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Irish Times - Opinion

Sinn Féin and the DUP are happier arguing over a parade than agreeing a budget

9 hours ago

Sinéad O'Sullivan: Europe is changing, but Ireland has yet to notice

8 hours ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

University education has become meaningless – and now it doesn't even promise a job

9 hours ago

It takes a giveaway budget of €8.5bn to not annoy anyone – except Patrick O'Donovan

1 day ago

Budget day has lost all excitement. It is now an attritional struggle between ministers

1 day ago

Like Nikita Hand, Cornell case's Jane Doe is either uncommonly brave or a sadomasochist

1 day ago

Drumcree is theatre of the absurd, straight from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks

2 days ago

A very touching thing happened on Capel Street last Thursday evening

3 days ago

Should I start a message with 'I hope you're well'? If not well, should I say so?

3 days ago

Oil companies profiting from a sick planet is obscene

4 days ago

Middle earners could be €750 better off post-budget, but they may not be impressed

5 days ago

The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don't want that sectarian mindset down here

5 days ago

If we're going to listen to women, we need to listen to all women

5 days ago

What is really going on in the Irish housing market? The numbers don't add up

5 days ago

Budget makes me worry whether my grandchildren will benefit from today's prosperity

9 hours ago

Those fighting for greater protection of natural world need support, not scorn

9 hours ago

Climate change idiom with the wrong bird

9 hours ago

French protests a timely warning for Irish schools

9 hours ago

A5 upgrade is welcome, but why not a train service too?

9 hours ago

Another sighting of the lesser-spotted Dublin fanlight horse

5 hours ago

Talks on a new public pay deal need to start immediately

4 hours ago

Conservatives in the UK have a mountain to climb

18 hours ago

Budget 2027 shows Coalition being driven by events

1 day ago

School protests a sympton of France's autumn of discontent

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

Here's how to do hot school meals right

10 days ago

Anna Daly: I had a miscarriage. I had one week to grieve

11 days ago

My son has missed a lot of school. Like many parents, I'm not too worried

12 days ago

Is Ireland still a place 'open to everything except for God'?

12 days ago

U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act

13 days ago

Trump media boycott is not the biggest threat to press freedom

14 days ago

Ireland's whack-a-mole approach to defence is profoundly concerning

15 days ago

Irish people don't want to live in 'mostly awful' apartments. Here are five ways to fix them

15 days ago

What if Lucy Letby never killed a baby? What if no crime was committed?

16 days ago