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Irish Times - Opinion

Ireland's corporate tax advantage is over. So what's the plan?

10 hours ago

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

10 hours ago

Confusion over Holly Cairns's expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

2 days ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line

3 days ago

For 10 years, I've listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here's what I think

10 hours ago

Students are screen hostages. They're losing the ability to switch off and knuckle down

11 hours ago

Workers' demands for a cost-of-living package won't be easily dismissed

1 day ago

Donald Trump is less interested in Ireland than in creating mayhem

1 day ago

A little boy gave us two fingers as we protested at Doonbeg, and my heart ached

1 day ago

Sinn Féin's immigration policy will need to be tougher than everyone else's to stand out

2 days ago

Spare me the fury about Sydney Sweeney. What I see here is a sense of humour

2 days ago

Citizenship by descent is not racist, and language tests make perfect sense

3 days ago

Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn't

4 days ago

It's easy to look tough on immigration. It's much harder to build empathy

5 days ago

Rollout of the reformed Leaving Cert should be suspended

5 days ago

What would your last words be? Here are some of the best deathbed one-liners

5 days ago

Two takes on LED headlight glare discussion

11 hours ago

Weapons deployment shows US sees space as just another frontier

11 hours ago

Ed Sheeran's inaction contrasts badly with Macklemore's principled stand on Palestine

11 hours ago

No passport needed

10 hours ago

Strong words: America's 'greatest diarist' whose many dislikes included the Irish

22 hours ago

Irish politicians have increasing reason to fear for their safety

21 hours ago

Momentum is gathering on social media controls for teenagers

21 hours ago

AI giants cannot define their own regulatory regime

1 day ago

Centre-left won in Sweden – but will struggle to form a government

1 day ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

People who would never normally get bail are walking free because of the legal aid row

5 days ago

Ireland's failure premium: All the property schemes do one thing. It's not help buyers

6 days ago

Do data centres pay their own way? The answer is not straightforward

6 days ago

'He was only 88': There is a cosy familiarity to Irish funerals

6 days ago

Both men and women built the GAA. It's time women were given equal treatment

7 days ago

My funny Irish-American mother would be appalled by the things done in her name since 9/11

8 days ago

Jim O'Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration

9 days ago

Germany's past crashes into the present

10 days ago

Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis

11 days ago

The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

11 days ago

Shannon is a symptom of the failure to decentralise the State

12 days ago

Gardaí spending their time peering at NCT discs is one symptom of a wider problem

12 days ago

Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group

13 days ago

A diplomat's advice on how Ireland should approach Trump's visit

13 days ago

Northern Ireland has had several false dawns, but fleadh felt like a turning point

13 days ago

I don't regret running for president. I do regret the sectarian undercurrent it exposed

14 days ago

One in three can't afford to benefit from Government's regressive new investment scheme

14 days ago