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Irish Times - Opinion

Western Europeans won the lottery of life. But this is changing, culturally and economically

2 hours ago

How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?

4 hours ago

Ireland's asylum system is flawed, but a factory for fast decisions is not the answer

2 days ago

13,633 DAYS SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS SHOT DEAD IN FRONT OF ME. 13,633 DAYS SEEKING THE TRUTH

3 days ago

Europe must end its juvenile taboo against talking to Russia

4 hours ago

Argentina's AI chief executives are a scary thought. But will we notice any difference?

4 hours ago

Ireland's refusal to say sorry to men convicted of Sallins train robbery is shameful

1 day ago

Do we really want to stop Intel trading with its sister plant in Israel?

1 day ago

'Neutral venue' will not placate the three in four fans opposed to Ireland playing Israel

1 day ago

I'm with Andrew Scott and Phoebe Bridgers. If you're at a gig, put your phone away

2 days ago

Northern Ireland's politicians have no power over immigration. London controls it all

2 days ago

My daughter watched my husband and I go through our cancer journeys and made up her mind

2 days ago

A referendum to expand the size of the cabinet would just look like 'jobs for the boys'

3 days ago

Women believed they had to pay to be safe giving birth. Why? The Rotunda told them so

4 days ago

More than 870,000 jobs created by data centres? Don't make me laugh

5 days ago

Trump's failed plunder of the US state coffers shows how far he's willing to sink

5 days ago

Hedgerow biodiversity is under threat from Ireland's heavy-handed policy approach

4 hours ago

Ireland has had an unaccountable cabinet-within-a-cabinet government since 2011

4 hours ago

A new approach to Irish-language exemptions

4 hours ago

Lucan infrastructure under too much strain for another development

4 hours ago

Rioting in Belfast

4 hours ago

Saturation point: Shane Hegarty on attending gigs during an Irish summer

15 hours ago

Powerful actors inflame social divisions on Belfast's streets

13 hours ago

Mark Carney is showing the way forward

14 hours ago

ECB now needs to tread carefully on interest rates

1 day ago

The EU faces a tricky balance on tech sovereignty

1 day ago

District heating schemes could dramatically reduce Ireland's energy bills

4 days ago

Debate: Should Ireland start getting ready to go nuclear?

4 days ago

Ireland will be an 'honest broker' in the EU presidency – a bystander and abstainer

5 days ago

Should decisions about whether AI can be used in war be left to private companies?

6 days ago

All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it

7 days ago

Ireland's range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there

7 days ago

Let's not make the same mistake as the UK. 'Sensible' degrees are overrated

8 days ago

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

8 days ago

'Like the Eiffel Tower': Trump's cage fight plan sums up his presidency

9 days ago

One by one, we are losing those who survived the Holocaust and could say 'I was there'

10 days ago

Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths

11 days ago

'An inside job': US public opinion on Israel has shifted

12 days ago

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

12 days ago

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism

13 days ago

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State's job?

13 days ago

Ireland's climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

13 days ago

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

14 days ago

This, and worse, is what is happening to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody

14 days ago

I'm a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

15 days ago

Taoiseach was wrong to dismiss comparisons with famine-era evictions. Here's why

17 days ago