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Irish Times - Opinion

A playground for the living built over the bones of the dead

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Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway

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Siobhán Fenton: Sinn Féin might have an ulterior motive for its actions at Drumcree

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October 7th was a piercing, shrieking alarm call for all Jews

2 days ago

Ireland may not have the death penalty, but we have no reason for complacency

10 hours ago

There is nothing more Irish than a former housing minister lobbying on behalf of a developer

11 hours ago

France seeks another de Gaulle. The far-right thinks it's Jordan Bardella

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The most interesting assessment of the budget is the one you haven't yet heard

1 day ago

The remaking of Jack Chambers

1 day ago

We have just seen a perfect example of Ireland's fiscal incontinence

1 day ago

Paternity leave shouldn't be a privilege only the likes of Simon Harris can afford

2 days ago

France is caught in the politics of emergency, oscillating between nostalgia and extremism

2 days ago

Sinn Féin and the DUP are happier arguing over a parade than agreeing a budget

3 days ago

University education has become meaningless – and now it doesn't even promise a job

3 days ago

It takes a giveaway budget of €8.5bn to not annoy anyone – except Patrick O'Donovan

4 days ago

Budget day has lost all excitement. It is now an attritional struggle between ministers

4 days ago

One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire

1 day ago

Navi Pillay's staunch defence of international law makes her a worthy Nobel winner

1 day ago

One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire

1 day ago

Superstar medical team deserves recognition

1 day ago

Frank McDonald solves the mystery of columns

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Darkness into light: Frank McNally on a history-themed quiz in Joyce's Nighttown

1 day ago

The budget process displays all the hallmarks of bad governance

1 day ago

The living wage has been put on the back burner

1 day ago

Shortfall in third-level funding has still not been tackled

2 days ago

Barbaric US executions must end

2 days ago

AI music has become 'the Ozempic of the industry'. Everyone is on it

2 days ago

Europe is changing, but Ireland has yet to notice

3 days ago

Should every motorway have an HGV lane? Ideas to tackle fuel crisis

5 days ago

The one thing Israel hasn't managed to take from us in three years is hope

5 days ago

Tuesday's budget may be the worst since Charles Haughey's wild spending

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This year won't see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end

6 days ago

As a religious teen, I was against abortion. But even I could see the flaws in the logic

7 days ago

Today's Bible accurately represents what was originally written, despite differences in style

7 days ago

Chief Rabbi: All the good that might have come from Ireland v Israel has been lost

8 days ago

Fake listings, phantom bookings and unhelpful bots: Booking.com's credibility problem

8 days ago

Marina Hyde's last Guardian column: 'You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs'

8 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

13 days ago

Here's how to do hot school meals right

13 days ago

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

14 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

16 days ago