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Irish Times - Opinion

Something big happened to the 'most important price in the world' this week

10 hours ago

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

10 hours ago

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

11 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Ireland is experiencing a surge in immigration. This raises questions for our tax and welfare system

2 hours ago

Why did it take Michael O'Leary 10 days to cop on that his comments on rape were wrong?

1 day ago

There is something devastating about the words 'Ireland doesn't have a place for me'

1 day ago

As controversy grows over Leaving Cert reform, Northern Ireland is going the other way

2 days ago

From quiet quitting to iced coffee: What is Gen Z's problem with work?

2 days ago

Donald Trump acts as Putin's puppet for reasons shrouded in secrecy

3 days ago

The new map of Earth is a wake-up call for Ireland

4 days ago

Israel's settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution

5 days ago

The Ed Sheeran controversy made Irish artists the biggest in the world

5 days ago

If AI has a '10% chance' of killing us all by 2030, should I invest in a pension?

5 days ago

My train fare may go up by €606 and that doesn't include the seat

6 days ago

Nobody else is going to turn your child's phone off. But you can't do it alone

6 days ago

Heads, hearts and hands

11 hours ago

Proposal for Julianstown bypass and public realm works enjoys widespread support

11 hours ago

Still time for FAI to withdraw from Ireland-Israel match

11 hours ago

Irish citizens are already ashamed of Israel and inaction, Taoiseach

11 hours ago

Decision to drop German from school syllabus in North a big mistake

11 hours ago

The Foggy Dew: Frank McNally on the Rising ballad's confused origins and contested lyrics

22 hours ago

Government and voters are divided over data centres

11 hours ago

The Parades Commission decision on Drumcree will reopen old wounds

21 hours ago

Regulation of social media always appears to be one step behind

1 day ago

Fifty years on, remembering the birth of U2

1 day ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

3 days ago

It is not the will of God that apartments be built on what may be babies' unmarked graves

5 days ago

When two in five Irish people would 'let it burn', we've got a problem

6 days ago

Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

6 days ago

Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

7 days ago

Confusion over Oireachtas expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

3 days ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line. Unionists feel let down

10 days ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

10 days ago

When almost every fact has a set of alternative facts, good journalism matters more than ever

11 days ago

Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting, but his statement on unity still mattered

11 days ago

People who would never normally get bail are walking free because of the legal aid row

12 days ago

Ireland's failure premium: All the property schemes do one thing. It's not help buyers

13 days ago

Do data centres pay their own way? The answer is not straightforward

13 days ago

'He was only 88': There is a cosy familiarity to Irish funerals

13 days ago

Both men and women built the GAA. It's time women were given equal treatment

14 days ago

My funny Irish-American mother would be appalled by the things done in her name since 9/11

15 days ago