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Irish Times - Opinion

Child benefit reform is a no-brainer. So why has the Government not done it?

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What Vienna and Marino can teach Ireland about making housing affordable

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We live on an island where we drink, swim and wash in water laced with our own excrement

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Referendums aren't always a good idea. Ever tried to vote out 'the people'?

1 day ago

What Enoch Burke saga teaches us about the Irish justice system

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The Norwegian refusing to row at the World Cup highlights a serious issue

1 day ago

Many factors contribute to rising road deaths. Squeamishness can't be one of them

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As public opinion toughens on migration, politicians have shifted to the right

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There are few things more life-affirming than a dancing robot going haywire

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For 18 years nothing happened - now the State will try to revive Dublin's O'Connell Street

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Norway the clear economic winners after England's own goal with North Sea oil

3 days ago

The big questions we're busy ignoring about what it means to be European

4 days ago

EU presidency is a double-edged sword for the Government

4 days ago

Irish people are 13th happiest in the world yet loneliest in the EU. It doesn't add up

4 days ago

Why it's totally fine to hate England during the World Cup

4 days ago

DUP may be destroyed by Jeffrey Donaldson scandal

5 days ago

Let's not forget lessons learned the hard way about environmental protection

6 hours ago

State must follow Norway's example rather than repeat UK's mistakes

6 hours ago

Enoch Burke needs to follow court orders like any other citizen

6 hours ago

Sharing a near-drowning experience is poignant during current heatwave

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Irish rugby could learn from Croke Park

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What's it worth? John Kelly on the 'currency' of All-Ireland medals

17 hours ago

AI provides a boost for Leixlip with Intel investment

2 hours ago

Europe's wildfires show the rising cost of climate change

15 hours ago

No war, no peace: the Gulf is stuck in a limbo

1 day ago

Serious questions to be answered about data centre development

1 day ago

Why do goalkeepers dive right when their team is losing?

1 day ago

Irish Presbyterians still coming to terms with fallout from safeguarding issues

2 days ago

I've had near misses as a journalist. But a holiday swim was the closest I came to dying

2 days ago

Ireland's attitude to a 'flutter on the horses' is wrecking lives

3 days ago

Life in France in 40 degree heat: Parisian heat traps are only part of the equation

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The Government is trying to undermine climate laws. President Connolly could stop it

5 days ago

EU presidency may expose hypocrisy at heart of Ireland on everything from Ukraine to defence

6 days ago

Ireland can't decide whether to protect the environment or undermine it

7 days ago

All aboard the golf train to Adare, Ireland's answer to North Korea

7 days ago

Was Jeffrey Donaldson blackmailed by the British government?

8 days ago

If you think football is 'just football', you're missing out

8 days ago

Women are being put in danger by Ireland's new guidelines on labour

9 days ago

Is there a connection between the Virgin Mary and the EU flag?

9 days ago

As the US turns 250, we are at each other's throats

10 days ago

Irish unity questions complicated by political instability in the UK

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Legacy of the Declaration of Independence is the latest flashpoint in a divided America

11 days ago

One in 10 Irish homes is at risk of overheating. Supermarket fans won't cut it

12 days ago

We're ready to do a deal on public servants' pay - and everything is on the table

13 days ago

Ireland's budget plan has a name: 'Sure it'll be grand'

14 days ago

How Ireland can make electricity cheap again - and cut emissions

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