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Irish Times - Opinion

Remembering Glen Hansard: A nation will miss you

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My brother was put in the cell beside me. 'Prepare yourself for the worst,' he said

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Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina has a warning for Ireland and the rest of Europe

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Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president – and former president

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The Odyssey is so conservative, I am half surprised it wasn't written by Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Kerry's lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime

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Trump's most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned

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Why do people in Ireland speak so few languages?

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'Embrace boredom' may not be the winning parenting strategy you think

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Hell is empty and all the devils are in my social media feed

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Is the Irish economy really Trump-proof? We'd better hope so

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Ireland's Potemkin budget: figures belong in the fiction section of the library

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Gay Byrne was the first big beast broadcaster. Claire Byrne was the last

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Two psychologists are at war over children and phones. Which one is right?

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There's a reason the State gets away with wasting so much of our money

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Sexuality education must be rolled out from preschool

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Abandon the milk jug and pour straight from the carton

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Sex work should be decriminalised to reduce HIV transmission

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The new curse is having to continually read about Mayo

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Frank McNally: A history of the Mayo football famine in 75 moments

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The sale of PTSB should now proceed

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Cockroach protests may be a turning point for Modi's India

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Realistic plan needed for home heating transition

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Glen Hansard was a singular and generous voice in Irish cultural life

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We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that e-scooters are a sustainable transport option

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Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany

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A neuropsychologist's view: This Kobe McDonald comment holds the secret to Mayo's win

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Were this summer's heatwaves caused by El Niño, or something even more terrifying?

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Meet the Irish woman standing at the most visible conducting podium in the world

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Two mentally ill prisoners had to share a cell in an overcrowded prison. One lost his eye

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Human rights defender or dangerous criminal? A German court will decide Dubliner's fate

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Search for the meaning of life is a wild-goose chase

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Aughinish report is thin gruel as Russian demands for Irish alumina ramp up

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Lara Marlowe: Robots have brought a 'horrifying intimacy' to warfare

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There's a bitter irony in the failure of a celebration of Friel's work to get funding

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If you think public sector workers have it better, that's because we do

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Viktor Orbán is gone, but the EU has a new headache in Bulgaria's leader Rumen Radev

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I am a detective garda. Here's why an e-scooter ban is unenforceable

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Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability

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What to do if you suspect a spy in your midst in Ireland

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Will the 'Michael Lowry gambit' work for Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage?

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Garden cabins, rural sprawl and tiny apartments: housing has become a numbers game

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Knock on the wall: A vision of Irish America in New York's St Patrick's Cathedral

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What caused the Lorcan Murphy I knew to become a killer?

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