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Irish Times - Opinion

Everyone agrees Irish house prices are overvalued. We're in risky territory

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Nobody ever had to tell Glen Hansard to stop acting

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We need to stop guilt-tripping parents for wanting a break from their kids on holiday

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My brother was put in the cell beside me. 'Prepare yourself for the worst,' he said

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The first victim of AI is the economy. Welcome to the 2030s

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Striking lawyers don't tend to evoke much public sympathy

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The Odyssey is so conservative, I am half surprised it wasn't written by Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Kerry's lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime

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Trump's most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned

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'It is vulgar to drink from your saucer': 37 rules for life by the Christian Brothers

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Why do people in Ireland speak so few languages?

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'Embrace boredom' may not be the winning parenting strategy you think

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Hell is empty and all the devils are in my social media feed

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Is the Irish economy really Trump-proof? We'd better hope so

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Ireland's Potemkin budget: figures belong in the fiction section of the library

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Gay Byrne was the first big beast broadcaster. Claire Byrne was the last

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Patrick Collison is yet another billionaire using his fortune to protect billionaires

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How are Palestinians meant to supply Government with financial histories for student visas?

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No young person in any special school has participated in an equivalent transition year

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Respecting sex workers' agency does not diminish commitment to tackling exploitation

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Golf courses must plan ahead for the new normal of drought

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Twin Reeks: Frank McNally on a new, virtual reality Croagh Patrick and the real (but changing) thing

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Nama, one of the last legacies of the crash, is no more

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Infantino's reckless move sparks football schism

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The sale of PTSB should now proceed

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Cockroach protests may be a turning point for Modi's India

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Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president – and former president

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We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that e-scooters are a sustainable transport option

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Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany

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A neuropsychologist's view: This Kobe McDonald comment holds the secret to Mayo's win

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Were this summer's heatwaves caused by El Niño, or something even more terrifying?

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Meet the Irish woman standing at the most visible conducting podium in the world

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Two mentally ill prisoners had to share a cell in an overcrowded prison. One lost his eye

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Human rights defender or dangerous criminal? A German court will decide Dubliner's fate

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Search for the meaning of life is a wild-goose chase

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Aughinish report is thin gruel as Russian demands for Irish alumina ramp up

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Lara Marlowe: Robots have brought a 'horrifying intimacy' to warfare

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There's a bitter irony in the failure of a celebration of Friel's work to get funding

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If you think public sector workers have it better, that's because we do

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Viktor Orbán is gone, but the EU has a new headache in Bulgaria's leader Rumen Radev

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I am a detective garda. Here's why an e-scooter ban is unenforceable

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Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability

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What to do if you suspect a spy in your midst in Ireland

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Will the 'Michael Lowry gambit' work for Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage?

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Garden cabins, rural sprawl and tiny apartments: housing has become a numbers game

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