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Irish Times - Opinion

With Meta's 'pervert glasses', we really are going through the digital looking glass

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The discourse around super-thin is fraught: Could we replace it?

15 hours ago

Opinion: As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

15 hours ago

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

15 hours ago

Madonna should invite Micheál Martin over for dinner – they have a lot in common

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Are we a nation of flaming hypocrites?

1 day ago

Huguenots' legacy written across fabric of Ireland, including Waterford's famous 'blaas'

2 days ago

Few embrace athletics to get rich, but we are indebted to them for their achievements

3 days ago

Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

A strict approach to citizenship would be a policy of inclusion

4 days ago

What a shameful, disreputable clown Donald Trump is

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

Europe can't have it both ways on migration

8 days ago

Hitching the wrong lift

15 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, August 24th: On antisocial driving behaviour, curbing social media and property values

15 hours ago

Maintaining trust in healthcare when it comes to principles of fairness and accountability

2 days ago

Visa refusals dismay Gazan students and undermine our academic institutions

2 days ago

Social media regulation is little more than a paper tiger

2 days ago

More than once a friendly hello has been met with silence, even here in Ireland

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Trump's wrecking ball trade policy left Carney with only one option

1 hour ago

Rising sea temperatures are another worrying sign of global warming

2 hours ago

Decision on fuel excise shows how short-term fixes are short-sighted

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More action is needed on child poverty

1 day ago

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

1 day ago

How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?

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There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise 'artificial intelligence'

2 days ago

M9 crash: Why does extreme risk-taking appeal to some young people and what can we do about it?

2 days ago

Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version

2 days ago

I'm now a lecturer at the college that didn't offer me a place when I did my Leaving Cert

3 days ago

M9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harms

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

The Danube ran dry, and revealed an overblown metaphor

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

9 days ago