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Irish Times - Opinion

Why was there no boycott of the Ireland-Qatar match?

3 days ago

Rotunda's defiance of public policy shows us how some are born more equal

7 hours ago

Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths

7 hours ago

'An inside job': US public opinion on Israel has shifted

1 day ago

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

1 day ago

Does your life lack direction? Too much urgency may be to blame

1 day ago

It is no surprise people are inclined towards radical direct action given the level of dereliction in Dublin

1 day ago

Irish senior cycle reforms have resulted in some farcical situations

2 days ago

Maybe we should ask Ireland's small population of Jews what they think about anti-Semitism

2 days ago

AI is moving fast. Official Ireland is not

3 days ago

Mark Carney proves Donald Trump can win elections outside his own country

3 days ago

Here is something the 'soft left' parties need to pay attention to

4 days ago

Social Democrats are attuned to the recycling young Gaelscoil parents – not so much lefty as modern

4 days ago

RTÉ should be accountable for its spending, but critics' focus is too selective

4 days ago

Arsenal have become the club of the Irish diaspora

5 days ago

Sinn Féin stance in Northern Ireland makes it plain its natural coalition partner is Fianna Fáil

5 days ago

In an age of misinformation and provocation, here's who stood by the people in recent byelections

6 days ago

Letters to the Editor, June 2nd: On social media and age limits, AI and the pope and Leinster rugby

7 hours ago

"Who is going to cook the dinner?"

7 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, June 1st: On road incidents and traumatic injuries, war, electricity prices and annoying expressions

1 day ago

Some dynamic suggestions for dynamic pricing

1 day ago

My Nazi grandfather sent Tomi Reichental to Bergen-Belsen death camp

18 hours ago

Ireland's AI planning needs to accelerate

17 hours ago

Disease and conflict collide in the Ebola outbreak

18 hours ago

Populism trumps planning in one-off rural home changes

1 day ago

Food security should be a focus for Ireland's presidency

1 day ago

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism

2 days ago

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State's job?

2 days ago

Ireland's climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

2 days ago

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

3 days ago

This, and worse, is what is happening to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody

3 days ago

I'm a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

4 days ago

Taoiseach was wrong to dismiss comparisons with famine-era evictions. Here's why

6 days ago

Should Ireland copy the UK's generational ban on smoking?

7 days ago

There is little interrogation of public spend on car parking amid bike shelter angst

7 days ago

Women's role in boycotts: 'No woman in Ballinrobe would dream of washing him a cravat'

8 days ago

Amazon's 'flying rivers' are reaching a tipping point

8 days ago

Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue

9 days ago

Ireland's politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn't

9 days ago

Tech workers are so well paid, many don't bother to join a union. That's going to change

9 days ago

Presbyterian Church is celebrating 100 years of women in leadership

9 days ago

The paradox of Donald Trump: his popularity has tanked, yet he remains untouchable

10 days ago

Why does this cheery, propulsive love song make me feel so wretched?

10 days ago

Ironic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world's data centre capital

11 days ago

Two-thirds of Ireland's wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

11 days ago

We finally know how much money shapes Irish elections

13 days ago