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Irish Times - Opinion

Would Jeffrey Donaldson have faced justice if he committed his crimes south of the Border?

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Stranger things have happened than the prospect of Messi vs Pico Lopes – but not many

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People in Northern Ireland have been pawns in a political game played in England for too long

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Keir Starmer made bad choices. Micheál Martin avoids choices altogether

2 days ago

Messiah Andy Burnham will have to find a Thatcherite steel

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Why did economists get the impact of Brexit on Ireland so wrong?

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Jeffrey Donaldson's downfall leaves the DUP battling a conspiracy theory

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Will Andy Burnham's 'business friendly socialism' save Britain from Farage?

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Some fans won't forgive Jérémy Doku. Others will think he has real courage

2 days ago

Making predictions about the world a year from now is a risky game, so here are mine

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Brexit launched a new era of 'not even wrong' politics

3 days ago

Underground bins for Dublin: Swap plastic bags for under-street waste collectors

4 days ago

Loneliness influencers: The odd appeal of 'living alone, no friends' diaries

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Dublin's Dead Zoo is home to the funniest exhibit of all time. Please let it return soon

5 days ago

Lesson of Swiss vote may be that Ireland can't avoid immigration issue forever

6 days ago

Whatever Simon Harris says, we are far from a 'blueprint' for a united Ireland

6 days ago

Fountain pens, handwriting and the lost art of legibility

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Education overspending and additional needs

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A heatwave view from Paris

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Hare coursing should not need to be debated, just ended

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Confusion over decriminalising of drug use

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Transfer window – Frank McNally on the closing stages of a dramatic GAA summer

17 hours ago

There are many public transport announcements, but so far little delivery

16 hours ago

After the Iran ceasefire, transatlantic tensions linger

17 hours ago

Ireland's health budget is an exercise in make believe

1 day ago

Support for Ukraine from its allies remains vital

1 day ago

Security gaps leave Ireland vulnerable to foreign intelligence. The State is underprepared

3 days ago

Road deaths are not inevitable. Stop referring to them as 'accidents'

3 days ago

Donald Trump is channelling the leadership style of the ancients, without even realising it

4 days ago

Dublin-based firms are also part of the military complex

4 days ago

Julia is kind, sweet and plans to raise two kids with her partner. There's just one catch

5 days ago

Revolut has had more success in Ireland than anywhere else. It's no mystery why

5 days ago

Glowing references for child abusers are not just offensive to victims, they're dangerous

6 days ago

The US at 250 is an edgy, doom-stalked place, not much in the mood to celebrate

6 days ago

Michael O'Leary's contradictions could fill an aircraft hangar. It's time we called them out

7 days ago

Today's Makerfield byelection could be seismic for Ireland

6 days ago

On Bloomsday, if you take just one message from Ulysses then it should be this one

10 days ago

Trump says US will be 'guardian of the Middle East'. How much more can the region endure?

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Europe faces risks from both China and the US - but there are solutions

9 days ago

Some of Ireland's three-seater constituencies were drawn up to keep Fianna Fáil out of Government

10 days ago

If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women's choice, she needs to fund it

11 days ago

Divorce is not the reason many kids are growing up without a father figure

11 days ago

SpaceX is not just too big to fail. It is too essential to be allowed to

12 days ago

An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos

12 days ago

How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?

13 days ago

Ireland's asylum system is flawed, but a factory for fast decisions is not the answer

15 days ago