Page Updated: Friday, May 15, 2026 8:56 AM ET

Irish Times - Opinion

Ahern remarks give voice to a fear many who grew up visibly different in Ireland live with

7 hours ago

Fianna Fáil at 100 is a white man's party with a woman problem

7 hours ago

What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality

1 day ago

Sinéad O'Sullivan: People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressing

2 days ago

Ireland's nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy

3 days ago

A hurling club in Buenos Aires will not help answer the question of why Irish people leave

7 hours ago

Keir Starmer's troubles must be worrying Micheál Martin

7 hours ago

Keir Starmer is bland, stable, boring – he should have gone a long way

1 day ago

The money demands of nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland could backfire

1 day ago

Stop demonising one-off rural housing. Not everyone wants to be surrounded by neighbours

2 days ago

Nigel Farage's success is the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party meme come to life

2 days ago

How do we get from a cattle fair in Macroom in 1992 to the possible next governor of California?

3 days ago

All hell wouldn't break loose if Irish people were allowed a few cans in the park

4 days ago

I don't want to shoe-shame anyone, but is wearing €500 super shoes on a Parkrun ethical?

4 days ago

What the Dublin and Galway byelections could tell us about the future of Irish politics

5 days ago

If MV Hondius isn't the start of a hantavirus pandemic, it might prove the end of something else

5 days ago

Gerry Hutch is a smart man. He knows what he's doing with immigration comments

6 days ago

Call to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement

7 hours ago

Here's a fine idea for a new job for traffic wardens

7 hours ago

What matters is how, not whether, children use laptops in schools

7 hours ago

Is Michael McDowell aware people in half of rural Ireland's one-off houses are commuters?

7 hours ago

All Well and Good – Frank McNally on the holy (and unholy) waters of Kilmainham

18 hours ago

Transfers will be vital in Dublin Central byelection

17 hours ago

Iran war hangs over summit between Xi and Trump

1 day ago

Talks to solve the ambulance dispute need to recommence

1 day ago

Fianna Fáil reflects on 100 years of pragmatism and power

2 days ago

Nigel Farage's success gives Ireland an urgent deadline

3 days ago

Why is the US conspiracy theorist who championed 'pizzagate' so interested in Ireland?

4 days ago

Ireland appears to be running out of patience with social media firms

3 days ago

I covered the Katie Simpson case from the start. The police failures were appalling

4 days ago

GDP is meaningless. We need new ways of measuring the economy

4 days ago

'I find it too very ugly': The statue so divisive it was hidden in a Dún Laoghaire garden

5 days ago

This is how I got three Irish hospitals built on time and on budget

7 days ago

A win for the Scottish National Party does not mean the UK is 'cracking at the seams'

8 days ago

We are now experiencing the terrible cost of the feedback loops of climate change

9 days ago

Climate under attack from those who thrive on the division of identity politics

10 days ago

Rose Anne Kenny: Why are ages 30, 50 and 70 vital moments in determining how we grow old?

10 days ago

We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads

11 days ago

Why do we want to live forever?

11 days ago

When you're in crisis the world is kinder and you're kinder to yourself

12 days ago

The International Protection Act does the precise opposite of what it says on the tin

12 days ago

Attack drones have captured the most disturbing images of war I've seen

13 days ago

Every time we take the easy route and let AI think for us first we risk weakening our brains

13 days ago

The performance of Irishness for outside approval is finished

13 days ago

Aer Lingus flight cancellations: I was not even asked if changed flight date would suit me

14 days ago

This May Day it is important to remember the vital role protest plays in a vibrant democracy

15 days ago