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Irish Times - Opinion

We reached 'peak-woke' in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous

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Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

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Ireland's approach to religious-run schools breaches many families' constitutional rights

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Bad political leadership is blocking Ireland's path to energy efficiency

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A strict approach to citizenship would be a policy of inclusion

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What a shameful, disreputable clown Donald Trump is

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M9 crash: Grown-ups had a role to play in dangerous actions by children

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Irish Government remains silent on a shameful game - and it's not against Israel

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Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire

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Europe can't have it both ways on migration

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A brief history of the PDs, Ireland's most influential small party ever

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Socialism is happening in Ireland under a so-called centre-right Coalition

5 days ago

What could hunter-gatherer societies teach us about climate change?

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How Jason Arday's fabulous life and dramatic fall became a culture war battleground

7 days ago

Government must stop enabling Sinn Féin's threats to Stormont

7 days ago

Political violence was the decisive factor in the creation of the Irish Free State

8 days ago

Ireland's housing policy needs greater coherence

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Community action can help deliver clever uses for spaces in derelict towns

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Pundits and politicians kept in check by Hannigan and Lord

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Cars, not online shopping, are the real reason Ireland's town centres are dying, reader argues

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Carnage on the motorway

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Sinkholes, the unlikely link between Monaghan and Montparnasse

23 hours ago

School patronage must change to reflect a changing population

21 hours ago

Zelenskiy is facing his biggest internal challenge since the war began

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The State's prisons are becoming intolerably overcrowded

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Ireland's electricity grid needs strengtheneing

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Help to Buy scheme is a money pit that benefits higher earners

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The Phoenix Park has an identity problem. But there is an easy fix

3 days ago

Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry

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Twenty years on, Amanda Knox is still in trouble for laughing

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Patrick Honohan: Why Anglo bankers were never sanctioned like those at INBS

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The Danube ran dry, and revealed an overblown metaphor

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Christian Brothers are an easy target but I am slow to stand in judgment

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Putin's pact with the Russian people is fraying and his paranoia is deepening

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To see the woman convicted of my sister's murder pictured with President Connolly broke me

5 days ago

To manage migration, Europe should help African countries improve their citizens' lives

5 days ago

Why are AI firms bulk buying and pulping books? Because it's cheaper than paying writers

6 days ago

To most, YouTube comments are a cesspit. To me, they're a glorious accidental archive

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Ireland's tech workers are learning the hard way about the risks of our economic model

7 days ago

Belfast's fleadh found space for Britishness in a celebration of Irishness

8 days ago

Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security

9 days ago

Encouraging public servants to take more risks is a terrible idea

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

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

11 days ago

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

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