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Irish Times - Opinion

Ireland is facing a cocktail of uncertainty - two key signs this week need to be heeded

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The paradox of Donald Trump: his popularity has tanked, yet he remains untouchable

13 hours ago

Why does this cheery, propulsive love song make me feel so wretched?

13 hours ago

Ironic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world's data centre capital

1 day ago

Who would want the most difficult job in Ireland? Quite a few people

13 hours ago

Residents, not tourists, are the best way to re-energise our cities

13 hours ago

The best exam essay I read this year was an angry – and refreshingly human – one

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To call Irish people anti-Semitic is a collective punch to the stomach

1 day ago

UK's 'generational ban' on tobacco will give Dublin a headache

2 days ago

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey isn't evidence of a cultural void. It's the opposite

2 days ago

Trump accuses his opponents of treason. But it's clear who the real traitor is

3 days ago

It's hard to work up any outrage about yet another grubby payments controversy at RTÉ

3 days ago

Gerry Hutch and Bertie Ahern performed 'Lanigan's Ball racism'

4 days ago

Trump has taken a dodgy practice to a new level

5 days ago

Eoin Ó Broin called once, Ray McAdam and Janet Horner twice – I've never been more canvassed in my life

5 days ago

More David Attenborough and less Karl Marx would be good for the left

5 days ago

Brought to book: Shane Ross's RTÉ 'fantasy'

9 hours ago

RTÉ aural dilemma is question of identity

13 hours ago

I sat the Leaving Cert three times and I owe a lot to the experience

13 hours ago

Switching up annoying expressions

13 hours ago

Food for thought on data centres and their demands

13 hours ago

Surprise(d) guest: Frank McNally on the mysteries of Irish-English and the story behind the world's greatest collection of Joyceana

1 day ago

Meta cutbacks underline Ireland's tech exposure

22 hours ago

Latest RTÉ controversy leaves some questions still unanswered

23 hours ago

The jury is out on the Government's rent reforms

1 day ago

Key messages as Trump and Putin visit China

1 day ago

Two-thirds of Ireland's wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

2 days ago

We finally know how much money shapes Irish elections

3 days ago

These figures tell the real story of Fianna Fáil's impact on housing

4 days ago

As smart cities reduce car use, Ireland goes all in

4 days ago

Under-16s say a social media ban won't work. The Government needs to listen to them

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

Boycott is a pernicious strategy silencing Jews, Israelis and Palestinians

5 days ago

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

7 days ago

What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

Nigel Farage's success gives Ireland an urgent deadline

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

16 days ago

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

16 days ago