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Irish Times - Opinion

I'm with Andrew Scott and Phoebe Bridgers. If you're at a gig, put your phone away

10 hours ago

Ireland's asylum system is flawed, but a factory for fast decisions is not the answer

10 hours ago

13,633 DAYS SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS SHOT DEAD IN FRONT OF ME. 13,633 DAYS SEEKING THE TRUTH

1 day ago

District heating schemes could dramatically reduce Ireland's energy bills

2 days ago

Northern Ireland's politicians have no power over immigration. London controls it all

10 hours ago

My daughter watched my husband and I go through our cancer journeys and made up her mind

1 day ago

A referendum to expand the size of the cabinet would just look like 'jobs for the boys'

1 day ago

Women believed they had to pay to be safe giving birth. Why? The Rotunda told them so

2 days ago

More than 870,000 jobs created by data centres? Don't make me laugh

3 days ago

Trump's failed plunder of the US state coffers shows how far he's willing to sink

3 days ago

Ireland vs England in philosophy: Who would win a World Cup of ideas?

3 days ago

The Healy-Raes were seen as great gas. But there is little funny about their politics

4 days ago

Does it matter if Belle Burden's controversial divorce memoir doesn't tell the whole truth?

4 days ago

Trump is offering grants to make Europe great again. This may not have the desired effect

4 days ago

Ireland is caught in a data centre trap and there's no easy way out

5 days ago

Could incentives such as discounted summer camps help to reverse decline in birth rates?

5 days ago

Cheering description of Trump Madison Square Garden booing

10 hours ago

Population growth contrasts in North versus Republic

10 hours ago

Boycotts and deflection

10 hours ago

International Day of Play highlights benefits to children in healthcare settings

10 hours ago

A simple answer to students' Irish problem

10 hours ago

Deadly Buzz – Frank McNally on a belated 'inquest' for James Joyce's Paddy Dignam

21 hours ago

The World Cup - for the glory and the revenue

18 hours ago

The relentless rise in Irish exemptions demands a response

19 hours ago

The public finances are set on an increasingly risky course

1 day ago

Kenneally report exposes gross derelictions of public duty

1 day ago

Debate: Should Ireland start getting ready to go nuclear?

2 days ago

Ireland will be an 'honest broker' in the EU presidency – a bystander and abstainer

3 days ago

Should decisions about whether AI can be used in war be left to private companies?

4 days ago

All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it

5 days ago

Ireland's range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there

5 days ago

Let's not make the same mistake as the UK. 'Sensible' degrees are overrated

6 days ago

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

6 days ago

'Like the Eiffel Tower': Trump's cage fight plan sums up his presidency

7 days ago

One by one, we are losing those who survived the Holocaust and could say 'I was there'

8 days ago

Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths

9 days ago

'An inside job': US public opinion on Israel has shifted

10 days ago

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

10 days ago

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism

11 days ago

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State's job?

12 days ago

Ireland's climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

12 days ago

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

12 days ago

This, and worse, is what is happening to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody

12 days ago

I'm a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

14 days ago

Taoiseach was wrong to dismiss comparisons with famine-era evictions. Here's why

15 days ago

Should Ireland copy the UK's generational ban on smoking?

16 days ago