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Irish Times - Opinion

Not everyone wants to be in a nursing home. A Dutch dementia village is one alternative

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Here's how to do hot school meals right

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Anna Daly: I had a miscarriage. I had one week to grieve

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My son has missed a lot of school. Like many parents, I'm not too worried

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As Traitors Ireland shows us, you shouldn't be ashamed to cry

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If the EU continues to drift, disintegration becomes a more plausible future

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A mother stalking her 19-year-old online is demented – but not in the way you think

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It's hard not to have sympathy for Lena Dunham. But there's a darker side to surrogacy

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Our tax take used to be reliant on three companies. Now it hinges on one weight-loss drug

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Something big happened to the 'most important price in the world' this week

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Ireland is experiencing a surge in immigration. This raises questions for our tax and welfare system

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Why did it take Michael O'Leary 10 days to cop on that his comments on rape were wrong?

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There is something devastating about the words 'Ireland doesn't have a place for me'

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As controversy grows over Leaving Cert reform, Northern Ireland is going the other way

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From quiet quitting to iced coffee: What is Gen Z's problem with work?

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

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'My son faces a choice that makes no educational sense'

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Letters to the Editor, September 28th: Health insurance costs, Gaza and driven to distraction

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Heads, hearts and hands

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Proposal for Julianstown bypass and public realm works enjoys widespread support

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Still time for FAI to withdraw from Ireland-Israel match

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The Foggy Dew: Frank McNally on the Rising ballad's confused origins and contested lyrics

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Upgrading of the electricity grid needs to accelerate

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Leo strikes a chord with the French public

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Government and voters are divided over data centres

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The Parades Commission decision on Drumcree will reopen old wounds

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Is Ireland still a place 'open to everything except for God'?

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U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act

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Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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