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Irish Times - Opinion

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

2 days ago

Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era

1 hour ago

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

1 hour ago

Caoilfhionn Gallagher: We must remember the unnamed women who changed this island for the better

14 hours ago

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

20 hours ago

Another consequence of the Irish property market: the one-and-done phenomenon

1 hour ago

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

1 hour ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is mad

4 days ago

In Ireland, we'll talk about anything except the meaning of life

5 days ago

All babies who die in the womb as a result of crime must be recognised as people

5 days ago

Government inquiry into home heating oil and petrol prices is a political diversion

6 days ago

There's no chance of an end to the Burke family circus – and maybe that's not a bad thing

7 days ago

US must lift illegal blockade of Cuba

58 minutes ago

How to talk about the meaning of life

1 hour ago

Cabinteely Greenway decision respected residents' views

1 hour ago

Reality check for climate targets and renewables

1 hour ago

Iran war should serve as a spur to solar power projects in Ireland

1 hour ago

I was thankful I had filed away the obscure detail of who finished second to Ronnie Delany in 1956

9 hours ago

Trump is desperately searching for an exit from the Gulf conflict

10 hours ago

The Oscars remain both ridiculous and potent

11 hours ago

A credible plan is needed for Europe's energy future

1 day ago

The AI future is not in safe hands

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

Within Islam, Iran is a country apart

6 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

US multinationals will not flee Ireland just because we stand up to Donald Trump

10 days ago

Park & ride and contactless payment: how to fix Dublin's broken transport system

11 days ago

This is a serious blow to the Iranian regime – but it is unlikely to be immediately fatal

11 days ago

A garda sergeant spied on two adult men having sex. But he wasn't prosecuted. They were

12 days ago

A row over horse manure has led to community tensions in my Dublin neighbourhood

11 days ago

Sam Altman's AI comments reveal a distinctly anti-human world view

12 days ago

The Bahá'ís in Iran have been suffering persecution since the 1800s

13 days ago