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Irish Times - Opinion

Meta workers are bracing for another round of job cuts. We should all be nervous

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What Eurovision boycotts and a weirdly silent Late Late Show audience have in common

2 hours ago

How did Nigel Farage go from marginal crank to Britain's possible next prime minister?

3 hours ago

What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality

2 days ago

Social partnership can work – but not if it becomes another magic ATM for public servants

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Fianna Fáil at 100 is a white man's party with a woman problem

1 day ago

A hurling club in Buenos Aires will not help answer the question of why Irish people leave

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Keir Starmer's troubles must be worrying Micheál Martin

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Keir Starmer is bland, stable, boring – he should have gone a long way

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The money demands of nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland could backfire

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Stop demonising one-off rural housing. Not everyone wants to be surrounded by neighbours

3 days ago

Nigel Farage's success is the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party meme come to life

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How do we get from a cattle fair in Macroom in 1992 to the possible next governor of California?

3 days ago

All hell wouldn't break loose if Irish people were allowed a few cans in the park

5 days ago

I don't want to shoe-shame anyone, but is wearing €500 super shoes on a Parkrun ethical?

5 days ago

What the Dublin and Galway byelections could tell us about the future of Irish politics

6 days ago

Bertie Ahern's comments were highly inappropriate but we need proper debate on immigration

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Eurovision boycott targets behaviour of the Israeli government

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A Ryanair experience: No hassle

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Is boring really so bad in a leader in the current context?

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Where does RTÉ's Eurovision boycott line start and end?

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Ballinode to Joy: Frank McNally on quiet roads, noisy weather and the perils of Monaghan football

15 hours ago

Planning for the budget is surrounded by an air of unreality

13 hours ago

Eurovision goes flat as boycott hits

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Transfers will be vital in Dublin Central byelection

1 day ago

Iran war hangs over summit between Xi and Trump

2 days ago

People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressing

3 days ago

Ireland's nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy

4 days ago

Nigel Farage's success gives Ireland an urgent deadline

4 days ago

Why is the US conspiracy theorist who championed 'pizzagate' so interested in Ireland?

5 days ago

Ireland appears to be running out of patience with social media firms

4 days ago

I covered the Katie Simpson case from the start. The police failures were appalling

5 days ago

GDP is meaningless. We need new ways of measuring the economy

5 days ago

'I find it too very ugly': The statue so divisive it was hidden in a Dún Laoghaire garden

6 days ago

This is how I got three Irish hospitals built on time and on budget

8 days ago

A win for the Scottish National Party does not mean the UK is 'cracking at the seams'

9 days ago

We are now experiencing the terrible cost of the feedback loops of climate change

10 days ago

Climate under attack from those who thrive on the division of identity politics

11 days ago

Rose Anne Kenny: Why are ages 30, 50 and 70 vital moments in determining how we grow old?

11 days ago

We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads

12 days ago

Why do we want to live forever?

12 days ago

When you're in crisis the world is kinder and you're kinder to yourself

13 days ago

The International Protection Act does the precise opposite of what it says on the tin

13 days ago

Attack drones have captured the most disturbing images of war I've seen

14 days ago

Every time we take the easy route and let AI think for us first we risk weakening our brains

14 days ago

The performance of Irishness for outside approval is finished

14 days ago