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Irish Times - Opinion

Dolores Keane's honesty about her demons was as piercing as her singing

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Ireland's plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice

21 hours ago

Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests

1 day ago

Should the Tricolour be replaced in a united Ireland?

2 days ago

We need to understand the financial cost of a divided society. It might surprise us

21 hours ago

Zohran Mamdani has no opinion on a united Ireland. That matters more than you think

21 hours ago

Louis Theroux's exploration into the manosphere chills the blood

1 day ago

Nato allies must not save Donald Trump from himself

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Pete Hegseth and Pedro Sánchez embody two types of virtue signalling

3 days ago

Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Disabilities and the Government

8 hours ago

Is life cheaper abroad? Look at the salaries

21 hours ago

EU's values not as clear as they should be

21 hours ago

High-speed trains and cost

21 hours ago

Ireland's big advantage in healthcare IT

21 hours ago

The mystery of flying ships in ancient Meath that ended up in a Texas newspaper

6 hours ago

Even with more private supply, the State remains central in rental market

5 hours ago

EU Inc is a useful step forward, but more needs to be done to help SMEs

6 hours ago

The Government is right to extend planning exemptions

1 day ago

EU leaders must hold firm on support for Ukraine

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

Violent aggression against violent repression will never bring peace to Iran

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

St Patrick's Day celebrations are not a new invention

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

11 days ago

Within Islam, Iran is a country apart

12 days ago