Bike sheds, Molly Malone and ghost buses: the things we talked about in 2025

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Did my dad know that would be the last time he'd ever speak to me?

4 hours ago

Want to crack the formula for happiness at Christmas? Don't argue with your aunt

2 days ago

I didn't want to spend another Christmas pretending I wasn't hungover

3 days ago

Whatever happened to joy to the world? You have to look hard

1 day ago

Should the super rich get to opt out of paying taxes in the country that enriched them?

1 day ago

The AI revolution is an opportunity for Ireland – and the planet

2 days ago

Ireland's Christmas story is still underpinned by separation anxiety

2 days ago

Manchán Magan's ability to fuse present and past defined a rich year in the arts

3 days ago

Eoin Lenihan's Vandalising Ireland proposes an idiosyncratic new direction for Ireland

3 days ago

This is the week when 'lapsed Catholics' and 'spiritual but not religious' go to church

4 days ago

What's behind the Trump administration's war on typefaces?

4 days ago

A decisive showdown over Micheál Martin's leadership might be best for everyone

4 days ago

In the world of AI, a second-class business degree won't be much use

5 days ago

It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can't fall silent on Gaza

6 days ago

Catholicism may be raising its head high but the body underneath is ailing

6 days ago

Letters to the Editor, December 26th: On tagging prisoners, crisis in Sudan and airport bliss

1 hour ago

A disconnected bus service

2 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, December 24th: On why reductions in tobacco use have stalled, global devastation and women in the Church

2 days ago

The secret to success?

2 days ago

Letters to the Editor, December 23rd: On Catholicism and an ailing future, abortion and getting perplexed

3 days ago

'Am I no longer a child? Are so many of the years past? How quickly they have flown!'

6 hours ago

At this time of year, we need to remain hopeful amidst darkness

1 day ago

Dublin's motorists remain stuck in a jam

3 days ago

France's government has only got a temporary reprieve

3 days ago

The State's new financial plan is a bet on economic growth and corporate taxes

4 days ago

Vanity Fair article on the Trump White House was brutal, merciless and invaluable

4 days ago

In a post-truth world, the magic of Christmas is in a category of its own

4 days ago

Ireland should resist cheap, tough talk on migration

4 days ago

One of Ireland's first women priests reflects on Christmas

5 days ago

Micheál Martin is a victim of his own success

6 days ago

Free speech will be the big EU-US battleground in 2026 – and Ireland is in the crossfire

6 days ago

A smaller RTÉ does not mean a hollowed-out RTÉ

7 days ago

In Bondi, on the first night of Hanukkah, the intifada was truly globalised

9 days ago

At the top of the 2025 naughty list is the US, now officially in climate denial

9 days ago

Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?

9 days ago

Could we be on the verge of a techlash?

10 days ago

We need to end the great social experiment on our children

10 days ago

Drone sightings highlight worrying gaps in our national security

11 days ago

Opinions are hardening against Ireland in Britain and the US. How worried should we be?

11 days ago

Change to Catholic patronage of Irish schools is slow to come – for good reason

12 days ago

Europe is in danger of becoming a plaything, not a player

14 days ago

We should be very worried about AI taking over the classroom

15 days ago

Ireland's plan to give Tasers to gardaí is bad policy

12 days ago

Mindful gifting need not make Christmas earnest and boring

15 days ago

'Rage bait' is an apt word of the year for 2025. Anger can be good

17 days ago