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The Irish Times view on Ukrainian refugees: goodwill should not be wasted

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Arsenal have become the club of the Irish diaspora

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I'm a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

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Taoiseach was wrong to dismiss comparisons with famine-era evictions. Here's why

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Should Ireland copy the UK's generational ban on smoking?

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Sinn Féin stance in Northern Ireland makes it plain its natural coalition partner is Fianna Fáil

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In an age of misinformation and provocation, here's who stood by the people in recent byelections

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Post-byelection squabble among left-wing parties does not inspire confidence for future

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A party that cannot get a tenth of the vote in Dublin or Galway retains power. This is dangerous

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Struggling to get your children off Fortnite? There's a reason for that

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Fewer people are having babies. Could smartphones be the reason?

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Ireland is facing a cocktail of uncertainty - two key signs this week need to be heeded

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Who would want the most difficult job in Ireland? Quite a few people

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Residents, not tourists, are the best way to re-energise our cities

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The best exam essay I read this year was an angry – and refreshingly human – one

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To call Irish people anti-Semitic is a collective punch to the stomach

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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey isn't evidence of a cultural void. It's the opposite

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Casting a cynical weather eye

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Visitors come to enjoy the sunny weather, but leave our town looking like a tip

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Time we followed Northern Ireland on legislating to outlaw foxhunting

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Ireland's wild bird biodiversity crisis is not down to our island status

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Fallout from the byelections

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London calling: Ray Burke on the many plaques in the British capital honouring Irish writers

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The Irish Times view on energy prices: a warning sign for next winter

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Time to tackle the problem of over-long election counts

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Government needs to heed the science on sunbeds

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There is little interrogation of public spend on car parking amid bike shelter angst

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Women's role in boycotts: 'No woman in Ballinrobe would dream of washing him a cravat'

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Amazon's 'flying rivers' are reaching a tipping point

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Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue

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Ireland's politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn't

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Tech workers are so well paid, many don't bother to join a union. That's going to change

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Presbyterian Church is celebrating 100 years of women in leadership

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The paradox of Donald Trump: his popularity has tanked, yet he remains untouchable

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Why does this cheery, propulsive love song make me feel so wretched?

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Ironic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world's data centre capital

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Two-thirds of Ireland's wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

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We finally know how much money shapes Irish elections

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

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As smart cities reduce car use, Ireland goes all in

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

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

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

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Boycott is a pernicious strategy silencing Jews, Israelis and Palestinians

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

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What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality

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