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Irish Times - Opinion

What have Wayne Rooney and Jack Chambers got in common? They both need to cut the crap

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Viktor Orbán is gone, but the EU has a new headache in Bulgaria's leader Rumen Radev

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I am a detective garda. Here's why an e-scooter ban is unenforceable

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Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability

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Ireland will remain dependent on gas unless we embrace nuclear

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Odysseus is all around us, not just in Christopher Nolan's blockbuster

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Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises

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Stories win elections. So why are some politicians so bad at telling them?

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Nothing in my adult life can match the visceral joy and ecstatic anxiety of sport

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Why Simon Harris will really struggle to move the dial on income tax in the Budget

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Ann Widdecombe defended free speech. But it's hard to defend some reactions to her death

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Should you put your Dryrobe on Vinted? 11 pressing heatwave-related questions

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If you get up at a ridiculous hour to sit in horrendous traffic, there may be good news in the budget

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Is the US AI bonanza a fundamentally secure investment or an old-fashioned bubble?

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Neither Martin nor Harris dared rebuke the US ambassador. Varadkar had no such qualms

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Will Donald Trump get a bigger Irish welcome than Ronald Reagan?

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Working from home has many benefits, including greater focus

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Just who exactly is left footing the bill when purchasing non-EU goods?

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Creche and early years payments

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Shedsits are not the answer for family planning and wellbeing

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E-scooters and legislation

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They call it an epic, but The Odyssey was a harder watch than the woeful World Cup final

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Dangerous escalation is underway in the Gulf

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Bail reform is clearly needed

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Energy supports must be targeted

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Digital wallet: a solution seeking a problem

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What to do if you suspect a spy in your midst in Ireland

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Will the 'Michael Lowry gambit' work for Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage?

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Garden cabins, rural sprawl and tiny apartments: housing has become a numbers game

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Knock on the wall: A vision of Irish America in New York's St Patrick's Cathedral

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What caused the Lorcan Murphy I knew to become a killer?

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Italia 90 changed Ireland, but the untold story of that year was the women's game

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Despite renewed strikes and Trump's bluster, both sides want an end to Iran conflict

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Politicians bemoan RTÉ's failures, then make them worse

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What Vienna and Marino can teach Ireland about making housing affordable

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We live on an island where we drink, swim and wash in water laced with our own excrement

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Referendums aren't always a good idea. Ever tried to vote out 'the people'?

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Why do goalkeepers dive right when their team is losing?

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Irish Presbyterians still coming to terms with fallout from safeguarding issues

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I've had near misses as a journalist. But a holiday swim was the closest I came to dying

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Ireland's attitude to a 'flutter on the horses' is wrecking lives

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Life in France in 40 degree heat: Parisian heat traps are only part of the equation

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The Government is trying to undermine climate laws. President Connolly could stop it

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EU presidency may expose hypocrisy at heart of Ireland on everything from Ukraine to defence

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Ireland can't decide whether to protect the environment or undermine it

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All aboard the golf train to Adare, Ireland's answer to North Korea

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