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Irish Times - Opinion

Andy Burnham has a mission. Now he needs a mandate to deliver it

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Should we pause data centre development? Lynn Boylan debates Malcolm Byrne

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What one Kerry road tells us about speed limits and road safety

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Benefits of Ireland's solar boom should not go only to the big energy firms

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Drumcree proves that unification of Ireland is the North's best bet

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Weather whiplash leaves us with no illusions about the reality of climate change

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Pressing the Brexit 'I told you so' button is tempting for Ireland, but we should hold fire

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You don't boycott an Ed Sheeran tour just to look cool with a peace sign. Boycotts hurt

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Drumcree row is a useful smokescreen for cynical Sinn Féin and DUP

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Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk

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Micheál Martin did something unique in our history, making what happened next even worse

3 days ago

Not everyone wants to be in a nursing home. A Dutch dementia village is one alternative

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As Traitors Ireland shows us, you shouldn't be ashamed to cry

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If the EU continues to drift, disintegration becomes a more plausible future

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A mother stalking her 19-year-old online is demented – but not in the way you think

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It's hard not to have sympathy for Lena Dunham. But there's a darker side to surrogacy

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Let migrants upskill, improve their lot and contribute to society

3 hours ago

Teachers have no choice but to take industrial action over pay

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There are more than two sides to Drumcree

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Financial reality Irish schools face is not reflected in OECD's statistics

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Events surrounding Nations League turn Ireland's football hope to shame

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Charge of the Fanlight Brigade: a positive sighting of a threatened Dublin species

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Opposition party budget plans say yes to more spending

12 hours ago

Brazil's presidential election will go down to the wire

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Lessons must be learned from wasteful public spending

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Ireland's adaptation to climate change remains way too slow

1 day ago

Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since 1998

3 days ago

Here's how to do hot school meals right

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Anna Daly: I had a miscarriage. I had one week to grieve

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My son has missed a lot of school. Like many parents, I'm not too worried

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Is Ireland still a place 'open to everything except for God'?

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U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act

7 days ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

7 days ago

Ireland's whack-a-mole approach to defence is profoundly concerning

9 days ago

Irish people don't want to live in 'mostly awful' apartments. Here are five ways to fix them

8 days ago

What if Lucy Letby never killed a baby? What if no crime was committed?

10 days ago

What links Ireland to Tuvalu, a tiny coral island on the other side of the world?

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It is not the will of God that apartments be built on what may be babies' unmarked graves

11 days ago

When two in five Irish people would 'let it burn', we've got a problem

12 days ago

Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

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Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

13 days ago

Confusion over Oireachtas expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

9 days ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line. Unionists feel let down

16 days ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

16 days ago

When almost every fact has a set of alternative facts, good journalism matters more than ever

17 days ago

Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting, but his statement on unity still mattered

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