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Irish Times - Opinion

Bertie's outburst wasn't part of a Fianna Fáil master plan. It was worse than that

16 hours ago

We're all 'doing phone'. It's no way to spend a life

14 hours ago

One year into his papacy, it's clear Pope Leo will be no quiet American

23 hours ago

Oliver Sears: Boycott is a pernicious strategy silencing Jews, Israelis and Palestinians

1 day ago

We only talk about access to abortion – never the reasons why women choose it

17 hours ago

A conflict between the US and China now looks inevitable

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Keir Starmer's troubles must be worrying Micheál Martin

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

A Ryanair experience: No hassle

1 day ago

Eurovision boycott targets behaviour of the Israeli government

1 day ago

All not so quiet on the Western Front – Denis McClean on the 16th Division's fate in trenches

3 hours ago

Reform of the judicial review process was clearly needed

3 hours ago

Angela Merkel is in the frame as the EU considers whether to appoint an envoy to talk to Russia

3 hours ago

Planning for the budget is surrounded by an air of unreality

2 days ago

Eurovision goes flat as boycott hits

2 days ago

How did Nigel Farage go from crank to bookies' favourite for prime minister after the next election?

1 day ago

What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

Nigel Farage's success gives Ireland an urgent deadline

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

12 days ago

We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads

13 days ago

Why do we want to live forever?

13 days ago

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

14 days ago

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

14 days ago

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

15 days ago