to next month's budget

2 days ago

We need leaders with the courage of a Kennedy or a de Gaulle

3 days ago

Death of Ireland's nightlife is yet another reason for young people to leave

3 days ago

Northern nationalists are right to detect bias from their counterparts in the Republic

4 days ago

Frank McDonald was critical of Dublin because he believed it was 'well worth fighting for'

4 days ago

The Anglo-Irish relationship is best explained by a scene in Mad Men

5 days ago

What now for the Israel flags flying across the North?

5 days ago

Integration row exposes GAA's alarming lack of historical insight

9 hours ago

Pass the ketchup

9 hours ago

Where were the tractors during Trump visit?

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Price of Irish fish

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Trump's Irish whiskey tariff deal: Could other EU states seek similar agreements?

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Fascinating tale of modern-day cavemen was early lesson in fake news

20 hours ago

Controlling health spending carries political difficulties for Coalition

19 hours ago

French presidential election will be a key moment for Europe

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Diplomacy took second place on Trump's golf weekend

1 day ago

Bans on trade underline Israel's increasing isolation

1 day ago

Ireland's failure premium: All the property schemes do one thing. It's not help buyers

2 days ago

Do data centres pay their own way? The answer is not straightforward

2 days ago

'He was only 88': There is a cosy familiarity to Irish funerals

2 days ago

Both men and women built the GAA. It's time women were given equal treatment

3 days ago

My funny Irish-American mother would be appalled by the things done in her name since 9/11

4 days ago

Jim O'Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration

5 days ago

Germany's past crashes into the present

6 days ago

Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis

7 days ago

The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

7 days ago

Shannon is a symptom of the failure to decentralise the State

8 days ago

Gardaí spending their time peering at NCT discs is one symptom of a wider problem

8 days ago

Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group

9 days ago

A diplomat's advice on how Ireland should approach Trump's visit

9 days ago

Northern Ireland has had several false dawns, but fleadh felt like a turning point

9 days ago

I don't regret running for president. I do regret the sectarian undercurrent it exposed

10 days ago

One in three can't afford to benefit from Government's regressive new investment scheme

10 days ago

Europe does not need Patrick Collison to 'fix' it

12 days ago

Children are turning to AI for advice. We have terrifying examples of where this can lead

13 days ago

How worried should we be about this year's 'Super-Duper El Niño'?

14 days ago

Should new citizens have to pass a language test? Peadar Tóibín vs Neil Bruton

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