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Irish Times - Opinion

Gerry Hutch and Bertie Ahern performed 'Lanigan's Ball racism'

9 hours ago

As smart cities reduce car use, Ireland goes all in

7 hours ago

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

9 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Trump has taken a dodgy practice to a new level

1 day ago

Eoin Ó Broin called once, Ray McAdam and Janet Horner twice – I've never been more canvassed in my life

1 day ago

More David Attenborough and less Karl Marx would be good for the left

1 day ago

Bertie's outburst wasn't part of a Fianna Fáil master plan. It was worse than that

2 days ago

We only talk about access to abortion – never the reasons why women choose it

2 days ago

A conflict between the US and China now looks inevitable

2 days ago

Meta workers are bracing for another round of job cuts. We should all be nervous

3 days ago

Social partnership can work – but not if it becomes another magic ATM for public servants

3 days ago

Fianna Fáil at 100 is a white man's party with a woman problem

4 days ago

A hurling club in Buenos Aires will not help answer the question of why Irish people leave

4 days ago

Keir Starmer's troubles must be worrying Micheál Martin

4 days ago

Keir Starmer is bland, stable, boring – he should have gone a long way

5 days ago

Criticising Israel for its actions in Gaza does not make us anti-Semitic

9 hours ago

Eggs appear to have fallen fowl of shrinkflation

9 hours ago

Does someone else want to pay for my home insurance?

9 hours ago

Putting climate change measures into practice will help world's poorest nations

9 hours ago

Rathmines and an appalling bus service that leaves people puzzled and frustrated

9 hours ago

Bearing fruit: Fionnuala Ward on the trials and tribulations of waiting for fruit to ripen

20 hours ago

The airline industry muddles through the energy crisis

18 hours ago

A race against time to limit the ebola outbreak

19 hours ago

Reform of the judicial review process was clearly needed

1 day ago

Angela Merkel is in the frame as the EU considers whether to appoint an envoy to talk to Russia

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

One year into his papacy, it's clear Pope Leo will be no quiet American

2 days ago

Boycott is a pernicious strategy silencing Jews, Israelis and Palestinians

1 day ago

How did Nigel Farage go from crank to bookies' favourite for prime minister after the next election?

2 days ago

What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality

5 days ago

People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressing

6 days ago

Ireland's nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy

7 days ago

Nigel Farage's success gives Ireland an urgent deadline

7 days ago

Why is the US conspiracy theorist who championed 'pizzagate' so interested in Ireland?

8 days ago

Ireland appears to be running out of patience with social media firms

7 days ago

I covered the Katie Simpson case from the start. The police failures were appalling

9 days ago

GDP is meaningless. We need new ways of measuring the economy

8 days ago

'I find it too very ugly': The statue so divisive it was hidden in a Dún Laoghaire garden

9 days ago

This is how I got three Irish hospitals built on time and on budget

11 days ago

A win for the Scottish National Party does not mean the UK is 'cracking at the seams'

12 days ago

We are now experiencing the terrible cost of the feedback loops of climate change

13 days ago

Climate under attack from those who thrive on the division of identity politics

14 days ago

Rose Anne Kenny: Why are ages 30, 50 and 70 vital moments in determining how we grow old?

14 days ago

We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads

15 days ago

Why do we want to live forever?

15 days ago