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Irish Times - Opinion

'It'll be grand' is not a plan for when the real emergency strikes

17 hours ago

If the children of Nazis can honour my family in Treblinka, we can all find a path forward

17 hours ago

An EU human rights body set out five scenarios for Europe in 2040. Four are nightmarish

1 day ago

Fear and misunderstanding continues to cloud discussions of women in Church leadership

1 day ago

Europe can't go back. It must learn to live without America

8 hours ago

Bono is right - we need to not surrender to the melancholy

17 hours ago

Silicon Valley's broligarchy bet everything on Trump. What will they do now?

1 day ago

Security guards on the streets of Dublin are not 'another Ice'. They are also not a solution

1 day ago

Simon Harris thinks Ireland is addicted to spending. As Minister for Finance, he'd know

1 day ago

What will happen to Ireland if the AI bubble bursts?

2 days ago

Ireland's towns offer part of the solution to the housing crisis. We should seize it now

2 days ago

Democrats routed Republicans in the US midterms. But can they capitalise on it?

3 days ago

Patrick O'Donovan wants us to leave his health out of it. If only it were so simple

3 days ago

It's no wonder Irish people are approaching love like a mortgage application

4 days ago

How different would NI politics be if there were a few pubs around Stormont?

4 days ago

Europe must stand up to Trump if our freedoms are to be preserved

5 days ago

Garth Brooks: An act of kindness

17 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, November 9th: On managing the economy, defending Ireland and losing your phone

17 hours ago

A data centre suggestion from out of left field

2 days ago

Ireland has lessons for us Americans seeking to overcome 'Trump trauma'

1 day ago

Politicians on the wrong track altogether regarding RTÉ

2 days ago

Losing my veneer and our long obsession with the perfect smile

4 hours ago

The Irish Times view on the Dublin meetings: the capital brought to a standstill

4 hours ago

The State must manage the risk in its housing policy

4 hours ago

New short-term letting rules likely to have a limited impact

1 day ago

A welcome step in rebuilding EU/UK relations

1 day ago

We are in a security 'grey zone' – the liminal space between peace and war

2 days ago

Death knell for the Trump era has rung

2 days ago

How Garvaghy Road became a new-generation civil rights campaign and a win for nationalism

3 days ago

Fine Gael has forgotten its purpose. It doesn't need 'renewal' – it needs an identity

4 days ago

Ireland's child protection system is a high-stakes game of Jenga

5 days ago

Martha Stewart dressing up as a socioeconomic crisis was a perfect reflection of the times

6 days ago

Daniel Geary: Five things to look out for in the US midterms

6 days ago

Innovative solution to housing crisis has been under our noses all this time

6 days ago

Minister's refusal to answer questions on house prices reveals confused state of housing policy

7 days ago

The loss of a person who feels essential to us is a pain that alters us forever

7 days ago

Is the Irish boarding school becoming a thing of the past?

8 days ago

Could the US have its own Serbia moment in Tuesday's midterms?

8 days ago

Why the silence of Ireland's church leaders in these dark days of Donald Trump?

8 days ago

View from Israel: Palestinians voted with one voice. The opposition cannot ignore them

9 days ago

Why are interest rates so high – and how exposed is Ireland?

9 days ago

There's a reason comedians like Joanne McNally rarely make good Traitors

11 days ago

Jaded rhetoric and trite stereotypes about neutrality are inflaming triple lock debate

11 days ago

DUP's tough talk on Sinn Féin exposes the bind Gavin Robinson's party finds itself in

12 days ago

Children being denied legal representation is yet another shameful failure by the State

13 days ago

Ireland is set to miss major climate targets. We should be angry

13 days ago