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Irish Times - Opinion

A message for Ross O'Carroll-Kelly on behalf of the people of Bray

7 hours ago

How do we get from a cattle fair in Macroom in 1992 to the possible next governor of California?

3 hours ago

Ireland's nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy

8 hours ago

Nigel Farage's success gives Ireland an urgent deadline

8 hours ago

Why is the US conspiracy theorist who championed 'pizzagate' so interested in Ireland?

1 day ago

All hell wouldn't break loose if Irish people were allowed a few cans in the park

1 day ago

I don't want to shoe-shame anyone, but is wearing €500 super shoes on a Parkrun ethical?

1 day ago

What the Dublin and Galway byelections could tell us about the future of Irish politics

2 days ago

If MV Hondius isn't the start of a hantavirus pandemic, it might prove the end of something else

2 days ago

Gerry Hutch is a smart man. He knows what he's doing with immigration comments

3 days ago

Honeymoon for Pope Leo will eventually come to an end. As it should

3 days ago

Iran war is now an international hostage situation - with UAE the hostage

2 days ago

Ireland's squeezed-out middle has had enough

4 days ago

War games in the Strait of Hormuz and debates over nuclear energy – it's the 1970s again

4 days ago

Finn McRedmond: Let's not cling to ugly buildings because a few Dubliners are allergic to change

5 days ago

Ukraine's greatest hope? To be able to have a boring life

5 days ago

Compulsory Irish in a united Ireland? Unionists won't like that

5 days ago

Primary and social healthcare expansion should be priority

8 hours ago

Call to ban early preflight alcohol doesn't go far enough

8 hours ago

An astonishing thing about men and women in sport

8 hours ago

Renewed talk of nuclear power is a 'distraction tactic'

5 hours ago

The Irish photographer who put Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier at ease in early courtship

19 hours ago

Calculus shifts as Russia-Ukraine war drags on

17 hours ago

Women's jobs face greater AI threat than men's

18 hours ago

Cancellation of Oliver Bond flats a failure to meet a moral obligation

1 day ago

Britain's fragmenting politics make the future impossible to predict

1 day ago

Ireland appears to be running out of patience with social media firms

8 hours ago

I covered the Katie Simpson case from the start. The police failures were appalling

1 day ago

GDP is meaningless. We need new ways of measuring the economy

1 day ago

'I find it too very ugly': The statue so divisive it was hidden in a Dún Laoghaire garden

2 days ago

This is how I got three Irish hospitals built on time and on budget

4 days ago

A win for the Scottish National Party does not mean the UK is 'cracking at the seams'

5 days ago

We are now experiencing the terrible cost of the feedback loops of climate change

6 days ago

Climate under attack from those who thrive on the division of identity politics

7 days ago

Rose Anne Kenny: Why are ages 30, 50 and 70 vital moments in determining how we grow old?

7 days ago

We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads

8 days ago

Why do we want to live forever?

8 days ago

When you're in crisis the world is kinder and you're kinder to yourself

9 days ago

The International Protection Act does the precise opposite of what it says on the tin

9 days ago

Attack drones have captured the most disturbing images of war I've seen

10 days ago

Every time we take the easy route and let AI think for us first we risk weakening our brains

10 days ago

The performance of Irishness for outside approval is finished

10 days ago

Aer Lingus flight cancellations: I was not even asked if changed flight date would suit me

11 days ago

This May Day it is important to remember the vital role protest plays in a vibrant democracy

12 days ago

Trauma is ongoing for most children and families in Palestine. How can Ireland help?

13 days ago

Should planning rules for one-off housing be relaxed? Opinions for and against

14 days ago