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Irish Times - Opinion

Could the US go downhill for good following Trump's war on Iran?

18 hours ago

Ireland hasn't vanished over the past 50 years – it has simply changed

20 minutes ago

Pope Leo is the religious leader non-believers needed

17 hours ago

Adi Roche: My nightmare is that the next Chernobyl event occurs at Chernobyl itself

18 hours ago

The 1926 census has drawn me into a web of wonder

1 day ago

Dear political parties. Now is really not the time to talk about deposing your leader

2 days ago

Unionists and Sinn Féin are like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – desperate to be loved

2 days ago

Ireland's governing philosophy is learned helplessness – and it is getting worse

4 days ago

What's driving the cultural obsession with the 1990s?

5 days ago

I loathe Conor McGregor, but I can't lie: something about him intrigues me

6 days ago

The audacity of newbie Catholic JD Vance lecturing Pope Leo is breathtaking

6 days ago

Saying no is not Simon Harris's favourite part of the job

7 days ago

Ozempic and Mounjaro look like the cure for everything, but there's no pill for some ills

7 days ago

Fuel protests were a tactical masterclass and may have set the stage for more

7 days ago

State's authority will be challenged again. We need to be ready

8 days ago

When Charles Haughey refused to meet the 'Nine Frozen Arses' protesters

8 days ago

Fossil fuels and climate change impact women's rights

18 hours ago

When Irish troops confronted protesting citizens

18 hours ago

The death of the 'real Ginger Man', Gainor Crist

18 hours ago

Claims that solar developments could undermine national food security stretch credulity

18 hours ago

Split opinions on Sitka spruce's biodiversity value

18 hours ago

Frank McNally: The mood in Brussels is poised between worried and smug

1 day ago

Byelections offer a chance to take the nation's political temperature

1 day ago

Ireland's baby boomers are a rising political force

1 day ago

Varadkar's comments were simplistic but raise worthwhile questions

2 days ago

The Irish Times view on the Council of State: what's the point?

2 days ago

Ireland's population is told it has never been richer, yet it has never felt poorer

18 hours ago

Our message is always 'it's not your fault'. Why does society sometimes say otherwise?

1 day ago

In the middle of a housing crisis, why are our town centres so empty?

1 day ago

Plan for new 'inclusive special classes' is anything but inclusive

2 days ago

'Saving the family' is really about putting women back in their boxes

3 days ago

Any battle between Catherine Connolly and the Government will be purely symbolic

3 days ago

This autumn could see the return of remote learning. We need to start planning for it now

3 days ago

The simple text message that helped France cut its electricity usage by 10%

4 days ago

Ireland is 'delivering' more social homes, but that doesn't mean it is building them

4 days ago

Men might have coined the term, but women invented 'looksmaxxing'

5 days ago

Orbán was defeated by a vote 'too big to rig'. Could Trump follow?

5 days ago

Patrick O'Donovan's attack on RTÉ was wrong, but he had a point about the media

6 days ago

Jim O'Callaghan crossed a dangerous line when he threatened to call in the Army

6 days ago

Pope Leo's strong voice finds an audience - even among non-believers

7 days ago

We're only ever nine meals away from anarchy. That risk is no longer just theoretical

7 days ago

Band-Aid solutions won't cut it in a world of tariffs, reckless wars and Chinese dominance

7 days ago

Where are the protests over the torture and abuse of 100,000 Irish citizens?

8 days ago

When the crisis is caused by oil dependence, the solution isn't cheaper oil

9 days ago

Michael Healy-Rae reminded the Government of its real Opposition: rural Ireland

10 days ago

Is it time to get religion out of the classroom?

11 days ago