Page Updated: Tuesday, October 06, 2026 5:15 AM ET

Irish Times - Opinion

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

4 hours ago

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

4 hours ago

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

4 hours ago

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

12 hours ago

A very touching thing happened on Capel Street last Thursday evening

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Oil companies profiting from a sick planet is obscene

2 days ago

Middle earners could be €750 better off post-budget, but they may not be impressed

3 days ago

The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don't want that sectarian mindset down here

3 days ago

If we're going to listen to women, we need to listen to all women

3 days ago

What is really going on in the Irish housing market? The numbers don't add up

2 days ago

Andy Burnham has a mission. Now he needs a mandate to deliver it

4 days ago

Drumcree proves that unification of Ireland is the North's best bet

4 days ago

Weather whiplash leaves us with no illusions about the reality of climate change

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Punishing public servants will not cut class sizes or A&E waits or solve housing crisis

4 hours ago

Time for US to rethink death penalty after failed execution of Christa Pike

4 hours ago

Better homes for communities, not taller apartment buildings, are the solution

4 hours ago

I hope people understand this suggestion

4 hours ago

A teacher's take on the 'selfishness' behind the teachers' work-to-rule

4 hours ago

I saw Switzerland's Alpine treasures melting away. It was a sobering experience

12 hours ago

Pedro Sánchez plots another escape with snap Spanish election

13 hours ago

Government should stick to the plan on PTSB sale

14 hours ago

Budget must slow the runaway spending train

1 day ago

Irish prison conditions are increasingly inhumane

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

Here's how to do hot school meals right

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

11 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

14 days ago

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

13 days ago