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Irish Times - Opinion

Summer beach read? 'This novel is compatible with sand' is hardly a great selling point

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One in 10 Irish homes is at risk of overheating. Supermarket fans won't cut it

2 hours ago

We're ready to do a deal on public servants' pay - and everything is on the table

1 day ago

How Ireland can make electricity cheap again - and cut emissions

1 day ago

One takeaway from the Jeffrey Donaldson scandal is the value of a scurrilous press

2 hours ago

Live hares used as bait for muscular 35kg dogs is a depressingly Irish bedtime story

1 day ago

Hints about a two-phase MetroLink should ring alarm bells

1 day ago

We have already had glimpses of climate-induced societal breakdown

1 day ago

From axe-throwing to augmented darts: what's behind the rise in 'competitive socialising'?

3 days ago

Vote on three-day wait for abortion is a sign of leaders out of step with their parties

3 days ago

Delays on the line: If you want to know why public transport is poor, look at Luas Finglas

4 days ago

Peter Thiel's Irish gathering is not part of some secret plot. It's more blatant than that

4 days ago

People get promoted until they reach a job they can't do (and other lessons from the UK)

4 days ago

Alan Greenspan was so able and yet so blind

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Messiah Andy Burnham will have to find a Thatcherite steel

6 days ago

Budget 2027 must reflect the real cost of living

2 hours ago

On writing wrongs and rights

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Ireland's EU presidency is an important opportunity

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Cars cause serious injury and death on our roads

2 hours ago

Albania's protest movement has made me reflect on the Irish Tricolour

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Bad beatitude: the Sermon on the Mount updated for the Gen Z faithful

13 hours ago

Inward investment is strong, though jobs growth may slow

12 hours ago

The Irish Times view on the new customs charge: Europe's tax on tat

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Ireland's EU presidency: six months of horse-trading

1 day ago

Budget overruns on State IT projects must be addressed

1 day ago

Ireland's budget plan has a name: 'Sure it'll be grand'

2 days ago

Irish Rail's problems are bigger than my stolen suitcase or the non-existent tea trollies

3 days ago

Irish drivers' habit of 'running reds' is not a charming quirk

3 days ago

I read my daughter stories and hoped she tasted the strawberries. Our time was precious

4 days ago

'When it melts, it's ruined': We need act on this week's wake-up call

4 days ago

What should Ireland do as EU president? A to-do list by Fintan O'Toole, Lara Marlowe and others

5 days ago

Two elections are shaping war and peace in the Middle East

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

Keir Starmer made bad choices. Micheál Martin avoids choices altogether

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

Dublin-based firms are also part of the military complex

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

13 days ago

Today's Makerfield byelection could be seismic for Ireland

12 days ago