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Irish Times - Opinion

The most interesting assessment of the budget is the one you haven't yet heard

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Siobhán Fenton: Sinn Féin might have an ulterior motive for its actions at Drumcree

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October 7th was a piercing, shrieking alarm call for all Jews

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AI music has become 'the Ozempic of the industry'. Everyone is on it

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The remaking of Jack Chambers

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We have just seen a perfect example of Ireland's fiscal incontinence

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Paternity leave shouldn't be a privilege only the likes of Simon Harris can afford

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France is caught in the politics of emergency, oscillating between nostalgia and extremism

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Sinn Féin and the DUP are happier arguing over a parade than agreeing a budget

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University education has become meaningless – and now it doesn't even promise a job

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It takes a giveaway budget of €8.5bn to not annoy anyone – except Patrick O'Donovan

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Budget day has lost all excitement. It is now an attritional struggle between ministers

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Like Nikita Hand, Cornell case's Jane Doe is either uncommonly brave or a sadomasochist

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Drumcree is theatre of the absurd, straight from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks

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A very touching thing happened on Capel Street last Thursday evening

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Should I start a message with 'I hope you're well'? If not well, should I say so?

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One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire

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Superstar medical team deserves recognition

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One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire

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Navi Pillay's staunch defence of international law makes her a worthy Nobel winner

10 hours ago

The river Slaney needs to be protected, not dredged

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Darkness into light: Frank McNally on a history-themed quiz in Joyce's Nighttown

21 hours ago

The budget process displays all the hallmarks of bad governance

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The living wage has been put on the back burner

21 hours ago

Shortfall in third-level funding has still not been tackled

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Barbaric US executions must end

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Europe is changing, but Ireland has yet to notice

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Should every motorway have an HGV lane? Ideas to tackle fuel crisis

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The one thing Israel hasn't managed to take from us in three years is hope

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Tuesday's budget may be the worst since Charles Haughey's wild spending

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This year won't see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end

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As a religious teen, I was against abortion. But even I could see the flaws in the logic

6 days ago

Today's Bible accurately represents what was originally written, despite differences in style

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Chief Rabbi: All the good that might have come from Ireland v Israel has been lost

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Fake listings, phantom bookings and unhelpful bots: Booking.com's credibility problem

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Marina Hyde's last Guardian column: 'You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs'

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Should we pause data centre development? Lynn Boylan debates Malcolm Byrne

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What one Kerry road tells us about speed limits and road safety

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Benefits of Ireland's solar boom should not go only to the big energy firms

11 days ago

Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since 1998

12 days ago

Here's how to do hot school meals right

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Anna Daly: I had a miscarriage. I had one week to grieve

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My son has missed a lot of school. Like many parents, I'm not too worried

14 days ago

Is Ireland still a place 'open to everything except for God'?

14 days ago

U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act

15 days ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

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