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Irish Times - Opinion

Ireland faces a more far-reaching sex abuse scandal than the Epstein files

5 hours ago

We risk over-diagnosing anxiety. There's another way to look at it

15 hours ago

Archbishop John McDowell: Ireland must not succumb to the racism gripping the US

21 hours ago

Powerful men are being damaged by the Epstein files. But not Trump's friends

1 day ago

'We must delete the humans,' the AI bot told his internet pals. But let's not panic yet

15 hours ago

Try explaining to the people of Enniscorthy why it's hard to get things done

1 day ago

Demands by farmers for the head of the Bord Bia chair are delusional and dangerous

1 day ago

Christians tolerated Trump because they thought he would end abortion. They were wrong

1 day ago

When crypto falls, it won't be pretty

1 day ago

Social Democrats, Labour and the Greens have some serious thinking to do

2 days ago

Micheál Martin's caution has become a screen he hides behind

2 days ago

Melania Trump is the ultimate Stepford wife: silent, unseeing and uncaring

2 days ago

It's ironic how it took a Corkman to teach UK's Labour to sound like English patriots

3 days ago

'John O'Dowd pints' proved the final straw for Sinn Féin in pub and hotel rates row

3 days ago

Sinn Féin is deliberately being obtuse about EU plan to help Ukraine

4 days ago

Irish people fail to understand how fragile our electricity supply is

4 days ago

Micheál Martin should get a job with Met Éireann

1 hour ago

Discard dehumanising language about people looking for a livelihood

1 hour ago

New rent Bill would add to an incomprehensible jumble and is possibly unconstitutional

1 hour ago

Puzzles offer a window into how our minds work

1 hour ago

Who done what, if anything? Court settlements leave mysteries unsolved

1 hour ago

Weird fishes: Alison Healy on obscure competitions and the contestants they attract

3 hours ago

Despite Government action, Ireland's court proceedings still take too long

1 hour ago

Dangerous signs of excess are emerging on the markets

2 hours ago

Ipsos B&A poll shows voters irked by failure to deliver progress

1 day ago

Why are contactless payments on Irish public transport so late and so expensive?

2 days ago

New rent rules will make the market even more dysfunctional

3 days ago

Ireland's justice system is operating with too many data blind spots

4 days ago

Should Ireland introduce a legal 'duty of care' for rainwater?

5 days ago

Have we a right to know where company directors live? A journalist and a lawyer debate

5 days ago

Churches in Ireland are taking steps to be better stewards of what is painful and broken

6 days ago

Blaming Met Éireann for floods is wrong. Who rezoned the floodplains?

6 days ago

Ireland's debate about e-scooters and scramblers is unmoored from reality

7 days ago

'My comrades are struggling and freezing and dying.' Exhaustion is sapping Ukraine's spirit

8 days ago

No, objecting to the enormous wealth of billionaires is not begrudgery

9 days ago

Ireland's reluctance to speak out against Trump's Board of Peace is shameful

10 days ago

Storm Chandra commuter chaos is made far worse by a dysfunctional transport system

12 days ago

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe is not retreating behind tariff walls, but diversifying

12 days ago

Could Ireland be the connecting point for a subsea super-cable linking Europe and Canada?

10 days ago

One man whose family were on Schindler's list chatted with the son of an SS officer

12 days ago

Dublin Bus is offering €15,000 for ideas. Here's one for free: channel Michael O'Leary

13 days ago

Why is Steve Bannon so determined to find an 'Irish Trump'?

14 days ago

Time to restore Brigit's distaff as a symbol of peace and healing

14 days ago

Please Elon Musk, don't make me defend Ryanair

15 days ago

One big idea: Fintan O'Toole, Maria Steen, Joseph O'Connor and others offer a to-do list for Government

15 days ago

Donald Trump's claim that he won't take Greenland by force is not reassuring

17 days ago