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Irish Times - Opinion

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

13 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

A strict approach to citizenship would be a policy of inclusion

2 days ago

What a shameful, disreputable clown Donald Trump is

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

Europe can't have it both ways on migration

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

13 hours ago

Visa refusals dismay Gazan students and undermine our academic institutions

13 hours ago

Social media regulation is little more than a paper tiger

13 hours ago

We must think outside the box to tackle road carnage

13 hours ago

Ireland should give Donald Trump a reality check when he visits

13 hours ago

Valentino's Irish Valentine: Frank McNally on the extraordinary Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy

1 day ago

Accountability is long overdue for social media platforms

22 hours ago

Which way to de Valera Street or Jack Lynch Airport?

23 hours ago

On Leaving Cert results day, is it time to rethink our emphasis on going to third level?

1 day ago

Europe's borders are now the frontline of a new reality

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

The Danube ran dry, and revealed an overblown metaphor

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago