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Irish Times - Opinion

There's a Bermuda Triangle of dereliction in Dublin. The solution lies in Leinster House

6 hours ago

Court reports can make for distressing reading. There are good reasons for that

6 hours ago

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has big ambitions – but can she succeed in health?

1 day ago

Ireland's future energy needs must be met by renewables and nuclear

1 day ago

The real Donald Trump is the Trump of the foul-mouthed, late-night rant

6 hours ago

Trump's random gibberish is more terrifying than lies. It is a sign of derangement

1 day ago

Road death statistics are incomplete unless they include all who died

2 days ago

'Why can't my flat white fly?' is a question no one asked ever

2 days ago

Sheer prevalence of AI prose is giving rise to a new and extreme kind of suspicion

3 days ago

Yes, Easter is largely a festival of chocolate. No, that's not anti-Catholic bias

3 days ago

Save like the Swedes: there are fundamental misunderstandings about Ireland's new savings scheme

2 days ago

David McWilliams: Sinn Féin's class-war language is more British than Irish

4 days ago

This German thinker sounded an alarm about the EU and the US – are we ready to listen?

5 days ago

Fracked gas from the US another sign of our 'pure hypocrisy' on energy

5 days ago

Sinn Féin swaps cynical populism for pragmatism on Northern Ireland property tax rises

6 days ago

The naysayers are right. Restaurants are frivolous – and that's why we need more of them

6 days ago

Car and holiday ads that don't add up

6 hours ago

If you don't have solar panels, get them now

6 hours ago

The impact of pay inequality on birth rates

6 hours ago

Boat race and family memories: A reader's reflection

6 hours ago

'That's the wrong Ireland': The eternal quest to find a pub showing Czechia v Ireland in Rome

17 hours ago

State must speed up process of offering educational choice

16 hours ago

The exchequer figures give some leeway to respond to energy crisis

16 hours ago

Education overspending is becoming an annual event

1 day ago

The PTSB sale is not all about the money

1 day ago

Toxic overconfidence is on the rise

2 days ago

Believe it or not, few EU countries are offering more relief on energy costs than Ireland

2 days ago

We need a national strategy for the fuel crisis. Here are four things we can do now

3 days ago

Denial of a vocation to women isn't just 'discomfort', it is spiritual abuse

3 days ago

Gender pay gap agenda is contrived, pointless and ignores the reality of women like me

3 days ago

Sandymount to Salthill: five of Ireland's coastal exposure hotspots

4 days ago

Why some of Ireland's coastal communities may need to prepare for relocation

4 days ago

In 1980s Dublin, the communists had the best Good Friday shindigs

5 days ago

Irish Defence Forces must continue to hold the blue line in Lebanon

6 days ago

Don't ditch the triple lock. There is a better way to circumvent the Security Council veto

7 days ago

'We're living in a capitalist hellscape': The people learning about money on social media

7 days ago

Give me an e-scooter over a single occupancy car any day

8 days ago

Could a €5 tourist tax help solve Dublin's problems? Conor Pope vs Eoghan O'Mara Walsh

8 days ago

If you want to know why Trump keeps going to war, look at the size of his military budget

9 days ago

In Northern Ireland, the 'armed patriarchy' is alive, well and terrorising women

10 days ago

Scandal of Eucharistic division in churches not felt as such at all

10 days ago

The unmasking of 'America's Dad': How Bill Cosby's crimes are still catching up with him

11 days ago

Ireland talked tough on Russian sanctions - until it came to one metals plant in Limerick

11 days ago

Teachers fear being fired if they speak out about religious discrimination

12 days ago

Ireland's small steps on defence are an Irish solution to an Irish problem

12 days ago