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Irish Times - Opinion

The complex politics of an ageing Ireland

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

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Attempts to pass AI off as punk rock are deeply bleak

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

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

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

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Why the US's deteriorating financial health is bad news for Ireland

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

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Progress that appears solid can be all too easily undone

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

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Ireland is hopelessly undefended

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We're not the best or worst, but we could be great if we were as brave as our emigrants

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Will Ireland continue to take TikTok's money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will

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With Meta's 'pervert glasses', we really are going through the digital looking glass

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Are we a nation of flaming hypocrites?

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Madonna should invite Micheál Martin over for dinner – they have a lot in common

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Burnham says no, but will Bryant show backbone on Border poll?

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Reality of Irish schools is far from 'placing children at the centre'

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Denying Palestinian students academic opportunities in Ireland is indefensible

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Why were creative arts therapists left out of primary school counselling pilot?

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What is the purpose of the Fiscal Advisory Council?

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Dance to the Music of Time – Frank McNally on a forgotten Irish-American revolutionary

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Credibility is at stake in Budget 2027

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Where will Donald Trump's renamings end?

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Meta's big climbdown is significant

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Unionists are struggling to form a coherent bloc

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

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

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College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

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

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

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

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M9 crash: Why does extreme risk-taking appeal to some young people and what can we do about it?

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I'm now a lecturer at the college that didn't offer me a place when I did my Leaving Cert

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M9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harms

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Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

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Ireland's approach to religious-run schools breaches many families' constitutional rights

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