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Irish Times - Opinion

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

16 hours ago

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

11 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Norma Foley's tradwives awareness campaign is absurd

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

People who already have homes are denying them to others

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

Why unionists went to the Belfast Fleadh and liked it

4 days ago

Ireland could look like paradise to England's heat refugees

4 days ago

Will Trump call to the Áras for an icy courtesy visit with Catherine Connolly?

5 days ago

Andrew Tate's jail journal: the surprise comedy hit of the summer

5 days ago

Dublin 4's version of Marie Antoinette's 'let them eat cake'? Let them get the bus

6 days ago

Enoch Burke v Glen Hansard: Where is the line when it comes to protest?

7 days ago

Challenging the tradwife and manosphere narratives

18 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, August 10th: On questions for politicians, academic integrity and is it time to tax the coffee cup?

18 hours ago

Diarmaid Ferriter is correct about Christian Brothers' legal tactics

2 days ago

Tourism and infrastructure

2 days ago

Christian Brothers' responsibility for schools

2 days ago

1943 apology letter a stunning glimpse into the chaos faced by Irish railway workers

5 hours ago

Ireland's climate legislation is not what's stalling infrastructure

4 hours ago

An unusual approach to regulating AI

5 hours ago

International cooperation is vital in addressing organised crime

15 hours ago

The left wing of the US Democratic Party lays down a marker

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

Pope Leo is right. There is no such thing as a 'just war'

9 days ago

Ireland has become a colder house for artists like Glen Hansard

9 days ago

France accepts that parents have a right to leisure. We should do the same

9 days ago

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

10 days ago