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Irish Times - Opinion

Irishman's 1860s speeches on Canada's right to self-determination could have been written last week

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Early access to all drugs for rare diseases is pie in sky unless we tax to pay for it

8 hours ago

There is little indication we have a plan for what to do if the AI bubble bursts

8 hours ago

The human brain cannot easily cope with very high levels of power. Why?

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Progress that appears solid can be all too easily undone

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Dolly Parton's death proves shared cultural reference points act as a social adhesive

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Ireland is hopelessly undefended

2 days ago

We're not the best or worst, but we could be great if we were as brave as our emigrants

2 days ago

Will Ireland continue to take TikTok's money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will

3 days ago

With Meta's 'pervert glasses', we really are going through the digital looking glass

4 days ago

Are we a nation of flaming hypocrites?

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Madonna should invite Micheál Martin over for dinner – they have a lot in common

5 days ago

Huguenots' legacy written across fabric of Ireland, including Waterford's famous 'blaas'

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Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it

7 days ago

Few embrace athletics to get rich, but we are indebted to them for their achievements

7 days ago

We reached 'peak-woke' in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous

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Stopping dangerous cars is possible with technology now used in US

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Why families had to protest and even litigate to get Skyclarys for Friedreich's ataxia

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Why replace a perfectly good car with a new electric one?

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As wildfires ravage Irish uplands, has work even begun on the promised national plan?

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Neutrality and renewable energy could be Ireland's best defence from Russia

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The mystery of a once ubiquitous Dublin symbol

19 hours ago

Meta's big climbdown is significant

18 hours ago

Unionists are struggling to form a coherent bloc

19 hours ago

A timely warning on AI from Bill Gates

1 day ago

Dolly Parton: no better American life

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Photographing the first day of school will freeze the moment but not the memory

2 days ago

What will you say when a child asks: 'Why are we driving a vehicle that is killing our planet?'

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It seems we will tolerate any wrong so long as it is small

3 days ago

The discourse around super-thin is fraught: Could we replace it?

4 days ago

As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

3 days ago

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

4 days ago

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

5 days ago

How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?

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Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version

6 days ago

There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise 'artificial intelligence'

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M9 crash: Why does extreme risk-taking appeal to some young people and what can we do about it?

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I'm now a lecturer at the college that didn't offer me a place when I did my Leaving Cert

7 days ago

M9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harms

7 days ago

Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

8 days ago

Ireland's approach to religious-run schools breaches many families' constitutional rights

9 days ago

Bad political leadership is blocking Ireland's path to energy efficiency

10 days ago

Help to Buy scheme is a money pit that benefits higher earners

10 days ago

The Phoenix Park has an identity problem. But there is an easy fix

11 days ago

Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry

11 days ago

Twenty years on, Amanda Knox is still in trouble for laughing

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