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Irish Times - Opinion

Andy Burnham is right. Holding a poll to test the waters on unity should be off the table

6 hours ago

Children are turning to AI for advice. We have terrifying examples of where this can lead

6 hours ago

How worried should we be about this year's 'Super-Duper El Niño'?

1 day ago

Should new citizens have to pass a language test? Peadar Tóibín vs Neil Bruton

1 day ago

They wanted to vaccinate their children. Their partners refused

57 minutes ago

Ireland can't be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don't want

1 day ago

For the sake of lost boys, we need to talk about masculinity

2 days ago

Our politicians need to engage us with ideas as smart as the one for parents in New York

2 days ago

Irish workers are going to have to work for longer. Politicians should face up to this

2 days ago

If there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden

4 days ago

Families who end up in court are unhappy in strikingly similar ways

4 days ago

The US's financial position is deteriorating rapidly. This is bad news for Ireland

3 days ago

Irishman's 1860s speeches on Canada's right to self-determination could have been written last week

5 days ago

Progress that appears solid can be all too easily undone

6 days ago

Dolly Parton's death proves shared cultural reference points act as a social adhesive

6 days ago

Ireland is hopelessly undefended

7 days ago

Public health concerns ignored in fast-food outlets' big plans

6 hours ago

Patients must have a genuine voice in radiotherapy equipment replacement programme

6 hours ago

The taxman could end up benefiting from the new savings scheme

6 hours ago

Simon Harris should save his speeches until budget day

6 hours ago

Words matter in the reunification debate

6 hours ago

Harold Holt, the Australian prime minister who disappeared while swimming

6 hours ago

US bluster fails to conceal China's growing advantage

15 hours ago

Unions fire warning shots ahead of public sector pay talks

16 hours ago

Government needs a plan for capital taxes

1 day ago

Irish bees are finally getting their due on labels

1 day ago

Many people who use crack cocaine are presenting in shocking conditions

2 days ago

'De-demonisation' of Europe's far right clears ground for resurgence of fascist ideas

2 days ago

I felt only confusion − even shame − about every choice I made as a parent

3 days ago

Attempts to pass AI off as punk rock are deeply bleak

3 days ago

Survivors experience Christian Brothers' litigation strategy as abuse by other means

3 days ago

'Say sorry and put an end to it': Why are Thalidomide survivors still waiting for a State apology?

4 days ago

The Irish Government is helping to usher in a new wartime economy in Europe

3 days ago

Early access to all drugs for rare diseases is pie in sky unless we tax to pay for it

5 days ago

There is little indication we have a plan for what to do if the AI bubble bursts

5 days ago

The human brain cannot easily cope with very high levels of power. Why?

6 days ago

Photographing the first day of school will freeze the moment but not the memory

7 days ago

What will you say when a child asks: 'Why are we driving a vehicle that is killing our planet?'

8 days ago

It seems we will tolerate any wrong so long as it is small

8 days ago

The discourse around super-thin is fraught: Could we replace it?

9 days ago

As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

8 days ago

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

9 days ago

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

10 days ago

How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?

10 days ago

Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version

11 days ago

There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise 'artificial intelligence'

11 days ago