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Irish Times - Opinion

Pressing the Brexit 'I told you so' button is tempting for Ireland, but we should hold fire

13 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

You don't boycott an Ed Sheeran tour just to look cool with a peace sign. Boycotts hurt

1 day ago

Drumcree row is a useful smokescreen for cynical Sinn Féin and DUP

1 day ago

Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk

2 days ago

Micheál Martin did something unique in our history, making what happened next even worse

2 days ago

Not everyone wants to be in a nursing home. A Dutch dementia village is one alternative

3 days ago

As Traitors Ireland shows us, you shouldn't be ashamed to cry

3 days ago

If the EU continues to drift, disintegration becomes a more plausible future

3 days ago

A mother stalking her 19-year-old online is demented – but not in the way you think

4 days ago

It's hard not to have sympathy for Lena Dunham. But there's a darker side to surrogacy

4 days ago

Our tax take used to be reliant on three companies. Now it hinges on one weight-loss drug

4 days ago

Something big happened to the 'most important price in the world' this week

5 days ago

Ireland is experiencing a surge in immigration. This raises questions for our tax and welfare system

5 days ago

Applause for Orangemen?

13 hours ago

What is a high-tech hospital?

13 hours ago

Means-tested pensioners should be exempt from property tax

13 hours ago

Commissioning reports to delay taking action

13 hours ago

I got the emergency booklet, but where are the iodine tablets?

3 hours ago

Charge of the Fanlight Brigade: a positive sighting of a threatened Dublin species

13 minutes ago

Lessons must be learned from wasteful public spending

22 hours ago

Ireland's adaptation to climate change remains way too slow

22 hours ago

Ireland's education system performs well on many metrics

1 day ago

Andy Burnham has taken his first big gamble

1 day ago

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

3 days ago

Here's how to do hot school meals right

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

7 days ago

Ireland's whack-a-mole approach to defence is profoundly concerning

8 days ago

Irish people don't want to live in 'mostly awful' apartments. Here are five ways to fix them

8 days ago

What if Lucy Letby never killed a baby? What if no crime was committed?

9 days ago

What links Ireland to Tuvalu, a tiny coral island on the other side of the world?

8 days ago

It is not the will of God that apartments be built on what may be babies' unmarked graves

10 days ago

When two in five Irish people would 'let it burn', we've got a problem

11 days ago

Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

11 days ago

Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

12 days ago

Confusion over Oireachtas expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

8 days ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line. Unionists feel let down

15 days ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

15 days ago

When almost every fact has a set of alternative facts, good journalism matters more than ever

16 days ago

Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting, but his statement on unity still mattered

16 days ago