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Irish Times - Opinion

Budget day has lost all excitement. It is now an attritional struggle between ministers

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Should every motorway have an HGV lane? Ideas to tackle fuel crisis

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The one thing Israel hasn't managed to take from us in three years is hope

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Tuesday's budget may be the worst since Charles Haughey's wild spending

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It takes a giveaway budget of €8.5bn to not annoy anyone – except Patrick O'Donovan

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Like Nikita Hand, Cornell case's Jane Doe is either uncommonly brave or a sadomasochist

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Drumcree is theatre of the absurd, straight from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks

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A very touching thing happened on Capel Street last Thursday evening

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Should I start a message with 'I hope you're well'? If not well, should I say so?

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Oil companies profiting from a sick planet is obscene

3 days ago

Middle earners could be €750 better off post-budget, but they may not be impressed

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The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don't want that sectarian mindset down here

4 days ago

If we're going to listen to women, we need to listen to all women

4 days ago

What is really going on in the Irish housing market? The numbers don't add up

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Drumcree proves that unification of Ireland is the North's best bet

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Andy Burnham has a mission. Now he needs a mandate to deliver it

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Childcare scheme leaves part-time working mother worse off

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Here's a lasting solution to society's throwaway thinking

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Enniscorthy river blockages contributing to flooding

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Sinn Féin and Drumcree stand-off

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Safeguard Ireland's higher education reputation with more investment

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Dead Ringer – Frank McNally on a tragic real-life counterpart of a fictional Joycean character

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Budget 2027 shows Coalition being driven by events

15 hours ago

School protests a sympton of France's autumn of discontent

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Pedro Sánchez plots another escape with snap Spanish election

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Government should stick to the plan on PTSB sale

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This year won't see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end

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As a religious teen, I was against abortion. But even I could see the flaws in the logic

3 days ago

Today's Bible accurately represents what was originally written, despite differences in style

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Chief Rabbi: All the good that might have come from Ireland v Israel has been lost

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Fake listings, phantom bookings and unhelpful bots: Booking.com's credibility problem

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Marina Hyde's last Guardian column: 'You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs'

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Should we pause data centre development? Lynn Boylan debates Malcolm Byrne

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What one Kerry road tells us about speed limits and road safety

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Benefits of Ireland's solar boom should not go only to the big energy firms

8 days ago

Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since 1998

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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

11 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

13 days ago

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

14 days ago

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?

15 days ago

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

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