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Irish Times - Opinion

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

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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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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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Common Travel Area can't become an excuse for hard borders on land or sea

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The hosepipe snitches of suburban Ireland: It's just not very 'love thy neighbour'

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If 166 brothels can operate openly in Ireland, the ban on paying for sex is not working

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Letters to the Editor, July 20th: on public servants taking responsibility, exempted development and ten reasons to enjoy the good weather

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HSE drug delay a devastating blow to people with Friedreich's ataxia

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Ireland could convene negotiations between the US and Iran

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'They're demolishing old pubs and building older ones'

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Post script: Felix Larkin on Ireland's stamps celebrating US connections

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New British prime minister faces old problems

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Brenda Fricker was an icon of a changing Ireland

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Government's key challenge remains delivery

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World Cup proves dream of the beautiful game is still alive

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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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If you think football is 'just football', you're missing out

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Was Jeffrey Donaldson blackmailed by the British government?

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Women are being put in danger by Ireland's new guidelines on labour

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