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Irish Times - Opinion

Once one of the most influential people in Irish media, he ignored his own golden rule

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Don't believe the negativity – Ireland's retrofitting scheme for homes is not failing

8 hours ago

Calls for an amnesty for British soldiers in Northern Ireland are based on a myth

8 hours ago

Why it took months for the world to declare 'likely' famine in Gaza

1 day ago

Depressed by the news? Be a 'happy warrior' - and other tips to raise hope

1 day ago

Betting on elections and matches is one thing. Gambling on war is something else entirely

1 day ago

Trump said something unexpectedly revealing in an old interview with Playboy

2 days ago

Now that my children live abroad, my uncle's 'bás in Éirinn' has a new meaning

2 days ago

Ruins of Meath house should be preserved as a monument to Celtic Tiger hubris

3 days ago

This energy crisis is utterly unpredictable – how much help should Irish households get now?

1 day ago

Trump is stuck and looking for options – an Irish former US adviser warns this is risky

3 days ago

Entrepreneurial, local Irish business is the real employment miracle in Ireland

3 days ago

Everybody needs good neighbours. Like Ireland and Britain right now

4 days ago

Dolores Keane's honesty about her demons was as piercing as her singing

5 days ago

We need to understand the financial cost of a divided society. It might surprise us

5 days ago

Zohran Mamdani has no opinion on a united Ireland. That matters more than you think

5 days ago

Pros and cons of one-stop shop approach to retrofitting

8 hours ago

The fallacy of so-called 'active travel'

8 hours ago

A friendly welcome home at Dublin Airport

8 hours ago

Tourist tax will squeeze hospitality further

8 hours ago

Are we repeating planning failures of the past?

8 hours ago

Aughinish Alumina investigation raises urgent questions

8 hours ago

A tourist tax needs to show a visible return

17 hours ago

Israel's actions in Lebanon are utterly disproportionate

1 day ago

Someone needs to take responsibility for flood warnings

1 day ago

I won't be using most SEAI grants to retrofit my house and expect to save money as a result

1 day ago

Homelessness has been a problem in Dublin for decades

2 days ago

This week's events brought us no closer to understanding the enigma that is Gerry Adams

3 days ago

Israel's strategic aims, rather than America's, are shaping the war with Iran

4 days ago

Catriona Crowe: The brave few risking everything to unmask Putin's Russia

4 days ago

Ireland's plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice

5 days ago

Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests

6 days ago

Should the Tricolour be replaced in a united Ireland?

7 days ago

Maria Steen: St Patrick's Day is a celebration of everything other than Christianity

7 days ago

Violent aggression against violent repression will never bring peace to Iran

8 days ago

Ireland has long been an outlier in the EU. We've just never had the courage to admit it

9 days ago

The majority of Americans oppose the Iran war. So why aren't they protesting?

9 days ago

'Even if the US president is an idiot ...' Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today's politicians

9 days ago

St Patrick's Day celebrations are not a new invention

9 days ago

How Micheál Martin should handle Trump for St Patrick's Day: 'Lie back and think of Ireland'

10 days ago

X, C, A, B, MZ: I'm thinking of the lonely alphabet of brave, anonymous women and girls

11 days ago

Ireland's power class has a colonial attitude to the Irish language

11 days ago

Trump's 'little excursion' could leave Iran even more fragmented, unstable and violent

12 days ago

Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again

13 days ago

Iran now knows Trump's price point: soaring energy prices

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