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Irish Times - Opinion

'Low fares' work but Ryanair's treatment of a grieving woman was cruel

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Why pre-1922 presidential pardons make no sense

11 hours ago

Calls for an amnesty for British soldiers in Northern Ireland are based on a myth

1 day ago

Don't believe the negativity – Ireland's retrofitting scheme for homes is not failing

1 day ago

US and Israel have inflicted long-term damage on themselves in their war with Iran

11 hours ago

Once one of the most influential people in Irish media, he ignored his own golden rule

1 day ago

Depressed by the news? Be a 'happy warrior' - and other tips to raise hope

2 days ago

Betting on elections and matches is one thing. Gambling on war is something else entirely

2 days ago

Trump said something unexpectedly revealing in an old interview with Playboy

3 days ago

Now that my children live abroad, my uncle's 'bás in Éirinn' has a new meaning

3 days ago

Ruins of Meath house should be preserved as a monument to Celtic Tiger hubris

4 days ago

This energy crisis is utterly unpredictable – how much help should Irish households get now?

2 days ago

Trump is stuck and looking for options – an Irish former US adviser warns this is risky

4 days ago

Entrepreneurial, local Irish business is the real employment miracle in Ireland

4 days ago

Everybody needs good neighbours. Like Ireland and Britain right now

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

An appeal for compassion

11 hours ago

In praise of our better public transport services

11 hours ago

Some comparisons for Donald Trump

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Left alone in the left lane

11 hours ago

Tourist tax would make Ireland less attractive as a destination

11 hours ago

Pidgeon homed – Frank McNally on the repatriation of an Old IRA man from 1970s London

22 hours ago

Government's energy support package is shooting at a moving target

6 hours ago

The Italian referendum defeat is a blow for Giorgia Meloni

21 hours ago

Aughinish Alumina investigation raises urgent questions

1 day ago

A tourist tax needs to show a visible return

1 day ago

Why it took months for the world to declare 'likely' famine in Gaza

2 days ago

I won't be using most SEAI grants to retrofit my house and expect to save money as a result

2 days ago

Homelessness has been a problem in Dublin for decades

3 days ago

This week's events brought us no closer to understanding the enigma that is Gerry Adams

4 days ago

Israel's strategic aims, rather than America's, are shaping the war with Iran

5 days ago

Catriona Crowe: The brave few risking everything to unmask Putin's Russia

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests

7 days ago

Should the Tricolour be replaced in a united Ireland?

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

Violent aggression against violent repression will never bring peace to Iran

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

St Patrick's Day celebrations are not a new invention

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

14 days ago