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Irish Times - Opinion

Elon Musk conjures up a fantasy for Wall Street and a nightmare for Belfast

22 hours ago

Europe faces risks from both China and the US - but there are solutions

13 hours ago

Trump says US will be 'guardian of the Middle East'. How much more can the region endure?

22 hours ago

On Bloomsday, if you take just one message from Ulysses then it should be this one

22 hours ago

Trevor Dietz and Fontaines DC emerged in a Dublin that seems to be slipping away

1 day ago

There was no collusion in the failure to stop Bill Kenneally. There didn't have to be

2 days ago

I won't waste my time writing about this again ... definitely

2 days ago

Beware ideas which offer a pseudointellectual cover for racist rioting

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

Europe must end its juvenile taboo against talking to Russia

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Pressure point in maternity care?

22 hours ago

World Cup ticket prices have come a long way from what I paid in 1966

22 hours ago

Lands in Lucan: To build, or not

22 hours ago

Private and public healthcare

22 hours ago

Healthcare: That ever-extending wait

22 hours ago

Not so simple: Alison Healy on errant behaviour by fans at a recent Paul Simon gig

9 hours ago

Government must get off the fence on social media controls for children

8 hours ago

The Irish Times view on the Swiss population referendum: a setback for the right

9 hours ago

Trump accepts defeat

1 day ago

The National Economic Dialogue is a talking shop - though at times a useful one

1 day ago

Some of Ireland's three-seater constituencies were drawn up to keep Fianna Fáil out of Government

1 day ago

If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women's choice, she needs to fund it

1 day ago

Divorce is not the reason many kids are growing up without a father figure

1 day ago

SpaceX is not just too big to fail. It is too essential to be allowed to

2 days ago

An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

District heating schemes could dramatically reduce Ireland's energy bills

7 days ago

Debate: Should Ireland start getting ready to go nuclear?

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

14 days ago

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

15 days ago