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Irish Times - Opinion

How different would NI politics be if there were a few pubs around Stormont?

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Fine Gael has forgotten its purpose. It doesn't need 'renewal' – it needs an identity

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Ireland's child protection system is a high-stakes game of Jenga

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Martha Stewart dressing up as a socioeconomic crisis was a perfect reflection of the times

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It's no wonder Irish people are approaching love like a mortgage application

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Peadar Tóibín says he's 'bursting the woke bubble'. Does anyone care?

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Europe must stand up to Trump if our freedoms are to be preserved

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Trump has done two things to free his voters from the pact they made with him

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Why does Donald Trump drool over men's bodies?

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Ireland and Switzerland are having versions of the same debate about neutrality

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Is there a better metaphor for the state of the world than Hegseth staff smashing Eisenhower's globe?

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Here's a Halloween horror story: A 97-year-old woman who owes Bank of Ireland €455,000

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If Patrick O'Donovan's behaviour was ill-judged, Simon Harris's has been plain peculiar

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It's inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters

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The soldier's reply is more chilling than the image of scavenging dogs

6 days ago

Tory press is still screaming about the 'betrayal of Brexit', but few voters are listening

6 days ago

The LDA and urban design

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Private security on O'Connell Street would be undemocratic

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Trump may have lost control of Congress, but the planet is doomed

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Look to the past and build homes for healthcare workers

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A nicer kind of riot – Frank McNally on the Irish cultural storming of Paris

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Donald Trump was engulfed by the blue wave

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Government sends confusing messages to migrant workers

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An embarrassing day for ambitious O'Callaghan

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Worrying indications from latest inflation figures

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Innovative solution to housing crisis has been under our noses all this time

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Daniel Geary: Five things to look out for in the US midterms

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The loss of a person who feels essential to us is a pain that alters us forever

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Minister's refusal to answer questions on house prices reveals confused state of housing policy

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Is the Irish boarding school becoming a thing of the past?

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Could the US have its own Serbia moment in Tuesday's midterms?

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Why the silence of Ireland's church leaders in these dark days of Donald Trump?

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View from Israel: Palestinians voted with one voice. The opposition cannot ignore them

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Why are interest rates so high – and how exposed is Ireland?

4 days ago

There's a reason comedians like Joanne McNally rarely make good Traitors

7 days ago

Jaded rhetoric and trite stereotypes about neutrality are inflaming triple lock debate

7 days ago

DUP's tough talk on Sinn Féin exposes the bind Gavin Robinson's party finds itself in

8 days ago

Children being denied legal representation is yet another shameful failure by the State

9 days ago

Ireland is set to miss major climate targets. We should be angry

9 days ago

Ireland's left has failed to penalise government for decades of inaction but the right has

11 days ago

I love Vinted. I just wish it loved me back when I was scammed

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Who are the Burke children trying to impress? Could it be their mother?

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France may calm violence in the short term but it is a country infused with dread

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What is the reason for the enduring public fascination with Elizabeth Holmes?

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Australia welcomed tens of thousands of young Irish in recent years. That's about to change

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