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Irish Times - Opinion

We already had a perfectly good term for 'rage bait' – it's hate speech

14 hours ago

We should be very worried about AI taking over the classroom

14 hours ago

Lucy Michael: Ireland's Taser pilot is bad science and bad policy

1 day ago

Mindful gifting need not make Christmas earnest and boring

6 hours ago

Trump isn't a peace maker, he's a piece taker

14 hours ago

Eurovision glitz is part of Israel's claim to be European – and that matters

1 day ago

Culture wars have come for Dublin's Winter Lights festival

2 days ago

The Complex is 'the only place that does it all': Dublin can't let another arts venue vanish

2 days ago

Ireland dodged a bullet this year. But there's a caveat

3 days ago

Leaving Cert AI reforms risk making a mockery of the principle of equality

3 days ago

In Ireland, the 'working poor' will determine future elections

4 days ago

I would not quite say I admire Enoch Burke, but I do find him weirdly impressive

4 days ago

Irish fretting about the triple lock seems faintly ridiculous in light of Russia threat

4 days ago

If we're going to start renaming everything, we should dename Ireland

5 days ago

Border was confirmed a century ago but the blame game is still a live issue

5 days ago

Maybe it's time to scrap Spotify Wrapped?

5 days ago

Letters to the Editor, December 10th: On missed opportunities to promote food culture, weather warnings and vanishing venues

19 hours ago

Abuse victims and sentencing

20 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, December 9th: On vulnerable Ireland, supporting Ukraine and some M50 suggestions

1 day ago

If it's this bad sober, what hope do we have after the third glass?

1 day ago

Letters to the Editor, December 8th: On digital identity wallets, the RTE Toy Show and Fifa's own goal

2 days ago

Fighting Farney – Frank McNally on the battle for his hometown's 'western front'

1 hour ago

Kenova report shows some lives in Northern Ireland were considered to be expendable

30 minutes ago

International confidence in Ireland's public finances must be protected

20 minutes ago

The recent drone incursion highlights another gap in Ireland's defences

1 day ago

EU protectionism has its risks

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

Tolls, buses and remote working: The short-term solutions to M50 gridlock

2 days ago

Christmas rituals assume women have endless free time

3 days ago

Bringing the Ukraine war to its endgame is going to mean messy compromises

3 days ago

Alice Leahy: I have learned there is no single story about being homeless

3 days ago

Ireland is brilliant at identifying problems and terrible at solving them

4 days ago

We can't keep objecting to wind farms 10km out to sea if we want Ireland to progress

5 days ago

PR campaigns are not enough to stop people dying on our roads. Here is what we need to do

3 days ago

Jack Chambers needs to tackle the culture issues in his own department

8 days ago

Ireland has a choice on migration: Follow the UK into the vortex or hold on to its values

9 days ago

Chief Rabbi: Move to erase Chaim Herzog's name and history is cruel hammer blow

9 days ago

ICC judges wanted Netanyahu arrested. Now they're being targeted by Trump

10 days ago

A short document with an enduring message: we belong to a single family with one origin and goal

10 days ago

A neuropsychologist's view: Arne Slot seeded a 'loser effect' in Liverpool. Here's how to fix it

11 days ago

In a normal country, Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff would be tried for treason

11 days ago

Rich are getting richer, poor are getting poorer and the middle class is disappearing

12 days ago

Ambassador Edward Walsh: Ireland's future is to be a bridge and interpreter between US and Europe

13 days ago

Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer

14 days ago

How different it would be if politicians had to use public transport

15 days ago

Is processed food bad for you?

15 days ago