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Irish Times - Opinion

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1 day ago

My train fare may go up by €606 and that doesn't include the seat

3 hours ago

When two in five Irish people would 'let it burn', we've got a problem

5 hours ago

Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

10 hours ago

Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

1 day ago

Nobody else is going to turn your child's phone off. But you can't do it alone

4 hours ago

Any Celtic crusade against the imperialists in London would be very unwise

4 hours ago

Ireland's corporate tax advantage is over. So what's the plan?

1 day ago

For 10 years, I've listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here's what I think

1 day ago

Students are screen hostages. They're losing the ability to switch off and knuckle down

1 day ago

Workers' demands for a cost-of-living package won't be easily dismissed

2 days ago

Donald Trump is less interested in Ireland than in creating mayhem

2 days ago

A little boy gave us two fingers as we protested at Doonbeg, and my heart ached

2 days ago

Sinn Féin's immigration policy will need to be tougher than everyone else's to stand out

3 days ago

Spare me the fury about Sydney Sweeney. What I see here is a sense of humour

3 days ago

Citizenship by descent is not racist, and language tests make perfect sense

4 days ago

Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn't

5 days ago

Two takes on LED headlight glare discussion

1 day ago

Weapons deployment shows US sees space as just another frontier

1 day ago

Ed Sheeran's inaction contrasts badly with Macklemore's principled stand on Palestine

1 day ago

Strong words: America's 'greatest diarist' whose many dislikes included the Irish

1 day ago

Irish politicians have increasing reason to fear for their safety

1 day ago

Momentum is gathering on social media controls for teenagers

1 day ago

AI giants cannot define their own regulatory regime

2 days ago

Centre-left won in Sweden – but will struggle to form a government

1 day ago

Confusion over Holly Cairns's expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

3 days ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line. Unionists feel let down

4 days ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

4 days ago

When almost every fact has a set of alternative facts, good journalism matters more than ever

5 days ago

Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting, but his statement on unity still mattered

5 days ago

People who would never normally get bail are walking free because of the legal aid row

6 days ago

Ireland's failure premium: All the property schemes do one thing. It's not help buyers

7 days ago

Do data centres pay their own way? The answer is not straightforward

7 days ago

'He was only 88': There is a cosy familiarity to Irish funerals

7 days ago

Both men and women built the GAA. It's time women were given equal treatment

8 days ago

My funny Irish-American mother would be appalled by the things done in her name since 9/11

9 days ago

Jim O'Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration

10 days ago

Germany's past crashes into the present

11 days ago

Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis

12 days ago

The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

11 days ago

Shannon is a symptom of the failure to decentralise the State

13 days ago

Gardaí spending their time peering at NCT discs is one symptom of a wider problem

12 days ago

Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group

13 days ago

A diplomat's advice on how Ireland should approach Trump's visit

14 days ago

Northern Ireland has had several false dawns, but fleadh felt like a turning point

14 days ago