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Irish Times - Opinion

Dozing off at an interesting time of life

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Why is the US engaged in a 'forever war' with the International Criminal Court?

2 days ago

Why unionists went to the Belfast Fleadh and liked it

7 hours ago

When I briefly left home to go to a refuge, my housing assistance payment was stopped

11 hours ago

Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour

1 day ago

Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites

2 days ago

Ireland could look like paradise to England's heat refugees

11 hours ago

Andrew Tate's jail journal: the surprise comedy hit of the summer

1 day ago

Will Trump call to the Áras for an icy courtesy visit with Catherine Connolly?

1 day ago

Dublin 4's version of Marie Antoinette's 'let them eat cake'? Let them get the bus

2 days ago

Enoch Burke v Glen Hansard: Where is the line when it comes to protest?

3 days ago

The US is shooting mirrors into space to redirect the sun. There may be a few issues

4 days ago

Everyone agrees Irish house prices are overvalued. We're in risky territory

5 days ago

AI will bring bankruptcies, bank failures and chaos in international financial sector

5 days ago

Striking lawyers don't tend to evoke much public sympathy

7 days ago

The Odyssey is so conservative, I am half surprised it wasn't written by Jacob Rees-Mogg

7 days ago

Kerry's lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime

8 days ago

Trump's most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned

8 days ago

Legal strategy of Christian Brothers and naming in newspaper

11 hours ago

Solicitors 'not against change', but want a working criminal justice system

11 hours ago

Jim O'Callaghan needs to understand real reasons for delays in criminal justice system

11 hours ago

Invisible greenways with no signposts

11 hours ago

100 not out: Finola Kennedy on the Aga Khan Trophy's centenary

22 hours ago

Developing Dunsink shows the challenge of building at scale

21 hours ago

The Hiroshima anniversary should be a call to action

21 hours ago

Wildfires send a key message about the priorities for Ireland's presidency

1 day ago

Nobody shouted stop to Michael Fingleton

1 day ago

Sardine Girl Summer: Now AI is deciding what we wear. Is that so bad?

3 days ago

We are living longer. This is how workplaces need to adapt

3 days ago

How can Ireland build a nuclear reactor when it can't even manage a children's hospital?

3 days ago

The scale of corruption in Trump's second administration is head-spinning

4 days ago

Risks from Ireland's 'fire triangle' are being exacerbated by human actions

4 days ago

Micheál Martin thinks voters reward delivery. Simon Harris is not convinced

4 days ago

Pope Leo is right. There is no such thing as a 'just war'

4 days ago

Ireland has become a colder house for artists like Glen Hansard

5 days ago

France accepts that parents have a right to leisure. We should do the same

5 days ago

My brother was put in the cell beside me. 'Prepare yourself for the worst,' he said

6 days ago

Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina has a warning for Ireland and the rest of Europe

6 days ago

Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president – and former president

6 days ago

We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that e-scooters are a sustainable transport option

7 days ago

Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany

8 days ago

A neuropsychologist's view: This Kobe McDonald comment holds the secret to Mayo's win

6 days ago

Were this summer's heatwaves caused by El Niño, or something even more terrifying?

9 days ago

Meet the Irish woman standing at the most visible conducting podium in the world

10 days ago

Two mentally ill prisoners had to share a cell in an overcrowded prison. One lost his eye

10 days ago

Human rights defender or dangerous criminal? A German court will decide Dubliner's fate

11 days ago