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Irish Times - Opinion

How the right to plonk a bungalow in your dad's field caused all hell to break loose

3 days ago

There's no chance of an end to the Burke family circus – and maybe that's not a bad thing

8 days ago

In Ireland's dysfunctional property market, the starter home has become the forever home

16 hours ago

Ireland has long been an outlier in the EU. We've just never had the courage to admit it

26 minutes ago

The majority of Americans oppose the Iran war. So why aren't they protesting?

26 minutes ago

'Even if the US president is an idiot ...' Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today's politicians

1 hour ago

Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era

1 day ago

Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every country

1 day ago

Real legacy of Elvis may be contested, but his story recalls a better America

2 days ago

Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US now

4 days ago

A question some politicians would do well to ponder: where is your shame?

4 days ago

Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is mad

5 days ago

In Ireland, we'll talk about anything except the meaning of life

6 days ago

All babies who die in the womb as a result of crime must be recognised as people

6 days ago

Government inquiry into home heating oil and petrol prices is a political diversion

7 days ago

US must lift illegal blockade of Cuba

1 day ago

How to talk about the meaning of life

1 day ago

Reality check for climate targets and renewables

1 day ago

Cabinteely Greenway decision respected residents' views

1 day ago

Iran war should serve as a spur to solar power projects in Ireland

1 day ago

I was thankful I had filed away the obscure detail of who finished second to Ronnie Delany in 1956

1 day ago

Trump is desperately searching for an exit from the Gulf conflict

1 day ago

The Oscars remain both ridiculous and potent

1 day ago

A credible plan is needed for Europe's energy future

2 days ago

The AI future is not in safe hands

2 days ago

St Patrick's Day celebrations are not a new invention

6 hours ago

How Micheál Martin should handle Trump for St Patrick's Day: 'Lie back and think of Ireland'

1 day ago

X, C, A, B, MZ: I'm thinking of the lonely alphabet of brave, anonymous women and girls

2 days ago

Ireland's power class has a colonial attitude to the Irish language

2 days ago

Trump's 'little excursion' could leave Iran even more fragmented, unstable and violent

3 days ago

Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again

4 days ago

Iran now knows Trump's price point: soaring energy prices

4 days ago

We ran the British army. In Northern Ireland, let the past be the past

5 days ago

Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities

3 days ago

My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we'll know when it's time to leave Ireland

6 days ago

When will we declare Ireland's road-death toll the public health crisis it is?

6 days ago

'If you have one diagnosis, you end up with 10': Are we over-medicating mental distress?

7 days ago

The Dubai dream is over. Irish expats can no longer suspend their disbelief

7 days ago

Micheál Martin must strike right balance on nerve-racking Washington assignment

7 days ago

Within Islam, Iran is a country apart

7 days ago

Catriona Crowe: The one question women and girls need to ask about sex

9 days ago

The traditional arts degree has had its day. It needs to be reinvented, not dumped

10 days ago

US multinationals will not flee Ireland just because we stand up to Donald Trump

11 days ago

Park & ride and contactless payment: how to fix Dublin's broken transport system

12 days ago

This is a serious blow to the Iranian regime – but it is unlikely to be immediately fatal

12 days ago