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Irish Times - Opinion

How Jason Arday's fabulous life and dramatic fall became a culture war battleground

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Ireland's tech workers are learning the hard way about the risks of our economic model

11 hours ago

Belfast's fleadh found space for Britishness in a celebration of Irishness

1 day ago

Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security

2 days ago

Government must stop enabling Sinn Féin's threats to Stormont

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Political violence was the decisive factor in the creation of the Irish Free State

1 day ago

How animals behave in a solar eclipse is extraordinary

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Here's a radical idea for the Government: Start telling us the truth

2 days ago

Do you sit on the fence? It could be your Irish Mind (but I'm not sure)

3 days ago

Norma Foley's tradwives awareness campaign is absurd

5 days ago

Most of Ireland's big targets on housing, infrastructure and families are stuff of fiction

5 days ago

Three children were failed so badly, a judge found Tusla in contempt of court

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People who already have homes are denying them to others

5 days ago

We must kill the myth that Irish independence was achieved through violence

6 days ago

Christian Brothers' pursuit of this cynical legal strategy is abuse by other means

6 days ago

Why unionists went to the Belfast Fleadh and liked it

7 days ago

Racism in Ireland's health service

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A snappy solution to speeding in Dublin's Phoenix Park

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Michael McDowell and political violence in Ireland

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Aer Lingus's ownership was dysfunctional before IAG stepped in

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Risky business in the public sector

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Soul Traders – Frank McNally on the battle to save a famous Dublin marketplace

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No end in sight for student accommodation crisis

21 hours ago

Syria's former dictator's death sentence in absentia

7 hours ago

Netanyahu says no to Trump's Gaza plan

1 day ago

Is the surge in EV sales a sea change or a false dawn?

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Encouraging public servants to take more risks is a terrible idea

2 days ago

Maybe it's better if we never know the full cost of hosting the Ryder Cup in Ireland

3 days ago

What would happen if Ireland followed Vienna by designing housing with women in mind?

3 days ago

'Spermageddon': The male fertility crisis we need to talk about

4 days ago

The Dunsink plan shows Ireland has a lesson to learn from the Soviets

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If Elon Musk is right and AI makes jobs extinct, what will we do with our free time?

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Limerick's experiment with a directly elected mayor may be last of its kind

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The number of Pioneer pins has fallen – but so too has alcohol consumption

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Netanyahu's career may be coming to a close, but what follows will not be much better

6 days ago

An 18m crater on the Moon is the smallest of our Elon Musk-shaped problems

6 days ago

When I briefly left home to go to a refuge, my housing assistance payment was stopped

7 days ago

Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour

8 days ago

Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites

9 days ago

Why is the US engaged in a 'forever war' with the International Criminal Court?

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Sardine Girl Summer: Now AI is deciding what we wear. Is that so bad?

10 days ago

We are living longer. This is how workplaces need to adapt

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How can Ireland build a nuclear reactor when it can't even manage a children's hospital?

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The scale of corruption in Trump's second administration is head-spinning

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Risks from Ireland's 'fire triangle' are being exacerbated by human actions

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Micheál Martin thinks voters reward delivery. Simon Harris is not convinced

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