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Irish Times - Opinion

Donald Trump acts as Putin's puppet for reasons shrouded in secrecy

8 hours ago

Ireland's whack-a-mole approach to defence is profoundly concerning

18 hours ago

Irish people don't want to live in 'mostly awful' apartments. Here are five ways to fix them

10 hours ago

What if Lucy Letby never killed a baby? What if no crime was committed?

1 day ago

The new map of Earth is a wake-up call for Ireland

1 day ago

Israel's settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution

2 days ago

The Ed Sheeran controversy made Irish artists the biggest in the world

2 days ago

If AI has a '10% chance' of killing us all by 2030, should I invest in a pension?

2 days ago

My train fare may go up by €606 and that doesn't include the seat

3 days ago

Nobody else is going to turn your child's phone off. But you can't do it alone

3 days ago

Any Celtic crusade against the imperialists in London would be very unwise

3 days ago

Ireland's corporate tax advantage is over. So what's the plan?

4 days ago

For 10 years, I've listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here's what I think

4 days ago

Students are screen hostages. They're losing the ability to switch off and knuckle down

4 days ago

Workers' demands for a cost-of-living package won't be easily dismissed

5 days ago

Donald Trump is less interested in Ireland than in creating mayhem

5 days ago

Trump takes another step towards fascism with White House media ban

18 hours ago

Road safety and the Minister

18 hours ago

Inclusive education does not mean segregating children

18 hours ago

Our casual cruelty towards some gifted Gazan students

18 hours ago

Breast cancer trial in Cork to explore use of blood tests to personalise treatment

18 hours ago

Blue-sky thinking: Áine Ryan on the joys of an Indian summer

5 hours ago

Trump has sabotaged the UN

4 hours ago

Xi and Trump: a meeting of peers and rivals

1 day ago

Young Irish people say they don't want to stay in the country

1 day ago

Budget 2027 risks being a political mishmash

2 days ago

What links Ireland to Tuvalu, a tiny coral island on the other side of the world?

18 hours ago

It is not the will of God that apartments be built on what may be babies' unmarked graves

2 days ago

When two in five Irish people would 'let it burn', we've got a problem

3 days ago

Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

3 days ago

Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

4 days ago

Confusion over Oireachtas expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

1 day ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line. Unionists feel let down

7 days ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

13 days ago

Germany's past crashes into the present

14 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

15 days ago