The Healy-Raes were seen as great gas. But there is little funny about their politics

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Should decisions about whether AI can be used in war be left to private companies?

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All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it

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Ireland's range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there

1 day ago

Does it matter if Belle Burden's controversial divorce memoir doesn't tell the whole truth?

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Trump is offering grants to make Europe great again. This may not have the desired effect

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Ireland is caught in a data centre trap and there's no easy way out

1 day ago

Could incentives such as discounted summer camps help to reverse decline in birth rates?

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Britain was a saviour for Irish migrants. One of those sons will captain England next week

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Wilful ignorance is not an acceptable dodge when it comes to Aughinish Alumina

2 days ago

Sinn Féin's opt-out powersharing plan is historic. No wonder it's being ignored

3 days ago

The Leaving Cert is dense, demanding and far superior to the UK's A-levels

3 days ago

No one's laughing at Ireland's unsophisticated 'peann luaidhe' elections now

4 days ago

The US will face a reckoning one day. In the meantime, Trump just gets more volatile

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

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When location selling points miss the mark

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Emer McLysaght is right about public transport debacle after CMAT concert

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Remembering Fergus Slattery: a decent man who showed compassion

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Hard decisions, not more ministers, are needed

1 day ago

On the Leaving Cert: Students do best when they can choose subjects that best suit them

1 day ago

Soul sanctuary: Frank McNally on 'staggeringly beautiful' library of St Gall

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Aughinish questions are getting louder

1 day ago

The Healy-Rae falling-out spells trouble ahead in Kerry

1 day ago

Ireland's economic exceptionalism on display

2 days ago

Government's pilot scrappage scheme is timely and well-judged

2 days ago

Let's not make the same mistake as the UK. 'Sensible' degrees are overrated

2 days ago

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

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'Like the Eiffel Tower': Trump's cage fight plan sums up his presidency

3 days ago

One by one, we are losing those who survived the Holocaust and could say 'I was there'

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

13 days ago

Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue

13 days ago

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

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