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Irish Times - Opinion

No one's laughing at Ireland's unsophisticated 'peann luaidhe' elections now

11 hours ago

One by one, we are losing those who survived the Holocaust and could say 'I was there'

11 hours ago

Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths

1 day ago

'An inside job': US public opinion on Israel has shifted

2 days ago

The US will face a reckoning one day. In the meantime, Trump just gets more volatile

11 hours ago

Rotunda's defiance of public policy shows us how some are born more equal

1 day ago

Does your life lack direction? Too much urgency may be to blame

2 days ago

It is no surprise people are inclined towards radical direct action given the level of dereliction in Dublin

2 days ago

Irish senior cycle reforms have resulted in some farcical situations

3 days ago

Maybe we should ask Ireland's small population of Jews what they think about anti-Semitism

3 days ago

AI is moving fast. Official Ireland is not

4 days ago

Mark Carney proves Donald Trump can win elections outside his own country

4 days ago

Here is something the 'soft left' parties need to pay attention to

5 days ago

RTÉ should be accountable for its spending, but critics' focus is too selective

5 days ago

Social Democrats are attuned to the recycling young Gaelscoil parents – not so much lefty as modern

5 days ago

Arsenal have become the club of the Irish diaspora

6 days ago

GAA needs to get to grips with violence

11 hours ago

Harnessing modern-car tech to reduce road deaths

11 hours ago

Church's influence on schools puts undue pressure on parents

11 hours ago

Ireland's housing statistics are meaningless without wider context

11 hours ago

A Drumcondra fox and a question of humanity

11 hours ago

A piece of Switzerland that is forever Irish

22 hours ago

Israel's latest move on Lebanon is a dangerous escalation

19 hours ago

Interest rate cycle turns upwards

19 hours ago

Ireland's AI planning needs to accelerate

1 day ago

Disease and conflict collide in the Ebola outbreak

1 day ago

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

2 days ago

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism

3 days ago

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State's job?

4 days ago

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

4 days ago

Ireland's climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

4 days ago

This, and worse, is what is happening to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody

4 days ago

I'm a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

6 days ago

Taoiseach was wrong to dismiss comparisons with famine-era evictions. Here's why

7 days ago

Should Ireland copy the UK's generational ban on smoking?

8 days ago

There is little interrogation of public spend on car parking amid bike shelter angst

8 days ago

Women's role in boycotts: 'No woman in Ballinrobe would dream of washing him a cravat'

9 days ago

Amazon's 'flying rivers' are reaching a tipping point

9 days ago

Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue

10 days ago

Ireland's politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn't

10 days ago

Tech workers are so well paid, many don't bother to join a union. That's going to change

10 days ago

Presbyterian Church is celebrating 100 years of women in leadership

10 days ago

The paradox of Donald Trump: his popularity has tanked, yet he remains untouchable

11 days ago

Why does this cheery, propulsive love song make me feel so wretched?

11 days ago

Ironic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world's data centre capital

12 days ago

Two-thirds of Ireland's wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

13 days ago