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Irish Times - Opinion

Trump's war on Iran could spell the end of the EU

15 hours ago

Should the Tricolour be replaced in a united Ireland?

14 hours ago

Maria Steen: St Patrick's Day is a celebration of everything other than Christianity

15 hours ago

Violent aggression against violent repression will never bring peace to Iran

1 day ago

An almost vacant shopping mall in Nairobi could be a template for Dublin

1 day ago

There's something missing from Ireland's debates on foreign policy: our interests

1 day ago

Pete Hegseth and Pedro Sánchez embody two types of virtue signalling

1 day ago

In Ireland's dysfunctional property market, the starter home has become the forever home

3 days ago

Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every country

3 days ago

Real legacy of Elvis may be contested, but his story recalls a better America

4 days ago

Timothée Chalamet is right: no one cares about opera or ballet

5 days ago

How the right to plonk a bungalow in your dad's field caused all hell to break loose

5 days ago

Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US now

6 days ago

A question some politicians would do well to ponder: where is your shame?

6 days ago

Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is mad

7 days ago

Ronnie Delany: Celebrating the life of an Irish sporting legend

15 hours ago

Your letters: Those who can afford to retrofit can also afford to overheat their homes

15 hours ago

Inviting Donald Trump to Ireland

15 hours ago

Deeply moving account of a cancer diagnosis

15 hours ago

Jessie Buckley and the beautiful chaos of a mother's heart

14 hours ago

Going loco: A unique race to see who could run the fastest cattle train to Dublin

2 hours ago

Trump keeps the focus firmly on Nato

24 minutes ago

The Irish Times view on Ireland's climate targets: a need for realism and new approaches

52 minutes ago

St Patrick's Day is a celebration for everyone

19 hours ago

Jesse Buckley's Oscar rewards a barnstorming performance

1 day ago

Ireland has long been an outlier in the EU. We've just never had the courage to admit it

2 days ago

The majority of Americans oppose the Iran war. So why aren't they protesting?

2 days ago

'Even if the US president is an idiot ...' Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today's politicians

2 days ago

St Patrick's Day celebrations are not a new invention

2 days ago

How Micheál Martin should handle Trump for St Patrick's Day: 'Lie back and think of Ireland'

3 days ago

X, C, A, B, MZ: I'm thinking of the lonely alphabet of brave, anonymous women and girls

4 days ago

Ireland's power class has a colonial attitude to the Irish language

4 days ago

Trump's 'little excursion' could leave Iran even more fragmented, unstable and violent

5 days ago

Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again

6 days ago

Iran now knows Trump's price point: soaring energy prices

7 days ago

We ran the British army. In Northern Ireland, let the past be the past

7 days ago

Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities

6 days ago

My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we'll know when it's time to leave Ireland

8 days ago

When will we declare Ireland's road-death toll the public health crisis it is?

8 days ago

'If you have one diagnosis, you end up with 10': Are we over-medicating mental distress?

9 days ago

The Dubai dream is over. Irish expats can no longer suspend their disbelief

9 days ago

Micheál Martin must strike right balance on nerve-racking Washington assignment

9 days ago

Within Islam, Iran is a country apart

9 days ago

Catriona Crowe: The one question women and girls need to ask about sex

11 days ago

The traditional arts degree has had its day. It needs to be reinvented, not dumped

12 days ago