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Irish Times - Opinion

Is Trump colluding with Putin to damage Zelenskiy?

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Feed-the-World Phil Hogan has his eye on a €225,000 job

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€43bn should have been enough to build 110,000 homes. Only 27,000 were built

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For Houthis, war in Gaza is a chance to strengthen role in Iran's 'axis of resistance'

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The 'Liveline effect' will be crucial to resolving the public sector strikes

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Unsustainable pay increases for public sector workers will put Ireland's stability at risk

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For survivors, failed George Gibney investigations were 'nearly worse than the abuse'

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Wikipedia is a very odd target for the culture wars

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Many loyalists are desperate to leave – the only thing stopping some is a £5,000 'exit fee'

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I have paid my TV licence long after I needed to. But RTÉ is testing my patience

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America has been brought to the brink by Trump's delusion and Hegseth's barbarism

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The blue-green smoothie ruling the country has no plan and even less passion

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No, you don't need AI to read your child a bedtime story

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How to talk to boys about masculinity and the meaning of life

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A playground for the living built over the bones of the dead

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Ireland may not have the death penalty, but we have no reason for complacency

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There is nothing more Irish than a former housing minister lobbying on behalf of a developer

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Mandatory pension deductions and USC tax bands to blame for eroding public workers' pay

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Citroën eile: Return of 2CV brings back wonderful memories and hope for future

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I can't buy Sally Rooney's books in the UK, but I can buy Hitler's

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Irish players refusing to shake hands with Israeli counterparts was unsporting

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Try walking in Patrick Kavanagh's shoes: one man's pilgrimage from Inniskeen to Dublin

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Lame duck Trump could be even more of a loose cannon

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No regret from Jeffrey Donaldson as he heads to jail

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Challenges posed by AI must be addressed before it's too late

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New National Drugs Strategy features incremental change

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When did children stop playing outside?

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Are Simon Harris and gen Z about to turn Ireland into a nation of investors?

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Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway

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Siobhán Fenton: Sinn Féin might have an ulterior motive for its actions at Drumcree

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October 7th was a piercing, shrieking alarm call for all Jews

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AI music has become 'the Ozempic of the industry'. Everyone is on it

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Europe is changing, but Ireland has yet to notice

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Should every motorway have an HGV lane? Ideas to tackle fuel crisis

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The one thing Israel hasn't managed to take from us in three years is hope

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Tuesday's budget may be the worst since Charles Haughey's wild spending

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This year won't see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end

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As a religious teen, I was against abortion. But even I could see the flaws in the logic

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Today's Bible accurately represents what was originally written, despite differences in style

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Chief Rabbi: All the good that might have come from Ireland v Israel has been lost

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Fake listings, phantom bookings and unhelpful bots: Booking.com's credibility problem

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Marina Hyde's last Guardian column: 'You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs'

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Should we pause data centre development? Lynn Boylan debates Malcolm Byrne

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What one Kerry road tells us about speed limits and road safety

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Benefits of Ireland's solar boom should not go only to the big energy firms

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Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since 1998

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